Medieval Timeline: Today in Medieval History
Posted on August 29th, 2008 by stevent
On this date, August 29th, in medieval history:
- 1179 - Castle Chastelet falls to Saladin
- 1189 - Ban Kulin wrote The Charter of Kulin, which became a symbolic “birth certificate” of Bosnian statehood.
- 1261 - Election of Pope Urban IV
- 1350 - Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
- 1475 - The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
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