Born 6 January to Edward the Black Prince and Joan "Fair Maid" of Kent
1376
Created Prince of Wales
1377
Succeeds his grandfather, Edward III
1380
The last of the 'continual councils' is dismissed, Richard takes control
1381
Peasant's Revolt (Wat Tyler's Rebellion)
1382
Marries Anne of Bohemia (the sister of Wenceslas of Bohemia)
1387
Led by the Duke of Gloucester, the Lords Appellant control the government
1389
Richard again takes control of the government, William Wykeham is Lord Chancellor
1394
Wife, Anne of Bohemia, dies; Richard II leads an army to reconquer west of Ireland
1396
Marries Isabella of France (daughter of Charles VI)
1397
Lords Appellant, led by Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, try and convict 5 of Richard's advisors of treason. Richard arrests 3 of the 5 Lords Appellant and has them executed. One of the remaining two, who were exiled, was Henry Bolingbroke
1399
Again visits Ireland; on returning is captured, deposed (19 August), and imprisoned in Pontefract Castle
