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Events that took place in the month of April

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1204 Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine 1215 Pope sides with John	1101 Henry I appoints Roger, a Norman Monk, as Chancellor 1454 Earl of Salisbury becomes chancellor	1203 Arthur is murdered 1367 Battle of Nájera in Spain	1331 Meeting between Edward III and Philippe VI 1471 Clarence rejoins his brothers		1152 Theobald refuses to crown Eustace	1498 Death of Charles VIII of France
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	1413 Henry V crowned 1483 Edward IV dies, Edward V becomes king	1191 Richard's fleet leave Sicily 1633 Bananas first seen in England	1471 London opens its gates to Edward and the Yorkists 1554 Wyatt executed	1258 Henry is opposed by the Barons	1436 The French retake Paris 1640 The Short Parliament 1643 Battle of Ripple Field	1118 Baldwin II crowned 1129 Coronation of Philip of France 1297 Edward appeals for support 1471 The Battle of Barnet 1471 Queen Margaret lands at Weymouth
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1450 Battle of Formigny		1194 The 'Crown Wearing' 1492 Columbus signs agreement 1500 Louis XII enters Milan		1164 Reading Abbey consecrated 1390 Robert III becomes King of the Scots	1191 Philippe Augustus arrives in Acre 1314 Pope Clement V dies 1643 Prince Rupert retakes Lichfield	1109 Archbishop Anselm dies 1509 Death of Henry VII
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	1348 Creation of the Order of the Garter 1358 A Splendid Tournament at Windsor 1445 Marriage of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou 1616 Oliver Cromwell enters university 1642 Charles refused entry to Hull 1661 Charles II crowned	1494 Columbus heads for Cuba 1558 Marriage and a secret agreement	1199 John is crowned Duke of Normandy 1284 Edward (II) is born 1599 Birth of Oliver Cromwell		1296 Battle of Dunbar	1192 Conrad is assassinated 1202 John fails to attend a summons to Philippe's court 1442 Future Edward IV is born
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1429 Joan reaches Orleans 1483 Woodvilles escort Edward V	1483 Richard captures the King

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Other events occurring in April

871 Alfred 'The Great' becomes king of Wessex	878 Battle of Edington	1016 Edmund II (Ironside) becomes King
1016 Canute attempts to take the throne	1053 Harold becomes Earl of Wessex	1066 Halley's Comet
1088 Pevensey Castle siege	1097 Crusaders reach Constantinople	1123 Baldwin II is captured
1128 Hugh de Payen visits Fulk of Anjou	1137 Stephen goes to Normandy	1141 Matilda is elected Queen
1185 John is knighted	1185 John in Ireland	1217 Siege of Mountsorrel Castle
1258 Henry asks for money	1264 Northampton captured by the King	1264 Warwick castle attacked and destoyed
1283 Birth of Margaret, Maid of Norway	1295 Beaumaris Castle begun	1295 Edward occupies Anglesey
1296 Balliol: Renounces homage to England	1320 Declaration of Arbroath	1327 Edward II is imprisoned
1338 A comet seen in Europe	1357 John brought to England	1367 Wykeham becomes Chancellor
1384 Criticism of Richard	1387 Future Henry V born	1405 Scrope's revolt
1406 James I of Scotland	1406 Robert III dies	1414 Parliament at Leicester
1429 Joan is given an army	1444 Treaty of Tours	1464 Battle of Hedgeley Moor
1483 Richard made Protector	1484 Prince Edward dies	1493 Henry becomes Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1502 Prince Arthur dies	1547 Catherine Parr marries Thomas Seymour	1558 Betrothal of Mary and Dauphin Francis
1642 Robert Monro attacks the Irish	1646 Exeter falls to Fairfax	1646 Charles escapes from Oxford