Events 1066 - 1381 Flashcards
1066
The Battle of Hastings
1069
William the conqueror burns the North in fear of people trying to over throw him - Harrying of the North
1086
The Domesday book is created
1087
William the conqueror dies
1154
Henry ll becomes king
1162
Thomas Becket is appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury
1164
Becket declines the constitutions of Clarendon and on trial but flees England to avoid it
1170
Becket is murdered in the church
1189
Henry ll dies
1199
John became King
1203
John fought war in France
1204
John loses war in France, losing Normandy
1213
John stores half of England’s money for war
1214
John raises an army which is then defeated in France and does not win back Normandy - Battle of Bovines
1215
First Magna Carta