Timeline of British history (1000–1499)

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

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

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

1209 King John excommunicated by *1216 Death of King John, Henry III accedes to the throne of England
1237 Border between Scotland and Englandd 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

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

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

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