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1154 | Stephen dies; Henry II, King of England; from now till 1485 the House of Plantagenet rules England GO ! |
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1155 | Pope Hadrian IV bestows Ireland on Henry II |
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1155 | Henry II abolishes fiscal earldoms and restores royal demesne |
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1163 | Quarrel starts between Henry II and Thomas à Becket |
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1164 | Becket flees to France |
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1164 | Constitutions of Clarendon GO ! |
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1165 | Malcolm IV dies; succeeded by his brother William the Lion |
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1170 | Although Henry II and Becket formally reconciled, Becket returns to Canterbury and is murdered by four Norman knights |
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1172 | Queen Eleanor raises Aquitaine against Henry II |
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1172 | Reconciliation between Henry II and the Pope |
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1173 | Queen Eleanor imprisoned |
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1174 | Henry II does penance at Canterbury for murder of Becket |
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1177 | Treaty of Ivry between Henry II and Louis VII |
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1189 | King Henry II of England dies; succeeded by Richard I, Coeur-de-Lion GO ! |
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1189 | Third Crusade |
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1191 | Richard I conquers Cyprus and sells it to the Templars |
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1192 | Richard I returns from the Crusade and is captured by Leopold, Duke of Austria |
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1193 | Richard is handed over to Henry VI and imprisoned |
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1194 | Richard I is released and crowned for the second time |
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1199 | King Richard I, Coeur-de-Lion, killed at a siege in France; succeeded by King John (Lackland), the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine GO ! |
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1200 | Peace of Le Goulet between England and France
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1204 | King John loses Normandy to France |
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1209 | King John invades Scotland and is excommunicated |
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1213 | Council of St. Albans, precursor of Parliament |
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1213 | King John of England submits to the Pope, making England and Ireland papal fiefs |
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1215 | King John seals Magna Carta at Runnymede GO ! |
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1216 | King John dies; succeeded by Henry III GO ! |
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1218 | Peace of Worcester between Henry III and Wales
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1220 | Henry III crowned at Westminster |
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1224 | Anglo-French war |
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1225 | Magna Carta reissued for third time in definitive form |
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1227 | Henry III declares himself of age |
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1227 | Truce in Anglo-Fr. war |
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1240 | Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Prince of Snowdon |
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1240 | Crusade of Richard of Cornwall and Simon de Montfort to Jaffa |
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1240 | Border fixed between England and Scotland |
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1240 | Five-year truce between England and France |
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1257 | Llywelyn assumes the title Prince of Wales, and establishes peace between England and Wales |
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1258 | Establishment of House of Commons ("Provisions of Oxford") GO ! |
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1264 | Simon de Montfort defeats Henry III at the Battle of Lewes |
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1272 | Henry III of England dies; succeeded by Edward I GO ! |
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1274 | Edward I crowned at Westminster |
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1277 | England annexes Wales |
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1286 | Alexander III of Scotland dies; succeeded by his infant niece Margaret, "the Maid of Norway", under six guardians |
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1291 | Scottish nobles allow King Edward of England to select the next Scottish King and declare allegiance to the English crown |
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1292 | Scottish throne to John Baliol |
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1295 | Alliance between France and Scotland |
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1296 | John Baliol resigns Scot crown to Edward I |
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1296 | Scot. coronation stone moved from Scone to Westminster |
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1297 | William Wallace and the Scots defeat the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge |
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1298 | King Edward defeats William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk, retaining his hold on Scotland |
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1300 | Edward I invades Scotland
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1301 | Edward I's son made Prince of Wales
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1302 | Anglo-Scot. truce
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1305 | William Wallace is captured and executed for treason |
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1306 | Robert Bruce crowned King of Scots and defeated by the English at Methuen and Dalry
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1307 | Edward I dies; succeeded by Edward II
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1308 | Coronation of Edward II
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1311 | English barons force King Edward II to appoint "lord ordainers", and slowly transfer power away from him
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1314 | Robert Bruce defeats Edward II at Bannockburn |
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1316 | Edward Bruce crowned King of Ireland
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1318 | Edward Bruce killed in Battle of Faughart
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1323 | Edward II of England signs a truce with Robert the Bruce
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1327 | Edward II, deposed by Parliament and murdered at Berkeley Castle, is succeed by Edward III
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1329 | David II, King of Scots
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1332 | Edward Baliol, crowned King of Scots, recognises Edward III of overlord
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1332 | First record of Parliament divided into two houses
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1337 | Beginning of the Hundred Years' War
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1338 | Alliance of Coblenz between Louis IV and Edward III
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1348 | Edward III founds the Order of the Garter
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1359 | Treaty of London restores Fr. possessions once held by Henry II of England to Eng. crown
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1360 | Treaty of Calais between Edward III and Philip of Burgundy
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1366 | English Parliament refuses to pay feudal dues to the pope
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1371 | Robert II, King of Scots: accession of the House of Stewart
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1375 | Truce of Bruges between England and France
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1376 | The Black Prince dies
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1377 | Edward III dies; succeeded by his grandson Richard II
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1378 | Renewal of Anglo-Fr. war
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1381 | Anglo-Fr. truce for six years
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1381 | Peasants' Revolt in England under Wat Tyler
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1384 | Anglo-Scot. war renewed
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1385 | Anglo-Fr. war renewed
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1389 | Truce between England, Scotland, and France
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1390 | Robert III, King of Scots
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1395 | Irish rulers do homage to Richard II, receive amnesty
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1396 | Richard II of England marries Isabella of France at Calais; Anglo-Fr. truce extended to 28 years
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1399 | Richard II deposed: Henry of Lancaster, son of John of Gaunt, succeeds to the throne as Henry IV
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