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669
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800
Dec 25
Charlemagne becomes Emperor
804
May
Death of Alcuin of York
814
Vikings attacks
826
Christianity introduced into Scandinavia
853
Alfred goes to Rome
855
Ethelwulf and Alfred visit Rome
Alfred the Great (871 - 899)
891
Several Irish pilgrims land in England
Edward the Elder (899 - 924)
907
Romsey Abbey founded
910
Abbey of Cluny founded
Aethelstan (924 - 939)
926
Sihtric marries Aethelstan's sister
930
St. Albans attacked by the Danes
Edmund (939 - 946)
943
Dunstan and Glastonbury
Eadred (946 - 959)
948
Eadred destroys the monastery at Ripon.
956
Dunstan sent into exile
Edgar (959 - 975)
959
Aefsige becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Beorhthelm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
960
Dunstan becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
962
St. Paul's burns down
964
Benedictines at Winchester
972
Consecration of Peterborough Abbey
973
May 11
Coronation of King Edgar
Aethelred the Unready (978 - 1016)
983
Monastery at Worcester
988
Athelgar becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
990
Sigeric Serio becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
994
Winter
Trygvasson converted to Christianity
995
Aelfric becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
999
Sylvester II was elected Pope
Durham Cathedral consecrated
1002
Nov
Aethelred marries Emma
1003
John XVII becomes Pope
Edward the Confessor is born
1004
John XVIII becomes Pope
1005
Aelfheah becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
1009
Sergius IV becomes Pope
Church of the Holy Sepulchre destroyed
1011
The Vikings murder Aelfheah
1012
Benedict VIII is elected Pope
1013
Lyfing becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Canute (1016 - 1035)
1017
Jul
Canute marries Emma
1020
Aethelnoth becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
1024
John XIX becomes Pope
1030
Canute at Glastonbury Abbey
1032
Benedict IX becomes Pope
Harold Harefoot (1035 - 1040)
1037
Bishop John of York is canonised
1038
Eadsige becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Harthacnut (1040 - 1042)
1040
A new minter at Much Wenlock
Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066)
1043
Stigand become bishop of Elmham
1045
Jan
Edward marries
1046
Clement II becomes Pope
1047
Stigand at Winchester
1048
Aldred founds Monastery at Gloucester
Jul
Damasus II was elected Pope
1049
Leo IX becomes Pope
1050
Macbeth visits Rome
Robert of Jumieges becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
See of Devon and Cornwall moved to Exeter
1052
Mar
Death of Queen Emma
Summer
Stigand becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
1053
William marries Matilda
1054
The Great East-West schism
1055
Victor II becomes Pope
Oct
Hereford cathedral attacked
1057
Stephen IX (or X) becomes Pope
1058
Gloucester Cathedral rebuilding starts
Benedict X is elected the Antipope
Nicholas II becomes Pope
1061
Alexander II becomes Pope
Honorius II becomes the Antipope
1062
Sep 8
Wulfstan becomes bishop of Worcester
1065
Lands from Pershore allocated to Westminster
Dec
Dedication of Westminster Abbey
William the Conqueror (1066 - 1087)
1066
Jun
Dedication of Holy Trinity at Caen
1067
Odo becomes William's deputy
1068
Malcolm III marries Edgar's sister
1070
Dunfermline Abbey founded
Malcolm raids Northern England
Lanfranc becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Jun
Hereward the Wake sacks Peterborough Abbey
1071
Canterbury Cathedral rebuilt by Lanfranc
1072
Serlo takes over at Gloucester
Old Sarum Cathedral
First Cathedral at Lincoln begun
Feb
Council of Winchester
1073
Gregory VII becomes Pope
1075
Chichester founded as a see
Council of London
1076
Battle Abbey Consecrated
1077
Gundulf consecrated as Bishop of Rochester
Rochester Cathedral building begins
St. Albans Cathedral building begins
Jul 14
The Bayeux Tapestry
1078
Osmond becomes Bishop at Old Sarum
Bishops of East Anglia moved to Thetford
1079
Winchester Cathedral crypt
1080
Clement III becomes the Antipope
Ripon monastery destroyed by Normans
Hereford Cathedral new building
1081
William tours south Wales
1083
Odo imprisoned
Ely Cathedral building begins
1084
Worcester Cathedral building begins
1086
Victor III becomes Pope
May 24
Election of Pope Victor III
William Rufus (1087 - 1100)
1087
Castle Acre Priory founded
St. Paul's Cathedral Burns down
William Rufus gives Manor of Tewkesbury
1088
Foundation of Bath Abbey
Mar
Urban becomes Pope
1089
Serlo builds the crypt at Gloucester
May 24
Lanfranc dies
1092
Old Sarum Cathedral completed and dedicated
Collegiate church founded at Carlisle.
