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| 1 | 1337 | - 1337—1453: WAR: Hundred Years' War .English and French kings fight for control of France.
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| 2 | 1422 | - 1422—2 Feb 1461: ROYAL: Henry VI, Ruler of England. .House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line - 9-month old only son of Henry V, deposed 1461 by Edward IV (Duke of York) after defeat of Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross on Feb 2, 1461. Died in Tower.
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| 3 | 1431 | - 1431—1431: POLITICAL: Joan of Arc burned.Some Englishmen see Joan of Arc as truly a witch and as an agent of the devil - a common response to adversity in this age. Joan is captured. The English turn her over to ecclesiastic authorities - the Inquisition -- and at the French town of Rouen, then under English rule, Joan is burned at the stake.
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| 4 | 1455 | - 1455—1455: HISTORY: Printing Press.Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press with metal movable type.
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| 5 | 1461 | - 1461—1483: ROYAL: .Edward IV. Ruler of England. House of York - Great-great-grandson of Edward III, son of Duke of York.
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| 6 | 1462 | - 1462—1505: POLITICAL: Ivan the Great .Rules Russia until 1505 as first czar; ends payment of tribute to Mongols.
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| 7 | 1465 | - 1465—1465: HISTORY: In Germany, drypoint engravings invented..
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1430 - Bef 1473 (~ 43 years)
