Historical event

Hundred Years' War Begins

Date: 1337 CE

The start of a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of England, against the House of Valois, rulers of France.

Tags: hundred years war, england, france, warfare, medieval, chivalry, longbow, joan of arc

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