Famous Dates
Joan of Arc burned at the stake
1431
Henry VI
"England will not long endure the misrule of a king who is half the time out of his mind."
sentry
The War of the Roses faction that supported Henry VI
(Red rose)
Lancastrians
The end of the War of the Roses
1485
English king who ended the War of the Roses
Henry Tudor (Henry VII)
"God has sent me to deliver France from her enemies."
Joan of Arc
A gate watchman
warder
The War of the Roses faction that supported the duke of York
(White rose)
Yorkists
The First Gutenberg Bible
1454
Mongol warlord who established one of the largest Asian empires in history
Tamerlane
"I would not have a single man more."
Henry V
A banner on a pole
standard
Swiss man who sacrificed himself to open a gap in the Austrian lines.
Arnold von Winkelried
Capture of Constantinople by the Turks; end of the Byzantine Empire
1453
English king who won at Agincourt against superior forces
Henry V
"As there is but one God in heaven, there ought to be but one ruler on the earth."
Tamerlane
A permanent military post
garrison
The sultan of Turkey who was paraded in a cage
Bajazet
1415
He murdered two young princes in order to become king of England
Richard III
"Make way for liberty!"
Arnold von Winkelried
canton
The German royal family from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
Hapsburgs