List of wars involving England
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England prior to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain via the Acts of Union 1707. For dates after 1707, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom.
11th century
Beginning | End | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
937 | 1066 | Viking invasions of England | England | Denmark | Viking power broken after Battle of Stamford Bridge |
1066 | 1088 | Norman Conquest of England | Kingdom of England | Duchy of Normandy | Norman victory |
1096 | 1099 | First Crusade | Holy Roman Empire | Great Seljuq Empire | Crusader victory |
12th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1135 | 1154 | The Anarchy | Supporters of Stephen of Blois | Supporters of Empress Matilda and Henry Curtmantle | Treaty of Wallingford
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1145 | 1149 | Second Crusade | Kingdom of Jerusalem | Sultanate of Rum | Muslim victory in the Holy Land Crusader victories in Iberia and the Baltic |
1173 | 1174 | Revolt of 1173–74 | English royalists | English rebels Kingdom of France Kingdom of Scotland County of Flanders County of Boulogne Duchy of Brittany |
Royalist victory
Rebels reconciled to rule of Henry II. |
1189 | 1192 | Third Crusade | Kingdom of Jerusalem | Ayyubids | Treaty of Ramla
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13th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1215 | 1217 | First Barons' War | Pro-Angevin forces | Rebel Barons | Rebellion put down, French invasion repelled, followed by return to antebellum status quo. |
1242 | 1242 | Saintonge War | France | French victory | |
1264 | 1267 | Second Barons' War | Rebel barons | Monarchic victory | |
1271 | 1272 | Ninth Crusade | France | Mamluks | Partial Crusader victory |
1296 | 1328 | First War of Scottish Independence | Kingdom of Scotland | Scottish victory |
14th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1321 | 1322 | Despenser War | Marcher Lords | Royalist victory | |
1324 | 1324 | War of Saint-Sardos | France | French victory | |
1332 | 1357 | Second War of Scottish Independence | Kingdom of Scotland | Scottish victory | |
1337 | 1453 | Hundred Years' War | Duchy of Burgundy
Duchy of Brittany (Montfort) |
France
Brittany (Blois) |
English victory in the Edwardian War French victory in the Caroline War and the Lancastrian War |
1377 | 1575 | Anglo-Scottish Wars | Scotland | Stalemate | |
1381 | 1382 | Third Ferdinand War | Portugal | Castile | Castillian victory |
1383 | 1385 | 1383–85 Crisis | Portugal Kingdom of England |
Crown of Castile Kingdom of France Crown of Aragon |
Victory |
15th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1400 | 1415 | Glyndŵr RisingPart of the Hundred Years' War | Welsh rebels Kingdom of France |
Total English victory | |
1455 | 1485 | Wars of the Roses | House of Lancaster | House of York | Lancastrian victory, founding of the House of Tudor |
1470 | 1474 | Anglo-Hanseatic War | Hanseatic League | Hanseatic victory | |
1496 | 1498 | Italian War of 1494–1498 (1494–1498) |
League of Venice: Papal States |
Kingdom of France | Victory
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1497 | 1497 | Cornish Rebellion of 1497 | Cornish rebels | English victory |
16th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1511 | 1516 | War of the League of Cambrai | Papal States
Spain |
France | French and Venetian victory |
1521 | 1526 | Italian War of 1521–26 | Papal States
Spain |
France | Victory |
1526 | 1530 | War of the League of Cognac | France | Spain | Imperial-Spanish victory |
1542 | 1546 | Italian War of 1542–46 | Holy Roman Empire
Spain |
France | Inconclusive |
1543 | 1550 | Rough Wooing | Scotland | Treaty of Norham, Scottish victory | |
1549 | 1549 | Prayer Book Rebellion | Southwestern Catholics | Edwardian victory | |
1556 | 1559 | Italian War of 1551–59 | Holy Roman Empire
Spain |
France | Defeat, Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, Loss of Calais |
1562 | 1598 | French Wars of Religion (1562–1598) |
Protestants: Huguenots England |
Catholics: Catholic League Spain Duchy of Savoy |
Victory
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1566 | 1648 | Eighty Years' War | Dutch Republic
France German Protestants |
Holy Roman Empire
Spain |
Victory
Peace of Münster, independent Netherlands |
1569 | 1573 | First Desmond Rebellion | Kingdom of England Kingdom of Ireland allied Irish clans |
FitzGeralds of Desmond allied Irish clans |
Victory |
1579 | 1583 | Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583) |
Kingdom of England Kingdom of Ireland allied Irish clans |
FitzGeralds of Desmond Spain Papal States allied Irish clans |
Victory
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1580 | 1583 | War of the Portuguese Succession | Portugal loyal to Prior of Crato | Spain | Defeat
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1585 | 1604 | Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) | United Provinces
Portuguese loyal to Prior of Crato French Huguenot forces |
Spain
Irish alliance |
Stalemate |
1594 | 1603 | Nine Years' War (Ireland) | Kingdom of England Kingdom of Ireland |
Alliance of Irish clans | Victory
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17th century
18th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1701 | 1714 | War of the Spanish Succession | Austrian monarchy England (until 1707) Great Britain (from 1707) Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Piedmont-Savoy Prussia Habsburg Spain Portugal |
France Spanish monarchy Bavaria (~1704) Cologne Mantua (~1708) |
Victory
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List of civil wars
- Rebellion of 1088 – in England and Normandy
- The Anarchy (1135–54) – in England
- Revolt of 1173–74 – in England, Normandy, and Anjou
- First Barons' War (1215–17) – in England
- Second Barons' War (1264–67) – in England
- Welsh Uprising (1282) – in England and Wales
- Peasants' Revolt (1381) – in England
- Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) – in England and Wales; Richard III was the last English king to die in combat
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1651) – in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
- First Bishops' War (1639)
- Second Bishops' War (1640)
- Irish Rebellion of 1641
- First English Civil War (1642–46)
- The Confederates' War (1642–48)
- Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1644–47)
- Second English Civil War (1648)
- Third English Civil War (1650–51)
- Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649)
- Monmouth Rebellion (1685) – in England
- Jacobite Rebellions (1689–91; 1715–16; 1719; 1745–46) – in England, Scotland and Ireland
- Williamite War in Ireland (1688–91)
- Battle of the Boyne (1690) – last battle between two rival claimants for the throne
See also
- List of wars in Great Britain
- Military history of England
- List of wars involving England and France
- List of wars involving the United Kingdom
References
- ↑ Geoffrey Parker p.73
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