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1415

Battle of Agincourt

October 25, 1415

Henry V's starving, dysentery-ridden army met the flower of French chivalry in a ploughed field between two woods. English longbowmen sank knee-deep in mud and shot the French cavalry to pieces from two hundred yards. By afternoon the mud was a slurry of blood and horseflesh. France lost a generation.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: November 5, 1414: Council of Constance Opens
After: May 30, 1416: Jerome of Prague Burned

Before and after in War

Before: July 15, 1410: Battle of Grunwald
After: 1416: Venice Defeats Ottoman Fleet at Gallipoli

Era

Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Agincourt