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Jul 31, 2019 · Areas became depleted, populations fled or were massacred, the economy was damaged and disrupted, and ever greater expenditure was sucked into the army, raising taxes. Historian Guy Blois called the effects of the 1430s and 1440s a ‘ Hiroshima in Normandy.'. Of course, some people benefitted from the extra military expenditure.
Mar 17, 2020 · The Hundred Years ' War (1337-1453) was an intermittent conflict between England and France lasting 116 years. It began principally because King Edward III (r. 1327-1377) and Philip VI (r. 1328-1350) escalated a dispute over feudal rights in Gascony to a battle for the French Crown. The French eventually won and gained control of all of France ...
Hundred Years’ War, (1337–1453)Intermittent armed conflict between England and France over territorial rights and the issue of succession to the French throne. It began when Edward III invaded Flanders in 1337 in order to assert his claim to the French crown. Edward won a major victory at the Battle of Crécy (1346); after his son Edward ...
Jun 9, 2020 · The World Was Dealing with a Pandemic. The world was still suffering from the 1918 influenza pandemic (H1N1 virus) 100 years ago today – a deadly, severe pandemic that killed an estimated 50 million people. Photo: soldiers from Fort Riley, Kansas, ill with Spanish flu at a hospital ward at Camp Funston.
1 day ago · 40 years ago Canadian ice hockey executive (President NHL 1946-77), dies from respiratory ailments at 78. 40 years ago William Keighley, American director (The Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94. 30 years ago Leon MacLaren, British philosopher and founder of the LSE, dies at 83.
Living with ourselves is another story.Madi The Dark Year is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of The 100. It is the sixty-ninth episode of the series overall. TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS — As Clarke races to save Abby, she learns more about the trials and tribulations Wonkru faced in the bunker, and the impossible decisions they were forced to make in the dark year. Octavia Blake ...
Apr 14, 2015 · In 1932, 14 dust storms were recorded on the Plains. In 1933, there were 38 storms. By 1934, it was estimated that 100 million acres of farmland had lost all or most of the topsoil to the winds. By April 1935, there had been weeks of dust storms, but the cloud that appeared on the horizon that Sunday was the worst. Winds were clocked at 60 mph.