Carlisle Collegiate church founded
Work begins on Carlisle Cathedral
1093
Benedictines take over at Chester.
Durham Cathedral begun
Anselm Becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Spring
William Rufus seriously ill
Nov 16
Death of Margaret of Scotland
1094
Battle Abbey reconsecrated
See of Norwich bought by Hebert de Losinga
1095
Monastery at Chester founded
Wulfstan dies
Mar
The Council of Piacenza
Nov 27
The Council of Clermont
1096
Norwich Cathedral building begins
Canterbury Choir, East Transepts and Crypt building work.
Qtr 1
Peter the Hermit's (or People's) Crusade
Aug 1
Peter reaches Byzantium
Oct
Raymond starts his crusade
1097
Anselm goes into exile
Apr
Crusaders reach Constantinople
1098
Abbey of Citeaux founded
1099
Nave at Durham constructed
Paschal II becomes Pope
Flambard is made Bishop of Durham
Henry I (1100 - 1135)
1100
Theodoric became the Antipope
Qtr 3
Anselm recalled from exile
Jul 13
Abbey Church at Gloucester dedicated
Aug
William buried at Winchester
1101
Albert elected Antipope
1103
Conflicts between Church and State
1105
Sylvester IV becomes the Antipope
Jul
Henry and Anselm reach an agreement
1106
Oct 17
St. Etheldreda's Day
1107
FitzHamon dies
Construction of Llandaff Cathedral
1108
Southwell Cathedral nave
Death of Gundulf
Winchester Cathedral tower
1109
Church at Ely becomes seat of bishop
Apr 21
Archbishop Anselm dies
1110
Haughmond Abbey Founded
1111
Founding of Neath Abbey
Knights Templars: Formed ?
1112
Construction of new cathedral at Exeter
Mar
Bernard of Clairvaux reaches Citeaux
1113
Knights Hospitallers Recognised
Jun
Worcester Cathedral and Castle damaged by fire
1114
Count of Champagne travels to the Holy Land
Chichester Cathedral fire
Jan
Matilda marries an Emperor
1115
Clairvaux Abbey founded
St. Albans consecrated
Nave of Rochester Cathedral
Count of Champagne donates land to St. Bernard
1116
Fire destroys Peterborough Abbey
1117
Peterborough Cathedral choir and transept
1118
Gregory VIII becomes the Antipope
Gelasius II becomes Pope
1119
Knights Templar order founded in Jerusalem
Calixtus II becomes Pope
Knights Templar in Jerusalem
1120
Worcester Cathedral Chapter-house
Dedication of Llandaff Cathedral
1121
Reading Abbey founded
Norwich Cathedral nave and tower
Jan 24
Henry I marries Adeliza
1122
Gloucester fire
Kenilworth Abbey Founded
1123
Foundation of Inchcolm Abbey
Oct 23
Tewkesbury Abbey consecrated
1124
Celestine II is elected Antipope
Furness Abbey founded
Honorius II becomes Pope
1126
Henry of Blois at Glastonbury
1128
Construction of new church at Dunfermline Abbey
Templar Church in London
Lichfield regains Bishop's seat
First Cistercian Abbey in Britain
The nave at Durham is vaulted
Jan
Council of Troyes takes place
1130
Innocent II becomes Pope
Fire at Rochester
Canterbury choir dedication
Anacletus II becomes the Antipope
Dec
Henry spends Christmas at Woodstock
1131
Gilbertines founded
Basingwerk Abbey founded
Rievaulx Abbey founded
1132
Winter
Monks visit Ripon
1133
Foundation of Garendon Abbey
Combermere Abbey founded
Augustinians at Portchester
Durham Cathedral Chapter house
1134
Calder Abbey first founded
Fountains Abbey Founded
Stephen (1135 - 1154)
1135
Buildwas Abbey founded
1136
Stephen at Hereford
Buckfast Abbey founded
Forde Abbey founded
Jan
A fire at St. Paul's
1137
York Minster damaged by fire
Bath Abbey fire
1138
Foundation of Bordesley Abbey
Victor IV becomes the Antipope
Calder Abbey attacked by the Scots
Theobald becomes Archbishop
1139
Kingswood Abbey founded
Papal Bull by Pope Innocent II
Kirkstead Abbey founded
1140
Foundation of Augustinian canons at Bristol
