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22 matches to Normandy
Abbeville Treaty. 1258. England returns Normandy to France.
Albania. Balkans. 3-5C Visigoth, Huns invade. 6-7C Bulgars, Serbs, Slavs invade.12-15C Bulgar, Norman, Angevin, Serb, Venice contest.15C Ottoman. 1912 Independent republic. 1928 Monarchy (Zog). 1939 Italy occupies. 1945 Communist (Hoxha). 1961 Left Warsaw Pact. 1991 Democratic Constitution.
Channel Islands. 911 Norman. 1066 England. Autonomous British crown possession.
D-Day. June 6, 1944. Normandy Landing.
England. c1800BC Beaker folk. 8C BC Celt. 150BC Belgae. 55BC-407 Rome. 5C Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. 9C Dane(N,E). 10C A-S/Dane. 1042 Anglo-Saxon. 1066 Norman. 1204 -Normandy. 1707 Great Britain. 1801 United Kingdom.
Geoffrey Plantagenet. 1113-51. Count of Anjou. Conquered Normandy for his son Henry II.
Hastings, Battle. 1066. William defeats Harold II, conquers England for Normandy.
Henry I. 1069-1135. King of England 1100-. Regained Normandy for England 1106. Defined yard 1101.
John. Lackland. 1167-1216. King of England 1199-. Lost Normandy. Forced to sign Magna Carta 1215. Excommunicated 1209. Lost Anjou.
Naples. 758BC settled. 326BC Rome. 1072 Norman. 1130 +Sicily. 1282 -Sicily. 1443 +Sicily under Aragon= Two Sicilies. 1799-1806 Parthenopean Republic. 1861 Italy.
Normandy. Rome. 911 Norse(Rollo). 1066 + England. 1204 French. 1420 English. 1450 French.
Normandy Invasion. 1944. Eisenhower’s D-Day assault of Allies on German-occupied France. WWII turning point.
Normans. 9C. Norsemen who settled in northern France, Sicily, Naples, Albania, Thessaloniki.
Overlord, Operation. = Normandy Invasion.
Philip I. 1052-1108. French king 1060-. Recovered Normandy for France.
Robert I. Duke of Normandy 1027-35. Father of William I.
Robert II. 1054-1134. Duke of Normandy 1087-1106. Son of William I. Led First Crusade.
Robert Guiscard. 1015-85. Norman. Conquered and founded Two Sicilies.
Roger II. 1095-1154. Norman count of Sicily 1105-; First king 1130-54. Prosperity, culture.
Rollo. 860-932. Norse pirate. Colonized Normandy 911. 885 Rolled boats around Paris when seige failed.
Tinchebrai, Battle. 1106. Henry I re-unifies Normandy, England.
Trident Conference. 1943. Secret meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill to plan Normandy Invasion.