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This is a timeline of English history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in England and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Prehistory: Mesolithic/Neolithic periods • Bronze/Iron Ages
Centuries: 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th • 12th • 13th • 14th • 15th • 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
References • Sources

1st century BC

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Year Date Event
55 BC Roman General Julius Caesar invades Great Britain for the first time, gaining a beachhead on the coast of Kent.[1]
54 BC Caesar invades for the second time, gaining a third of the country. These two invasions are known as Caesar's invasions of Britain.[1]

Centuries in 1st millennium: 1st · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th · 6th · 7th · 8th · 9th · 10th

1st century

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Year Date Event
c.10–c.40 Reign of Cunobelinus, an influential king of southern England before the Roman occupation; son of Tasciovanus[2]
43 Aulus Plautius leads an army of forty thousand to invade Great Britain;[3] Emperor Claudius makes Britain a part of the Roman Empire[4]
C. 47 – 50 London settled by the Romans, known as Londinium[5]

2nd century

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Year Date Event
122 – 128 Emperor Hadrian orders a 73-mile (117 km) wall to mark the Northern Roman Empire's province on the British Isle. Hadrian's Wall,[6] as it comes to be known, is intended to keep the Caledonians, Picts, and other tribes at bay.

3rd century

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Year Date Event
c. 213 Britain becomes divided into two provinces called Britannia Inferior and Britannia Superior. This was likely due to the Roman emperor at the time, Caracalla.[7]
286 Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius, a Roman military commander at the time, usurps power during the Carausian Revolt.[8]

4th century

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Year Date Event
367 The Great Conspiracy begins, starting a year-long period of disorder and war in Britain.[9]

5th century

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Year Date Event
401 Romans begin their withdrawal from Britain.[10]: 129–131 
449 The Angles begin their invasion of England and establish tribal kingdoms on the east coast.[11]

6th century

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Year Date Event
597 Christianisation of the Kingdom of Kent and its leader King Æthelberht by Saint Augustine.[12]

7th century

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Year Date Event
616 24 February King Æthelberht of Kent dies and is then succeeded by his son Eadbald of Kent.[13]

8th century

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Year Date Event
740-756 Reign of Cuthred, King of Wessex.[14]
757 Offa becomes King of Mercia.[15]
793 8 June Viking raid on a monastery in Lindisfarne, often taken as the beginning of the Viking age.[16]
796 29 July Offa of Mercia dies.[17]

9th century

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Year Date Event
802 Ecgberht of Wessex is enthroned.
849 Alfred the Great, the future king of Wessex (r. 871-899), is born to parents Aethelwulf of Wessex and Osburh.
865 Arrival of the Great Heathen Army.
871 April Alfred the Great succeeds his brother Æthelred as King of the West Saxons.
874 Edward the Elder, the future king of England (r. 899-924), is born to parents Alfred the Great and Ealhswith.
894 Æthelstan the Glorious, the future king of England (r. 927-939), is born to parents Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn.

10th century

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Year Date Event
921 Edmund the Magnificent, the future king of England (r. 939-946), is born to parents Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent.
923 Eadred, the future king of England (r. 946-955), is born to parents Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent.
924 AD Æthelstan becomes king of England
940 Eadwig All-Fair, the future king of England (r. 955-959), is born to parents Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury.
943 Edgar the Peaceful, the future king of England (r. 959-975), is born to parents Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury.
962 Edward the Martyr, the future king of England (r. 975-978) is born to parents Edgar the Peaceful and Æthelflæd.
963 17 April Sweyn Forkbeard, the future king of England (r. 1013-1014), is born in Denmark to parents Harald Bluetooth and either Tove or Gunhild.
966 Æthelred the Unready, the future king of England (r. 978~1013), is born to parents Edgar the Peaceful and Ælfthryth.
990 Edmund Ironside, the future king of England (r. 1016-1016), is born to parents Æthelred and Ælfgifu of York.
995 Cnut the Great, the future king of England (r.1016-1035), is born to parents Sweyn Forkbeard and Gunhilda of Poland.
992 AD Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against a Viking invasion in the Battle of Maldon in Essex.

