Timeline 14th century Britain

Major events:

● 1305 Capture and execution of Scottish resistance fighter William Wallace by the English on a charge of treason

● 1307 Death of Edward I, Edward II accedes to the English throne

● 1314 Decisive victory for Scotland over England at the Battle of Bannockburn

● 1316 Revolt of Llywelyn Bren in south Wales

● 1322 Edward II defeats a rebellious baronial faction at Battle of Boroughbridge

● 1327 Edward III usurps the English throne in January, Edward II is killed in September

● 1328 England recognises Scotland's independence in the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton

● 1338 Edward III claims the throne of France, initiating the Hundred Years' War

● 1348 The Black Death first arrives in England and ultimately kills c. one third of the population (Great Pestilence)

● 1356 Battle of Poitiers

● 1377 Death of Edward III, his grandson Richard II accedes to the English throne

● 1381 Peasants' Revolt of 1381 (Great Uprising)

● 1392 Statute of Praemunire

● 1399 Henry Bolingbroke usurps the English throne becoming Henry IV

Reign of Richard II:

● 1377 Death of Edward III, his grandson Richard II accedes to the English throne

● 1381 Peasants' Revolt of 1381

● 20 January 1382 - Richard marries Anne of Bohemia.

● November 1386 - Wonderful Parliament (first stage in power struggle between the king and the Lords Appellant).
● 20 December 1387 - Forces of Lords Appellant defeat de Vere in battle at Radcot Bridge
● February to June 1388 - Merciless Parliament - almost all of Richard II's advisers convicted of treason
● 1392 Statute of Praemunire

● 1 October 1399 Richard II deposed
● 13 October 1399 Henry Bolingbroke seizes the English throne, becoming Henry IV
● ~14 February 1400 Richard dies.

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