| Year | Month |
Event Title | World Event |
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| 1400 | |
Henry Yeveley dies.
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Chapter House at Canterbury building work
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York Minster East Window
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Tower built at Carlisle
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| Jan |
A plot to kill the new King
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| Feb |
Death of Richard II
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| Aug |
Henry invades Scotland
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| Aug |
Glendower's revolt starts
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| Sep |
Glendower proclaimed Prince of Wales
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| Oct |
Henry fights back against Glendower
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| Oct 25 |
Death of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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| 1401 | |
Hotspur takes control in North Wales
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De heretico comburendo
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| Mar |
William Sawtrey is the first Lollard to be burned at the stake
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| Jun |
Hotspur resigns
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| 1402 | |
Henry IV assembles an army
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| Mar |
Death of David Stewart
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| Jun 22 |
Battle of Pilleth
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| Sep 14 |
Battle of Homildon Hill
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| 1403 | |
Revolt of the Percies
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Prince Henry in command
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Abergavenny attacked by Glendower
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Llansteffan Castle attacked by Glendower
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Kidwelly Castle attacked
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Weobley Castle attacked
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| Jul 21 |
Battle of Shrewsbury
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| Aug |
Earl of Northumberland surrenders
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| 1404 | |
Worcester Cathedral north and south cloisters
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Harlech Castle siege
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Cardiff sacked by Glendower
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Aberystwyth falls to the Welsh
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Bangor Cathedral burnt by rebels
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Innocent VII becomes Pope
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| May |
Glendower's Parliament
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| Sep 27 |
Death of William of Wykeham
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| 1405 | Feb |
Glendower's agreement
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| Spring |
Battles of Grosmont and Usk
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| Apr |
Scrope's revolt
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| May |
Scrope executed
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| 1406 | |
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Gregory XII becomes Pope
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| Mar |
James (I) captured by the English
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| Apr |
James I of Scotland
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| Apr |
Robert III dies
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| 1407 | |
York Minster central tower
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Prince Henry besieges Aberystwyth
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Harlech Castle siege
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| 1408 | Feb |
Battle of Bramham Moor
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| Autumn |
Aberystwyth falls to Henry
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| Winter |
Henry IV very ill
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| 1409 | |
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Alexander V becomes Pope
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| Mar |
Harlech falls to the English
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| 1410 | |
Founding of St. Andrews University.
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John XXIII becomes Pope
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| 1411 | |
Construction of the Guildhall in London
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| Sep 21 |
Birth of Richard of York
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| 1412 | Jan |
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Joan of Arc born
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| 1413 | Mar 20 |
Henry IV dies
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| Apr 9 |
Henry V crowned
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| Autumn |
Sir John Oldcastle arrested
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| Dec |
Richard II's body moved
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| 1414 | |
Alien Priories confiscated
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| Jan 9 |
Lollards arrested
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| Apr |
Parliament at Leicester
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| Summer |
Henry claims French territories
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| 1415 | Spring |
Preparations for war with France
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| Aug 1 |
Plot to overthrow the King
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The invasion route into France taken by Henry V in 1415 |
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| Aug 11 |
Henry sails for France
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| Aug 16 |
English fleets lands in Normandy
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| Sep 22 |
Harfleur falls to the English
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| Oct 8 |
The march to Calais
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| Oct 19 |
Henry crosses the Somme
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| Oct 25 |
The Battle of Agincourt
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| Nov |
Henry returns to England
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| 1416 | |
Armagnac Fleet blockade Harfleur
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Katla Volcano Eruption
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| Aug 15 |
Harfleur rescued
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| 1417 | |
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Martin V becomes Pope
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| Dec 14 |
Sir John Oldcastle executed
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| 1419 | |
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Henry the Navigator starts sea exploration
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| 1420 | May 21 |
Treaty of Troyes
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| Jun 2 |
Henry marries
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| 1421 | Feb 23 |
Queen Catherine crowned
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| Dec 6 |
Birth of Henry (VI)
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| 1422 | May |
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Meaux falls to the English
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| Aug 31 |
Henry V dies
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| Sep 1 |
