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The end of Danish rule in Britain is marked with the arrival of William the Conqueror, but it's not the end to the fighting, however at least we get the Domesday Book to read! |
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1002 |
13/11/1002 |
Ehtlered attempts to rid Britain of the Danes with the Massacre of St. Brice's Day |
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1006 |
Alphege becomes Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1013 |
Lyfing becomes Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1016 |
Canute becomes King of England |
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1020 |
King Malcolm II permanently annexes Edinburgh to Scotland |
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1020 |
13/11/1020 |
Æthelnoth becomes Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1038 |
Eadsige becomes Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1051 |
Robert Champart becomes Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1052 |
Stigand becomes Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1060 |
Start of the Early Norman Romanesque architectural period (1060-1100) |
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1066 |
20/9/1066 |
Battle of Fulford |
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1066 |
25/9/1066 |
Anglo-Saxons defeat Norse at Stamford Bridge |
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1066 |
14/10/1066 |
The Battle of Hastings, William I defeats Harold |
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1070 |
29/8/1070 |
Lanfranc becomes 35th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1086 |
The Domesday Book is compiled |
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1093 |
4/12/1093 |
Anselm becomes 36th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1100 |
William Rufus killed in the New Forest near the village of Brook |
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1100 |
Start of the Late Norman Romanesque architectural period (1100-1145) |
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1114 |
26/4/1114 |
Ralph d'Escures becomes 37th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1123 |
18/2/1123 |
William de Corbeil becomes 38th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1128 |
Holyrood Abbey founded in Edinburgh by King David I of Scotland |
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1130 |
King David I of Scotland builds the royal castle on the rock |
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1139 |
8/1/1139 |
Theobald of Bec becomes 39th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1145 |
Start of the Transitional architectural period (1145-1190) |
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1148 |
23/10/1148 |
Battle of Sark (Lochmaben Stone), part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1162 |
3/6/1162 |
Thomas Becket becomes 40th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1170 |
29/12/1170 |
Thomas Becket murdered in Canterbury Cathedral |
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1174 |
7/4/1174 |
Richard of Dover becomes 41st Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1184 |
Baldwin of Exeter becomes 42nd Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1190 |
Start of the Lancet or Early English Gothic (Pointed) architectural period (1190-1245) |
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1193 |
29/5/1193 |
Hubert Walter becomes 43rd Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1207 |
17/6/1207 |
Cardinal Stephen Langton becomes 44th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1215 |
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1216 |
Sacking of Haddington by King John |
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1229 |
10/6/1229 |
Richard le Grant becomes 45th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1234 |
2/4/1234 |
Edmund Rich becomes 46th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1241 |
1/2/1241 |
Boniface becomes 47th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1244 |
Sacking of Haddington by Henry III |
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1245 |
Start of the Early Geometrical Decorated Gothic (Pointed) architectural period (1245-1280) |
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1258 |
Simon De Montfort forces Henry III to sign the Provisions of Oxford |
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1273 |
26/2/1273 |
Cardinal Robert Kilwardby becomes 48th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1279 |
19/2/1279 |
John Peckham becomes 49th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1280 |
Start of the Late Geometrical Decorated Gothic (Pointed) architectural period (1280-1315) |
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1294 |
12/9/1294 |
Robert Winchelsey becomes 50th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1296 |
Sacking of Haddington by Edward I |
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1298 |
Death of Roger Bacon, the founder of experimental science |
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1313 |
1/10/1313 |
Walter Reynolds becomes 51st Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1314 |
24/6/1314 |
Battle of Bannockburn, part of the First War of Scottish Independence |
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1315 |
Start of the Curvilinear Decorated Gothic (Pointed) architectural period (1315-1360) |
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1328 |
5/6/1328 |
Simon Mepeham becomes 52nd Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1333 |
3/11/1333 |
John de Stratford becomes 53rd Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1338 |
Beginning of the Hundred Years War with France |
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1348 |
The Black Death reached England |
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1349 |
19/7/1349 |
Thomas Bradwardine (died of plague) becomes 54th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1349 |
20/12/1349 |
Simon Islip becomes 55th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1350 |
The Black Death reached Scotland |
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1356 |
Sacking of Haddington by Edward III |
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1360 |
Start of the Rectilinear or Perpendicular Gothic (Pointed) architectural period (1360-1485) |
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1362 |
