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25 October 1415
Battle of Agincourt
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Despite a truce in the war with France, Henry
V is keen to renew England's claim to the French throne, taking advantage
of the fact that the king, Charles VI, is mentally ill and the French
nobility are at loggerheads. His victory at Agincourt in 1415 is a tribute
to his outnumbered but disciplined force of longbowmen; they suffer 500
casualties compared with 7,000 for the French. By the Treaty of Troyes
in 1420, the French throne is promised to Henry once Charles dies, but
Henry dies first, in 1422.
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