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1402
 
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The Ottoman sultan Bayazid is defeated and captured near Ankara by Timur, who keeps the sultan in captivity until his death the following year       
1410
 
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The Poles defeat the Teutonic knights between Tannenberg and Grunwald, bringing the coastal strip around Gdansk into the Polish kingdom      
1415
 
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Henry V wins a victory on St Crispin's day at Agincourt, against a much larger and more heavily armed French force       
Indenture committing an English gentleman to fight with Henry V in France
National Archives, Kew
1444
 
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A Turkish army routs the Hungarians at Varna on the Black Sea, beginning a process which brings the Turks to the gates of Belgrade by 1456      
1453
 
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The French win a convincing victory at Castillon, recovering the last stronghold (except Calais) held by the English in France       
1455
 
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An engagement at St Albans is the first battle in the 30-year struggle between the white and red roses of York and Lancaster      
1476
 
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The Swiss win a decisive victory at Morat over the army of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy      
1485
 
    
Henry Tudor kills Richard III at Bosworth Field and takes the crown as Henry VII       
Henry VII, by unknown artist, 1505


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1513
 
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James IV of Scotland dies at Flodden, in the disastrous defeat of his army by the English       
1515
 
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The king of France, Francis I, wins a dramatic victory at Marignano and captures Milan