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The Royal Armouries
Field of Cloth of Gold
1520
Armour worn by Henry VIII in 1520
Royal Armouries
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French king prisoner at Pavia
1525
Near-contemporary painting of the battle
Royal Armouries
Babur wins at Panipat
1526
Elephant armour of a type probably worn at Panipat
Royal Armouries
A grand suit of armour is decorated in a new style, possibly for Henry II of France
c. 1550
The Lion armour
Royal Armouries
King of France killed jousting at a wedding
1559
Sir John Smythe commissions a suit of armour because of the threat from Spain
c. 1585
Battlefield armour of the 1580s
Royal Armouries
Spanish Armada defeated
1588
Tokugawa Ieyasu wins Japan's civil war
1600
Tokugawa Ieyasu is shogun
1603
The shogun presents an agent of the East India Company with a gift for his king
1613
Suit of Japanese armour
Royal Armouries
Clive interferes in Bengal
1757
A quilted armour, in an ancient Indian style, is made probably for Tipu Sultan
c. 1790
Quilted armour from Seringapatam
Royal Armouries
Tipu Sultan killed
1799
Nelson dies at Trafalgar
1805
The City of London commissions a sword to honour Collingwood for his role at Trafalgar
1805
Presentation sword for Lord Collingwood
Royal Armouries
Nelson in Trafalgar Square
1843
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