| 515 | | The West Saxon
advance halted by the Britons at the Battle of Badon (possibly led by a leader named Arthur)
(FE Haliday,1959)c. 500 Ambrosius Aurelianus defeats Saxons at Badon Hill |
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| 577 | | The West Saxon advance resumed at the Battle of Deorham |
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| 577 | | Battle of Deorham Down near Bristol results in the separation of the West Welsh (the Cornish) from the Welsh by the advancing of the Saxons
Bath, Cirencester and Gloucester mentioned in an account of the battle but not Bristol |
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| 634 | | Oswald became king of Northumbria after
the Battle of Heavenfield and brought Celtic Christianity |
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| 722 | | Saxons defeated at the battle of Hehil, probably near Jacobstowe |
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| 825 | | Egbert defeated the Mercians at the Battle of Ellandun (modern Nether
Wroughton) and Wessex became the dominant Saxon kingdom in England. He also conquered
Kent, Sussex and Essex. |
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| 825 | | Egbert, king of Wessex, repels the Vikings in North Cornwall and returns to route the Mercians at the battle of Ellendune (modern Wroughton, Swindon) assuring the predominance of Wessex
The Cornish defeated by Ecgberht at Gafulford (modern Galford on the River Lew in West Devon)
He also conquered Kent, Sussex and Essex
Check out Nether Wroughton
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| 871.Jan.08 | | Alfred the Great defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown in Berkshire but with a high cost in lives on both sides
One of eight battles in which Aflred was angaged during the year |
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| 877 | | Battle of Swanage Bay; Alfred the Great wins first English naval victory against the Danes
A Danish fleet left Wareham to relieve their comrades besieged at Exeter by King Alfreds forces. Storms drove 120 of the vessels ashore off Perveril Point before the English galleys could intercept them - the earliest known shipwrecks off the Dorset Coast |
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| 878.May | | Alfred the Great rallied Somerset and Wiltshire and defeated the Danes at the Battle
of Ednington nr Chippenham, Wilts. Guthrum the Danish leader was baptized as a Christian by the Peace
of Wedmore |
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| 937 | | Athelstans crowning victory at the Battle
of Brunanburgh gave the kings of Wessex mastery over England |
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| 991 | | Byrhtnoth of Essex and the Essex
fyrd defeated by the Vikings at the Battle of Maldon heralding the renewal of
Viking raids on England |
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| 993 | | Ealdorman britnoth slain at the Battle of Maldon (ASC) |
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| 1001 | | Danes raid into Hampshire and win battle against the English at Alton before proceeding to Devon (ASC) |
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| 1014 | | Death of the Irish king Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf
Although he died in the battle, the Norsemen who had a controlling influence in Ireland since 795 were defeated in the battle |
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| 1016.Oct.18 | | Danes under Canute decisively defeat the Saxons under Edmund II (Ironside) at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon) in Essex
Edmund retreated to Gloucestershire |
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| 1066.Oct.14 | | THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND: The Battle of Hastings or Senlac - Harold II slain and the English
defeated by William, Duke of Normandy |
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| 1066.Oct.14 | | Harold II slain and the English
defeated at the Battle of Hastings or Senlac by William, Duke of Normandy |
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| circa 1077 | | Making of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings
The 70-metre-long tapestry was made in Kent or France |
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| 1093 | | Malcolm
III of Scotland attacked the north of England but was slain at the Battle of
Alnwick. |
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| 1099.Aug.19 | | Crusaders beat the Saracens in Battle of
Ascalon |
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| 1120 | | Henry I defeats Louis VI (the Fat) of France at the Battle of Br�mule and terms for peace are agreed |
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| 1138.Aug.22 | | Battle of the Standard: David of Scotland defeated by King Stephen
The Scots defeated by a force raised by Thurstan, Archbishop of York |
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| 1141.Feb.02 | | Abandoned by his earls, King Stephen defeated and captured by Ranulf and Robert\'s forces at the battle of Lincoln
Ranulf and Robert\'s forces slaughter the towsfolk of Lincoln |
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| 1264 | | Victory at the Battle of Lewes leaves
Simon de Monforts party in control of Britain |
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| 1265 | | Simon de Montfort was defeated and killed at the
Battle of Evesham |
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| 1314 | | The
English deafeated by the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn thus ensuring
Scotlands freedom (England did not concede the defeat until the Treaty of
Northampton in 1329) |
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| 1329 | | The Treaty of Northampton conceded Scotlands
independace won by the Scottish victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. |
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| 1333 | | Edward III defeats David II of Scotland at the Battle of Halidon Hill |
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| 1346.Aug.26 | | The Battle of Crecy; led by King Edward III and his son the Black Prince, English longbows defeat the French |
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| 1356.Sep.19 | | English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers |
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| 1387 | | Battle of Radcot Bridge: Supporters of Richard II defeated by Henry Bolingbroke |
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| 1388 | | English fight the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn |
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| 1402.Sep.14 | | Battle of Homildon Hill: the northern English nobles led by Sir Henry Hotspur Percy defeat a Scottish raiding army under the Earl of Douglas |
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| 1403.Jul.21 | | The forces of Henry IV, led by his 16-year-old son Henry, defeated and killed Sir Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) at Shrewsbury thus ending his rebellion
The prince is nearly killed by an arrow lodged in his face.
