English History

Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 1,344

• 0597-12-25 England adopts Julian calendar
• 0673-09-24 Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church
• 0793-06-08 Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert's monastery on Lindisfarne Island, off the northeast coast of England
• 0851-08-22 Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
• 0910-08-05 The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred
• 0939-10-27 Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England
• 0959-10-01 Edgar I, the Peaceful, becomes king of all England
• 0979-04-14 Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England
• 0991-08-10 Battle of Maldon: English, led by Bryhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. The English are defeated and the story is immortalised in a well-known poem.
• 1002-11-13 English king Ethelred II (the 'Unready') launches 'St Brice's Day' massacre of Danish settlers
• 1016-11-30 Cnut the Great (Canute), King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund 'Ironside'
• 1043-04-03 Edward the Confessor crowned King of England
• 1066-01-06 King Harald of England crowned
• 1066-04-24 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country will be destroyed
• 1066-09-25 Battle of Stamford Bridge; English army under King Harold Godwinson defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother Tostig, who were both killed
• 1066-09-27 William the Conqueror's troops set sail for England
• 1066-09-28 William the Conqueror invades England landing at Pevensey Bay, Sussex
• 1066-10-14 Battle of Hastings, Duke William of Normandy and the Norman army defeat English forces of Harold II
• 1066-12-25 Duke William of Normandy ('William the Conqueror) crowned King of England
• 1100-08-02 King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Forest
• 1100-08-05 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey
• 1106-09-28 Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert
• 1135-12-22 Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king
• 1138-08-22 English defeat the Scottish at Cowton Moor, Yorkshire. Banners of various saints carried into battle - led to the name Battle of the Standard
• 1150-03-25 Tichborne family of Hampshire England start tradition of giving gallon of flour to residents to keep deathbed promise
• 1154-12-04 Adrian IV elected Pope. The only Englishman to become pontiff, Nicholas Breakspear was a member of the family which until recent years brewed beer in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
• 1154-12-19 King Henry II of England crowned
• 1156-01-20 According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland
• 1174-07-13 William I of Scotland, key rebel in Revolt of 1173-1174, captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England
• 1189-02-06 Riots in Lynn, Norfolk (England) spread to Norwich
• 1189-07-06 Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England
• 1190-03-16 York Progrom: Jews living in York, England, besieged in Clifford's Tower and massacred or commit sucide rather than submit to baptism
• 1190-03-17 Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
• 1190-03-18 Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmunds, England

• 1191-07-12 English King Richard I the Lionheart and Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine
• 1191-09-07 Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.

• 1192-09-21 English King Richard I the Lion hearted, captured by Leopold V, Duke of Austria
• 1192-10-09 Richard I of England, the Lion Heart, leaves Jerusalem in disguise
• 1194-02-04 100,000 ransom is paid for Richard I, King of England
• 1194-05-02 King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter
• 1199-03-25 Richard I, Lion Heart, King o f England, is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leads to his death on April 6
• 1200-05-22 Treaty of Le Goulet signed between France and England
• 1202-04-28 King Philip II expels King John of England ("Lackland") from France
• 1207-07-15 King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.
• 1210-11-01 King John of England begins imprisoning Jews
• 1213-05-15 King John of England names Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1214-07-02 Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers), part of King John of England attempt to reclaim Normandy from France
• 1214-07-27 1st battle of Bouvines - King Philip II of France vs Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV and King John of England; as a result John lost Normandy and his other possessions in France (hence his nickname John "Lackland")


• 1215-03-04 King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III.

