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** 14 January - Marriage of King [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] and [[Anne of Bohemia]].<ref name=CBH/> |
** 14 January - Marriage of King [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] and [[Anne of Bohemia]].<ref name=CBH/> |
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** 21 May |
** 21 May |
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*** An [[earthquake]] of [[Richter magnitude scale|scale]] 5.8 strikes [[Canterbury]]. Churches are damaged and shocks are felt in London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notes on invididual earthquakes|url=http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm|publisher=[[British Geological Survey]]|accessdate=8 December 2011|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110516173115/http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm|archivedate=16 May 2011}}</ref> |
*** An [[earthquake]] of [[Richter magnitude scale|scale]] 5.8 strikes [[Canterbury]]. Churches are damaged and shocks are felt in London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notes on invididual earthquakes|url=http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm|deadurl=yes|publisher=[[British Geological Survey]]|accessdate=8 December 2011|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110516173115/http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm|archivedate=16 May 2011}}</ref> |
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*** The '[[Earthquake Synod]]' is held in London: [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[William Courtenay]] attacks the [[Lollardy|Lollard]] movement led by [[John Wycliffe]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/><ref>{{cite book|chapter=Earthquake Synod|editor=Cross, F. L.; Livingstone, E. A. (ed)|title=The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=2nd|year=1974|isbn=0192115456|page=437}}</ref> |
*** The '[[Earthquake Synod]]' is held in London: [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[William Courtenay]] attacks the [[Lollardy|Lollard]] movement led by [[John Wycliffe]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/><ref>{{cite book|chapter=Earthquake Synod|editor=Cross, F. L.; Livingstone, E. A. (ed)|title=The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=2nd|year=1974|isbn=0192115456|page=437}}</ref> |
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** [[Winchester College]] is founded<ref name="BBC History timeline"/> by [[William of Wykeham]]. |
** [[Winchester College]] is founded<ref name="BBC History timeline"/> by [[William of Wykeham]]. |
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Events from the 1380s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Richard II of England
Events
- 1380
- 16 January - Parliament declares Richard II of age to rule.[1]
- July to September - Hundred Years' War: The King's uncle, Thomas of Woodstock, raids France.[1]
- November - New poll tax imposed.[1]
- John Wycliffe begins to translate the Bible into English.[1]
- 1381
- January - Hundred Years' War: Brittany surrenders to France, although England retains control of Brest.[1]
- 13 June - Peasants' Revolt: Rebels from Kent and Essex, led by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, meet at Blackheath, London, where they are encouraged by a sermon from renegade priest John Ball.[1]
- 14 June - Peasants' Revolt: Rebels destroy John of Gaunt's Savoy Palace and storm the Tower of London, killing the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor. King Richard meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition of serfdom.[2]
- 15 June - Peasants' Revolt: During further negotiations, Wat Tyler is murdered by the King's entourage. Noble forces subsequently overpower the rebel army, the rebel leaders are captured and executed and Richard revokes his concessions.[3]
- Late June to July - Peasant revolts spread to St Albans and East Anglia, but are quickly suppressed.[1] Norfolk rebels are defeated at the Battle of North Walsham (25 or 26 June).[4]
- 30 July - William Courtenay enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Parliament passes the first Navigation Act to give economic protection to English shipping.[2]
- 1382
- 14 January - Marriage of King Richard II and Anne of Bohemia.[1]
- 21 May
- An earthquake of scale 5.8 strikes Canterbury. Churches are damaged and shocks are felt in London.[5]
- The 'Earthquake Synod' is held in London: Archbishop of Canterbury William Courtenay attacks the Lollard movement led by John Wycliffe.[2][6]
- Winchester College is founded[3] by William of Wykeham.
- probable date - Geoffrey Chaucer writes the poem Parlement of Foules.[1]
- 1383
- 16 May - Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich, leads a crusade against supporters of the Avignon Pope in Flanders.[1]
- October - Bishop of Norwich impeached, against the wishes of Parliament.[1]
- 1384
- January - Hundred Years' War: John of Gaunt makes a temporary truce with France.[1]
- Alchemist John Dombleday writes Stella Alchimiae.[1]
- 1385
- 14 August - Portuguese troops and their English allies defeat those of Castile at the Battle of Aljubarrota.[2]
- 31 August - King Richard II begins an invasion of Scotland.[7]
- August - English burn Holyrood and Edinburgh, but return home without a decisive battle.[1]
- King Richard II tries to rule the country without Parliament.[2]
- Bodiam Castle is built in East Sussex.
