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 JOHN (King of England 1199-1216)
1200 Rochester Cathedral Presbytery and Choir
  Lincoln Cathedral Great transept
  Fire destroys the cathedral at Rouen
  John divorces Isabella of Gloucester
 Jan 2 Annular Eclipse of the moon
 May 22 Philippe and John sign a treaty
 Aug 24 John marries Isabella of Angouleme
 Sep 8 John and Isabella are crowned
 Nov 22 William does homage to John
1201 Banbury Castle strengthened
  Dunkeswell Abbey founded
  Valle Crucis Abbey founded
 May John sails to Normandy
 Jun Philippe entertains John in Paris
 Jun Storms do much damage
1202 The Fourth Crusade
  Winchester Cathedral Retrochoir and Lady Chapel
  Worcester Cathedral fire
 Spring Philippe sides with the Lusignans
 Apr 28 John fails to attend a summons to Philippe's court
 Jul Arthur knighted
 Aug 1 Battle of Mirabeau
1203 Beaulieu Abbey founded
 Apr 3 Arthur is murdered
1204 Goodrich given to William Marshal
  William Marshall captures Cilgerran
  Dublin Castle construction started
 Spring Peace negotiations with France
 Apr 1 Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine
 Jun Normandy is taken by Philippe
1205Jan River Thames freezes
 Feb Philippe plans invasion
 Jun John prepares invasion
 Summer More castles fall to the French
 Jul 13 Hubert Walter dies
 Dec John forces election of De Gray
1206Jun John defends Aquitaine
 Oct 26 Philippe and John reach a truce
 Dec The Pope chooses Stephen Langton for Canterbury
1207 Stephen Langton becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
  Earl of Leicester loses land
  Odiham Castle built
  Marshall inherits the lands of Leinster in Ireland
  Aberystwyth Castle demolished
  John introduces the first income tax
 Aug The Pope threatens an Interdict
 Oct Birth of Henry III
 Christmas John at Worcester
1208 West front of Notre Dame
  Peter of Castelnau is murdered
 Spring Interdict served by the Pope
1209 Langton lands at Dover
  Cambridge University founded
 Jul 22 Albigensians massacred
 Aug John prepares to invade Scotland
 Nov John excommunicated by the Pope
Other Key People 
 Isabella of Gloucester
 Isabella (of Angouleme)
 Philippe (II Augustus, King of France 1180-1223)
 William (I, the Lion, King of Scotland 1165-1214)
 Arthur (of Brittany)
 Braose, William de
 Eleanor (of Aquitaine)
 Marshal, William (Earl of Pembroke)
 Walter, Hubert
 Langton, Stephen
 Innocent (III, Pope)
 Montfort, Simon de
Episodes 
 Excommunication of King John
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1205 Jul 13 Hubert Walter dies
  Dec John forces election of De Gray
1206 Dec The Pope chooses Stephen Langton for Canterbury
1207 Stephen Langton becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
  Aug The Pope threatens an Interdict
1208 Spring Interdict served by the Pope
1209 Langton lands at Dover
  Nov John excommunicated by the Pope

 Conquest of Ireland
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1204 Dublin Castle construction started
Religious Building Construction 
1200 Rochester Cathedral Presbytery and Choir
  Lincoln Cathedral Great transept
  Fire destroys the cathedral at Rouen
1202 Winchester Cathedral Retrochoir and Lady Chapel
1207Christmas John at Worcester
1208 West front of Notre Dame
Military Building Construction 
1201 Banbury Castle strengthened
Battles 
1202Aug 1 Battle of Mirabeau
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