• 1215-06-15 King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, near Windsor, England
• 1216-05-21 French crown prince Louis enters England, having been invited by barons at war with King John.
• 1216-10-12 King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash as the flood tide swamps his wagons, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
• 1216-10-19 King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry
• 1217-05-20 Second Battle of Lincoln fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
• 1217-08-24 Battle of South Foreland: English fleet beats France
• 1217-09-12 French prince Louis & English King Henry III sign peace treaty
• 1259-12-04 Treaty of Paris: English King Henry III and French King Louis IX
• 1264-05-14 Battle of Lewes, 2nd Barons' War: Simon de Montfort the younger, Earl of Leicester, defeats English King Henry III
• 1265-01-20 First English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) mets in Westminster Hall
• 1265-01-23 1st English Parliament not summoned by the monarch formally convened (some authorities)
• 1265-08-04 Battle of Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort the younger
• 1272-11-20 Edward I proclaimed King of England
• 1272-11-21 Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England.
• 1275-05-23 King Edward I of England orders cessation of persecution of French Jews
• 1278-05-10 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
• 1278-11-17 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
• 1284-03-03 Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England
• 1290-07-12 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I
• 1290-07-18 King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews
• 1290-10-09 Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves
• 1291-05-10 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English King Edward I
• 1291-11-28 Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I of England, dies in Northamptonshire. Crosses are erected where her body rests on the way to London.
• 1295-07-05 Scotland and France form an alliance, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England
• 1295-11-27 English King Edward I calls what later became known as "The Model Parliament" extending the authorities of its representatives
• 1296-03-30 Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England
• 1296-04-27 Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England

• 1298-07-22 English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk
• 1301-02-07 Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes first (English) Prince of Wales
• 1303-05-20 Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to the English and arranges marriage of English Prince Edward to French Princess Isabella
• 1304-07-20 Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war
• 1305-08-05 William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
• 1305-08-23 William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England.
• 1314-06-24 Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England
• 1318-04-01 Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English.

• 1327-02-01 Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
• 1328-05-01 Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
• 1336-08-12 English King Edward III ends wool export to Flanders
• 1337-03-17 Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy made in England
• 1340-01-26 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
• 1340-06-24 English fleet destroys the French at the battle of Sluys (the Hundred Years War)
• 1340-09-25 England & France sign disarmament treaty
• 1346-08-26 Battle of Crécy, south of Calais in northern France; Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army, cannons used for first time in battle
• 1346-10-17 Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England at Calais, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years.

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 4,809

• 0040-06-13 Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and Governor of Britain, conquered Wales and Northern England, born in Gallia Narbonensis (Roman province in Southern France) (d. 93)
• 1102-02-07 Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)

• 1133-03-05 King Henry II of England (1154-89), born in Le Mans (d. 1189)
• 1155-02-28 Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)

• 1157-09-13 Alexander Neckum/de Sancto Albano, English theologist/encyclopedist
• 1162-10-13 Leonora of England, Queen of Castile (d. 1214)
• 1167-12-24 John "without a land", King of England (1199-1216)
• 1201-08-09 Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
• 1207-10-01 Henry III, king of England (1216-72)
• 1210-07-22 Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)
• 1222-08-04 Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)
• 1239-06-17 Edward I, King of England (1272-1307) subdued Wales, expelled Jews from England
• 1240-09-29 Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)
• 1242-06-25 Beatrice of England, Duchess of Brittanny, daughter of Henry III of England, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1275)
• 1243-09-02 Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)
• 1245-01-16 Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
• 1261-02-01 Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (1308-26), born in Annery, Devonshire, England (d. 1326)
• 1269-06-18 Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar, born in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire (d. 1298)
• 1273-11-24 Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)
• 1275-03-15 Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)
• 1284-04-25 Edward II, King of England (1307-27), born in Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales (d. 1327)
• 1285-05-01 Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician, born in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England (d. 1326)
• 1286-06-24 John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English politician and the last Warenne earl of Surrey (d. 1347)
• 1287-01-24 Richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)
• 1287-04-25 Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England, born in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England (d. 1330)
• 1300-06-01 Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
• 1301-08-05 Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)
• 1301-09-24 Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)