The Battle forms the climax of Shakespeare\'s play, Henry IV part 1 |
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| 1408.Feb.20 | | Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland invades England and is killed at the Battle of Branham Moor
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| 1415.Oct.25 | | Battle of Agincourt successfully concludes Henry V\\\'s French campaign of 1415
A larger campaign is mounted in 1417 |
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| 1421.Mar.21 | | Death of Thomas, Duke of Clarence, 2nd son of King Henry IV of England and brother of Henry V, at the Battle of Bague
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| 1421.Mar.21 | | Battle of Baug�: small French force surprises and defeats an English force under Henry V\\\'s brother, Thomas, Duke of Clarence in Normandy
or March 22nd |
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| 1450.Apr.15 | | Battle of Formigny: French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen |
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| 1450.Jun.18 | | Battle of Seven Oaks: Jack Cade\'s rebels are driven from London by loyal troops bringing about the collapse of the rebellion |
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| 1455.May.22 | | Battle of St Albans, the first battle of the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster (supporting Henry VI) and York
Richard of York regained his position as protector and was promised the succession by Henry VI |
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| 1459.Sep.23 | | Battle of Blore Heath; Yorkists under the Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lacastrian force |
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| 1460.Dec.30 | | Battle of Wakefield (Yorkshire); between royalist forces and supporters of the Duke of York |
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| 1471.Apr.14 | | Henry VI defeated at the Battle of Barnet and incarcerated in the Tower. The Earl of Warwick slain |
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| 1471.May | | Lancastrians badly defeated at the Battle of Tewkesbury; Jasper Tudor and the young Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) sought refuge in the duchy of Brittany
Margaret of Anjou imprisoned and her son slain |
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| 1485 | | Henry VII becomes monarch by
battle establishing the House of Tudor and ending the Wars of the Roses |
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| 1485.Aug.22 | | Battle of Bosworth Field: Lancastrian Henry, Earl of Richmond, (later Henry VII) defeats and kills Richard III (last of the Plamtagenet Kings) and the Yorkists
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, flees the battlefield but is captured later |
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| 1487.Jun.16 | | Battle of Stoke: Lambert Simnel claiming to be the son of George, Duke of Clarence, gathers support in Ireland, which had favored the Yorkists and lands in the West Country. Henry VII crushes the rebels
Considered by some to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses |
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| 1513.Aug.22 | | The Scots invade England
They are defeated and their monarch, James IV, killed at the Battle of Flodden |
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| 1513.Sep.09 | | English forces under the Earl of Surrey defeat James IV of Scotland at the Battle of Flodden Fields
The battle results in over ten thousand dead, James IV of Scotland among them |
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| 1558 | | Battle of St Quentin |
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| 1588.Jul.29 | | Battle of Gravelines: many ships of the Spanish Armada lost or damaged in the eight-hour battle |
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| 1642.Oct.23 | | Battle of Edgehill: Oliver Cromwell faught in the battle |
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| 1642.Nov.13 | | Battle of Turnham Green, west of London. Royalist army under the King, Parliamentarians under Robert Devereux
Outnumbered by the 24,000 Pariamentarians, no battle was fought as the Royalists went south to Kingston and on to Reading in Berkshire |
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| 1643 | | Battles of Bradock Down, Stratton, Lansdown (Sir Bevil Grenville killed) and Roundway Down.
Royalists take Bristol
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| 1643.Oct.11 | | Battle of Winceby secures Leicestershire for Parliament |
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| 1644.Jun.03 | | The Battle of Poytington |
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| 1644.Jul.02 | | Battle of Marston Moor, near York: the Royalists are routed by Cromwell |
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| 1645.Jun.13 | | Parliament wins the Battle of Naseby and, effectively, the Civil War |
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| 1646 | | 2nd Battle of Lostwithiel; Royalists defeat Essex |
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| 1648.Aug.19 | | Battle of Preston (Aug 17-19): Oliver Cromwell defeats the Scotts invaders loyal to Charles I |
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| 1651.Sep.03 | | Future Charles II of England defeated at the Battle of Worcester (the last major battle of the civil war) and flees to France |
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| 1652.May.19 | | Battle of Godwin Sands or Battle of Dover - start of the First Anglo-Dutch War (-1654) |
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| 1653.Feb.18 | | During the three-day Battle of Portland, three miles off the promontory: the 32-gun Sampson and several Dutch ships sunk
The English, under Blake, chase Admiral Tromp\\\'s Dutch fleet up the channel to eventual defeat of the Isle of Wight on the 20th
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| 1685.Jun.11 | | Rebel Duke of Monmouth lands at Lyme Regis in Dorset with 82 supporters to wrest the Crown from James II
Monmouths rebellion in the West Country was crushed by James II at the Battle of Sedgemoor and followed by the notorious Bloody Assizes presided over by Judge Jeffereys |
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| 1690.Jul.01 | | Exiled James Stuart (James II of England -Dec.1688) defeated at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland, ending his claim to the Irish crown |
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| 1743 | | British defeated by the French at the Battle of Dettingen - George II,
the last British king to command an army in the field |
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| 1746 | | The Jacobites destroyed by Cumberland at the
Battle of Culloden |
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| 1776.Aug.27 | | Battle of Long Island; Washington loses the battle and New York has to be evacuated |
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| 1780 | | Battle of Cape St Vincent |
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| 1780.Aug.16 | | British decisively defeat Continental forces
in the Battle of Camden South Carolina |
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| 1805.Oct.21 | | Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson (killed in the battle) establish British supremacy for a century |
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| 1815 | | British victory at the Battle of Waterloo ends the Napoleonic Wars |
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| 1817 | | Trial by Wager of Battle strangely revived in a murder case |
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| 1819 | | Trial by Wager of Battle abolished |
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| 1854.Oct.25 | | Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War |
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| 1914.Sep.06 | | Germans prevented from occupying Paris at the Battle of the Marne
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