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17th July 1453: The Battle of Castillon, widely accepted as last conflict of the Hundred Years’ War

17th July 2026
Tagged as: Castillon, Charles VII, England, France, Henry VI, Hundred Years War, Medieval

The Battle of Castillon, considered to be the last battle of the Hundred Years’ War, was fought between France and England.

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22nd May 1455: Wars of the Roses begin at the First Battle of St Albans between Richard, Duke of York, and King Henry VI

22nd May 2026
Tagged as: Duke of York, England, Henry VI, Lancaster, London, Monarchy, Richard, St Albans, Wars of the Roses, York

The Wars of the Roses were fought between the Houses of Lancaster and York, both of whom had claims to the English throne

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16th December 1431: Henry VI became the only English monarch to be crowned King of France

16th December 2025
Tagged as: Charles VI of France, Charles VII, England, France, Henry V, Henry VI, Hundred Years War

Henry was crowned by the Bishop of Paris, as the Archbishop of Reims was aligned with the French crown. Attendance was limited, and the event failed to generate significant support among the French population.

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17th July 1453: The Battle of Castillon, widely accepted as last conflict of the Hundred Years’ War

22nd May 1455: Wars of the Roses begin at the First Battle of St Albans between Richard, Duke of York, and King Henry VI

16th December 1431: Henry VI became the only English monarch to be crowned King of France

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in Scotland

15th October 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at his exile on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic

14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites

13th October 1908: Suffragette Margaret Travers Symons becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons when she burst into the main chamber

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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