Whitland Abbey foundation
Abbey Church of St Denis construction begun
Coggeshall Abbey founded
Building of original Bristol church
1141
Lincoln Cathedral damaged by fire
1142
Cistercians in Ireland
Calder Abbey founded
Dundrennan Abbey founded
1143
Revesby Abbey founded
Boxley Abbey founded
Whitland Abbey founded
1144
Lucius II becomes Pope
1145
Jervaulx Abbey founded
Woburn Abbey founded
Eugenius III becomes Pope
Dec 1
First formal Bull of crusade
1146
Knights Templars adopt cross pattee
Mar 31
Sermon at Vézelay
Dec 25
Diet of Speyer
1147
Foundation of Biddlesden Abbey
The Savigny order joins the Cistercians
Dore Abbey founded
Kirkstall Abbey founded
Bruern Abbey founded
May
The start of the Second Crusade
Jun
Louis VII joins the Crusade
1148
Consecration at Bristol
Lilleshall Abbey Founded
1150
Fountains Abbey cloisters rebuilt
Combe Abbey founded
Rochester Cathedral West Front
Kinloss Abbey founded
1151
Foundation of Flaxley Abbey
1152
May
Henry marries Eleanor
1153
Anastasius IV becomes Pope
Aug 20
Death of Bernard of Clairvaux
Henry II (1154 - 1189)
1154
Chapter House at Bristol
Ripon Cathedral rebuilt
Last entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Adrian IV becomes Pope
1155
Knights Templar build Temple in Fleet Street
Peterborough Cathedral Nave
Plan for the conquest of Ireland approved
Dec 97
Henry II at Westminster Palace
1156
Dec 97
Henry II at Bordeaux
1157
Dec 97
Henry II at Lincoln
1158
Dieulacres Abbey founded
Spring
Henry visits Wulfstan's Shrine
Sep 23
Birth of Geoffrey Plantagenet
Dec 97
Henry II at Cherbourg
1159
Sep
Victor IV becomes the Antipope
Sep
Alexander III becomes Pope
Dec 97
Henry II at Failaise
1160
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France
Dec 97
Henry II at Le Mans
1161
Coupar Angus Abbey founded
Apr 18
Death of Theobald of Bec
1162
Eleanor gives birth in Rouen
Jun 3
Thomas Becket becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
1163
Notre Dame in Paris
Jul
Council at Woodstock
Oct
Henry II puts plans of reform to Council of Westminster
Oct 13
Edward the Confessor moved
1164
Foundation of Strata Florida Abbey
Paschall III becomes the Antipope
Jan 30
Constitutions of Clarendon
Jan 30
William of Paitin dies
Apr 19
Reading Abbey consecrated
Oct 6
Council of Northampton
Nov 2
Becket flees to France
1166
Assize of Clarendon
Becket excommunicates his enemies
1168
Calixtus III becomes the Antipope
1169
Jan 6
Becket submits to Henry
1170
Fire damages Norwich Cathedral
The Galilee porch at Durham is built
Kingswood Abbey Founded
Jul 22
Becket and Henry at Freteval
Dec 1
Thomas Becket returns to England
Dec 25
Becket excommunicates his enemies
Dec 29
Thomas Becket is murdered
1171
York Minster construction work
Bindon Abbey founded
Jan 1
Henry II told of the murder of Becket
Aug 6
Henry II returns to England
Aug 8
Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, dies
1172
May 21
Compromise of Avranches
Aug 28
The Young King is crowned
1173
Feb 21
Becket canonised
1174
Canterbury Cathedral fire
Apr
Richard of Dover becomes Archbishop
Jul 7
Whipping of Henry II
1175
Canterbury Choir building work
1176
Cwmhir Abbey is founded
Croxden Abbey founded
1177
Byland Abbey founded
Henry II refounds Amesbury Abbey
1179
Canterbury Trinity Chapel and corona building work
Innocent III becomes the Antipope
Rochester fire
Nov 1
Philip II of France crowned
1181
Sep
Lucius III becomes Pope
1182
Dedication of Notre Dame Cathedral
1184
May
Fire destroys Glastonbury Abbey
1185
Lincoln Cathedral damaged
Nov
Urban III becomes Pope
1186
Cleeve Abbey planned
Aberconwy Abbey founded
1187
Crusade sermon at Llandaff Cathedral
