Medeval

medeval period from 1066-1500

  • Jan 1, 1066

    death of edward ii

    Death of Edward III; Harold II becomes king of England
  • Jun 1, 1072

    william i invades scotland

    William I of England invades Scotland
  • Dec 1, 1072

    england envaded

    William of Normandy invades England, kills Harold I and takes throne of England
  • Jun 1, 1087

    Death of William I; William II becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1093

    Death of Malcolm III; Donald III becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1094

    Battle of Monthechin: Duncan II dies, Donald III retakes Scottish throne

  • Jun 1, 1097

    Donald III defeated by Edgar Canmore who becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1100

    Death of William II; Henry I becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1100

    Death of William II; Henry I becomes king of England

  • Mar 1, 1107

    Death of Edgar; Alexander I crowned king of Scotland and David I crowned king in Lothian and Strathclyde

  • Jun 1, 1119

    turlough O'Conner claims High Kingship of Ireland

  • Jun 1, 1124

    Death of Alexander I; David I becomes king of united Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1135

    Death of Henry I; dispute over succession to the English throne between Stephen and Matilda leads to civil war

  • Jun 1, 1153

    Death of David I; Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland

  • Aug 1, 1154

    Death of Stephen; Henry II becomes king of England

  • Aug 1, 1154

    Death of Stephen; Henry II becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1165

    Death of Malcolm IV; William I becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1165

    Owain Gwynedd leads resistance to Henry II's invasion of Wales

  • Jun 1, 1166

    Rory O'Connor acknowledged as High King in Ireland

  • Jun 1, 1169

    Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland begins

  • Jun 1, 1169

    Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland begins

  • Jun 1, 1169

    Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland begins

  • Jun 1, 1171

    Henry II arrives in Ireland; most Irish bishops and kings submit to him; he proclaims himself Lord of Ireland

  • Jun 1, 1189

    Death of Henry II; Richard I becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1199

    Death of Richard I; John becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1200

    Wales divided between free Wales and numerous Anglo-Norman lordships

  • Jun 1, 1214

    Death of William I; Alexander II becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1216

    Death of John; Henry III becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1249

    Death of Alexander II; Alexander III becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1272

    Death of Henry III; Edward I becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1272

    Edward I of England begins conquest of Wales

  • Jun 1, 1282

    Llywellyn, Prince of Wales, dies fighting Edward I; Wales reorganised as a principality of England

  • Jun 1, 1286

    Death of Alexander III of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1296

    start of Wars of Scottish Independence

  • Jun 1, 1297

    Battle of Cambuskenneth: Scots, led by William Wallace, defeat English

  • Jun 1, 1306

    Robert I (the Bruce) becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1307

    Death of Edward I; Edward II becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1314

    Robert I defeats English at Bannockburn

  • Jun 1, 1315

    Invasion of Ireland by Edward Bruce

  • Jun 1, 1316

    Edward Bruce crowned king of Ireland

  • Jun 1, 1327

    Death of Edward II; Edward III becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1328

    Treaty of Edinburgh recognises Scotland's independence

  • Jun 1, 1371

    Death of David II; Robert Stewart II becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1377

    Death of Edward III; Richard II becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1390

    Death of Robert II; Robert III becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1394

    Richard II gains submission of majority of Irish chieftains

  • Jun 1, 1400

    Owain Glyn Dwr leads Wales into revolt against English rule

  • Jun 1, 1404

    Glyn Dwr presides over a Welsh Parliament

  • Jun 1, 1406

    Death of Robert III; James I becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1408

    Prince Henry puts down Owain Glyn Dwr rebellion in Wales

  • Jun 1, 1413

    Death of Henry IV; Henry V becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1422

    Death of Henry V; Henry VI becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1437

    James I murdered; James II becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1460

    James II killed; James III becomes king of Scotland

  • Jun 1, 1460

    Declaration of Irish parliamentary independence

  • Jun 1, 1461

    Henry VI deposed by Edward, Duke of York

  • Jun 1, 1470

    Henry VI regains throne of England

  • Jun 1, 1471

    Edward retakes throne

  • Jun 1, 1483

    Death of Edward IV; 12-year-old Edward V becomes king of England, Richard, Duke of Gloucester becomes Protector

  • Jun 1, 1483

    Edward V disappears; Richard III becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1485

    Death of Richard III; Henry VII becomes king of England

  • Jun 1, 1488

    Battle of Sauchieburn: Death of James III; James IV becomes king of Scotland