- 1386
- 8 March - Richard recognises John of Gaunt as King of Castile, by right of his second marriage to the Infanta Constanza of Castile in 1371, and grants him control of all royal lands in Ireland.[1].
- 14 April - First scholars enter New College, Oxford, the first college of the University of Oxford to adopt the quadrangle model and the first to provide extensively for undergraduate education.[8]
- 9 May - King John I of Portugal and King Richard II ratify the Treaty of Windsor.[2]
- July - John of Gaunt leaves England to make good his claim to the Crown of Castile.[1]
- October - The Wonderful Parliament is held, and appoints a commission to oversee the court and government.[1]
- (approx.) - Salisbury cathedral clock is started. By the 21st century it will be the world's oldest working clock.[9]
- 1387
- 24 March - Hundred Years' War: A Franco-Castilian fleet is defeated off Margate.
- 14 November - A group of powerful nobles known as Lords Appellant raise arms against the King, demanding the arrest of members of the royal court.[1]
- 20 December - Battle of Radcot Bridge: Lords Appellant defeat Richard's army. The king is imprisoned until he agrees to replace all the councillors in his court.[1]
- Geoffrey Chaucer begins writing The Canterbury Tales.[2]
- 1388
- 3 February - The entire court of King Richard II is convicted of treason by the Merciless Parliament, under the influence of the Lords Appellant, and are all either executed or exiled. Richard II effectively becomes a puppet of the Lords Appellant.[1]
- 5 August - Battle of Otterburn: a Scottish army, led by James Douglas, defeats an English army, capturing the their leader, Harry Hotspur. Douglas is killed during the battle.[2]
- The completion of Wycliffe's Bible by John Purvey and the beginning of prosecution of Wycliffe's followers, the Lollards.
- John of Gaunt makes peace with Castile and gives up his claim to the Castilian throne by allowing his daughter Katherine of Lancaster to marry Prince Henry, the eldest son of John I of Castile.
- 1389
- 3 May - King Richard retakes control of the government.[1]
- 18 July - Truce of Leulinghem: England and France sign a truce, ending the second phase of the Hundred Years' War.[2]
Births
- 1380
- John de Sutton V, nobleman (died 1406)
- 1381
- 13 October - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, politician (died 1415)
- 1382
- Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (died 1439)
- 1383
- Anne of Gloucester, noblewoman (died 1438)
- 1385
- John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (died 1421)
- Margaret Holland, noblewoman (died 1429)
- 1387
- 9 August - King Henry V (died 1422)
- 1388
- 29 September - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of King Henry IV (d. 1421)
- Juliana Berners, writer
- Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury (died 1428)
- 1389
- 20 June - John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent (d. 1435)
Deaths
- 1381
- 14 June - Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 15 June - John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice
- 15 June - Wat Tyler, rebel
- 15 July - John Ball, renegade priest
- 27 December - Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, politician
- 1383
- 8 June - Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, Crusader (born 1338)
- 1384
- 31 December - John Wycliffe, theologian, Bible translator and Catholic reform campaigner (born 1320s)
- 1385
- Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (born 1328)
- 1386
- James Audley, knight
- William Langland, poet (born 1332)
- 1387
- Peter de la Mare, politician
- 1388
- Simon de Burley, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- Thomas Usk, author
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Palmer, Alan (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 109–113. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 169–170. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b "BBC History British History Timeline". Archived from the original on 09 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archivedate=(help) - ^ Hingeston, F. C. (1858). "Capgrave, John, 1393-1464". The Book of Illustrious Henries.
- ^ "Notes on invididual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Cross, F. L.; Livingstone, E. A. (ed), ed. (1974). "Earthquake Synod". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 437. ISBN 0192115456.
{{cite book}}:|editor=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). The Encyclopædia of Oxford. London: Macmillan. pp. 269–70. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- ^ "Oldest Working Clock". Frequently Asked Questions. Salisbury Cathedral. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-17.