Thomas de Beauchamp
1313 - 1369
11th Earl of Warwick, High Sherriff, Third Founding Knight of the Garter
He was an english nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Year's War. In 1348 he became one of the founders and the third Knight of the Order of the Garter.
about
Feb 14
1313
Feb 14
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birthWarwickshire, England ⇓ At Warwick Castle. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1313 • Wang Zhen, Chinese agronomist, government official, and inventor of wooden-based movable type printing, publishes the Nong Shu (Book of Agriculture). |
1333
Age: 19y
occupationWorcestershire, England ⇓ High sheriff from 1333 until his death. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1333 • Jan IV of Dražic, bishop of Prague, founds a friary and builds a stone bridge at Roudnice in Bohemia. |
1343
Age: 29y
occupationMarshall of England until his death. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1343 • Magnus IV of Sweden abdicates from the throne of Norway in favor of his son Haakon VI of Norway. However Haakon is still a minor, allowing Magnus to remain de facto ruler. |
before
Age: 30y
1344
Age: 30y
birth of childPhilippa Beauchamp 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1344 • Bablake School was founded in Coventry, England by Queen Isabella. |
1346
Aug 26
Age: 33y
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eventCrécy, France ⇓ He was an English commander at the victory of the Battle of Crécy, the first major land battle between King Edward III of England and King Philip VI of France. The English consisted of 9,000 in number, while the French consisted of 30,000. The English ended up winning the battle with one to three hundred casualties. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1346 • The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje by Dusan Silni, occupying much of South-Eastern Europe.Evans, Arthur. Ancient Illyria. London: I. B. Tauris, 2007. ISBN 1-84511-167-2 pg. iv |
1346
Sep 4
Age: 33y
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eventCalais, France ⇓ Fought at the siege of Calais, which fell under English control until 1558. The siege ended on August 3rd 1347. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1346 • English fleet attempts to sail from Portsmouth to Normandy but is forced back by contrary winds. |
1356
Sep 19
Age: 43y
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eventPoitiers, France ⇓ Fought at the Battle of Poitiers, a major battle between the French and the English, the second of three great English victories of the Hundred Year's War. (Battle of Crécy being the first.) The English army was led by Edward, the black prince, of whom Thomas de Beauchamp was guardian. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1356 • Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the leaders in the Red Turban Rebellion, captures the city of Nanjing from the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty in China; from then on it becomes his base of power and the capital of a new dynasty he will establish in 1368, the Ming Dynasty. |
1369
Nov 13
Age: 56y
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deathCalais, France ⇓ Of the plague. Photo is of the tomb of him and his wife Katherine. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1369 • Pedro of Castile loses the Battle of Montiel to an alliance between the French and his half-brother Henry II. |