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The Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346 CE saw an English army defeat a much larger French force in the first great battle of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE). Edward III of England (r. 1327-1377 CE) and his son Edward the Black Prince...

The original flag of the English East India Company (EIC), founded in 1600 by royal charter. The company later changed its name to the British East India Company and so the cross of St. George in the top right corner was replaced by a Union...

A 17th-century painting by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom showing English and Dutch galleons in combat in 1605. Both ships are typical of the Spanish galleon type. (National Maritime Museum, Amsterdam)

Map showing the English midlands around 912 CE, including the kingdom of Mercia which was reigned by the renowned Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians (r. 911-918 CE) at the time.

Title page of Sir Henry Billingsley's first English version of Euclid's Elements, 1570.

A collection of eight English pub signs. Top row (L to R): The Ship, Guisborough; Kings Head, Guisborough; Durham Ox, Thirsk; The Frigate, Marske-by-the-Sea. Bottom row (L to R): The Red Lion, Lenham; Royal George, Staithes; Captain Cook...

An illustration of a 19th century CE English Grammar school classroom. The classrooom had changed little since Tudor times.

A collection of eight traditional English pub signs. Top row (L to R): Mermaid Inn, Guisborough; The Hare & Hounds, Hawsker; Hop & Grape, Redcar; The Ship, Marske-by-the-Sea. Bottom row (L to R): The Victoria, Saltburn-by-the-Sea; The Plimsoll...

Landing of English troops in Holland on 27 August 1799 to partake in the ill-fated Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland during the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802). Watercolor painting by Dirk Langendijk, 1799. Royal Museums, Greenwich...

Reconstructed English homes of 17th-century CE Jamestown Colony of Virginia. Jamestown Settlement living history museum.