12 June
Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. * 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis. * 1381 – Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London. *1418 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre. *1429 – Hundred Years' War: On the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. *1550 – The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden. 1601– ...
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Battle Of Lechfeld (910)
The first Battle of Lechfeld (the first Battle of Augsburg in Hungarian historiographySzabados György: Vereség háttér nélkül? Augsburg, 955), fought on 12 June 910, was an important victory by a Magyar army over the combined forces of East Francia and Swabia ( Alamannia) under the nominal command of Louis the Child. Located approximately south of Augsburg, the Lechfeld is the floodplain that lies along the river Lech. At this time the Grand Prince of the Hungarians was Zoltán, but there is no record of him taking part in the battle. This battle is one of the greatest examples of the success of the feigned retreat tactic used by nomadic warriors, and an example of the effective use of psychological warfare. Sources Sources include ''Antapodosis, seu rerum per Europam gestarum'', written by Liutprand of Cremona, ''Continuator Reginonis'', ''Annales Alamannici'',Werra, JosephÜber den Continuator Reginonis/ref> and the necrologies of the Swabian counts Gozbert and Mana ...
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