Events - Browse By Place - England (<1707)

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Augustine, based at Canterbury, converts thousands of Britons to Christianity
597
Religion, England (<1707)
Battle of Heavenfield restores Christianity to Northumbria
633
War, England (<1707)
Aidan, a monk from Iona, becomes bishop of Lindisfarne
635
Religion, England (<1707)
Synod at Whitby chooses Roman tradition, not Irish, for the Northumbrian church
664
Religion, England (<1707)
Vikings cross the North Sea and plunder the monastery of Lindisfarne
793
War, England (<1707)
Egbert (Wessex) defeats Mercians at Battle of Ellandun, becoming leading kingdom
825
War, England (<1707)
Alfred becomes King of Wessex and fights waves of Danish Vikings
871
Government, England (<1707)
Alfred, the king of Wessex, defeats the Danes at the Battle of Edington
878
War, England (<1707)
Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum gives London to Alfred and redraws boundary line
886
Peace, England (<1707)
Battle of Tettenhall won by King Edward the Elder, son of King Alfred
910
War, England (<1707)
King Aethelstan the Glorious unites the heptarchy of the Anglo-Saxon nations
927
Government, England (<1707)
Canute the Great becomes King of England after the death of Edmund Ironside
1016
Government, England (<1707)
Edward the Confessor completes building of Westminster Abbey
1060
Architecture, England (<1707)
William, Duke of Normandy, defeats King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings
1066
War, England (<1707)
William the Conqueror collects statistics of realm in the Domesday Book
1085
Geography, England (<1707)
"The Anarchy" in England (1139-1154) when Matilda fights Stephen for crown
1120
War, England (<1707)
Adelard of Bath is translator of first Latin introduction to Euclid's Elements
1126
Mathematics, England (<1707)
Empress Matilda's bid to be crowned opposed by London crowds
1141
Government, England (<1707)
Becket appointed by Henry II as Archbishop of Canterbury and conflict begins
1162
Government, England (<1707)
Henry II issues Assize of Clarendon which becomes foundation of criminal law
1166
Government, England (<1707)
Four knights of Henry II murder Becket in Canterbury Cathedral
1170
Government, England (<1707)
Innocent III declares crusade against John (Lackland), King of England
1213
Government, England (<1707)
King John, son of Henry II, is forced to submit to Magna Carta at Runnymede
1215
Government, England (<1707)
Battle of Evesham--end of 2nd Barons' War & power King Henry III
1265
Government, England (<1707)
Edward I (Longshanks) invades Scotland
1296
War, England (<1707)
William Wallace, Scottish patriot, gruesomely executed in London by Edward I
1305
War, England (<1707)
Barons execute Piers Gaveston, who had moved into Edward II's household in 1300
1312
Government, England (<1707)
Edward III transforms England into a formidable military power
1327
Government, England (<1707)
Chaucer begins to write The Canterbury Tales.
1380
Arts, England (<1707)
Richard II, a boy of 14, persuades the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt to disperse
1381
Government, England (<1707)
Richard II abdicates the throne to Henry of Bolingbroke, who becomes Henry IV
1399
Government, England (<1707)
Richard III killed in Battle of Bosworth Field--ends War of Roses & York dynasty
1485
War, England (<1707)
Scottish king James IV and many nobles are killed at the Battle of Flodden
1513
War, England (<1707)
Tyndale's translation of the Bible into English is printed
1526
Religion, England (<1707)
In defiance of Pope, Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn
1533
Government, England (<1707)
Henry VIII becomes head of Church of England
1534
Religion, England (<1707)
Thomas More executed after refusing to accept king as supreme head of church
1535
Religion, England (<1707)
Anne Boleyn executed on trumped up charges 3 years after marriage to Henry VIII
1536
Government, England (<1707)
Thomas Cranmer, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury, burns at the stake
1556
Religion, England (<1707)
Mary, Queen of Scots, executed by Elizabeth I for high treason
1587
Government, England (<1707)
Invading Spanish Armada defeated by English navy
1588
War, England (<1707)
Globe Theatre opens in London to plays of William Shakespeare
1599
Arts, England (<1707)
East India Company founded
1600
Trade, England (<1707)
Elizabeth addresses Parliament for the last time with "Golden Speech"
1601
Government, England (<1707)
Discovery of plot to blow up members of Parliament and King James I
1605
Government, England (<1707)
Shakespeare's Sonnets published
1609
Arts, England (<1707)
William Harvey, anatomist, explains the heart as a pump in circulation of blood
1628
Science, England (<1707)
Civil war begins in Britain as Charles I raises the royal standard
1642
War, England (<1707)
Royalists defeated at Naseby by Sir Thomas Fairfax and New Model Army
1645
War, England (<1707)
Putney Debates take place after parliamentary victory in the First Civil War
1647
Government, England (<1707)
King Charles I is beheaded, and English monarchy becomes a republic
1649
Government, England (<1707)
Parliament invites Charles II to return to England and restore his crown
1660
Government, England (<1707)
The "Great Fire" of London destroys about 4/5 of city
1666
Disaster, England (<1707)
"Paradise Lost" published
1667
Arts, England (<1707)
Isaac Newton describes motion of apples and planets in "Principia Mathematica"
1687
Science, England (<1707)
John Locke publishes Treatises of Government in 1690
1690
Philosophy, England (<1707)
The Glencoe massacre occurred in Scotland following the Glorious Revolution
1692
War, England (<1707)
The Bank of England founded
1694
Trade, England (<1707)
Wesley preaches Methodism in England
1739
Religion, England (<1707)