English becomes the official language in Parliament and the Law Courts |
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1366 |
24/7/1366 |
Simon Langham becomes 56th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1368 |
11/10/1368 |
William Whittlesey becomes 57th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1375 |
4/5/1375 |
Simon Sudbury becomes 58th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1377 |
Battle of Duns, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1381 |
Wat Tyler leads the Peasants Revolt |
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1381 |
13/7/1381 |
William Courtenay becomes 59th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1382 |
Earthquake felt in London |
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1388 |
5/8/1388 |
Battle of Otterburn, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1396 |
25/9/1396 |
Thomas Fitz-Alan becomes 60th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1397 |
8/11/1397 |
Roger Walden becomes 61st Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1399 |
9/10/1399 |
Thomas Fitz-Alan (2nd Time) reinstated as 60th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1400 |
16/9/1400 |
Owen Glendower leads the revolt in Wales |
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1402 |
Battle of Nesbit Moor, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1402 |
14/9/1402 |
Battle of Humbleton Hill, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1414 |
12/3/1414 |
Henry Chichele becomes 62nd Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1415 |
22/7/1415 |
Battle of Yeavering, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1436 |
10/9/1436 |
Battle of Piperdean, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1443 |
13/5/1443 |
John Stafford becomes 63rd Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1452 |
21/7/1452 |
Cardinal John Kempe becomes 64th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1454 |
23/4/1454 |
Cardinal Thomas Bourchier becomes 65th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1455 |
22/5/1455 |
Beginning of the Wars of the Roses with the First Battle of St Albans |
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1459 |
23/9/1459 |
Battle of Blore Heath was the first major battle in the Wars of the Roses |
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1459 |
12/10/1459 |
Battle of Ludford Bridge, south of Ludlow |
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1460 |
30/2/1460 |
Battle of Wakefield, near to Sandal Magna |
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1460 |
10/7/1460 |
Battle of Northampton, close to modern Delapre, part of the Wars of the Roses |
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1461 |
2/2/1461 |
Battle of Mortimers Cross, part of the Wars of the Roses |
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1461 |
17/2/1461 |
Second Battle of St Albans |
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1461 |
29/3/1461 |
Battle of Towton, part of the Wars of the Roses |
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1464 |
25/4/1464 |
Battle of Hedgeley Moor, north of the village of Glanton |
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1464 |
15/5/1464 |
Battle of Hexham |
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1469 |
20/3/1469 |
Battle of Nibley Green, near North Nibley |
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1469 |
26/7/1469 |
Battle of Edgecote Moor, part of the Wars of the Roses |
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1470 |
12/3/1470 |
Battle of Losecoat Field (also known as the Battle of Empingham) near Tickencote |
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1471 |
14/4/1471 |
Battle of Barnet, near Monken Hadleigh, part of the Wars of the Roses |
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1471 |
14/5/1471 |
Battle of Tewkesbury, part of the Wars of the Roses |
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1476 |
Caxton sets up his printing press in Westminster |
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1482 |
Seige of Haddington by Duke of Gloucester, later Richard III, for Edward IV |
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1482 |
24/8/1482 |
Siege and Capture of Berwick, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1484 |
22/7/1484 |
Battle of Lochmaben Fair, part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars |
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1485 |
Start of the Tudor architectural period (1485-1603) |
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1485 |
22/8/1485 |
Battle of Bosworth Field marks the beginning of the Tudor Era |
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1486 |
6/10/1486 |
Cardinal John Morton becomes 66th Archbishop of Canterbury |
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1487 |
16/6/1487 |
Battle of Stoke Field, last battle of the Wars of the Roses |
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1491 |
28/6/1491 |
Henry VIII is born at Greenwich Palace |
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1495 |
1/6/1495 |
Friar John Cor makes the first known batch of Scotch whisky |
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1496 |
5/3/1496 |
King Henry VII issues letters patent to John Cabot to find new lands. |
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1497 |
20/5/1497 |
John Cabot leaves Bristol for the Americas |
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1497 |
17/6/1497 |
Battle of Deptford Bridge, the Cornish Rebellion |
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1497 |
24/6/1497 |
John Cabot lands in Newfoundland |
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1497 |
27/6/1497 |
Leaders of the failed First Cornish Rebellion are executed at Tyburn |
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1497 |
7/9/1497 |
Perkin Warbeck starts the Second Cornish Uprising |
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1498 |
Harlech Castle briefly occupied during the Welsh Insurrection |
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1499 |
23/11/1499 |
Perkin Warbeck leader of the Second Cornish Uprising was hanged at Tyburn |
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1499 |
28/11/1499 |
Edward, Earl of Warwick is executed for attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He was the last male member of the House of York. |
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