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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937 | 1066 | Viking invasions of England | England | Denmark | Viking power broken after Battle of Stamford Bridge |
1066 | 1088 | Norman Conquest of England | ![]() |
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Norman victory |
1096 | 1099 | First Crusade | ![]() |
Great Seljuq Empire | Crusader victory |
12th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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1135 | 1154 | The Anarchy | ![]() |
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Treaty of Wallingford
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1145 | 1149 | Second Crusade | ![]() |
Sultanate of Rum | Muslim victory in the Holy Land Crusader victories in Iberia and the Baltic |
1173 | 1174 | Revolt of 1173–74 | ![]() |
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Royalist victory
Rebels reconciled to rule of Henry II. |
1189 | 1192 | Third Crusade | ![]() |
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Treaty of Ramla
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13th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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1215 | 1217 | First Barons' War | ![]() |
Rebel Barons | Rebellion put down, French invasion repelled, followed by return to antebellum status quo. |
1242 | 1242 | Saintonge War | ![]() |
French victory | |
1264 | 1267 | Second Barons' War | Rebel barons | Monarchic victory | |
1271 | 1272 | Ninth Crusade | ![]() |
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Partial Crusader victory |
1296 | 1328 | First War of Scottish Independence | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
French victory | |
1332 | 1357 | Second War of Scottish Independence | ![]() |
Scottish victory | |
1337 | 1453 | Hundred Years' War | ![]()
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English victory in the Edwardian War French victory in the Caroline War and the Lancastrian War |
1377 | 1575 | Anglo-Scottish Wars | ![]() |
Stalemate | |
1381 | 1382 | Third Ferdinand War | ![]() |
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Castillian victory |
1383 | 1385 | 1383–85 Crisis | ![]() ![]() |
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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 | ![]() ![]() |
Total English victory | |
1455 | 1485 | Wars of the Roses | ![]() |
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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:
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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 | ![]()
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French and Venetian victory |
1521 | 1526 | Italian War of 1521–26 | ![]()
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Victory |
1526 | 1530 | War of the League of Cognac | ![]() |
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Imperial-Spanish victory |
1542 | 1546 | Italian War of 1542–46 | ![]()
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Inconclusive |
1543 | 1550 | Rough Wooing | ![]() |
Treaty of Norham, Scottish victory | |
1549 | 1549 | Prayer Book Rebellion | Southwestern Catholics | Edwardian victory | |
1556 | 1559 | Italian War of 1551–59 | ![]()
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Defeat, Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, Loss of Calais |
1562 | 1598 | French Wars of Religion (1562–1598) |
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Victory
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1566 | 1648 | Eighty Years' War | ![]()
German Protestants |
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Victory
Peace of Münster, independent Netherlands |
1569 | 1573 | First Desmond Rebellion | ![]() ![]() allied Irish clans |
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Victory |
1579 | 1583 | Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583) |
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Victory
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1580 | 1583 | War of the Portuguese Succession | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1585 | 1604 | Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) | ![]()
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Stalemate |
1594 | 1603 | Nine Years' War (Ireland) | ![]() ![]() |
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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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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