Top Ten Events of the Middle Ages – Timeline By Jesse121212 1215 Magna Carta is signed 1314 The battle of Bannockburn 1348 The Black Death comes to Britain 1381 The Peasants’ Revolt 1381 The Peasants' Revolt 1415 Henry V defeats the French at Agincourt 1415 Henry V defeats the French at Agincourt 1485 Richard III is defeated at the battle of Bosworth 1485 Richard III is defeated at the battle of Bosworth 1770 Thomas Becket is murdered