English History

Events 1 - 100 of 1,326

• 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 capturing and killing monks
• 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

• 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 II defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother Tostig, who were both killed

• 1066-10-14 Battle of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who is killed in the battle
• 1066-12-25 William the Conqueror is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, completing the Norman conquest 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, Duke of Normandy in Normandy
• 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.

• 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

• 1190-03-16 York (England) Pogrom: Jews seek refuge in Clifford's Tower, which is then besieged by a mob; about 150 people are massacred or commit suicide rather than submit to Christian baptism
• 1190-03-17 Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
• 1190-03-18 Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmunds, England
• 1191-06-08 King Richard I of England arrives at Acre in modern day Israel to join the Siege of Acre during the Third Crusade
• 1191-07-12 English King Richard I the Lionheart and Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine
• 1191-09-07 Third Crusade: Richard I of England defeats Saladin in the Battle of 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 King Richard I (the Lion Heart) of 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

• 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's 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 end 100 years of conflict between the Capetian and Plantagenet dynasties
• 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

• 1272-11-21 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
• 1290-07-18 King Edward I orders expulsion of Jews from England, this edict will remain in place for 350 years
• 1290-10-09 Last of 16,000 Jews expelled by King Edward I leave England
• 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

• 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

• 1305-08-23 Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I of England at Smithfield, London
• 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 Edward III is crowned King of England aged 14, though 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

• 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
• 1347-08-04 English troops conquer Fort Calais

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Birthdays 1 - 100 of 4,623

• 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)

• 1155-02-28 Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)

• 1157-09-13 Alexander Neckam, English theologist and encyclopedist, born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1217)
• 1162-10-13 Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, born in Domfront Castle, Normandy (d. 1214)
• 1167-12-24 John "Lackland", King of England (1199-1216), born in Beaumont Palace, Oxford (d. 1216)
• 1201-08-09 Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler of the mayors and sheriffs of London in 1188–1274, born in London (d. 1274, death reported 1275)
• 1207-10-01 Henry III, King of England (1216-72, Provisions of Oxford), born in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England (d. 1272)
• 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)

• 1240-09-29 Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)
• 1242-06-25 Beatrice of England, Duchess of Brittany, 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, English prince and son of Henry III of England, born in London (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)

• 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, daughter of Edward III, born at Woodstock Palace (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, born in Norfolk, England (d. 1416)
• 1344-10-10 Mary Plantagenet, English princess, daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, born in Waltham, Hampshire (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 knight, soldier and politician (d. 1403)
• 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)

• 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 Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, English prince, general (Hundred Years' War) and statesman, born in Kenilworth, England (d. 1435)
• 1389-11-09 Isabella of Valois, queen consort of Richard II 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 during the Hundred Years' War, born in Dartington, Devonshire, England (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, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician, born in Belvoir, Leicestershire (d. 1430)
• 1411-09-21 Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne, born in Conisbrough, England (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)

• 1427-09-09 Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, English politician, born in Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire (d. 1464)
• 1428-11-22 Richard Neville [16th Earl of Warwick], English nobleman and military commander known as 'Warwick the Kingmaker', born in Norwich, England (d. 1471)

• 1443-05-17 Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, born in Rouen, Normandy (d. 1460)
• 1443-05-31 Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII of England, born in Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1509)

• 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 Renaissance composer (Courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII), 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, second daughter and fourth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, born in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England (d. 1495)
• 1495-11-21 John Bale, English bishop and anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan), born in Cove, Suffolk, England (d. 1563)
• 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, English knight of the shire and confidant of King Henry VIII of England, born in England (d. 1559)
• 1502-09-13 John Leland, English poet and antiquarian, born in London (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 statesman, born in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1598)
• 1522-05-24 John Jewel, English bishop, born in Buden, Devon, England (d. 1571)

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• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• 1969-06-15 British-American romance novelist, Jackie Collins (31) weds 2nd husband, American theatrical producer Oscar Lerman (49), at the home of her sister Joan
• 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

• 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

• 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' 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 ; divorce in 2014
• 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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Divorce of Interest

1533-05-23 King Henry VIII of England & Catherine of Aragon's marriage declared null & void by authority English clergy not the Pope

Divorce of Interest

1540-07-09 English King Henry VIII annuls his 6 month marriage to his 4th wife Anne of Cleves, on the grounds of non-consummation and her pre-contract to Francis of Lorraine

Alfred the Great

0900-10-26 Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon monarch who was King of Wessex and King of the Anglo-Saxons, dies at 50 or 51

Cnut the Great

1035-11-12 Cnut the Great [Canute], King of Denmark, England, Norway and parts of Sweden (1016-1035), dies around the age of 45

Edward the Confessor

1066-01-05 Edward the Confessor, last King of England from the House of Wessex (1042-66), dies at 60-63

Harold II

1066-10-14 Harold II [Harold Godwinson], last crowned Anglo-Saxon King of England (1066), dies at the Battle of Hastings aged about 44

William the Conqueror

1087-09-09 William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England (1066-1087) and Duke of Normandy (1035-1087), dies at about 59

Thomas Becket

1170-12-29 Thomas Becket, English Archbishop of Canterbury, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II at 52

Henry II of England

1189-07-06 Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 56

Richard the Lionheart

1199-04-06 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies as the result of a wound at 41

King John

1216-10-19 King John of England (1199-1216), agreed to the Magna Carta, dies at 49

Edward I

1307-07-07 Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68

Edward II

1327-09-21 Edward II, King of England (1307-1327), likely assassinated at 43