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Edward III of England

19 dated entries naming Edward III of England, drawn from 16 separate years between 1328 CE and 1397 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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  • 1328January 24 – Philippa of Hainault marries King Edward III of England a year after his coronation. The marriage produces ten children, the eldest of whom is Edward the Black Prince.source
  • 1329June 6 – Edward III of England pays homage to Philip VI of France for Aquitaine.source
  • 1332June 16 – Isabella de Coucy, English princess, daughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1379 or 1382)source
  • 1333June 8 – King Edward III of England seizes the Isle of Man from Scottish control.source
  • 1340January 26 – King Edward III of England declares himself King of France at Ghent, Flanders.source
  • 1340June 24 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys – The English fleet, under the command of Edward III of England, battles the French fleet, under that of Admiral Hugues Quiéret and treasurer Nicolas Béhuchet, assisted by Genoese mercenary galleys under Egidio Bocanegra, on the Low Countries coast. The French fleet is virtually destroyed, and both of its commanders are killed.source
  • 1344King Edward III of England introduces three new gold coins, the florin, leopard, and helm. Unfortunately, the amount of gold in the coins does not match their value of 6 shillings, 3 shillings, and 1 shilling and sixpence, so they have to be withdrawn and mostly melted down, by August of this year.source
  • 1344October 10 – Mary Plantagenet, duchess consort of Brittany, daughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1362)source
  • 1345April – Edward III of England offers "defiance" of Philip VI of France.source
  • 1348April 23 – Edward III of England creates the first English order of chivalry, the Most Noble Order of the Garter.source
  • 1351January 14 – Edward III of England institutes the Treason Act 1351, defining treason in English law. It remains unrepealed into the 21st century.source
  • 1360October 24 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. Under its terms, Edward III of England gives up his claim to the French throne, and releases King John II of France in return for French land, including Calais and Gascony.source
  • 1369June 3 – At the opening of the English Parliament at Westminster, King Edward III of England proclaims himself to the rightful heir to the throne of France after the Hundred Years' War is resumed by France's King Charles V.source
  • 1374April 23 – On Saint George's Day, in recognition of services, King Edward III of England grants the English writer Geoffrey Chaucer a gallon of wine a day, for the rest of his life.source
  • 1375December 28 – King Edward III summons the English Parliament to assemble at Westminster on April 28, 1376.source
  • 1377April 23 – King Edward III of England formally confers knighthood upon two of his grandsons, both aged 10, Prince Richard of Woodstock (son of King Edward's deceased son Edward the Black Prince), and upon Henry Bolingbroke (son of John of Gaunt), as well as his 13-year-old illegitimate son John de Southeray, and 11-year-old John de Mowbray. Two months later, Prince Richard will become King Richard II upon Edward's death, and in 1399, Bolingbroke will overthrow Richard and becomes King Henry IV.source
  • 1377June 21 – King Edward III of England (b. 1312)source
  • 1378January 14 – King Richard II opens the Irish Parliament for the first time since the death of his father, King Edward III, a year earlier.source
  • 1397September 8 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III of England (b. 1355)source

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