Another fire at Chichester Cathedral
Jul 4
Army of Jerusalem defeated
Oct
Gregory VIII was Pope from October to December
Oct 2
Jerusalem falls to the Muslims
Oct 20
Pope Urban dies
Nov
Richard takes the Cross. The Crusade
Dec
Clement III becomes Pope
Richard I (1189 - 1199)
1189
Teutonic Knights established
Aug 29
John marries
1191
Foundation of Glenluce Abbey
Celestine III becomes Pope
1192
Lincoln Cathedral choir
Rebuilding of Lincoln Cathedral
1193
West Front of Peterborough Cathedral
Hubert Walter becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
1194
Plans to move Old Sarum cathedral
Apr 17
The 'Crown Wearing'
1195
Alteration to the West End
1197
Building work at Notre Dame
1198
Cymer Abbey founded
Innocent III becomes Pope
Cleeve Abbey colonised
John (1199 - 1216)
1199
Feb
Teutonic Knights
1200
John divorces Isabella of Gloucester
Lincoln Cathedral Great transept
Rochester Cathedral Presbytery and Choir
Fire destroys the cathedral at Rouen
1201
Valle Crucis Abbey founded
Dunkeswell Abbey founded
1202
The Fourth Crusade
Winchester Cathedral Retrochoir and Lady Chapel
Worcester Cathedral fire
1203
Beaulieu Abbey founded
1204
Apr 1
Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine
1205
Dec
John forces election of De Gray
1206
Dec
The Pope chooses Stephen Langton for Canterbury
1207
Earl of Leicester loses land
Stephen Langton becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Aug
The Pope threatens an Interdict
Dec 97
John at Worcester
1208
West front of Notre Dame
Peter of Castelnau is murdered
Mar 24
Interdict served by the Pope
1209
Langton lands at Dover
Jul 22
Albigensians massacred
Nov
John excommunicated by the Pope
1210
Fountains Abbey rebuilding work
1211
Rheims Cathedral destroyed by fire
Summer
Excommunication served
1212
Children's Crusade
Nov
John accepts Pope's demands
1213
May
King John's first act of submission
Jul 20
Excommunication lifted
Sep 26
Pope's envoy arrives in England
Oct 3
Second act of submission
1214
Dieulacres Abbey moved
Foundation of Deer Abbey
Jun 29
Interdict lifted
Henry III (1216 - 1272)
1216
Honorius III becomes Pope
Jul 18
Honorius III elected as the new Pope
Oct
King John buried at Worcester
1217
Foundation of Culross Abbey
1219
The Fifth Crusade (1219-21)
Foundation of Deer Abbey
1220
Construction of Beverley Minster
Lady Chapel at Oxford
Work on the Lady Chapel of Salisbury Cathedral
Tower Collapse at St. David's
Chapter-house of Lincoln Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral rebuilding started
May
Coronation of Henry III
Jul 7
Stephen Langton returns to England
1221
Hubert de Burgh
Joan marries Alexander II
1223
Fire at Pershore Abbey
1225
Salisbury Choir
1226
York Minster South Transept
Lady Chapel at Hereford
Grace Dieu Abbey founded
1227
Balmerino Abbey founded
Gregory IX becomes Pope
1228
The Sixth Crusade (1228-9)
Stephen Langton dies
1230
Wells Cathedral West Front
Rievaulx Abbey rebuilding work
Wells Cathedral West Front Started
1232
Oaks given to Gloucester
Lacock Abbey founded
1236
The Pope condemns links to the Assassins
Canterbury Cloister building work
Jan 4
King Henry marries Eleanor of Provence
1237
Lincoln tower collapses
Transepts and Nave of Salisbury Cathedral
1238
Jan
Simon marries Henry's sister
1239
Wells Cathedral dedication of church
Theobald of Champagne's Crusade
1240
Building work at St. Paul's complete
Chapter-house as Lichfield
North Transept of Rochester Cathedral
1241
Oct
Celestine IV becomes Pope
1242
York Minster North Transept
Chapel of the Nine Altars
Oct
Earl Richard's vow
1243
Innocent IV becomes Pope
1244
Bishop of Bath and Wells
Aug
Jerusalem falls.
