| 1066 |
|
Norman Conquest of England under William I ("the Conqueror") |
| 1071 |
|
Saxon leader Hereward the Wake finally yields to Normans |
| 1080 |
|
Death of Lady Godiva (benefactress) |
| 1086 |
|
Domesday Book compiled by William I |
| 1106 |
|
Henry I of England recaptures Normandy |
| 1119 |
|
Knights Templar Order founded in Britain |
| 1135 |
|
Stephen takes English crown, and Anarchy begins |
| 1154 |
|
Henry II (of Anjou) becomes first Plantagenet King of England |
| 1154 |
|
Death of Geoffrey of Monmouth (historian) |
| 1169 |
|
Henry II sends Strongbow to subdue Ireland |
| 1170 |
|
Thomas à Beckett murdered in Canterbury Cathedral on Henry II's orders |
| 1189 |
|
Richard I (the Lionheart) becomes King of England |
| 1199 |
|
John takes English throne while Richard away on Crusades |
| 1205 |
|
English under John driven out of Normandy and France |
| 1215 |
|
King John forced to sign Magna Carta |
| 1226 |
|
"Summer is icumen in": one of first examples of written music |
| 1249 |
|
First college founded at Oxford (University College) |
| 1265 |
|
Simon de Montford establishes Parliament in England |
| 1272 |
|
Edward I becomes first true "English" King of England |
| 1274 |
|
Death of Thomas Aquinas (theologian and philosopher) |
| 1284 |
|
First college founded at Cambridge (Peterhouse) |
| 1294 |
|
Death of Roger Bacon (philosopher and scientist) |
| 1295 |
|
"Model Parliament" established |
| 1296 |
|
Edward I makes incursions into Scotland |
| 1308 |
|
Death of Duns Scotus (Scottish scholar and philosopher) |
| 1314 |
|
Scots under Robert Bruce defeat English at Bannockburn |
| 1328 |
|
Treaty of Northampton - full Scottish sovereignty recognized |
| 1337 |
|
Beginning of Hundred Years' War between England and France |
| 1348 |
|
Black Death plague reaches Britain |
| 1349 |
|
Death of William of Occam (philosopher) |
| 1381 |
|
Wat Tyler's Peasant Revolt in England crushed |
| 1384 |
|
John Wycliff killed for his Lollard heresies |
| 1398 |
|
Dick Whittington becomes Mayor of London |
| 1399 |
|
Henry IV II deposes Richard - Lancastrian rule in England |
| 1400 |
|
Owen Glendower revolts in Wales |
| 1400 |
|
Death of Geoffrey Chaucer (writer) |
| 1415 |
|
Battle of Agincourt - Henry V victorious in France |
| 1450 |
|
Popular discontent erupts in Jack Cade's Rebellion |
| 1453 |
|
Battle of Castillon - English finally defeated in France |
| 1455 |
|
Wars of the Roses begin between Houses of Lancaster and York |
| 1470 |
|
"Kingmaker" Warwick turns Lancastrian and deposes Edward IV |
| 1476 |
|
William Caxton sets up first printing press in London |
