39 events with tag "England"
672
ID: 4922
Birth of St. Bede the Venerable at Jarrow, England - future Doctor of the Church and Father of English History
ID: 4922
731
ID: 4923
St. Bede completes 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People' - preserves early Church history in Britain
ID: 4923
973
ID: 5842
Edgar reforms English coinage - standardizes silver penny weight using new German silver, establishes 70+ mints
ID: 5842
1013
ID: 3718
Sweyn Forkbeard conquers England - Danish king drives out Ethelred, becomes King of England
ID: 3718
1016
ID: 2568
Cnut becomes King of England - defeats Edmund Ironside, begins Danish dynasty, marries Aethelred's widow Emma of Normandy (1017)
ID: 2568
1016
ID: 3720
Cnut becomes King of England - Danish prince conquers England, later rules Denmark and Norway as North Sea Empire
ID: 3720
1042
ID: 3722
Edward the Confessor restores Anglo-Saxon rule - son of Ethelred returns from Norman exile, ends Danish dynasty
ID: 3722
1063
ID: 4184
Sockburn Worm slain by John Conyers - knight kills dragon terrorizing Durham, granted lands by Prince-Bishop (Durham chronicles)
ID: 4184
1065
ID: 3742
William begins planning English invasion - builds fleet, gains papal support, recruits mercenaries
ID: 3742
1066
ID: 5777
Normans bring advanced cider-making to England - cider becomes English national drink, orchards expand rapidly
ID: 5777
1135
ID: 186
Stephen seizes English throne - begins 'The Anarchy,' 19 years of civil war with Empress Matilda
ID: 186
1147
ID: 2611
Young Henry of Anjou visits England - 14-year-old future Henry II makes first attempt, Stephen chivalrously pays for his return
ID: 2611
1150
ID: 2137
Vacarius brings Roman law to Oxford - begins teaching from his Liber Pauperum, introducing Continental legal science to England
ID: 2137
1190
ID: 204
March 16, 1190
York Castle massacre - 150 Jews commit suicide rather than forced conversion, worst medieval English pogrom
ID: 204
1215
ID: 39
June 15, 1215
Magna Carta signed at Runnymede - limiting royal power under law
ID: 39
1217
ID: 40
University of Cambridge founded by scholars fleeing Oxford
ID: 40
1259
ID: 5220
Treaty of Paris - Louis IX makes peace with Henry III, returns some lands but keeps Normandy, ends 100 years of conflict
ID: 5220
1265
ID: 50
Simon de Montfort summons first elected Parliament in England
ID: 50
1295
ID: 54
Model Parliament of Edward I - establishing representation by commons
ID: 54
1337
ID: 62
Hundred Years' War begins between England and France
ID: 62
1381
ID: 67
June 1381
Peasants' Revolt in England - 'When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?'
ID: 67
1415
ID: 71
October 25, 1415
Battle of Agincourt - English defeat French against overwhelming odds
ID: 71
1461
ID: 80
Wars of the Roses begin - York vs Lancaster for English throne
ID: 80
1485
ID: 83
August 22, 1485
Battle of Bosworth Field - Richard III killed, Tudor dynasty begins
ID: 83
1542
ID: 2292
First English bankruptcy statute under Henry VIII - only applies to traders, allows commissioners to seize and sell assets, no discharge
ID: 2292
1579
ID: 3506
Jesuit mission to England begins - Edmund Campion's underground ministry - 'The enterprise is begun; it is of God, it cannot be withstood'
ID: 3506
1603
ID: 3446
March 24, 1603
James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England - Inherits kingdom where his mother executed as Catholic - Brings Scottish witch-hunting zeal and unknowingly, nascent Masonic organization to England
ID: 3446
1608
ID: 4201
Edward Topsell publishes dragon accounts - 'Historie of Serpents' includes detailed dragon descriptions with woodcut illustrations
ID: 4201
1614
ID: 4194
St. Leonard's Forest Dragon - 9-foot serpent with black scales kills men and cattle, pamphlet 'True and Wonderful' published
ID: 4194
1668
ID: 4191
Henham Dragon sighted in Essex - 9-foot winged serpent seen by multiple witnesses near Henham, pamphlet published (English broadsheets)
ID: 4191
1840
ID: 824
First compulsory vaccination laws passed in England
ID: 824
1853
ID: 895
England makes vaccination compulsory within 3 months of birth
ID: 895
1865
ID: 950
Sewage Utilization Act and Sanitary Act passed
ID: 950
1867
ID: 963
England passes stricter Vaccination Act with fines for non-compliance
ID: 963
1870
ID: 977
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales established - creates CA designation
ID: 977
1907
ID: 2361
Limited Partnership Act (England) - finally allows limited partnerships after resistance from unlimited liability tradition
ID: 2361
1909
ID: 1187
England vaccination coverage drops to 40%
ID: 1187
1957
ID: 1730
England begins national whooping cough vaccination
ID: 1730
1968
ID: 1854
England introduces measles vaccine after 99.96% mortality decline
ID: 1854