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| 1 | 1327 | - 1327—1377: ROYAL: Edward III of Windsor, Ruler of England .House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Eldest son of Edward II.
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| 2 | 1337 | - 1337—1453: WAR: Hundred Years' War .English and French kings fight for control of France.
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| 3 | 1377 | - 1377—1399: ROYAL: .Richard II. Ruler of England. House of Plantagenet, Angevin Line - Son of the Black Prince, grandson of Edward III, minor until 1389, deposed 1399 by Parliament.
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| 4 | 1387 | - 1387—1387: LITERATURE: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales..Joan of Arc burned.
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| 5 | 1399 | - 1399—1413: ROYAL: Henry IV, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line - Son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 4th son of Edward III. Chosen by Parliament as successor to Richard II.
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| 6 | 1400 | - 1400—1400: HISTORY: .First piano called the Spinet invented.
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| 7 | 1411 | - 1411—1411: HISTORY: .Trigger invented.
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| 8 | 1413 | - 1413—1422: ROYAL: Henry V, Ruler of England.House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line - Eldest son of Henry IV, victor of Agincourt.
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| 9 | 1420 | - 1420—1420: HISTORY: Oil painting invented..
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| 10 | 1421 | - 1421—1421: HISTORY: In Florence, hoisting gear invented..
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| 11 | 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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| 12 | 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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| 13 | 1455 | - 1455—1455: HISTORY: Printing Press.Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press with metal movable type.
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1370 - 1455 (~ 84 years)
