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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.
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
16 January – Grote Mandrenke storm sweeps across England: Salisbury and Norwich Cathedrals and St Albans Abbey are damaged and the Humber estuary port of Ravenser Odd is obliterated. [4] June – under the terms of the will of Sir John de Wingfield (d. 1361), the church of St Andrew and a college of priests are founded in Wingfield, Suffolk.
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
23 April – St George's Day in England is first officially celebrated as a holiday. [5] 29 May – Richard travels to Ireland to suppress a rebellion. [1] 4 July – Henry Bolingbroke, with exiled former archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Arundel as an advisor, returns to England and begins a military campaign to reclaim his confiscated land. [4]
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