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Events. Ongoing since 1449 – The Revolt of Ghent, lasted from 1449 to 1453. 17 July – The Battle of Castillon in Gascony. A decisive French victory, it is considered to mark the end the Hundred Years' War.
On this day the famous Hundred Years’ War between England and France finally ended. One of the longest wars in history lasted not only for 100, but as many as 116 years, from 1337 till 1453, fortunately not constantly, but with longer or shorter breaks. The main cause of the war was the English claim to the French throne.
Historical Map of France in 1453. University of Texas at Austin. From The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911. History map of France in 1453 at the end of the Hundred Years' War; illustrating the royal domain, appanages of Valois princes, other fiefs held of the Crown, English possessions, route of Henry V in 1415, and limits of the ...
What is happening in France in 1453CE. Many unresolved claims and counter-claims between the French and English kings led to war between them lasting, on and off, for more than one hundred years. There were major English victories, at Sluys (1340), Crecy (1346) and Agincourt (1415), but recently the French have driven the English back, until by ...
- Wars and Unrest
- The Age of Discovery and The Italian Renaissance
- Economic Growth
- Political Centralization
Warfare involving England, France and the Low Countries has endured over many decades (not for nothing is it known as the “Hundred Years’ War”). Political fragmentation has continued to affect Germany and Italy; and widespread religious unrest has disturbed much of the region, especially in central Europe. Then, in this year, 1453, the great histor...
To counter-balance the Muslim advance in the Balkans, at the other end of Europe, the Christian kingdoms of Spain have all but completed their conquest of Muslim territory. Portuguese sailors have begun their voyages of discovery, currently probing southward down the west coast of Africa. These will lead on to the age of European exploration, and a...
All this is linked to the long-term economic growth of Europe, which started centuries before in the early Middle Ages. This received a sharp set-back in the mid-14th century as a result of natural calamities, especially the Black Death, but within a couple of generations it resumed again. Reduced populations have enjoyed greater purchasing power. ...
In France, centralized royal power has increased at the expense of the nobles, aided by the king’s cannons that can now make short work of previously impregnable baronial castles. This development will soon spread to other countries in western Europe, to create strong, centralized nation-states. These will provide the political underpinnings for Eu...
Henry IV, King of France 1589–1610. 13 December – Henry IV of France (died 1610). 14 May – Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (died 1615) Full date missing. Louise of Lorraine, queen consort (died 1601) Pierre de Lancre, judge, conducted a massive witch-hunt (died 1631) Jacques Auguste de Thou, historian (died 1617) Deaths
Jan 23, 2018 · En 1396, à Nicopolis sur le Danube, une armée ottomane vainquit une armée de croisés. Constantinople était la prochaine cible, Byzance étant au bord de l'effondrement et n'étant plus qu'un État vassal de l'Empire ottoman. La ville fut attaquée en 1394 et en 1422, mais réussit à résister.
