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This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707. For dates after 1708, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom .
Timelines of War: A Chronology of Warfare from 100,000 BC to the Present (1996), Global coverage. Cannon, John, ed. The Oxford Companion to British History (2003) Carlton, Charles. This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485–1746 (Yale UP; 2011) 332 pages; studies the impact of near unceasing war from the individual to the national levels.
Second Ashanti War 1863–1864; Bhutan War 1864–1865; Third Ashanti War 1873–1874; Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878–1880; Anglo-Zulu War 1879; First Boer War 1880–1881; Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885; Mahdist War 1881–1899; Fourth Ashanti War 1894; Anglo-Zanzibar War 1896 (The shortest war in recorded history, which only lasted ...
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
First Barons' War: England Civil war Angevin victory [16] 1262–66 Scottish–Norwegian War: Scotland Scottish victory- Hebrides and Isle of Man occupied by Scotland 1264–67 Second Barons' War: England Civil war Royalist victory [17] 1277; 1282–83 Edwardian conquest of Wales: Wales Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars English victory- Wales ...
28 August, Battle of Upton (the start of the western encirclement of Worcester) 3 September, Battle of Worcester; 3 September, the start of the escape of Charles II; 6 September, Charles II spends the day hiding in the Royal Oak in the woodlands surrounding Boscobel House; 16 October, Charles II landed in Normandy, France, after successfully ...
11 October – War is declared. 20 October – The first major battle of the war takes place at Talana Hill. December – "Black Week", in which the Army suffered a series of defeats, takes place. 1900 28 February – The siege of Ladysmith is lifted. 1 April – The Irish Guards is formed in honour of the Irish regiments in the Boer War.
The Timeline of the British Army 1700–1799 lists the conflicts and wars in which the British Army was involved. War of the Spanish Succession 1701–1714; Great Northern War 1717–1720; War of the Austrian Succession 1740; Carnatic Wars 1744–1763; Seven Years' War 1756–1763; Anglo-Mysore Wars 1766–1799; First Anglo-Maratha War 1775–1782