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Encyclopedia > Jean de Waurin

Jehan (or Jean) de Waurin (or Wavrin) (d. c. 1474), French chronicler, belonged to a noble family of Artois, and was present at the battle of Agincourt. Events December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. ... Artois is a former province of northern France. ... Combatants Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Commanders Henry V of England Jean Le Maingre Charles dAlbret Strength 6,000-9,000 troops 12,000-50,000 troops Casualties 100-500 5,000-8,000 with over 1,000 prisoners {{{notes}}} The Battle of Agincourt (French: Bataille dAzincourt...


Afterwards he fought for the Burgundians at Verneuil and elsewhere, and then occupying a high position at the court of Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, was sent as ambassador to Rome in 1463. Verneuil is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Verneuil, in the Charente département Verneuil, in the Cher département Verneuil, in the Marne département Verneuil, in the Nièvre département Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais, in the Allier département Verneuil-en-Halatte, in the Oise département Verneuil-Grand... Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (Philip the Good or Philippe le Bon) (1396–1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2. ... Events January 5 - Poet Francois Villon is banned from Paris Births January 17 - Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (died 1525) February 24 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494) October 20 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (died 1512) Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici, Italian patron of the arts (died 1503...


Jehan wrote, or rather compiled, the Recueil des croniques et anchiennes istories de la Grant Bretaigne, a collection of the sources of English history from the earliest times to 1471. For this work he borrowed from Froissart, Monstrelet and others; but for the period between 1444 and 1471 the Recueil is original and valuable, although somewhat untrustworthy with regard to affairs in England itself. This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. ... Jean Froissart (~1337 - ~1405) was one of the most important of the chroniclers of medieval France. ... Enguerrand de Monstrelet (c. ... Events March 1 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance April 16 - Truce of Tours. ...


From the beginning to 688 and again from 1399 to 1471 the text has been edited for the Rolls Series (5 vols, London, 1864-1891), by W and ELCP Hardy, who have also translated the greater part of it into English. The section from 1325 to 1471 has been edited by LME Dupont (Paris, 1858-1863). Events Emperor Justinian II of the Bulgarians. ... Events September 30 - Accession of Henry IV of England October 13 - Coronation of Henry IV of England November 1 - Accession of John VI, Duke of Brittany Births William Canynge, English merchant (approximate date; died 1474) Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (died 1468) Deaths January 4 - Nicolau Aymerich, Catalan theologian and... This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. ...


This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain. The 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1910-1911) is the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...



 

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