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(1002) St. Bryce's Day Massacre - King Ethelred ordered all Danes in England be killed
(1012) Danes captured Canterbury
(1013) Danes captured all of England, King of Danes, Sweyn, made King of England
(1016) Danish King Canute became King of England
(1035) King Canute died; England divided between three sons, Sweyn - Norway, Hardicanute - Denmark and South England, Harold Harefoot - North England
(1042) Edward the Confessor became King
(1066) Battle of Hastings occurred; William I crowned King of England
(1086) Domesday Book (survey of England) finished
(1087) King William I died; son, William II King
(1096) The Crusades began (lasted 150 years)
(1100) King William II killed; brother Henry I King
(1106) King Henry I conquered Normandy
(1154) Henry II crowned King, first in Plantagenet line
(1170) Thomas Becket (Archbishop of Canterbury) murdered after quarrel with Henry II
(1189) King Henry II ousted; Richard the Lionheart (Richard I) crowned King
(1199) King Richard I died in battle; John new King
(1204) Philip II of France seized Normandy
(1215) Magna Carta (the Great Charter) completed
(1224) France declared war on England
(1259) Treaty of Paris signed; war with France ended
(1272) Henry III died; Edward I crowned King
(1282 - 1283) Edward I conquered Wales
(1284) Wales annexed to England
(1290) King Edward I expelled Jews from England
(1296) Edward I invaded Scotland; Scotland became dependency of England
(1297) William Wallace of Scotland, defeated English at Stirling Bridge
(1298) Edward I invaded Scotland; defeated Scots
(1307) King Edward I died; Edward II succeeded to throne; withdrew from Scotland
(1314) English defeated at Battle at Bannockburn
(1318) Scottish forces invaded North England
(1320) Declaration of Arbroath signed by earls and barons of Scotland, rejected English rule
(1327) Edward II abdicated throne; Edward III King
(1328) Edward III made peace with Scotland; treaty of Edinburgh signed
(1331) David II (age seven) crowned King of Scotland
(1337) Hundred Years' War with France began
(1346) English claimed first land victory in northern France of Hundred Years' War
(1348) Black Death Plague ravished England; over 50% of population dies
(1377) King Edward III died; Richard II (age 10) crowned King; Poll tax introduced
(1381) Peasant's Revolt against poll tax occurred
(1399) King Richard II forced to resign; Henry IV crowned King
(1404) Welsh hero, Owain Glyndwr, gained control of Wales; declared himself Prince of Wales
(1409) Welsh surrendered to England
(1413) King Henry IV died; Henry V new king
(1415) English defeated French at Battle of Agincourt
(1419) Henry V took control of Normandy, France
(1422) Henry V died; Son Henry VI (aged nine months) succeeded; council established to rule England
(1453) Final battle of Hundred Years' War occurred at Chatillon; War ended; England ousted from France
(1455) War of the Roses began between parties of Plantagenets and Lancastrians
(1471) Edward IV reclaimed crown from King Henry VI; Henry VI died
(1483) King Edward IV died; dispute occurred about rightful king; Richard III crowned King
(1485) Henry Tudor, descendent of Edward III, fought to take over English throne; King Richard III died during battle, Henry Tudor crowned King Henry VII; War of the Roses ended at Battle of Bosworth
(1492) Kings Henry VII of England and Charles VII of France negotiated Treaty of Etaples; Christopher Columbus discovered Bahamas
(1509) King Henry VII died; King Henry VIII crowned
(1513) English defeated Scots and French invasion at Battle of Flodden Field
(1533) King Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon; married Anne Boleyn; Pope excommunicated Henry VIII from church
(1534) King Henry VIII formed Church of England
(1536) Anne Boleyn executed; Henry VIII married Jane Seymour
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