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IEEE 1394 1394 - Births. March 4 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (died 1460) July 12 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (died 1441) November 24 - Charles, duc d'Orléans, French poet (died 1465) December 10 - King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) Ulugh Beg, Turkish ruler and astronomer (died 1449) Cymburgis of Masovia, Duchess of Austria Ikkyu, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (died 148 ...

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2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Avignon (pronounced [aviɲɔ̃] in IPA, Provençal: Avignoun) is a commune in southern France with some 88,300 inhabitants in the city itself and 155,500 in the Greater Avignon area. Avignon - Location. Avignon is situated on the left bank of the Rhône, in the Vauclu ...

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1320 - Events. January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. The Venetian Arsenal is rebuilt as the Arsenal Nuovo. Second Shepherds' Crusade. 1320 - Births. April 8 - King Peter I of Portugal (died 1367) John Hawkwood, English mercenary (died ...

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August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. August 27 - Events. 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea. Along the with the Greek victory on the same day in the Battle of Mycale, the Persian invasion of Greece ended. 55 BC - Julius Caesar lands in Britain for the first time. AD 410 - Visigo ...

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Charles IV (May 14, 1316 – 29 November 1378), of the House of Luxembourg, King of the Romans (as Charles (Karl) IV, 1344 – 1378), Holy Roman Emperor (Charles IV, 1355 – 1378), King of Bohemia (Charles (Karel) I 1346 – 1378), Count of Luxemburg (1346 – 1353), Margrave of Brandenburg (1373 – 1378). He was born as Wenceslaus, later changed his name to Charles at his confirmation. Charles IV Holy Roman Emperor - Life. From 1333 Charles started to administer his father's Crown l ...

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The Joseon Dynasty (also Chosŏn, Hangul: 조선왕조, Hanja: 朝鮮王朝) was the final ruling dynasty of Korea, lasting from 1392 until 1910. It was founded by the Jeonju Yi family, and was preceded by the Goryeo dynasty. It was officially founded by Yi Seonggye (later known as Taejo of Joseon), a general who originally distinguished himself by repelling Japanese pirates who were marauding the peninsula for mainland technology. Later, General Yi would lead the overthrow or coup d'etat of the last king o ...

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The Flatey Book, (in Icelandic the Flateyjarbók 'Flat-island book') is one of the most important medieval Icelandic manuscripts. It is also known as GkS 1005 fol. and Codex Flatöiensis. Sometimes Anglicized as Flateyjarbok. Flateyjarbók - Description. The Flatey Book is the largest and certainly one of the most beautiful of medieval Icelandic manuscripts, comprising 225 velum leaves, carefully written and illustrated. It contains mostly sagas ...

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See also Orders of Chivalry in the British honours system After the failure of the crusades, the crusading military orders became idealized and romanticized, resulting in the late medieval notion of chivalry, as reflected in the Arthurian romances of the time. D'Arcy Boulton (1987) classifies the chivalric orders of the 14th and 15th centuries into the following categories: Monarchical Orders, with the presidency attached to a monarch. the Order of Saint George, founded by Charles I ...

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The Ashikaga shogunate (Japanese 足利幕府, Ashikaga bakufu, 1336–1573) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga family. This period is also known as the Muromachi period and gets its name from the Muromachi area of Kyoto where the third shogun Yoshimitsu established his residence. In part because the founder of the Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji, did so by siding with the Emperor against the previous Kamakura shogunate, the Ashikagas shared more of the governmental author ...

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Robert of Geneva (1342 – 16 September 1394) was elected to the papacy as Pope Clement VII by the French cardinals who opposed Urban VI, and was the first Avignon antipope of the Western Schism. He was the son of Amadeus III, Count of Geneva, of the House of Savoy, and was born in Geneva. He became the Bishop of Thérouanne in 1361, Archbishop of Cambrai in 1368, and a cardinal in 1371. In 1377, while serving as a papal legate, he personally commanded troops lent to the papacy by the condottiere John Hawkw ...

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2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Angoulême is a town and commune in southwestern France, préfecture (capital city) of the Charente département. Angoulême - History. Angoulême (Iculisma) was taken by Clovis from the Visigoths in 507, and plundered by the Normans in the 9th century. In 1360 it was surrendered by the Treaty of Brétigny ...

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An antipope is one whose claim to being Pope is the result of a disputed or contested election. These antipopes were usually in opposition to a specific person chosen by the papal electors (since the Middle Ages, the College of Cardinals; in the twentieth century, their special secret meeting, called conclave, however applies the age limit for eligibility). Some self-appointed leaders of smaller churches are also called "antipopes." During certain periods of turbulence in the Roman Catholic Church, controversial Papal elections ...

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Almelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. Almelo - Population centres. Aadorp Almelo Bornerbroek Mariaparochie Almelo - The city of Almelo. A town with approximately 72.227 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, with the industrial centres of Enschede and Hengelo as close neighbours but also with tourist towns like Ootmarsum, Delden and Markelo only a bicycle ride away. Almelo r ...

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1390s - Events and Trends. 1392 Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye led a coup d'état, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan 1394 Expulsion of Jews from France 1395 End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family 1397 Richard Whittington aka Dick Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset Including:

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This entry contains a timeline of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people. Note that all dates are given according to the Common Era (Christian), not the Jewish calendar. For more detailed information on Jewish history, including links to individual country histories, see Jewish history. Timeline of Jewish history - Biblical history. A separate article exists on the timeline of Biblical characters and the Israelites. See the entry on the history of ancient Israel and Judah. Note, however, that the ...

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Seoul's ancient Namdaemun, or Grand Southern Gate Seoul (서울, listen ▶ (help·info)) is the capital of South Korea (the Republic of Korea) and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. It is a designated special city. On the establishment of South Korea in 1948 it became the capital of the country, except for a short time during the Korean War ...

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The Western Schism or Papal Schism (Also known as the Great Schism of Western Christianity) was a split within the Catholic Church in 1378. Lacking any real theological or doctrinal underpinnings, being rather driven by politics, it was resolved after 40 years by the Council of Constance. It is occasionally called the Great Schism, though this term is more often applied to the East-West Schism of 1054. The schism in the Western church resulted from the untimely return of the Papacy from Avignon to Rome b ...

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The traditional culture of Korea is shared by South Korea and North Korea, but there are regional differences. The political differences between the north and the south of the peninsula also mean that there is a different focus on specific aspects of Korean culture. Culture of Korea - Traditional Korean arts. Culture of Korea - Traditional music. The traditional music in Korea is based on the voice. It is thought that the voice is a distinctively Korean voice, reflecting the tem ...

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1429 - Events. January 10 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founds the European Order of the Golden Fleece February 12 - Battle of Rouvray (or "of the Herrings"). English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the Earl of Suffolk's army at Orleans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stuart. April 27 - Battle of Orléans. A French relief army under Joan of Arc and the Duc d'Alençon enters Orleans May 4 - A French attack led by Joan of ...

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1437 - Events. foundation of All Souls College, University of Oxford. Ulugh Beg's Zij-i-Sultani star catalog is published. Kazan Khanate established 1437 - Births. Isaac Abrabanel, Jewish statesman (died 1508) Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England (died 1492) 1437 - Deaths. January 3 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry VI of England (born 1401) ...

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