1245
Carlisle Cathedral building work
Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey
Carpini, the Christian envoy, travels to the Mongol Empire
1246
Hailes Abbey begun
Beaulieu Abbey dedicated
1247
Henry receives a relic
1248
Bath Lady Chapel
The Seventh Crusade (1248-54)
1251
Nov 5
Dedication of Hailes Abbey
Dec 26
Margaret marries Alexander III
1252
Shrine to St. Ethelreda installed at Ely
1254
Alexander IV becomes Pope
Edward marries
1255
Angel Choir at Lincoln
Oct
Edward and Eleanor return to England
1257
Building work at St. Albans
1258
The West Front of Salisbury Cathedral
1261
Urban IV become Pope
Qtr 1
Absolved from the Provisions of Oxford
May 25
Death of Pope Alexander IV
1263
Salisbury Cathedral Cloisters
1265
Clement IV becomes Pope
Work begins on the Lady Chapel at Chester.
Summer
Armies march
1268
Jun
Edward take the cross
1269
Oct 13
Edward the Confessor moved
Oct 13
Westminster Abbey consecrated
1270
Tintern Abbey begun
Jul
Prince Edward leaves for the Holy Land
Jul 20
The Eighth Crusade
Sep 14
Relic given to Hailes Abbey
1271
Gregory X becomes Pope
Edward I (1272 - 1307)
1272
Peterborough Cathedral's Lady Chapel
Nov 16
Henry III dies
1273
Foundation of Sweetheart Abbey
Feb
Edward visits the Pope
1274
Vale Royal Abbey founded
Jul 11
Birth of Robert the Bruce
Aug 19
Edward I crowned at Westminster
1275
Chapter-house at Salisbury
Death of Margaret
Jews forbidden to lend money
Earthquake destroys Tor church
1276
Jan
Innocent V was Pope between January and July
Jul
Adrian V was Pope bewteen July and August
Sep
John XXI becomes Pope in September
1277
Nicholas III becomes Pope
Aug 13
Vale Royal Abbey foundation stone laid
1278
Many Jews executed
Buckland Abbey founded
Mar 97
King Arthur's remains reburied
1280
South Transept at Rochester
1281
Martin IV becomes Pope
1285
Honorius IV becomes Pope
1286
York Minster Chapter-house
1289
Norwich Cathedral Chapter-house
1290
Dec
The 'Eleanor Crosses'
1291
York Minster Nave and West Front
1292
Rebuilding work at Exeter Cathedral
Carlisle Cathedral damaged by fire
Rebuilding work at Carlisle Cathedral
1293
Wells Cathedral chapter House begun
1294
Celestine V was Pope between July and December
Boniface VIII becomes Pope
1295
Southwell Cathedral Chapter-house
1297
Norwich Cathedral cloisters
Aug
Louis IX is canonised
1299
Sep
Edward marries
1303
Benedict XI becomes Pope
Oct 11
Death of Boniface VIII
1304
Canterbury Screen of choir and chapter house building work
1305
'Captivity of the Popes'
Clement V becomes Pope
1306
Central Tower at Lincoln Cathedral
Lady Chapel at Bristol Abbey
Edward II (1307 - 1327)
1307
Jul 7
Death of Edward I
Oct 13
Knights Templar are arrested
Oct 28
Edward I buried at Westminster Abbey
1308
Rebuilding work at Exeter Cathedral
Lady Chapel built at St. Albans
1309
Clement V moves Papacy to Avignon
1310
Wells Cathedral Lady Chapel
1314
Lady Chapel built at Reading
Old St. Paul's Cathedral completed
Mar 18
Jacques de Molay and Geoffroi de Charney burnt at the stake.