Henry VI becomes king
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| Oct 21 |
Charles VI of France dies
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| 1423 | |
Canterbury South West Tower building work
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Battle of Cravant in France
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Clement VIII becomes teh Antipope
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| Dec |
Treaty of London
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| 1424 | |
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Battle of Verneuil
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| May |
James I crowned
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| 1425 | |
Wells Cathedral North-west Tower
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Benedict XIV becomes the Antipope
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John VIII becomes Byzantine Emperor
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| 1428 | |
Law preventing unauthorised marriage
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| Oct 12 |
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Siege of Orléans
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| Nov 22 |
Birth of Richard Neville, the Kingmaker
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| 1429 | |
Marriage of Owen Tudor and Catherine of France
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| Feb 12 |
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Battle of the Herrings
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| Feb 23 |
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Joan begins her mission
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| Mar |
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Joan visits Charles VII
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| Apr |
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Joan is given an army
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| Apr 29 |
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Joan reaches Orleans
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| May 8 |
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Siege of Orleans is lifted
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| Jun 18 |
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The Battle of Patay
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| Jul 17 |
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Charles VII crowned at Rheims
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| Sep 8 |
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Joan fails to take Paris
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| Nov |
Henry VI crowned
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| 1430 | May 23 |
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Joan of Arc is captured
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| 1431 | Jan |
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The trial of Joan of Arc
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| May 30 |
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Joan of Arc burnt at the stake
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| Dec |
Henry VI crowned as King of France
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| 1432 | |
York Minster south-west tower
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| Feb 9 |
Henry VI returns home
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| 1435 | Sep 14 |
Duke of Bedford dies
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| Sep 21 |
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Treaty of Arras
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| 1436 | Apr 13 |
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The French retake Paris
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| May 1 |
Richard, Duke of York is appointed Lieutenant-general
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| Dec |
Severe Frosts
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| 1437 | |
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Eugenius IV becomes Pope
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| Jan |
London bridge collapse
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| Jan 3 |
Catherine of France dies
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| Mar 25 |
James II becomes King of the Scots
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| Qtr 2 |
Owen Tudor is captured
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| Nov |
Henry VI rules unaided
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| 1438 | |
Oxford University founded
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| Qtr 1 |
Owen Tudor escapes
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| 1439 | |
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Felix V becomes the last Antipope
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| Jul |
Owen Tudor is pardoned
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| 1440 | |
Tattershall Castle brick tower construction
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Herstmonceux Castle construction
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Harfleur captured by the English
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Construction of Caister Castle
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Eton College, Cambridge founded
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Katla Volcano Eruption
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| Summer |
Richard of York re-appointed Lieutentant-general
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| 1441 | |
King's College, Cambridge founded
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| Summer |
Duke of York in Normandy
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| 1442 | |
Calais relieved by Edmund Beaufort
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| Apr 28 |
Future Edward IV is born
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| Dec |
Henry VI's legal majority
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| 1444 | Apr |
Treaty of Tours
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| May 24 |
Betrothal of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou
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| 1445 | Apr 23 |
Marriage of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou
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| May 30 |
Margaret of Anjou crowned
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| 1446 | |
Henry VI receives the Golden Rose
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| 1447 | |
Edmund Beaufort appointed lieutenant of France
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Nicholas V becomes Pope
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| Feb 23 |
Death of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
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| Qtr 4 |
Richard, Duke of York, Lieutenant of Ireland
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| 1448 | |
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Constantine XI Dragases becomes Emperor
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| 1449 | |
Richard Neville becomes Earl of Warwick
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| Mar |
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Fougeres captured by the English
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| Nov |
Siege of Rouen
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| 1450 | |
Southwell Cathedral West window
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| Jan |
The Duke of Suffolk is sent to the Tower
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| Jan |
Murder at Portsmouth
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| Mar 15 |
Siege of Valognes
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| Apr 15 |
