Amsterdam

City · 1300 CE · in Europe

Capital of Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1814–1814), Netherlands (1815–today).

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• Dante Alighieri (1265 CE – 1321 CE): Florentine poet whose Divine Comedy, written in the Tuscan vernacular, is a masterpiece of world literature and helped establish the Italian language.
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• Hundred Years' War (1337–1453 CE): Series of wars between England and France over the French throne, ending with England losing all its French lands except Calais.
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