Timeline Flashcards
1
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1399
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- Henry IV gained crown by usurping Richard II
2
Q
1413
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- Henry V succeeded the throne
3
Q
1415
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- Henry V to leave for France, but Southampton plot led by Earl of Cambridge to replace Henry with Edmund Mortimer, but Edmund revealed the plot to Henry
- set sail for France with 12,000 men, captured port Harfleur, lost 3,000 men + supplies
- marched into Calais
- Battle of Agincourt, Henry = 8,000 men, French = 12,000 but Henry still won
4
Q
1417
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- Normandy campaigns, English = 12,000 men, captured Rouen in less then 2 years
- French courts weak (Charles VI suffering mental illness)
- 2 rival French groups (Armagnac + Burgundian)
5
Q
1418
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- groups of heretics in minority religious movement in England and planned to assassinate Henry, leader hung for treason
6
Q
1420
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- May Burgundian alliance: Henry’s heir to inherit French throne, dauphin disinherited, Charles VI daughter to marry Henry V, Boulgne + Calais given to Henry
7
Q
1421
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- Henry VI was born
8
Q
1422
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- Henry V died of dysentery, Henry VI king at 9 months, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester = Lord Protector
- death of Charles VI, John, Duke of Bedford = reagent of France
9
Q
1429
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- Joan of Arc leads defeat of English at Orleans
- Charles VII crowned at Reims
10
Q
1431
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- Henry VI crowned in France
11
Q
1435
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- 9th Sep death of Duke of Bedford
- Duke of Burgundy breaks Anglo-Burgundian alliance
12
Q
1436
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- lost control of Paris
- Richard, Duke of York = lieutenant of France
13
Q
1437
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- Henry VI took control of government
- end of Yorks lieutenancy in France
14
Q
1439
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- peace negotiations, release Duke of Orleans after 24 year captivity
15
Q
1440
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- York lieutenant of France again