Battle of Formigny
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| May |
Revolt in Kent
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| May |
Death of William de la Pole
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| May 16 |
Bayeux surrendered to the French
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| Jun |
London ransacked by the rebels
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| Summer |
Matthew Gough made Captain of the Tower
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| Jul |
Jack Cade killed
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| Jul |
Surrender of Caen
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| Aug 12 |
Fall of Cherbourg to the French
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| Sep |
Richard returns from Ireland
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| 1451 | |
Glasgow University founded
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Support for Richard in Parliament
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Birth of Christopher Columbus
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| Jun 30 |
Bordeaux falls to the French
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| 1452 | Feb |
The Duke of York marches on London
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| Mar |
The Duke of York surrenders
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| Oct 2 |
Richard (III) is born
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| Nov |
Edmund and Jasper created Earls
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| 1453 | |
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Turks established in Constantinople
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| Jul |
English defeated at Castillion
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| Aug |
The King's health suffers
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| Oct 13 |
Prince Edward of Lancaster is born
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| Nov |
Somerset sent to the Tower
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| 1454 | Mar 27 |
Richard, Duke of York made Protector
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| Apr 2 |
Earl of Salisbury becomes chancellor
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| Dec |
Henry's health returns
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| 1455 | |
Edmund Tudor marries Margaret Beaufort
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The Gutenberg Bible
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Calixtus III becomes Pope
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| Feb |
Somerset released from the Tower
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| Mar |
Somerset back in command
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| May 21 |
The Yorkists are summoned
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Map of the key War of the Roses battles |
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| May 22 |
Battle of St. Albans
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| Jul |
Parliament held
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| Oct |
Henry VI becomes ill once more
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| 1456 | Feb 25 |
Duke of York resigns as protector
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| Summer |
Edmund Tudor captured
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| Nov |
Edmund Tudor dies
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| Dec |
Margaret Beaufort moved to Pembroke
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| 1457 | |
French attack on Sandwich
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| Jan 28 |
Henry (VII) is born
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| 1458 | |
Warwick fights several naval battles
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Pius II becomes Pope
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| Mar 24 |
Loveday march
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| 1459 | Jun 24 |
Great Council
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| Sep 23 |
Battle of Blore Heath
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| Oct 12 |
Battle of Ludford Bridge
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| Nov |
Parliament acts against the Yorkists
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| 1460 | Jun |
Yorkists take control of Kent
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| Summer |
Queen Margaret flees to Wales
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| Jun 26 |
Earls of March and Warwick land in England
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| Jul 2 |
Yorkists enter London
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| Jul 5 |
The Earls of Warwick and March leave London
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| Jul 10 |
Battle of Northampton
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| Jul 19 |
Garrison at Tower of London surrenders
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| Jul 30 |
Yorkists in power
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| Aug 3 |
James II accidentally killed
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| Sep |
Richard, Duke of York returns
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| Oct |
Duke of York claims throne
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| Dec 30 |
Battle of Wakefield
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| 1461 | Feb 2 |
Battle of Mortimers Cross
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| Feb 17 |
Second Battle of St. Albans
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| Feb 27 |
Yorkists enter London
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| Mar 4 |
Edward IV is proclaimed king
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| Mar 13 |
Edward leaves London
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| Mar 29 |
Battle of Towton
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| Jun 28 |
Edward IV is crowned
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| Jul 22 |
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Death of Charles VII
|
| Aug |
Edward on a royal tour
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| Aug 15 |
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Louis XI crowned King of France
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| Sep |
Pembroke Castle captured
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| Nov |
Richard (III) becomes Duke of Gloucester
|
| Nov |
Pembroke Castle in Yorkist hands
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| 1462 | Jun 28 |
Queen Margaret and Louis XI
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| Oct 25 |
Queen Margaret invades
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| Nov 13 |
Queen Margaret retreats to Scotland
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| Dec |
Yorkists take back control of Northumbrian castles
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| 1463 | |
Norwich third spire destroyed
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| Mar |
Northumbrian castles fall to Lancastrians
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| May |
Alnwick Castle in Lancastrian hands
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| Jul |
Queen Margaret returns to France
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| Jul |
Siege of Norham Castle
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| Oct |
Treaty with France
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| Dec |
Duke of Somerset rebels
|
| Dec |
English Truce with Scotland
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| 1464 | |
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Paul II becomes Pope
|
| Apr |
Battle of Hedgeley Moor
|
| May |
Edward secretly marries
|
| May |
Battle of Hexham
|
| Jun |
Truce with Scotland.
