for September 19
EVENTS
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1356: |
Battle of Poitiers |
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In this battle of the Hundred Years' War, Edward, the Black Prince of England, scored a decisive victory over the French, taking King John II of France prisoner. |
WHO WAS BORN
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912: |
Emperor Leo VI |
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Known as "the Wise" or "the Philosopher," Emperor Leo VI of Byzantium issued imperial laws in Greek that became the legal code of the Empire. |
WHO DIED
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690: |
St. Theodore of Canterbury |
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Theodore was the seventh archbishop of canterbury and the first to rule the entire English Church. |
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Medieval History |
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