for January 21
EVENTS
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1189: |
Troops for the Third Crusade begin assembling |
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King Philip Augustus of France, King Henry II of England (shortly followed by his son, King Richard I), and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I began building their armies to take on the Third Crusade in response to the victory of Saladin in 1187.
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1217: |
Matthew Paris becomes a monk at St. Alban's |
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The Swiss Brethren were a branch of the radical Anabaptist group of the Reformation and were based in Zurich. The chief founders were John Denk, Conrad Grebel and Balthasar Hubmaier. |
WHO WAS BORN
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1338: |
King Charles V of France |
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Charles the Wise led France in its recovery from the first devastating phase of the Hundred Years' War. |
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Medieval History |
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