Timeline of British history (1000–1499) facts for kids

This article presents a timeline of events in British history from 1000 AD until 1499 AD.

12th century

• 1135 Death of Henry I, accession of King Stephen to English throne
• 1137 Beginning of a civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda over the succession to the English throne; accession of Owain Gwynedd, the first Welsh ruler to style himself prince of Wales
• 1154 Death of King Stephen, accession of Henry II to English throne
• 1164 Constitutions of Clarendon, a set of laws which governs the trial of members of the Church in England
• 1170 Assassination of Thomas Becket; death of Owain Gwynedd, prince of Wales
• 1189 Death of Henry II, Richard I accedes to the English throne.
• 1192 Richard is captured by Duke Leopold of Austria whilst returning from the Crusades
• 1194 Richard is ransomed and returns to England; accession of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth to the throne of Gwynedd
• 1199 Death of Richard I, King John accedes to the English throne

13th century

• 1209 King John excommunicated by Pope Innocent III
• 1212 Great Fire of 1212, London
• 1215 The Magna Carta is agreed by King John at Runnymede
• 1216 Death of King John, Henry III succeeds to the throne of England
• 1237 Border between Scotland and England by the Treaty of York
• 1240 Death of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, prince of Wales; Dafydd ap Llywelyn succeeds to the throne of Gwynedd
• 1246 Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn; Llywelyn ap Gruffudd succeeds to the throne of Gwynedd (he does not claim the title of prince of Wales until 1258)
• 1249 Death of Alexander II, king of Scots; Alexander III succeeds to the throne of Scotland
• 1263 Battle of Largs, an inconclusive battle fought between Haakon IV of Norway and the Scots
• 1264 Simon de Montfort leads rebel English barons to defeat Henry III at the Battle of Lewes
• 1266 Scotland and Norway sign the Treaty of Perth under which Scottish control of the Western Isles is acknowledged
• 1267 Henry III of England recognises the authority of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in Wales
• 1272 Death of Henry III, Edward I succeeds to the English throne
• 1277 England annexes Wales, a state of affairs which lasted until 1283
• 1279 Statute of Mortmain
• 1282 Death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Wales; Dafydd ap Gruffudd succeeds to the throne of Gwynedd
• 1283 Death of Dafydd ap Gruffudd; English conquest of Wales
• 1287 Revolt of Rhys ap Maredudd in Wales
• 1294 Revolt of Madog ap Llywelyn in Wales
• 1297 William Wallace and the Scots defeat the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge

14th century

• 1305 Capture and execution of Scottish resistance fighter William Wallace by the English on a charge of treason
• 1306 Robert the Bruce kills John Comyn III of Badenoch and is crowned King of Scotland
• 1307 Death of Edward I, Edward II accedes to the English throne
• 1314 Decisive victory for Scotland over England at the Battle of Bannockburn
• 1316 Revolt of Llywelyn Bren in south Wales
• 1322 Edward II defeats a rebellious baronial faction at Battle of Boroughbridge
• 1327 Edward III usurps the English throne in January, Edward II is killed in September
• 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
• 1356 Battle of Poitiers
• 1377 Death of Edward III, his grandson Richard II accedes to the English throne
• 1381 Peasants' Revolt of 1381
• 1392 Statute of Praemunire
• 1399 Henry Bolingbroke usurps the English throne becoming Henry IV

15th century

• 1413 – Henry IV dies and is succeeded by his son, Henry V
• 1415 – Henry V is welcomed back to England after a major victory at the Battle of Agincourt, France
• 1422 – Henry V dies and is succeeded by his son, Henry VI
• 1471 – Henry VI is murdered and Edward IV is restored to the English throne
• 1483 – Death of Edward IV of England, Edward V accedes to the throne
• 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August ends the Yorkist reign of Richard III and ushers in Tudor reign, with the reign of Henry VII
• 1487 – The Battle of Stoke is fought between Henry VII and Lambert Simnel a Yorkist claimant to the throne. It is the last battle of the Wars of the Roses

See also

• Timeline of British history
• History of England
• History of Ireland
• History of Northern Ireland
• History of Scotland
• History of Wales
• History of the British Isles
• Britain in the Middle Ages