Events from the 1160s in England. Monarch – Henry II 1160 2 November – betrothal of 5-year-old Henry the Young King and 2-year-old Marguerite, daughter...

The 1160s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1160, and ended on December 31, 1169. Spring – Emperor Manuel I Komnenos sends...

1160 and 1169. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct...

Henry II of England from 1163 to 1170. The controversy culminated with Becket's murder in 1170, and was followed by Becket's canonization in 1173 and Henry's...

Events from the 10th century in the Kingdom of England. 902 Irish Norsemen, expelled from Dublin, establish colonies on The Wirral. 909 King Edward the...

produce coins. These measures were successful in improving Henry's income, but on his return to England in the 1160s he took further steps. New taxes were introduced...

Gisors and the Vexin, which had been part of Margaret's dowry. Early in the 1160s there had been suggestions Richard should marry Alys, Countess of the...

Events from the 1000s in England. Monarch – Ethelred 1000 English fleet invades the Isle of Man. English invasion of Cumbria fails. Heroic poem The Battle...

construction of building much later known as Marlipins Museum in Shoreham-by-Sea, England, commencing. 1168 Uvdal Stave Church, Norway, built. Jiangnan...

immigrants had become common. By the early 1160s, Ailred of Rievaulx was writing that intermarriage was common in all levels of society. The impact of the...

Events from the 1620s in England. This decade sees a change of monarch. Monarch – James I (until 27 March 1625), then Charles I 1620 27 April – treaty...

Matilda was involved in attempts to mediate between Henry and his Chancellor Thomas Becket when the two men fell out in the 1160s. Matilda had originally...

Events from the 1010s in England. Monarch – Ethelred (to December 1013), Sweyn (December 1013 to 3 February 1014), Ethelred (3 February 1014 to 23 April...

Events from the 1150s in England. Monarch – Stephen (to 25 October 1154), then Henry II 1150 Henry, son of Empress Matilda, becomes Duke of Normandy. The...

Events from the 1170s in England. Monarch – Henry II 1170 April – Inquest of Sheriffs: Henry II looks into the financial dealings of local officials. 14...

from the 1300s in England. Monarch – Edward I (to 7 July 1307), then Edward II 1300 10 March – Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England ("Edward Longshanks")...

Events from the 1480s in England. This decade marks the beginning of the Tudor period. Monarch – Edward IV (until 9 April 1483), Edward V (9 April to 26...

Events from the 1140s in England. Monarch – Stephen (to 8 April 1141), Matilda (8 April to 1 November 1141), then Stephen 1140 December – The Anarchy:...

1230s in England. Monarch – Henry III 1230 3 May – King Henry III leads an army to France, and marches on Bordeaux. October – Henry returns to England. Devotional...

Events from the 1400s in England. Monarch – Henry IV 1400 January – Henry IV quells the Epiphany Rising and executes the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and...

Events from the 1600s in England. This decade marks the end of the Elizabethan era with the beginning of the Jacobean era and the Stuart period. Monarch...

1994 in England 19 January – Privatisation of London Buses begins with the first sale of a bus operating subsidiary, Westlink (Stanwell Buses Ltd), in a...

Events from the 1050s in England. Monarch – Edward the Confessor 1050 29 June – first Bishop of Exeter, Leofric, consecrated, uniting the former episcopal...

Events of the year 2024 in England. 1 January – Figures published by NHS England show that almost three million people were seen for an urgent cancer check...

the 1100s in England. Monarch – William II (until 2 August 1100), then Henry I 1100 2 August – King William II dies in a hunting accident in the New Forest;...

Events from the 1330s in England. Monarch – Edward III 1330 19 March – Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent is executed on the orders of the regent Roger...

Events from the 1020s in England. Monarch – Canute 1020 Rotunda of Bury St Edmunds Abbey constructed. Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury...

Events from the 1590s in England. Monarch – Elizabeth I 1590 Publication of Edmund Spenser's poetry The Faerie Queene and his satire Mother Hubbard's Tale...

Events from the 1190s in England. Monarch – Richard I (to 6 April 1199), then John 1190 6 February – massacre of almost all Jews in Norwich. 7 March – massacre...

Events from the 1470s in England. Monarch – Edward IV (until 3 October 1470), Henry VI (3 October 1470 to 11 April 1471), then Edward IV Regent – Edward...