Military history of England

Medieval period

Battle of Aylesford (455) Anglo-Saxons, Romano-Britons

Battle of Badon (c. 519) siege and battle that stemmed the tide of Saxon advance for a few decades: Anglo-Saxons, Romano-Britons

Battle of Ellandun

Viking invasions (793–1066)

Raid on Lindisfarne (793)

Campaign of Alfred the Great (871–899)

Battle of Edington (878)

Battle of Cynwit (878)

Battle of Assandun (1016)

Battle of Fulford (1066)

Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)

Norman conquest of England (1066)

Battle of Hastings 1066

Rebellion of 1088 - civil war

The Anarchy (1135–54) - civil war

Revolt of 1173–74 - civil war

Third Crusade (1189–1192)

Richard I's war in France

Welsh uprising of 1211

Battle of Bouvines (1214) - loss of Normandy

First Barons' War (1215–1217) - civil war

Henry III's war in France

Second Barons' War (1264–1267) - civil war

Welsh Uprising (1282) - civil war

Edward I's war in France

The First War of Scottish Independence (1296–1328)

Battle of Bannockburn (1314)

Edward II's war in France

The Second War of Scottish Independence (1332–1357)

Hundred Years' War (1337 to 1453) against France

War of Edward III (1337 to 1360) - victory

War of Charles the Wise (1369 to 1396) - defeat

War of Henry V (1415 to 1422) - victory

War of Charles the Victorious (1428 to 1453) - defeat

Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) - Richard III was the last English king to die in combat - civil war

Early Modern period

Italian Wars (1494 – 1559)

War of the League of Cambrai (1511–13)

Italian War of 1521–26

Italian War of 1542–46

Italian War of 1551–59 (1557–59)

Cornish Rebellion (1497)

Anglo-Scottish Wars (1513; 1544–51)

Third Cornish Uprising (1549)

Siege of Calais (1558) - loss of England's last continental possession

Desmond Wars (1569-83)

Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

Nine Years' War (Ireland) (1594–1603)

Eighty Years' War (1598–1648)

First Anglo-Powhatan War (1609–1613) - North America

Second Anglo-Powhatan War (1622) - North America

Anglo-Spanish War (1625–30) (As a small part of the Thirty Years' War)

Anglo-French War (1627–29)

Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1651) - civil war

First Bishops' War (1639)

Second Bishops' War (1640)

Irish Rebellion (1641)

The Confederates' War (1642-648)

English Civil War (1642–1651)

First English Civil War (1642–1646)

Civil War in Scotland (1644–1647)

Second English Civil War (1648)

Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649-53)

Third English Civil War (1650–1651)

Third Anglo-Powhatan War (1644) - North America

First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–54)

Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60)

Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–67)

War of Devolution (1667–1668)

Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674)

King Philip's War (1675–1676) - North America

Virginia Rebellion (1676)

Monmouth Rebellion (1685) - civil war

Nine Years' War (1688–1697) - England, Spain, Germany, Portugal and Holland v France

King William's War (1688–1697) - North America

Jacobite Rebellions (1689–91) - Civil War

Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691)

Battle of the Boyne (1690) - last battle between two rival claimants for the throne

War of the Spanish Succession (1702–1713) - England and Scotland/Great Britain, Germany, Portugal and Holland v France and Spain

Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)

For military history after the Acts of Union 1707 see the military history of the United Kingdom

List of civil wars

1. Rebellion of 1088 - in England and Normandy
2. The Anarchy (1135–54) - in England
3. Revolt of 1173–74 - in England, Normandy, and Anjou
4. First Barons' War (1215–17) - in England
5. Second Barons' War (1264–67) - in England
6. Welsh Uprising (1282) - in England and Wales
7. Wars of the Roses (1455–85) - in England and Wales; Richard III was the last English king to die in combat
8. Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–51) - in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
9. First Bishops' War (1639)
10. Second Bishops' War (1640)
11. Irish Rebellion of 1641
12. First English Civil War (1642–1646)
13. The Confederates' War (1642-48)
14. Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1644–47)
15. Second English Civil War (1648)
16. Third English Civil War (1650–51)
17. Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649)
18. Monmouth Rebellion (1685) - in England
19. Jacobite Rebellions (1689-91; 1715-16; 1719; 1745-46) - in England, Scotland and Ireland
20. Williamite War in Ireland (1688–91)
21. Battle of the Boyne (1690) - last battle between two rival claimants for the throne