Timeline of British history (1000–1499)

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This article presents a timeline of events in British history from 1000 AD until 1499 AD.

Timeline of British history (Before 1000) Timeline of British history (1500-1599)

11th century

1016 King Cnut, crowned king of England

1034 Death of King Malcolm II of Scotland, Duncan I accedes to the Scottish throne

1035 Death of Cnut

1040 Death of Duncan I, Macbeth accedes to the Scottish throne

1040 Death of Harold Harefoot, his brother Harthacnut accedes to the English throne

1042 Death of Harthacnut, Edward the Confessor accedes to the English throne

1057 Death of Macbeth, Lulach accedes to the Scottish throne

1058 Death of Lulach, Malcolm III accedes to the Scottish throne

1066 Death of Edward the Confessor in January, Harold II accedes to the English throne. Norman invasion and conquest of England, Harold II is killed and William the Conqueror becomes King of England

1078 Work commenced on Tintern Abbey

1086 Work commences on the Domesday Book

1087 Death of William the Conqueror

1093 Death of Malcolm III of Scotland in battle against the English

1100 Death of William II, Henry I accedes to the throne of England

1100 White tower of London completed

12th century

1135 Death of Henry I, accession of King Stephen to English throne

1137 Beginning of a civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda over the succession to the English throne; accession of Owain Gwynedd, the first Welsh ruler to style himself prince of Wales

1154 Death of King Stephen, accession of Henry II to English throne

1164 Constitutions of Clarendon, a set of laws which governs the trial of members of the Church in England

1170 Assassination of Thomas a Becket; death of Owain Gwynedd, prince of Wales

1189 Death of Henry II, Richard I accedes to the English throne.

1192 Richard is captured by Duke Leopold of Austria whilst returning from the Crusades

1194 Richard is ransomed and returns to England; accession of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth to the throne of Gwynedd

1199 Death of Richard I, King John accedes to the English throne

13th century

1209 King John excommunicated by *1216 Death of King John, Henry III accedes to the throne of England

1237 Border between Scotland and England by the Treaty of York

1240 Death of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, prince of Wales; Dafydd ap Llywelyn accedes to the throne of Gwynedd

1246 Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn; Llywelyn ap Gruffudd accedes to the throne of Gwynedd (he does not claim the title of prince of Wales until 1258)

1249 Death of Alexander II, king of Scots; Alexander III accedes to the throne of Scotland

1263 Battle of Largs, an inconclusive battle fought between Haakon IV of Norway and the Scots

1264 Simon de Montfort leads rebel English barons to defeat Henry III at the Battle of Lewes

1266 Scotland and Norway sign the Treaty of Perth under which Scottish control of the Western Isles is acknowledged

1267 Henry III of England recognises the authority of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in Wales

1272 Death of Henry III, Edward I accedes to the English throne

1277 England annexes Wales, a state of affairs which lasted until 1283

1279 Statute of Mortmain

1282 Death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Wales; Dafydd ap Gruffudd accedes to the throne of Gwynedd

1283 Death of Dafydd ap Gruffudd; English conquest of Wales

1287 Revolt of Rhys ap Maredudd in Wales

1294 Revolt of Madog ap Llywelyn in Wales

1297 William Wallace and the Scots defeat the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge

14th century

1305 Capture and execution of Scottish resistance fighter William Wallace by the English on a charge of treason

1307 Death of Edward I, Edward II accedes to the English throne

1314 Decisive victory for Scotland over England at the Battle of Bannockburn

1316 Revolt of Llywelyn Bren in south Wales

1322 Edward II defeats a rebellious baronial faction at Battle of Boroughbridge

1327 Edward III usurps the English throne in January, Edward II is killed in September

1328 England recognises Scotland's independence in the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton

1338 Edward III claims the throne of France, initiating the Hundred Years' War

1348 The Black Death first arrives in England and ultimately kills c. one third of the population

1356 Battle of Poitiers

1377 Death of Edward III, his Grandson Richard II accedes to the English throne

1381 Peasants' Revolt of 1381

1392 Great Act of Praemunire

1399 Henry Bolingbroke usurps the English throne becoming Henry IV

15th century

1413 - Henry IV dies and is succeeded by his son, Henry V

1415 - Henry V is welcomed back to England after a major victory at the Battle of Agincourt, France

1422 - Henry V dies and is succeeded by his son, Henry VI

1471 – Henry VI is murdered and Edward IV is restored to the English throne

1483 – Death of Edward IV, Edward V accedes to the throne. However, in June Edward V is declared illegitimate and disappears. Richard III accedes to the throne

1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August ends the Yorkist reign of Richard III and ushers in Tudor reign, with the reign of Henry VII.

1487 – The Battle of Stoke is fought between Henry VII and Lambert Simnel a Yorkist claimant to the throne. It is the last battle of the Wars of the Roses

References

Timeline of British history (1000–1499) Wikipedia

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