• 1328-06-25 William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader, born in Donyatt, Somerset, England (d. 1397)
• 1332-06-16 Isabella de Coucy, English princess (d. 1382)
• 1338-11-29 Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England, born in Antwerp, Buchy of Brabant (d. 1368)
• 1341-06-05 Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England, born in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1402)
• 1341-11-10 Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman, born in Alnwick, Northumberland, England (d. 1408)
• 1342-11-08 Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416)
• 1344-10-10 Mary Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1362)
• 1355-01-07 Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)
• 1364-05-20 Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], English soldier/politician
• 1364-11-30 John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
• 1366-03-22 Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)
• 1366-07-11 Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England and wife of Richard II, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1394)
• 1367-01-06 Richard II, King of England (1377-99), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1400)
• 1367-04-03 Henry IV of England, King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399-1413), born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1413)
• 1387-09-16 Henry V, King of England (1413-22) and France (1416-19), born in Monmouth Castle, Monmouth, Principality of Wales (date disputed) (d. 1422)
• 1388-09-29 Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
• 1389-06-20 John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)
• 1389-11-09 Isabella of Valois, queen consort of England, born in Paris (d. 1409)
• 1390-12-27 Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
• 1391-11-06 Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician, born in New Forest, Westmeath, Ireland (d. 1425)
• 1394-06-04 Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, born in Peterborough Castle, Cambridgeshire (d. 1430)
• 1395-03-18 John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)
• 1396-10-16 William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English soldier (d. 1450)
• 1401-10-27 Catherine of Valois, Queen of Henry V of England, born in Paris (d. 1437)
• 1403-02-22 Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove the English out from Northern France, (d. 1461)
• 1404-03-25 John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)
• 1406-09-26 Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
• 1411-09-21 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)
• 1415-05-03 Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, born in Raby Castle, Durham, England (d. 1495)
• 1417-11-23 William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
• 1420-11-24 John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
• 1421-07-25 Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician, born in Leconfield, United Kingdom (d. 1461)
• 1421-12-06 Henry VI, King of England (1422-61, 1470-71), born at Windsor Castle (d. 1471)
• 1422-08-13 William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)
• 1427-09-09 Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (d. 1464)
• 1428-11-22 Richard Neville [16th Earl of Warwick], English nobleman and military commander known as Warwick the Kingmaker (d. 1471)

• 1442-04-28 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83), born in Rouen, Normandy (d. 1483)
• 1443-05-17 Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England
• 1443-05-31 Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
• 1452-10-02 Richard III, King of England (1483-85), born in Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England (d. 1485)
• 1453-10-13 Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales and the only son of King Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou, born in London (d. 1471)
• 1454-09-04 Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, born in Wales (d. 1483)
• 1456-06-11 Anne Neville, English queen, wife of Richard III of England, born in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire (d. 1485)
• 1457-01-28 Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)
• 1464-04-23 Robert Fayrfax, English court composer, born in Deeping Gate, Lincolnshire (d. 1521)
• 1466-02-11 Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England and wife of King Henry VII, born in Westminster Palace, London (d. 1503)
• 1467-08-11 Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)
• 1478-02-07 Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)
• 1480-11-10 Bridget of York, English princess and nun, born in Eltham Palace, London (d. 1517)
• 1486-09-20 Arthur, Prince of Wales, English crown prince, son of King Henry VII of England, 1st husband of Catherine of Aragon, born in Winchester, England (d. 1502)
• 1489-07-02 Thomas Cranmer, England reformer, Archbishop of Canterbury (1533-55), martyr, born in Aslockton, England (d. 1556)

• 1492-07-02 Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)
• 1495-11-21 John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)
• 1496-03-18 Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)
• 1500-03-03 Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"
• 1501-01-16 Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
• 1502-09-13 John Leland, English antiquarian (d. 1552)
• 1505-01-30 Thomas Tallis, English composer, born in Kent, England (d. 1585)
• 1510-10-06 Rowland Taylor, English clergyman, born in Northumberland, England (d. 1555)
• 1510-10-06 John Caius, English physician, born in Norwich, England (d. 1573)
• 1513-12-23 Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)
• 1514-06-16 John Cheke, English classical scholar (d. 1557)

• 1515-10-08 Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, born in Harbottle Castle, Northumberland, England (d. 1578)
• 1516-02-18 Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Queen of England (1553-58), born in Greenwich, England (d. 1558)
• 1520-09-13 William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier
• 1522-05-24 John Jewel, English bishop, born in Buden, Devon, England (d. 1571)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 100 of 117

• 1152-05-18 Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the future King Henry II of England most of France, allowing future kings of England to claim France for centuries thereafter

• 1236-01-14 English King Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence
• 1290-07-08 Princess Margaret (15), daughter of Edward I of England marries John II of Brabant at Westminster Abbey

• 1365-07-27 Isabella of England marries Enguerrand of Coucy at Windsor
• 1382-01-20 King Richard II of England marries Anne of Bohemia and daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor at Westminster Abbey. Anne died of plague in 1394.