Dec
Gaveston buried
1315
Wells Cathedral Central Tower
1316
John XXII becomes Pope
1320
Lady Chapel at Lichfield
1321
Lady Chapel construction at Ely
1322
Collapse of central tower at Ely Cathedral
1324
Extensive repairs to Bath Abbey
1325
Peterborough's Central Tower
Edward III (1327 - 1377)
1328
Nicholas V becomes the Antipope
Jan 24
Edward III marries
Summer
David (II) marries Joan
1329
Construction work at Wells
1330
York Minster West Window
Jun 15
Edward (the Black Prince) is born
1332
Jun 16
Isabella born
1334
Construction of the Ely Lantern
The spire of Salisbury Cathedral
Benedict XII becomes Pope
1337
Qtr 2
Cardinals sent to Europe
1338
Wells Cathedral scissor arches
Nov 29
Lionel born to Queen Philippa
1342
Clement VI becomes Pope
1343
Rochester Cathedral Tower
1348
Founding of the Order of the Garter
1351
Eastminster Abbey founded
1352
Innocent VI becomes Pope
1355
Jan 7
Birth of Thomas of Woodstock
1358
Apr 23
A Splendid Tournament at Windsor
Aug 23
Death of Queen Isabella
1360
Winchester Cathedral West Front
1361
New choir built at York
Oct
Marriage of the Black Prince and Joan of Kent
1362
Westminster Abbey Nave
Urban V becomes Pope
Jan
Hurricane damages spire at Norwich
1363
Carlisle Cathedral work on the choir
Canterbury Black Prince chantry in crypt built
Construction of the Chantry Chapel at Canterbury
1365
Wells Cathedral South-west Tower
1366
Oct
Wykeham becomes Bishop
1369
Aug
Queen Philippa dies
1370
Gregory XI becomes Pope
1372
Canterbury Crypt Lady Chapel building work
1374
A Tomb for John of Gaunt
1375
Simon Sudbury becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Worcester Cathedral major building work
Galilee porch as Peterborough
Richard II (1377 - 1399)
1377
Building work at Gloucester Cathedral
Gregory XI becomes Pope
Clement VII becomes the Antipope
Feb
Wycliffe tried for heresy
1378
Murder at Westminster Abbey
Urban VI becomes Pope
Canterbury Cathedral rebuilding work
Feb
Wycliffe again tried for heresy
1379
Canterbury Cloisters
Canterbury Nave and South Transept
1381
Jun 10
William Courtenay becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
1382
Founding of Winchester College
1384
Chapel on London Bridge
Dec 31
Death of John Wycliffe
1389
Boniface IX becomes Pope
1394
Winchester Cathedral rebuilding work
Benedict XIII becomes the Antipope
Queen Anne dies
1395
A tomb for Richard II and Anne
1396
Oct 31
Richard II marries Isabella of Valois
1397
Wilton Diptych painted
Thomas Arundel exiled
Henry IV (1399 - 1413)
1400
Tower built at Carlisle
Chapter House at Canterbury building work
York Minster East Window
1401
De heretico comburendo
Mar
William Sawtrey is the first Lollard to be burned at the stake
1404
Worcester Cathedral north and south cloisters
Innocent VII becomes Pope
Sep 27
Death of William of Wykeham
1405
Apr
Scrope's revolt
May
Scrope executed
1406
Gregory XII becomes Pope
1407
York Minster central tower
1409
Alexander V becomes Pope
1410
John XXIII becomes Pope
1411
Sep 21
Birth of Richard of York
1412
Jan
Joan of Arc born
Henry V (1413 - 1422)
1413
Autumn
Sir John Oldcastle arrested
Dec
Richard II's body moved
1414
Alien Priories confiscated
Jan 9
Lollards arrested
1417
Martin V becomes Pope
1420
Jun 2
Henry marries
1421
Dec 6
Birth of Henry (VI)
Henry VI (1422 - 1461)
1423
Clement VIII becomes the Antipope
Canterbury South West Tower building work
1425
Benedict XIV becomes the Antipope
Wells Cathedral North-west Tower
1429
Marriage of Owen Tudor and Catherine of France
Marriage of Richard and Cecily
Feb 23
Joan begins her mission
Mar
Joan visits Charles VII
Jul 17
Charles VII crowned at Rheims
