Key Dates π Flashcards
1066
Battle of Hastings
1069
Harrying of the North
1086
Domesday Book completed
1087
William the Conqueror died
1154
Henry II became king
1162
Henry II appointed Thomas Becket as Arch-Bishop of Canterbury
1164
Henry tried to make the bishops agree to the Constitution of Clarendon
1170
Henry wrote a letter to Thomas Becket, telling him that he wanted to be friends again
1189
Henry II died
1199
John became king
1203
John killed his nephew, Arthur, as he thought that he was a threat
1204
John lost Normandy
1213
Pope banned all church services in England- people thought that they were going to hell!
1214
Battle of Bouvines
1215
Barons rebelled, and forced John to agree to the Magna Carta
1216
John died
1348
The black death arrived in England
1351
Statue of Labourers law in place, (stopped peasants from becoming rich)
The Black Death ended
1366
John Ball began preaching in England
1377
Richard II became king
1379
Wat Tyler was selected to be the peasants new leader
1381
The Peasantβs Revolt!