Richard II of England

Born
1367
Died
1400
Nationality
English

Events involving Richard II of England (17)

1377 ID: 2447
June 21, 1377
Death of Edward III - 50-year reign ends in senility, 10-year-old Richard II succeeds
ID: 2447
1377 ID: 2448
July 16, 1377
Richard II crowned - John of Gaunt effectively rules as uncle, child king surrounded by factions
ID: 2448
Westminster Abbey
1381 ID: 2449
June 13, 1381
Peasants' Revolt reaches London - Wat Tyler's army burns Savoy Palace, kills Archbishop of Canterbury
ID: 2449
📍 London
London
1381 ID: 2450
June 15, 1381
Richard II meets rebels at Smithfield - Wat Tyler killed, 14-year-old king faces down mob: 'I am your captain, follow me!'
ID: 2450
1386 ID: 2451
Wonderful Parliament - Lords Appellant challenge Richard II's favorites, threaten deposition
ID: 2451
Westminster
1387 ID: 2452
December 20, 1387
Battle of Radcot Bridge - Lords Appellant defeat royalist forces, Richard II humiliated
ID: 2452
1388 ID: 2453
Merciless Parliament - Lords Appellant execute Richard's favorites, king forced to submit
ID: 2453
Westminster
1389 ID: 2454
May 3, 1389
Richard II declares majority - takes personal control of government at age 22, begins moderate rule
ID: 2454
1394 ID: 2455
June 7, 1394
Death of Queen Anne of Bohemia - Richard II grief-stricken, orders Sheen Palace demolished
ID: 2455
1396 ID: 2456
Twenty-eight year truce with France - Richard II marries 6-year-old Isabella of Valois for peace
ID: 2456
1397 ID: 2457
Richard's tyranny begins - arrests Lords Appellant, executes or exiles them, rules by fear
ID: 2457
1398 ID: 2458
September 16, 1398
Duel of Mowbray and Bolingbroke halted - Richard II exiles both, including cousin Henry Bolingbroke (future Henry IV)
ID: 2458
1399 ID: 2459
February 3, 1399
Death of John of Gaunt - Richard II seizes Lancaster estates, violates inheritance law
ID: 2459
1399 ID: 2460
July 4, 1399
Henry Bolingbroke invades England - lands at Ravenspur while Richard in Ireland, support floods to him
ID: 2460
1399 ID: 2461
August 19, 1399
Richard II captured at Flint Castle - tricked into surrender, taken to Tower of London
ID: 2461
Tower of London
1399 ID: 2462
September 30, 1399
Richard II abdicates - forced to resign crown in Westminster Hall, Henry IV acclaimed by Parliament
ID: 2462
Westminster
1400 ID: 2464
February 14, 1400
Death of Richard II at Pontefract Castle - starved or murdered, Henry IV displays body to prove death
ID: 2464
Pontefract Castle