Sep 8
Joan fails to take Paris
1430
May 23
Joan of Arc is captured
1431
Jan
The trial of Joan of Arc
1432
York Minster south-west tower
1437
Eugenius IV becomes Pope
Jan 3
Catherine of France dies
1439
Felix V becomes the last Antipope
1446
Henry VI receives the Golden Rose
1447
Nicholas V becomes Pope
Feb 23
Death of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
1450
Southwell Cathedral West window
1455
Calixtus III becomes Pope
Edmund Tudor marries Margaret Beaufort
1458
Pius II becomes Pope
Edward IV (1461 - 1470)
1463
Norwich third spire destroyed
1464
Paul II becomes Pope
Sep 14
Council at Reading
1466
Feb 11
Birth of Edward IV's first daughter
1468
Canterbury Lady Chapel Vault
Summer
Margaret marries Duke of Burgundy
1469
Jul
Clarence marries Isabel Neville
Henry VI (1470 restored)
1470
York Minster north-west tower
Qtr 4
Edward (V) is born
Dec 13
Marriage of Edward of Lancaster and Anne Neville
Edward IV (1471 restored - 1483)
1471
Sixtus IV becomes King of Denmark
1477
Work starts on St. George's Chapel
1478
Jan 15
Marriage of Richard, duke of York
1481
Jul
Rheims Cathedral damaged by fire
Richard III (1483 - 1485)
1484
Aug
Innocent VIII becomes Pope
Henry VII (1485 - 1509)
1485
Dec 15
Birth of Catherine of Aragon
1486
Jan 18
Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York
1490
Winchester Cathedral Lady Chapel
1491
Jun 28
Henry (VIII) born
1492
Alexander VI becomes Pope
Jun
Death of Elizabeth Woodville
1493
Canterbury central tower building work
1499
Construction at Bath Abbey
1501
Oct 2
Catherine of Aragon arrives
Nov 14
Prince Arthur marries Catherine of Aragon
1502
Jan
Prince Arthur moves to Ludlow
1503
William Wareham becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Construction of Henry VII Lady chapel
1504
Nov
Death of Isabella of Castile
1505
Papal dispensation
1507
Thomas Wolsey becomes royal chaplain
Henry VIII (1509 - 1547)
1509
Norwich Cathedral fire
Thomas Wolsey becomes royal almoner
1512
Fire at the Tower of London
1513
Thomas Wolsey organises expedition to France
1514
Feb 6
Wolsey become Bishop of Lincoln
Sep
Thomas Wolsey becomes archbishop of York
1515
Jan 1
Death of Louis XII
Feb
Princess Mary secretly marries
May 13
Mary and Suffolk marry
Sep 22
Birth of Anne of Cleves
1517
Oct 31
Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses
1527
Jun 22
Henry VIII declares his marriage invalid
1530
Nov 29
Death of Wolsey
1534
The Act of Supremacy
1536
Dissolution of the Monasteries
May 19
Execution of Anne Boleyn
1537
Oct 24
Jane Seymour dies
1538
Destruction of Thomas Becket's Relics
1540
Waltham Abbey Dissolved
Jan
Abbey at Gloucester surrenders
1541
Gloucester given Cathedral status
1543
Jul 12
Marriage of Henry and Catherine Parr
Edward VI (1547 - 1553)
1547
Jan 28
Death of Henry VIII
Apr
Catherine Parr marries Thomas Seymour
Jul
Capture of the castle at St. Andrews
Mary I (1553 - 1558)
1553
Sep 8
Elizabeth attends mass
1554
Jul 25
Marriage of Queen Mary and Philip II of Spain
1557
Jul 16
Death of Anne of Cleves
Dec
The Lords of the Congregation
Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603)
1558
Nov 17
Queen Mary dies
Other
1625
May 11
Proxy marriage of Charles and Henrietta Maria
Jun 13
Charles marries Henrietta Maria
1626
Feb 2
Charles crowned
1629
May 13
Birth of Charles's first child
1630
May 29
Charles (II) born
1633
Oct 14
Birth of James (II, King of England and Scotland)
1639
Jun 18
Treaty of Berwick
1640
Jul 8
Henry Stuart born
1642
Canterbury Cathedral vandalised
1646
Jun 15
Ireton marries Cromwell's daughter

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