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26th August 1346: The longbow helps Edward III win the Battle of Crécy

26th August 2021
Tagged as: Crossbow, Edward III, England, France, Hundred Years War, Longbow, Philip VI

On the 26^th August 1346, one of the most decisive battles in the Hundred Years War was won by the army of the English king Edward III.

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25th October 1415: The Battle of Agincourt is fought

25th October 2020
Tagged as: Battle, England, France, Henry V, Hundred Years War, Longbow, War

On the 25^th October 1415, the English king Henry V celebrated a major victory in the Hundred Years War when he defeated the numerically superior French army at the Battle of Agincourt.

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26th August 1346: The longbow helps Edward III win the Battle of Crécy

25th October 1415: The Battle of Agincourt is fought

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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

22nd September 1980: Start of the Iran-Iraq War that lasted on for nearly eight years

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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