Born 5 March to Geoffrey Plantagenet and Matilda, daughter of Henry I
1142
Travels to England
1150
Becomes lord of Normandy
1151
Father dies, becomes lord of Anjou
1152
Marries Eleanor of Aquitaine
1153
Treaty of Westminster - Stephen keeps the throne under the condition that Henry become his heir
1154
Stephen dies, Henry II accedes to the throne
1155
Appoints Thomas Becket Chancellor of England; Pope Adrian IV issues the papal bull Laudabiliter, which gives Henry authority to invade Ireland and bring its Church under the control of Rome
1162
Appoints Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury
1164
Constitutions of Clarendon, quarrel with Becket
1166
Assize of Clarendon; beginning of the English settlement of Ireland
1170
Becket murdered
1171
Henry is accepted as Lord of Ireland; Council of Cashel
1173
Henry's sons, Henry, Richard, and Geoffrey, lead a rebellion against him
