The Middle Ages

Western Roman Empire ends

476

British HIstory Timeline

Period: 476 to Aug 22, 1485

Moors start raiding Spain.

Jan 1, 711

William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and becomes King of England.

Jan 1, 1066

Crusades start

Jan 1, 1096

Small towns start springing up over Europe.

Jan 1, 1100

Henry II, the first 'Plantagenet' king, accedes to the throne

Dec 19, 1154

This day was the day of Henry II day of accession and coronation. Aside from being the king of England he is also the king of Wales, Normandy, Anjou, Gascony and also other parts of France. Henry is the son of Empress Matilda. He established stability after civil war between his mother and her rival Stephen. He believe his power to give rights and orders over the barons and compulsory rules and regulations and governance. Regular monetary rolls of government began in his hold royal office.

Henry II's soldiers murder Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury

Dec 29, 1170

Henry II visits Ireland to assert his overlordship

Oct 1, 1171

Fire ravages Canterbury Cathedral

Jan 1, 1174

First 'eisteddfod' is held at Aberteifi in Cardigan

Dec 25, 1176

Henry II dies and is succeeded by Richard I

Jul 6, 1189

Richard I joins the Third Crusade

Jan 1, 1190

Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan.

Jan 1, 1192

Richard I dies and is succeeded by his brother John

Jan 1, 1199

Migrant scholars establish a university at Cambridge

Jan 1, 1209

John is excommunicated over a dispute with Pope Innocent III

Nov 1, 1209

John loses Normandy and other French possessions after the Battle of Bouvines

Jul 27, 1214

King John of England signs the Magna Carta.

Jan 1, 1215

King John of England signs the Magna Carta.

Jan 1, 1215

France invades England in support of rebel barons and John dies

Jan 1, 1216

France invades England in support of rebel barons and John dies

Jan 1, 1216

France invades England in support of rebel barons and John dies

Jan 1, 1217

Henry III is crowned king of England

Oct 28, 1218

First friaries are founded in Scotland

Jan 1, 1231

Treaty of York decides the Anglo-Scottish border

Sep 25, 1237

Henry III begins to rebuild Westminster Abbey

Jan 1, 1245

Rebellious barons create a council to advise Henry III

Jan 1, 1258

Treaty of Paris settles the future of English possessions in France

Dec 4, 1259

Battle of Largs ends Norwegian attempts to control Scotland's Western Isles

Oct 2, 1263

Simon de Montfort's 'parliament' is summoned

Jan 1, 1265

Henry III acknowledges Llywelyn ap Gruffydd's lordship in Wales

Jan 1, 1267

Henry III dies and is succeeded by his son Edward

Nov 20, 1272

Statute of Mortmain restricts land acquisition by the church

Jan 1, 1279

Edward I expels all Jews from England

Jul 1, 1290

Edward I summons his 'Model Parliament'

Jan 1, 1295

Scotland and France seal the 'Auld Alliance'

Jul 5, 1295

Scottish rebel William Wallace is executed by the English

Aug 23, 1305

Edward I dies and is succeeded by his son Edward II

Jul 7, 1307

Robert the Bruce defeats Edward II at Bannockburn

Jun 24, 1314

Millions die in the Great European Famine

Jan 1, 1315

until 1322

Edward Bruce leads an expedition to Ireland

Jan 1, 1316

Scottish barons send the Declaration of Arbroath to the pope

Apr 6, 1320

Isabella invades England and overthrows Edward II

Sep 1, 1326

Edward II is murdered and Edward III becomes king

Jan 20, 1327

Edward III seizes control of the throne from his mother, Isabella

Jan 1, 1330

100 Years’ War starts.

Jan 1, 1337

Hundred Years' War between England and France begins

May 24, 1337

English defeat a Franco-Castilian fleet at Sluys off Flanders

Jun 24, 1340

English defeat the French at the Battle of Crécy

Aug 26, 1346

Black Deathbreaks out in Europe.

Jan 1, 1347

'Black Death' enters Britain

Jul 7, 1348

Edward the 'Black Prince' defeats and captures John II, King of France

Sep 19, 1356

Edward III dies and is succeeded by Richard II

Jun 22, 1377

Peasants' Revolt is dispersed by Richard II at Smithfield, London

Jun 15, 1381

Wet Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners.

Oct 25, 1381

Winchester College is founded

Jan 1, 1382

Church reformer John Wyclif dies

Dec 1, 1384

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' appear

Jan 1, 1387

Richard II makes an expedition to Ireland

Oct 1, 1394

until May 1395

Henry IV is proclaimed king of England

Sep 30, 1399

Owain Glyn Dwr leads a Welsh revolt against the English

Jan 1, 1400

until 1409

St Andrews is established as the first Scottish university

Jan 1, 1413

Henry IV dies and is succeeded by his son, Henry V

Mar 20, 1413

Rebel Lollards are defeated by Henry V

Jan 1, 1414

Council of Constance addresses a deep schism in the papacy

Nov 5, 1414

Southampton Plot is revealed to Henry V

Jul 31, 1415

Henry V defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt

Oct 25, 1415

Charles VI cedes France to Henry V in the Treaty of Troyes

May 21, 1420

Henry VI becomes king of England and France before his first birthday

Jul 31, 1422

Joan of Arc drives out the English from Orleans.

Jan 1, 1429

Treaty of Arras breaks the alliance between Burgundy and England

Sep 21, 1435

Henry VI assumes power as king of England

Jan 1, 1437

Jack Cade leads a rebellion against war taxation

Jun 1, 1450

100 Years’ War ends.

Jan 1, 1453

French defeat the English at the Battle of Castillon

Jul 17, 1453

Wars of the Roses begin with first Battle of St Albans

May 22, 1455

Lancastrians are defeated at Towton and Edward IV is proclaimed king

Mar 29, 1461

Henry VI is briefly restored to the throne

Oct 30, 1470

Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians and kill Edward, Prince of Wales

May 4, 1471

William Caxton publishes the first printed book in England

Jan 1, 1477

Edward IV dies and is succeeded by his 12-year-old son, Edward V

Apr 9, 1483

Richard III becomes king and the 'Princes in the Tower' disappear

Jul 1, 1483

Henry Tudor (Henry VII) is crowned King of England.

Jan 1, 1485

Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth

Aug 22, 1485

Vikings start raiding Europe.

Mar 2, 2022