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July 21 – 22 – Battle of Taillebourg: French forces (some 25,000 men) under King Louis IX (the Saint) defeat King Henry III at the bridge over the Charente River near Taillebourg. After the battle, Louis continues to pursue the English troops, capturing many prisoners.
1242 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1242nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 242nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 13th century, and the 3rd year of the 1240s decade. As of the start of 1242, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar ...
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English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. [4] [5] [6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.
1242 (MCCXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1242nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 242nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 13th century, and the 3rd year of the 1240s decade.
Edits to English Wikipedia by country as of January 2022. English Wikipedia (marked blue in the graph) is the most-read version of Wikipedia, accounting for 48% of the website's global traffic as of 2021. The English Wikipedia is the most edited Wikipedia's language version of all time.
Year 1242 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
