Born
1166
Died
1216
Nationality
English
Events involving John of England (9)
1173
ID: 2377
Great Revolt begins - Henry II's sons rebel with support from Eleanor, Louis VII of France, and William the Lion of Scotland
ID: 2377
1199
ID: 2387
May 27, 1199
John crowned King of England - youngest son of Henry II takes throne over nephew Arthur of Brittany
ID: 2387
1203
ID: 2388
Murder of Arthur of Brittany - John allegedly kills his nephew with his own hands at Rouen, turns barons against him
ID: 2388
1204
ID: 2389
Loss of Normandy - Philip Augustus takes Château Gaillard and Rouen, John loses ancestral Angevin lands, earns nickname 'Lackland'
ID: 2389
1204
ID: 5204
Philip Augustus takes Normandy - captures Rouen, ends 300 years of Norman control, John Lackland flees
ID: 5204
1209
ID: 2390
John excommunicated by Pope Innocent III - dispute over Archbishop of Canterbury appointment, England under interdict for six years
ID: 2390
1214
ID: 2391
July 27, 1214
Battle of Bouvines - John's coalition crushed by Philip Augustus, last hope of recovering French lands destroyed
ID: 2391
1215
ID: 2392
First Barons' War begins - barons rebel against John's tyranny and financial extortion, invite French prince Louis to be king
ID: 2392
1216
ID: 2393
October 19, 1216
Death of King John at Newark - dies of dysentery after losing crown jewels in the Wash, eating 'surfeit of peaches'
ID: 2393