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January – Hundred Years' War: Brittany surrenders to France, although England retains control of Brest. [1] Spring – the third and final of a series of poll taxes designed to help pay for the war against France. This tax is highly unpopular, with many people blaming Simon Sudbury, at this time both Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury.
Battle of Flodden Field: Invading England, King James IV of Scotland and thousands of other Scots were killed in a defeat at the hands of the English. 1516 18 February Mary I, the future queen of England (r. 1553-1558), is born to parents Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. 1521: Lutheran writings begin to circulate in England. 1527 21 May
The 1380s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1380, ... May 3 – Richard II takes control of England, away from the Lords Appellant.
England, as part of the UK, joined the European Economic Community in 1973, which became the European Union in 1993. The UK left the EU in 2020. There is a movement in England to create a devolved English Parliament. This would give England a local Parliament like those already functioning for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
In 1016 Cnut the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period "King of the English" remained standard, with occasional use of "King of England" or Rex Anglie. From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of "King" or "Queen of England".
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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 ...