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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
June 20 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435) April 10 – Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464) November 9 – Isabella of Valois, French princess and queen of England (d. 1409) [18] December 5 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (d. 1455) December 24 – John VI, Duke of Brittany ...
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
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8 June – Edward, the Black Prince, son of King Edward III of England (born 1330). 22 July – Simon Langham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1310). 1377 21 June – King Edward III of England (born 1312). Sir John Minsterworth, soldier and traitor (hanged). 1379 16 December – John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel (born c. 1348).
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 ...
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