• 1472-07-12 Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and later King of England, marries Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, in Westminster Abbey.
• 1486-01-18 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV

• 1536-05-30 English King Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour, his 3rd wife
• 1540-07-28 English King Henry VIII (49) marries Catherine Howard (16 or 17), his 5th wife
• 1543-07-12 England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife)
• 1553-05-21 Lady Jane Grey (15), later English queen for 9 days, marries Lord Guildford Dudley (18)
• 1554-07-24 Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem
• 1613-02-24 English princess Elizabeth marries Earl Frederik of Palts

• 1641-05-12 Prince Willem II of Orange (14) marries English princess Mary Henrietta Stuart (9)

• 1662-02-24 English Poet and author of "Paradise Lost" John Milton marries 3rd wife Elizabeth Mynshull, 31 years his junior.
• 1677-11-14 Prince William of Orange (27) marries English princess Mary Stuart (15)
• 1735-07-09 Author, poet, critic and lexicographer and writer of the first English dictionary Dr. Samuel Johnson (25) marries the widow Elizabeth "Tetty" Porter, 21 years his senior

• 1811-08-28 English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (19) elopes to Scotland with 1st wife Harriet Westbrook (16)

• 1816-12-30 English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (24) marries 2nd wife writer "Frankenstein" Mary Godwin (19) and daughter of early feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft

• 1836-08-20 English novelist (Vanity Fair) William Makepeace Thackeray (25) marries Isabella Gethin Shawe (20)

• 1839-01-29 English naturalist and "On the Origin of Species" author Charles Darwin (42) marries Emma Wedgwood (41)

• 1922-02-28 English Princess Mary marries Viscount Lascelles at Westminster Abbey

• 1935-11-06 English Prince Henry weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott

• 1952-07-15 Gerald Lascelles, son of English Princess Mary, weds Angela Dowding

• 1960-05-06 English Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon) at Westminster Abbey

• 1961-06-08 English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley
• 1963-04-24 English princess Alexandra marries Sir Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey
• 1964-02-19 Actor Peter Sellers (38) weds actress Britt Ekland in London, England
• 1966-06-15 English writer of blockbuster novels, Jackie Collins weds 2nd husband Oscar Lerman

• 1972-07-08 English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
• 1973-07-04 British Army officer Andrew Parker Bowles (33) weds Camilla Rosemary Shand (26) at Guards Chapel in Birdcage Walk in London, England
• 1975-03-08 5th Earl of Lichfield Patrick Anson (35) weds Lady Leonora Grosvenor (26), daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster at Chester Cathedral in England
• 1975-08-23 Actress Maggie Smith (40) weds playwright Beverley Cross (44) at the Guildford Register Office in Surrey, England
• 1977-06-14 English model Twiggy Lawson (27) weds actor Michael Witney (45)
• 1978-06-30 English prince Michael marries baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz in Vienna, Austria
• 1978-11-17 Gerald Lascelles, British aristocrat and son of Princess Mary weds 2nd wife Elizabeth Collingwood in Vienna

• 1986-07-23 Britain's Prince Andrew (26) weds Sarah Ferguson (26) at Westminster Abbey in London, England
• 1988-01-09 English earl of St Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
• 1991-09-22 American Jewish playwright and screenwriter David Mamet marries 2nd wife, English actress Rebecca Pidgeon

• 1998-02-22 Singer-songwriter Tori Amos (34) weds British sound engineer Mark Hawley (34) in West Wycombe, England

