Part 41

1356. Battle of Poictiers, when the Fr. king and his son were taken prisoners, 19 Sept.

1357. John, king of France, taken prisoner by Edward the Black Prince, brought to England, and ransomed for 3,000,000 crowns, but being unable to pay this sum, he returned to England, and died in prison 1364.

1370. Timour (vulgarly called Tamerlane) appears a warrior, and conquers Asia, reigns 35 years.

1388. Battle of Otterburn, between Hotspur and earl Douglas, 31 July.

1403. Battle of Shrewsbury, 12 July.

1415. Battle of Agincourt, 25 Oct.

1421. Battle of Beauge, 3 April.

1423. Battle of Crevaut, June.

1424. Battle of Ferneuil, 27 Aug.

1429. Battle of Herrings, 12 Feb.

1453. Mahomed II. takes Constantinople, and begins the Turkish Empire in Europe, which put an end to the eastern empire.

Same year, the wars of the two Roses in England commence.

1455. Battle of St. Alban’s, 22 May.

1459. Battle of Blackheath, 23 Sept.

1460. Battle of Northampton, 10 July.

Battle of Wakefield, 24 Dec.

1461. Battle of Tourton, 29 March.

1464. Battle of Hexham, 15 May.

1469. Battle of Banbury, 26 July.

1470. Battle of Stamford, March.

1471. Battle of Barnet, 14 April.

Battle of Tewkesbury, 4 May.

1485. Battle of Bosworth, 22 Aug.

1487. Battle of Stoke, 6 June.

1494. Battle of Formonte, 6 July.

1497. Battle of Blackheath, 22 June.

1513. Battle of Flouden, 9 Sept. when James IV. king of Scots, was killed.

1515. Battle of Marignano, Francis I. gains victory, 14-15-25 Sept.