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10 hours ago · Starting in August 1417, Henry promoted the use of the English language in government and his reign marks the appearance of Chancery Standard English as well as the adoption of English as the language of record within government. He was the first king to use English in his personal correspondence since the Norman Conquest 350 years earlier.
- Henry VI of England
Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England...
- Henry IV of England
Henry IV (c. April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as...
- Catherine of Valois
Catherine of Valois or Catherine of France (27 October 1401...
- Dual Monarchy of England and France
The dual monarchy of England and France existed during the...
- John, Duke of Bedford
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, Knight of the Garter,...
- Cultural Depictions of Henry V of England
Michael Pennington in the BBC series The Wars of the Roses...
- Richard Courtenay
Richard Courtenay (died 15 September 1415) was an English...
- John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley
Arms of Sir John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, KG. John Sutton...
- John Oldcastle
Sir John Oldcastle (died 14 December 1417) was an English...
- Henry VI of England
10 hours ago · Historians led by Eli Heckscher have identified Mercantilism as the central economic policy for the empire before the shift to free trade in the 1840s. Mercantilism is an economic theory practice, commonly used in Britain, France and other major European nations from the 16th to the 18th century that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state ...
10 hours ago · Human history is the development of humankind from prehistory to the present, understood through the study of written records, archaeology, anthropology, genetics, linguistics, and other forms of evidence. Human history. is the development of.
10 hours ago · v. t. e. General elections were held in South Africa on 8 May 2019 to elect a new President, National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province. These were the sixth elections held since the end of apartheid in 1994 and determined who would become the next President of South Africa .
10 hours ago · Timeline of space exploration. This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space . This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole.
10 hours ago · The March First Movement [a] was a series of protests against Japanese colonial rule that was held throughout Korea and internationally by the Korean diaspora beginning on March 1, 1919. Protests were largely concentrated in March and April, although they continued through the end of the year. [1] In South Korea, the movement is remembered as a ...
1 day ago · The history of anime can be traced back to the start of the 20th century, with the earliest verifiable films dating from 1917. Before the advent of film, Japan already had a rich tradition of entertainment with colourful painted figures moving across the projection screen in utsushi-e (写し絵), a particular Japanese type of magic lantern show popular in the 19th century.