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Jan 28, 2021
2 minutes
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CLAIMS TO THE THRONE 1337
Edward III of England renews his claims to the French throne after Philip of Valois says Gascony, English-held territory, should be controlled by the French.
THE BATTLE OF SLUYS 1340
The English fleet of only 150 ships meets a much larger French fleet at the Flanders port of Sluys. The English outmanoeuvre the French ships, capturing most of them and inflicting
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