|
| Jun |
Herbert becomes Constable of Harlech
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| Sep 14 |
Council at Reading
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| 1465 | May 26 |
Elizabeth crowned
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| Summer |
Henry VI captured
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| 1466 | Feb 11 |
Birth of Edward IV's first daughter
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| 1468 | |
Canterbury Lady Chapel Vault
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Orkney pledged to Scotland
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| Summer |
Margaret marries Duke of Burgundy
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| Qtr 4 |
Warwick plots against the King
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| 1469 | Qtr 1 |
Rebellion of Robin of Redesdale
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| Jun |
Edward advances against rebels
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| Jul |
Clarence marries Isabel Neville
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| Jul 26 |
Battle of Edgecote
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| Jul 29 |
Edward is captured
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| Aug |
Woodville family members executed
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| Sep |
Riots and rebellions
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| Qtr 4 |
Richard appointed Constable of England
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| 1470 | |
York Minster north-west tower
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'Le Morte d'Arthur'
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First printing press in France
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Marriage of Edward of Lancaster and Anne Neville
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| Mar 12 |
Lincolnshire rebellion
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| Mar 20 |
Battle of Nibley Green
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| May |
Warwick and Clarence escape to France
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| Jul 22 |
Warwick and the Lancastrians
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| Jul 31 |
The plan to restore Henry VI
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| Sep 13 |
Warwick lands in England
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| Oct |
Henry restored as King
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| Oct 2 |
Edward flees to Burgundy
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| Qtr 4 |
Edward (V) is born
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| Qtr 4 |
Louis declares war on Burgundy
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| 1471 | |
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Sixtus IV becomes King of Denmark
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| Jan |
Support for Edward IV
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| Mar 14 |
Edward returns to England
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| Apr 4 |
Clarence rejoins his brothers
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| Apr 11 |
London opens its gates to Edward and the Yorkists
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| Apr 14 |
The Battle of Barnet
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| Apr 14 |
Queen Margaret lands at Weymouth
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| May |
London attacked by rebels
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| May 4 |
The Battle of Tewkesbury
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| May 21 |
The murder of Henry VI
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| Qtr 3 |
Richard becomes Lord of the North
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| 1472 | |
Ludlow home for the two princes
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| Jul |
Richard marries Anne Neville
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| 1473 | Oct |
Marriage agreement between England and Scotland
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| 1474 | Jul |
Treaty of London
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| 1475 | Jul |
Edward invades France
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| Aug |
Peace treaty signed
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| 1476 | Aug |
Columbus and the pirates
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| Dec |
Edward prevents marriage
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| 1477 | |
Work starts on St. George's Chapel
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Edward buys Beaudesert Castle
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Caxton prints the first book in England
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| Jun |
Clarence arrested
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| 1478 | Jan 15 |
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Marriage of Richard, duke of York
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| Feb 7 |
Clarence sentenced to death
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| Feb 18 |
Clarence executed
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| 1480 | |
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Birth of Ferdinand Magellan
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| 1481 | |
Dartmouth Castle construction
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| Jul |
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Rheims Cathedral damaged by fire
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| 1482 | |
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Treaty of Arras
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| Aug 25 |
Death of Margaret of Anjou
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| 1483 | Apr |
Richard made Protector
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| Apr 9 |
Edward IV dies, Edward V becomes king
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| Apr 29 |
Woodvilles escort Edward V
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| Apr 30 |
Richard captures the King
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| Jun 13 |
Hastings executed
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| Jun 22 |
Edward V declared illegitimate
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| Jun 25 |
Duke of Gloucester nominated as King of England
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| Jun 25 |
Earl Rivers is executed
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| Jul |
Murder of Princes in the Tower
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| Jul 6 |
Richard III is crowned King
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| Aug |
Richard goes on tour
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| Aug 30 |
Death of Louis XI
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| Sep 7 |
Richard's son becomes Prince of Wales
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| Oct |
Buckingham's rebellion
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| 1484 | Apr |
Prince Edward dies
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| Aug |
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Innocent VIII becomes Pope
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| Sep |
Truce signed with the Scots
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| Dec |
Richard returns to London
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| 1485 | |
Caxton publishes 'Morte d'Arthur'
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| Mar |
Death of Queen Anne
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| Aug 7 |
Henry arrives in England
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| Aug 22 |
Battle of Bosworth
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| Sep |
Earl of Warwick arrested
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| Oct 30 |
Henry is crowned.
|
| Dec 15 |
Birth of Catherine of Aragon
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| 1486 | |
Lovell revolt in England.
