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The 20th of May 1217 AD The Second Battle of Lincoln

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The Second Battle of Lincoln is battled close Lincoln, England, bringing about the annihilation of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Subsequent to King John reneged on Magna Carta, the nation fell into a common war for about 2 years, isolated between aristocrats as yet supporting the crown and renegade nobles who then welcomed Prince Louis, the child of the French King, to take the English throne.  Second Battle of Lincoln The fight which occurred in and around the city of Lincoln on May 20 1217 likely decided the fate of the English crown. Ruler Louis of France (later Louis VIII) had set up a base in Southern England with the backing of aristocrats resolved to remove King John . John passed on in October 1216, and his child consequently succeeded him as Henry III . Anyway, as a kid of eight his position was unstable.  John's passing changed the political scene: a few nobles fulfilled by his way out returned to supporting his child...
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On 22nd January 1556 -  Shaanxi Earthquake - deadliest  ever recorded kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China: https://www.facebook.com/pages/History-and-future-world/402121129963935 The tremor happened close Huaxian, Shaanxi (once in the past Shensi), China, around 50 miles (80 km) east-northeast of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi. More than 830,000 individuals were executed. Harm stretched out as far away as Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi (some time ago Shansi) and around 270 miles (430 km) northeast of the epicenter. There are felt reports as far away as Liuyang in Hunan, more than 500 miles (800 km) away. Topographical impacts reported with this tremor included ground crevices, elevate, subsidence, sandblows, liquefaction and avalanches. Most towns in the harm range reported city dividers broken down, most to all houses crumpled and a considerable lot of the towns reported ground gaps with water spouting out (ie. liquefaction and sandblows). Gu, et.al. s...
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English king Edward III proclaimed king of France:

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ON 26TH JANUARY 1340 -  English king  Edward III  proclaimed king of France: Since the most punctual days of human governments there were wars over who would get to expect — or acquire — the ability to control them. French King Charles IV passed on without a child to take the throne as his successor. At the same time he did have a little girl — she wedded King Edward II of England and conceived a child, named Edward III. This made youthful Edward III, grandson of Charles IV, by law the real beneficiary to the throne of France. During a period when he was lord of England.  On this day, January 26, 1340, Edward III pronounces himself to be the legitimate lord of France. Commonly, the idea of serving an outside ruler did not satisfy the French privileged much. They questioned Edward's case focused around their elucidation of the salic law that administered force progression. So started the Hundred Years War.  The French question originated from what...
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