11th century

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Year Date Event
1003 Edward the Confessor, the future king of England (r. 1042-1066), is born to parents Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy.
1016 Harold Harefoot, the future king of England (r.1035-1040), is born to parents Cnut the Great and Ælfgifu of Northhampton.
1016 Cnut the Great of Denmark becomes king of all England[18]
1018 Harthacnut, the future king of England, (r. 1040-1042), is born to parents Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy.
1022 Harold II, the future king of England (r. 1066-1066), is born to parents Godwin of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir.
1028 William the Conqueror, the future king of England (r.1066-1087), is born to parents Robert the Magnificent and Herleva.
1043 Edward the Confessor becomes king of all England[19]
1055 The Great Schism; culmination of theological and political differences between Eastern and Western Christianity[20]
1056 William II, the future king of England (r. 1087-1100), is born to parents William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders.
1066 Battle of Fulford: English forces were defeated by Norse invaders in northeastern England.
Battle of Stamford Bridge: the remaining Norse under Harald Hardrada defeated by the bulk of England's army under the command of its king
Battle of Hastings: England's remaining forces defeated by invaders from Normandy, known as the Norman Conquest; William the Conqueror crowned king of England
1068 Henry I, the future king of England (r.1100-1135), is born to parents William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders.
1086 Work commenced on the Domesday Book
1096 Stephen of Blois, the future king of England (r. 1135-1154), is born to parents Stephen, Count of Blois, and Adela of Normandy.

12th century

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Year Date Event
1133 5 March Henry II, the future king of England (r. 1154-1189), is born in Le Mans, France, to parents Geoffrey V of Anjou and Matilda.
1135 The Anarchy began, a civil war resulting from a dispute over succession to the throne that lasted until 1153.
1138 The Battle of the Standard, an engagement in which the English defeated an invading Scottish army led by King David I.[21]
1157 8 September Richard the Lionheart, the future king of England (r. 1189-1199), is born to parents Henry II and Elanor of Aquitaine.
1164 The Constitutions of Clarendon, a set of laws which governed the trial of members of the Catholic Church in England, were issued.
1166 24 December John Lackland, the future king of England (r. 1199-1216), is born to parents Henry II and Elanor of Aquitaine.
1170 Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was assassinated.
1192 Crusades: King Richard I was captured by Austrian Duke Leopold V, Duke of Austria while returning from the Holy Land.
1194 Richard was ransomed and returned to England.

13th century

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Year Date Event
1207 1 October Henry III, the future king of England (r. 1216-1272), is born to John and Isabella of Angoulême.
1209 King John was excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Innocent III.
1214 The English defeated in Battle of Bouvinnes.
1215 The Magna Carta was signed.
1237 The Treaty of York was signed, fixing the border between Scotland and England.
1239 17 June Edward I, the future king of England (r. 1272-1307), is born to Henry III and Elanor of Provence.
1264 Battle of Lewes: Rebel English barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester defeated King Henry III.
1267 Henry recognised the authority of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in Gwynedd.
1277 England annexed Gwynedd.
1279 The Statute of Mortmain was issued.
1284 25 April Edward II, the future king of England (r. 1307-1327), is born to Edward I and Elanor of Castile.
1287 Rhys ap Maredudd led a revolt against English rule in Wales.
1294 Madog ap Llywelyn led a revolt against English rule in Wales.
1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge: The Scots, led by William Wallace, defeated the English.

14th century

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Year Date Event
1305 23 August William Wallace was executed by the English on a charge of treason.
1312 13 November Edward III, the future king of England (r. 1327-1377), is born to Edward II and Isabella of France.
1314 23 – 24 June Battle of Bannockburn: Scotland won a decisive victory over England.
1328 1 May The Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton, under which England recognised Scottish independence, was signed.
1348 The Black Death arrived in England.
1356 19 September Battle of Poitiers: Second of the three major battles of the Hundred Years' War took place near Poitiers, France.
1367 6 January Richard II, the future king of England (r. 1377-1399), is born to parents Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent.
1367 April Henry IV, the future king of England (r. 1399-1413), is born to parents John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster.
1373 16 June The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 is signed, forming an alliance between England and Portugal; it remains an active treaty, most recently invoked in the Falklands War (see 1982)[22]
1381 May – June Peasants' Revolt: Also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England led by Wat Tyler.
1386 16 September Henry V, the future king of England (r. 1413-1422), is born to parents Henry IV and Mary de Bohun.
1395 The Statute of Praemunire was issued.