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| Jan 18 |
Henry VII married Elizabeth
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| Sep |
Birth of Arthur
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| 1487 | May 24 |
Lambert Simnel crowned in Dublin
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| Jun 16 |
Battle of Stoke
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| 1488 | |
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Rounding of the Cape of Good Hope
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| Jun 11 |
Death of James III of Scotland
|
| Jul |
Battle of St. Aubin
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| Nov 25 |
Queen Elizabeth is crowned
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| 1489 | Nov |
Birth of Margaret
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| 1490 | |
Winchester Cathedral Lady Chapel
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| 1491 | Jun 28 |
Henry (VIII) born
|
| Qtr 4 |
Perkin Warbeck arrives in Cork
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| 1492 | |
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Alexander VI becomes Pope
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| Apr 17 |
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Columbus signs agreement
|
| Jun |
Death of Elizabeth Woodville
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| Aug 3 |
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Columbus sets sail
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| Sep |
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Columbus reaches the Canary Islands
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| Sep |
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Columbus sails across the Atlantic
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| Oct 11 |
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Land is spotted
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| Oct 12 |
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Christopher Columbus 'discovers' America
|
| Nov 3 |
Treaty of Etaples
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| Dec |
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Columbus lands at Santo Domingo
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| Dec 24 |
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Santa Maria runs aground
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| 1493 | |
Canterbury central tower building work
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Henry becomes Constable of Dover Castle
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| Jan |
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The first Spanish New World settlement
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| Mar 4 |
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Columbus returns
|
| Apr |
Henry becomes Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
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| Sep 25 |
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Columbus embarks on his second voyage
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| Oct 13 |
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Columbus leaves the Canary Islands
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| Nov 3 |
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Christopher Columbus discovers Dominica
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| Nov 4 |
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Columbus finds cannibals
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| Nov 11 |
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More new islands named by Columbus
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| Nov 14 |
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Columbus discovers Santa Cruz
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| Nov 19 |
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Columbus discovers Puerto Rico
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| Nov 27 |
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Back to Navidad
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| 1494 | |
Aberdeen University founded
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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| Jan 2 |
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Columbus creates a new settlement
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| Feb |
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Partial return to Spain
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| Mar 12 |
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Search for gold
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| Apr 24 |
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Columbus heads for Cuba
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| May |
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Jamaica Explored
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| Jun |
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Southern coast of Cuba explored
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| Sep |
Henry becomes Lieutenant of Ireland
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| Oct |
Henry enters the Order of the Bath
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| Dec |
Henry enters the Order of the Garter
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| 1495 | Feb |
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Charles crowned King of Naples
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| 1496 | |
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A new Spanish colony at Santo Domingo
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| Mar |
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Columbus returns to Spain
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| Mar 5 |
Henry VII and John Cabot
|
| Jun 11 |
Columbus lands at Cadiz
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| 1497 | |
Perkin Warbeck captured at Beaulieu
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| May 2 |
John Cabot sets sail for Asia
|
| Jun |
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Cabot discovers Newfoundland
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| Aug 6 |
Cabot returns from voyage
|
| Dec |
Sheen Palace burns down
|
| Dec |
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Vasco de Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope
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| 1498 | Apr 7 |
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Death of Charles VIII of France
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| May |
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Cabot disappears on voyage
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| May 30 |
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Columbus begins his third voyage
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| Jun |
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The doldrums
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| Jul 31 |
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The island of Trinidad is discovered
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| Aug |
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The Gulf of Paria
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| Aug |
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Columbus finds a continent
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| Qtr 3 |
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Rebellion of Roldan
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| Aug 31 |
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Columbus lands at Santo Domingo
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| Sep |
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Agreement with Roldan
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| 1499 | |
Construction at Bath Abbey
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Alonso de Ojeda names Venezuela
|
| Nov |
Perkin Warbeck executed
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