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Oct 9, 2011 · English: Jean de Grailly, Captal de Buch, KG from the Bruges Garter Book, 1430/1440, BL Stowe 594. On his tabard he displays the arms of de Grailly: Or, on a cross sable five escallops argent
First run. 1939. Major applications. Lockheed XP-49. McDonnell XP-67. Number built. 23. The Continental XI-1430 Hyper engine (often identified as the IV-1430) was a liquid-cooled aircraft engine developed in the United States by a partnership between the US Army Air Corps and Continental Motors. It was the "official" result of the USAAC's hyper ...
Troy Book. The Queen of Fortune holds the Wheel of Fortune, from an early manuscript of Troy Book. Troy Book is a Middle English poem by John Lydgate relating the history of Troy from its foundation through to the end of the Trojan War. It is in five books, comprising 30,117 lines in ten-syllable couplets. The poem's major source is Guido delle ...
January 7 – Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, marries Isabella of Portugal. January 10 – Philip the Good founds the Order of the Golden Fleece. March 29 – The Ottoman Empire, under Murad II, captures Thessalonica after an eight-year siege. May 14 – The French first attempt to relieve the Siege of Compiègne.
Alain Chartier was born in Bayeux to a family marked by considerable ability. His eldest brother Guillaume became bishop of Paris ; and Thomas Chartier became notary to the king. Jean Chartier, a monk of St Denis, whose history of Charles VII is printed in vol. III. of Les Grands Chroniques de Saint-Denis (1477), is also said to have been a ...
France. Signature. Joan of Arc ( French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk]; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
Sikh scriptures. The principal Sikh scripture is the Adi Granth (First Scripture), more commonly called the Guru Granth Sahib. The second most important scripture of the Sikhs is the Dasam Granth. Both of these consist of text which was written or authorised by the Sikh Gurus . Within Sikhism the Sri Guru Granth Sahib or Adi Granth is more than ...