• 1999-07-09 Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (33) weds architect and yachtsman Carlos Morales Quintana (28) at St. Sophia Cathedral in London, England

• 2004-12-31 English actor Terence Stamp (64) weds Elizabeth O'Rourke (23) in London
• 2005-06-24 "Real Madrid" football striker Michael Owen (25) weds Louise Bonsall at Carden Park Hotel in Chester, England
• 2005-08-21 "Strictly Come Dancing" hostess Natasha Kaplinsky (32) weds investment banker Justin Bower at St. Margaret's Church in Somerset, England
• 2005-08-30 "Squeeze" band founder Jools Holland (47) weds sculptor Christabel McEwen at St. James Church in Cooling, Kent, England
• 2005-09-10 Fashion model Jodie Kidd (26) weds entrepreneur Aidan Butler at St. Peter's Church in Twineham, West Sussex, England
• 2005-09-10 "The Yardbirds" rock guitarist Jeff Beck (61) weds Sandra Cash in Tunbridge Wells, England
• 2005-09-10 British television presenter Kate Garraway (38) weds former political lobbyist Derek Draper (38) at St. Mary The Virgin parish church in London, England
• 2005-09-10 Camilla Parker-Bowles's son Tom Parker Bowles (30) weds "Harpers & Queen" fashion features editor Sara Buys at St. Nicholas' Church in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
• 2005-12-10 Actress Jane Danson (27) weds "Brookside" actor Robert Beck (35) at Gibbon Bridge Hotel in Lancashire, England
• 2005-12-17 Race car driver Gary Paffett (24) weds his lady love Lisa in England
• 2006-05-29 Award-winning English actress Tamzin Outhwaite (35) weds former "EastEnders" actor Tom Ellis (26) at All Saints Church in Lullington, Somerset
• 2006-07-22 British TV presenter Ant McPartlin (30) weds former member of "Deuce" Lisa Armstrong (29) at St. Nicholas Church in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England
• 2006-07-29 "Primal Scream" lead singer Bobby Gillespie (44) weds stylist Katy England at St. Margaret's Church in Betley, Staffordshire
• 2006-09-02 Former "EastEnders" actress Hannah Waterman (31) weds actor Ricky Groves (38) at a country church in Inwardleigh, England
• 2006-10-20 "Liberty X" member Michelle Heaton (27) weds Pop Idol's Andy Scott-Lee (26) in Hertfordshire, England
• 2006-12-02 "Emmerdale" actor Nick Miles (44) weds Stephanie Lumb at the Roundthorn Country House Hotel in Penrith, England

• 2009-09-12 Financial analyst and only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Lord Frederick Windsor (30) weds actress Sophie Winkleman (29) at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, England
• 2010-01-09 Food writer and former fashion model Sophie Dahl (32) weds British jazz singer Jamie Cullum (30) in Hampshire, England