15th century

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Year Date Event
1403 21 July Battle of Shrewsbury was a battle waged between an army led by the Lancastrian King, Henry IV, and a rebel army led by Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy from Northumberland.[23]
1415 25 October Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War[a]that occurred on Saint Crispin's Day, near modern-day Azincourt, in northern France.
1421 6 December Henry VI, the future king of England (r. 1422~1471), is born to parents Henry V and Catherine of Valois.
1442 28 April Edward IV, the future king of England (r. 1461~1470), is born to parents Richard of York and Cecily Neville.
1452 2 October Richard III, the future king of England (r. 1483-1485), is born to parents Richard of York and Cecily Neville.
1455 22 May The start of the Wars of the Roses a civil war for control of the throne of England between the House of York in Yorkshire and House of Lancaster in Lancashire.
1457 28 January Henry VII, the future king of England (r. 1385-1509), is born to parents Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort.
1485 22 August Battle of Bosworth Field (Battle of Bosworth): the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York. Richard III, the last Plantagenet king was killed, succeeded by Henry VII.
1487 16 June Battle of Stoke was the decisive engagement in an attempt by leading Yorkists to unseat Henry VII of England in favour of the pretender Lambert Simnel.
1470 2 November Edward V, the future king of England (r. 1483-1483), is born to parents Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville.
1491 28 June Henry VIII, the future king of England (r. 1509-1547), is born to parents Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.

16th century

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Year Date Event
1513 Battle of Flodden Field: Invading England, King James IV of Scotland and thousands of other Scots were killed in a defeat at the hands of the English.
1516 18 February Mary I, the future queen of England (r. 1553-1558), is born to parents Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.
1521 Lutheran writings begin to circulate in England.
1527 21 May Phillip II, the future king of England (r. 1554-1558), is born to parents Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Isabella of Portugal.
1526 Lord Chancellor Cardinal Thomas Wolsey ordered the burning of Lutheran books.
1533 King Henry VIII severs ties with the Catholic Church and declared himself head of the church in England.
7 September Elizabeth I, the future queen of England (r. 1558-1603), is born to parents Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
1534 Henry VIII issued the Act of Supremacy.
Henry VIII issued the Treasons Act 1534.
1535 Thomas More and Cardinal John Fisher were executed.
1536 William Tyndale was executed in Antwerp.
Henry VIII issued the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
1537 12 October Edward VI, the future king of England (r. 1547-1553), is born to parents Henry VIII and Jane Seymour.
1549 Prayer Book Rebellion: A rebellion occurred in the southwest.
1550 England and France sign the Peace of Boulogne.
1553 The Act Against Sectaries 1553 was issued.
1558 Elizabeth I claims the throne of England and rules until 1603.
1559 The Act of Supremacy 1559 was issued.
1566 19 June James I, the future king of England (r. 1603-1625), is born to parents Henry Stuart and Mary I.
1571 The Treasons Act 1571 was issued.
The Act Prohibiting Papal Bulls from Rome 1571 was issued.
1585 The Roanoke Colony was founded in America.
1588 8 August The Spanish Armada was destroyed.
1589 The English Armada (or Counter Armada) was defeated by Spain.
1593 The Act Against Papists 1593 was issued.

17th century

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Year Date Event
1600 19 November Charles I, the future king of England (r. 1625-1649), is born to parents James I and Anne of Denmark.
1601 Catholic plot against the Earl of Essex includes some of the plotters from the gunpowder plot.
1603 King James VI of Scotland ascends to the English throne, becoming James I of England and uniting the crowns – but not the parliaments – of the two kingdoms.
1605 5 November Gunpowder Plot: A plot in which Guy Fawkes and other Catholic associates conspired to blow up King James VI and I and the Parliament of England was uncovered.
1607 14 May Jamestown was founded in the Virginia Colony and was the first permanent English colony in America.
1611 Henry Hudson died.
1618 29 October Walter Raleigh was executed.
1630 29 May Charles II, the future king of England (r. 1660-1685) is born to parents Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France.
1633 14 October James II, the future king of England (r. 1685-1688) is born to parents Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France.
1639 Bishops' Wars: A war with Scotland began which would last until 1640.
1640 Long Parliament: The Parliament was convened.
1642 The English Civil War began (see timeline of the English Civil War).
1649 January Trial and execution of Charles I
1649 Interregnum began with the First Commonwealth.
1650 4 November William III, the future king of England (r. 1689-1702), is born to parents William II of Orange and Mary of England.
1653–1659 the Protectorate under the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell and later (1658) his son Richard Cromwell
1659 The Second Commonwealth brings with it a period of great political instability.
1660 Restoration of the monarchy: After a chaotic short revival of the Commonwealth of England, the monarchy was restored in May 1660, after agreeing to the Declaration of Breda, largely through the initiative of General George Monck.
1662 30 April Mary II, the future queen of England (r. 1689-1694), is born to parents James II and Anne Hyde.
1665 6 February Anne, the future queen of England (r. 1702-1707), is born to parents James II and Anne Hyde.
1666 2 – 5 September Great Fire of London : A major conflagration that swept through the central parts of London.
1688 Glorious Revolution:[24] Also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of James II by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange).
1694 27 July The Bank of England is founded.


