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The Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory. There were 7,000 to 10,000 dead, it was a big loss in french history!
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The Battle of Castillon is what is considered the last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French inflict a decisive victory on the English army, eventually gaining back all English-held territories of France.
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Representatives of the Papacy, France, and the Holy Roman Empire and Ferdinand I of Spain established the League of Cambrai, whose purpose was to defeat Venice and partition its territory.
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The dead range from 5,000 to 30,000. The massacre took place four days after the wedding of the king's sister Margaret to the Protestant Henry III of Navarre.
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The Treaty of Ryswick ended the Nine Years of war between France and the Grand Alliance. Territorial changes were made in Europe and the colonial empires of the countries involved.
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The United States Congress rescinded treaties with France, a moment considered as the semi-official beginning of the Quasi-War.
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In 1900 the summer Olympics were held in France! Participating were 997 people, 975 men and 22 women.
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Germany declared war on France and the war lasted 4 years until a first armistice at Compiègne was signed between the two.
