Battle of the Golden Spurs
Flemish militia crush the French knights
On 11 July 1302 the foot militias of the Flemish towns, armed with pikes and goedendags, routed Philip IV's army of knights at Kortrijk. Hundreds of gilded spurs taken from the dead were hung in a church, which gave the battle its name.
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Middle East
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Africa
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Asia
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Alive at the time
- Marco Polo (aged 48)
- Dante Alighieri (aged 37)
- Edward I Longshanks (aged 63)
- Osman I (aged 44)
- Philip IV the Fair (aged 34)
- Mansa Musa (aged 22)
- Orhan (aged 21)
- Emperor Go-Daigo (aged 14)
- Ivan Kalita (aged 14)
- Albert I (aged 47)