18th century

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Year Date Event
1701 The Act of Settlement 1701, which required the English monarch to be Protestant, was passed.
1702 8 March William III died and was succeeded by Anne.
1704 4 August Gibraltar was captured by a combined Dutch and English fleet under the command of Admiral of the Fleet George Rooke.
13 August Battle of Blenheim: A combined English and Dutch army under the command of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough defeated the French army in Bavaria.
1706 22 July The Treaty of Union was agreed between representatives of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland.
1707 The Acts of Union 1707 were passed in the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland, ratifying the Treaty of Union.
1716 The Old Dock, originally known as Thomas Steers' dock, was the world's first commercial wet dock.[25]
1744 An attempted French invasion of southern England was stopped by storms.
1756 Following the start of the French and Indian War 2 years prior, the Seven Years' War begins.[26]
1763 10 Feb The Treaty of Paris (1763) is signed, formally ending the Seven Years' War. France renounces a large portion of North American land to Great Britain.[27]
1765 William Blackstone published his first volume of Commentaries on the Laws of England.
1775 19 April War of American Independence officially starts with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Lasts until 1789.
1790s Canal Mania, an intense period of canal building in England and Wales.
1797 22–25 July Admiral Horatio Nelson suffer his worst defeat in Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797) and loses most of his right arm from a musket ball whilst fighting against canarian militias.[28]

19th century

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Year Date Event
1805 Battle of Trafalgar: Horatio Nelson defeats the French at Trafalgar, establishing British naval supremacy over the world's oceans for approximately 140 years.
1819 16 August Peterloo Massacre: about 18 people killed and several hundred injured in Manchester when a large cavalry charge demonstration demanding parliamentary representation reform broke out.[29]
1830 15 September The Liverpool and Manchester Railway[30][31][32] (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world.[33][i] It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England.
1837 20 June Queen Victoria becomes queen of England, she will reign until January 22, 1901. The Victorian era starts.
1859 24 November On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is published[34]
1863 10 January The first underground train goes into operation in London[35]
1878 Women first admitted to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge[36]
  1. ^ The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825, but sections of this line employed cable haulage, and only the coal trains were hauled by locomotives. The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, opened in May 1830, was also mostly cable hauled. Horse-drawn traffic, including passenger services, used the railway upon payment of a toll.

20th century

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Year Date Event
1912 August Harry Brearley invents Stainless Steel in Sheffield, Yorkshire[37]
1914 28 July World War 1 begins
1918 11 November World War 1 ends
1939 3 September Britain declares war on Nazi Germany and enters World War 2
1945 8 May Germany surrenders and World War 2 ends in Europe
1948 5 July The National Health Service is founded
1973 1 January UK joins the European Communities (predecessor of the European Union).
1982 11 October The Mary Rose is raised from the seabed of the Solent, where she had sunk in 1545[38]

21st century

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Year Date Event
2004 June The population of England reaches fifty million.[39]
2019 14 July ICC Cricket World Cup: England win a thriller at Lords and clinch their maiden ODI World Cup led by Eoin Morgan.[40]
2020 31 January Brexit takes place. The UK officially withdraws from the European Union three years after it voted to leave during a referendum in 2016.[41]
2020 31 January The first patient with COVID-19 is confirmed in York.[42]
2022 8 September Queen Elizabeth II dies of after a reign of 70 years and 214 days. She is succeeded by King Charles III.[43][44]

See also

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City and town timelines
County timelines

References

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Bibliography

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  • Marsden, Peter, Sealed by Time: The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose. The Archaeology of the Mary Rose, Volume 1. The Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth. 2003. ISBN 0-9544029-0-1

Further reading

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