| Year |
Month |
Day |
Event |
| 1431 |
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René d'Anjou, duc de Bar and Lorraine, was captured by Antoine de Vaudement in a local territorial dispute, as battle of Bulgnéville. |
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Dec. |
16 |
Coronation of Henry VI of England as king of France, in Paris. (he's nine years old.) |
| 1432 |
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Feb. |
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The duc de Brittany and the Angevins made a treaty of alliance. |
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Mar. |
5 |
Richemont was reconciled with Charles VII. La Trémoélle, the scheming advisor to Charles VII, was overthrown and Charles [IV] d'Anjou (son of Yolande of Aragón, and held the title of comte de Maine) assumed the position. |
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Aug. |
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Dunois's army defeated Bedford's English force besieging Lagny-sur-Marne, the latter abandoning their artillery. |
| 1433 |
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Sigismund finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor. |
| 1434 |
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Revolt in Rome, pope flees. Heretic armies continue to march in the Holy Roman Empire. |
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Jean Bureau joined the service of Charles VII. Louis III, duc d'Anjou died in Italy while campaigning for the crown of Naples. His brother, René d'Anjou, while still a prisoner of the duke of Burgundy, inherited Louis III's claim to Naples, as well as the duchy of Anjou. |
| 1435 |
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Sep. |
14 |
Duke of Bedford died. |
|
Dec. |
10 |
Treaty of Arras established peace between Philippe 'the Good' of Burgundy and Charles VII.
Burgundy abandons the English. French civil war over, the English are in big trouble. |
| 1436 |
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Charles VII captures Paris. English garrison withdraws from Paris. Scots defeat English at Berwick.
Hussite war ends in Holy Roman Empire (Hussites lose). |
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Apr. |
13 |
Richemont recovered Paris, and allowed English to evacuate. The highly successful merchant, Jacques Coeur, was appointed Director of the Paris Mint. |
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Jul. |
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The duke of Burgundy besieged the English at Calais |
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Aug. |
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English force, under Humphry of Gloucester, counter attacked and drove the Burgundians back into Flanders in a campaign that lasted until 1438. Released from captivity, the English Lord Talbot [i] [later made earl of Shrewsbury in 1442 ], aggressivley subdued French communities in Normandy and Maine. |
| 1437 |
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James I of Scotland murdered, succeeded by James II. |
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Talbot continued to counter French attacks in Normandy, repulsing a Burgundian attack on Le Crotoy, and recovering other towns. |
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Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, is named Lieutenant-General of France. |
|
Nov. |
12 |
Charles VII entered Paris |
| 1438 |
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Nine years truce between England and Scotland. Inca Empire founded. |
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Jacques Coeur was appointed Argentier (personal treasurer) to Charles VII. Charles VII issued the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges. French forces secured the upper Seine by capturing Montereau.
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| 1439 |
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| 1440 |
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Charles duc d'Orléans [a prisoner since the Battle of Agincourt (1415)] was released from English captivity. Charles I, duc de Bourbon led other nobles in the Praguerie revolt (15 February- 17 July) against Charles VII. The dauphin, Louis, and Jean II, duc d'Alençon were associated with the rebels. The revolt was put down by Constable Richemont.
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Jul. |
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Talbot continued to defend English-held towns and managed to recapture Harfleur |
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