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Famous Divorces

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 2,366

• 0093-08-23 Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and Governor of Britain, conquered Wales and Northern England, dies at 53
• 0197-02-19 D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle
• 0303-04-23 Saint George, Greek officer in the Roman army, beheaded. Patron saint of many lands including England
• 0604-05-26 Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)
• 0616-02-24 King Ethelbert of Kent, 1st English king to convert to Christianity
• 0642-02-28 Oswald, English King of Northumbria and saint, dies in the Battle of Maserfield at about 38
• 0689-01-12 Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies
• 0699-02-03 Saint Werburgh, Anglo Saxon Princess and patron saint of Chester, England
• 0709-04-24 Wilfrid, English bishop and saint, dies at about 76
• 0709-05-25 Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury, Bishop of Sherborne. English poet and scholar (b. cica 639)
• 0727-10-19 Saint Frideswide, patron saint of Oxford, England
• 0729-04-24 Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89
• 0735-05-26 Bede (Beda Venerabilis), English historian and monk, (b. circa 672 or 673)
• 0754-06-05 Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79
• 0754-06-05 Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered
• 0804-05-19 Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69
• 0900-10-28 Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies
• 0924-07-17 King Edward the Elder of England (899-924)
• 0939-10-27 King Athelstan I of England (b. 895)
• 0946-01-26 Eadgyth, English-born German Queen, wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
• 0946-05-25 Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies
• 0955-11-23 Edred, King of England (b. c. 923)
• 0959-10-01 King Edwy (Eadwig) of England (955-959) "the All-Fair", dies at about 18
• 0975-07-08 Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
• 0988-05-19 Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies
• 1014-02-03 Sweyn Forkbeard, Viking king of Denmark, Norway and England (1013-14), dies at around 54 (born cira 960)
• 1016-04-23 Æthelred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies
• 1035-11-12 Cnut (Canute) "The Great", King of Denmark. England, Norway and parts of Sweden. Reigned 1016-1035.
• 1040-03-17 Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies
• 1042-06-08 Harthacnut/Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018) Lambeth
• 1066-01-05 Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
• 1066-10-14 Harold II, King of England (1066), dies at the Battle of Hastings
• 1075-12-19 Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England
• 1087-09-09 William I, The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy, dies
• 1100-08-02 William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44
• 1118-05-01 Matilda of Scotland [Edith], first wife of Henry I of England, dies at 38
• 1120-11-25 William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England (b. 1104) dies in White Ship tragedy trying to save his illegitimate half-sister Countess of Perche while crossing the English Channel
• 1135-12-01 Henry I Beauclerc, King of England and the 1st English King fluent in the English language, dies of fever after eating "a surfeit of lampreys"
• 1147-10-31 Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (bc. 1090)
• 1151-04-23 Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)
• 1152-05-03 Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
• 1153-08-17 Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)
• 1154-10-25 Stefanus van Blois, king of England (1135-54), dies
• 1159-09-01 Adrian IV, [Nicole Breakspear], only English pope (1154-59), dies
• 1167-01-12 Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56
• 1167-02-27 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies

• 1176-04-20 Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)
• 1176-10-12 William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician
• 1181-06-30 Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)
• 1183-06-11 Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155)
• 1189-02-04 Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies
• 1189-07-06 Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56
• 1189-09-03 Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England

• 1199-09-04 Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily (b. 1165)
• 1204-10-21 Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English nobleman
• 1205-07-13 Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
• 1216-10-19 King John of England (1199-1216), agreed to the Magna Carta, dies at 49
• 1218-12-30 Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
• 1226-03-07 William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader
• 1226-12-11 Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)
• 1230-12-23 Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England
• 1238-03-04 Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210)
• 1241-12-01 Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)
• 1245-08-21 Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies
• 1246-05-31 Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England
• 1253-10-09 Robert Grosseteste, English scientist, scholastic philosopher, theologian and Bishop of Lincoln, dies at around 78
• 1262-07-15 Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1222)
• 1265-04-25 Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader
• 1265-05-16 Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)
• 1265-08-04 Simon de Montfort the younger, English Earl of Leicester, dies in battle
• 1271-03-13 Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)
• 1272-11-16 Henry III, King of England (1216-72, Provisions of Oxford), dies
• 1275-09-24 Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208)
• 1279-09-10 Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies
• 1282-08-25 Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)
• 1284-08-19 Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)
• 1290-11-28 Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
• 1291-06-26 Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England
• 1292-12-08 John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62
• 1295-12-07 Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)
• 1296-06-05 Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)
• 1297-09-11 Hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in battle
• 1297-12-31 Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)
• 1307-04-07 Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England (b. 1271)
• 1307-07-07 Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68
• 1317-02-14 Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
• 1322-03-16 Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) dies in battle at Boroughbridge
• 1322-03-22 Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
• 1322-04-14 Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275)
• 1326-10-15 Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (1308-26), dies at 65
• 1326-11-17 Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician, dies at 41
• 1326-11-26 Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)
• 1327-09-21 Edward II, King of England (1307-1327), assassinated at 43
• 1330-03-19 Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301)
• 1330-11-29 Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England, dies at 43
• 1338-08-04 Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)
• 1340-12-04 Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
• 1345-03-25 Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281)

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