The Battle of Kulikovo (1380) fell in the middle of the Hundred Years' War, which had been raging for 43 years and had 73 more to go.
The events
- Hundred Years' War1337–1453 · France. The Plantagenet kings of England contested the French throne with the Valois in a war that ran, with truces, for 116 years. Despite English victories at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, France eventually recovered nearly all its land, and both nations emerged with a stronger national identity.
- Battle of Kulikovo1380 · Kulikovo Field. Forces of the Russian principalities led by Grand Prince Dmitry of Moscow defeated the army of the Horde warlord Mamai. The victory raised Moscow's standing as the centre for uniting the Russian lands and earned Dmitry the name Donskoy.
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