Battle of Brunanburh Edmund the Magnificent Edmund grants Cumberland to Malcolm of Scotland Edred War between Edmund and Cnut; the Kingdom divided 1016 1017 1035 1037 Harthacnut 1040 HOUSE OF CERDIC restored. Edward the Confessor 1042 THE NORMAN CONQUEST; Battle of Hastings, Oct. 14th. 1066 THE NORMAN KINGS:-William I. crowned, Dec. 25th. 1066 Harrying of Northumberland Defence of the Isle of Ely Domesday drawn up William II. Malcolm III. of Scotland slain at Alnwick . 1069 1071 Henry III. . Charter of the Forest . The Barons' War; Battle of Lewes, May 14th Earl Simon's Parliament. Battle of Evesham, Aug. 4th 1199 1213 1215 Edward II. deposed; Edward III. becomes King The late King Edward II. murdered, Sept. 21st Battle of Crécy, Aug. 26th Surrender of Calais Battle of Poitiers, Sept. 19th The Black Prince dies Richard II. The Peasant Insurrection John Wycliffe dies. Richard II. deposed; HOUSE OF LANCASTER; Henry IV. A.D. Wars of York and Lancaster; first battle of St. Albans The greater monasteries dissolved; Act of the Six Articles. 1539 Ireland raised to the rank of a Kingdom. 1536 1542 The Civil Wars; Charles sets up his standard at Nottingham, Aug. 22nd 1642 Battle of Naseby, June 14th 1645 Second Civil War; battle of Preston, Aug. 17th 1648 Jamaica taken Richard Cromwell The Long Parliament reassembles The Convention meets; Restoration of King Charles II. The Great Fire of London The Dutch burn the ships at Chatham Habeas Corpus Act Battle of Sedgemoor, July 6th |