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Battles Fought in Britain
Can you name the land battles fought in Britain?
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43
Invading Romans defeat British tribes along a river in southern England
60
Suetonius' outnumbered Romans inflict a crushing defeat on Boudicca, ending the Iceni revolt
c.83
Romans under Agricola defeat the Caledonian tribes in northern Scotland
c.516
Britons inflict a heavy defeat on the Anglo-Saxons, a victory folklore later attributed to King Arthur
577
Major West Saxon victory over the Britons, taking Bath, Gloucester and Cirencester
878
Alfred the Great inflicts a major defeat on the Vikings
910
Anglo-Saxons under Edward the Elder defeat the Northumbrian Vikings
937
Anglo-Saxons under Athelstan defeat a Norse/Celtic coalition, assuring English pre-eminence in Britain
991
Anglo-Saxons led by Earl Byrhtnoth defeated by a Viking army led by Olaf Tryggvasson
1016
Canute the Great defeats Edmund Ironside and becomes King of England
1057
Malcolm III defeats Macbeth
1066
Harald Hardrada of Norway defeats an Anglo-Saxon army near York
1066
Harold II routs Harald Hardrada
1066
William of Normandy defeats Harold II and becomes King of England
1138
English army led by William of Aumale defeats an invading Scottish force under David I
1141
King Stephen defeated and captured by Matilda's forces
1174
English army repels a Scottish attempt to seize Northumberland; William the Lion captured
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1264
Barons under Simon DeMonfort defeat Henry III, leaving Simon de facto King of England
1265
Prince Edward defeats Simon DeMonfort's barons
1282
A Welsh army led by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd defeats an invading English force
1282
Llywelyn's forces defeated by Edward I, completing English conquest of Wales
1296
Edward I defeats John Balliol, beginning Edward's conquest of Scotland
1297
The Scots under William Wallace defeat the English at the River Forth
1298
William Wallace defeated by Edward I
1314
Robert Bruce inflicts a heavy defeat on Edward II and restores Scottish independence
1333
Edward III's archers rout a Scottish force near Berwick
1346
English army defeats a Scottish force near Durham and captures David II
1403
Henry IV defeats Henry Percy, ending his rebellion
1461
Major Yorkist victory in the Wars of the Roses, securing the throne for Edward IV; the largest battle ever fought on British soil
1471
Edward IV defeats his main Lancastrian rival Warwick
1471
Edward IV routs the Lancastrians, restoring peace for a decade
1485
Henry Tudor defeats Richard III and becomes King of England
1487
Henry VII defeats a Yorkist army in the final battle of the Wars of the Roses
1513
English army led by Queen Catherine defeats an invading Scottish army; James IV killed
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1542
English victory on the Scottish border near the River Esk
1545
Scottish army led by Archibald Douglas defeats an invading English army near Jedburgh
1547
English naval bombardment and co-ordinated infantry, cavalry and artillery assault defeats the Scots along the River Esk
1568
Regent Moray defeats the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, who flees Scotland
1640
Charles I defeated by the Scottish Covenanters in the Second Bishops' War
1642
The first significant battle of the English Civil War ends in stalemate
1644
Parliamentarians and Scottish Covenanters inflict a heavy defeat on Prince Rupert
1645
Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeats the Royalists, effectively ending the first civil war
1645
Scottish Covenanter army routs Montrose's royalists in the decisive battle of the civil war in Scotland
1648
Cromwell defeats the Royalists and their Covenanter allies, ending the second civil war
1650
Cromwell defeats the Scottish Covenanters, adding Scotland to the Commonwealth
1651
Cromwell decisively beats Charles II; final battle of the English Civil War
1685
Royalist forces of James II defeat Monmouth's rebel army
1715
The Duke of Argyll defeats the Earl of Mar's Jacobites
1745
Charles Edward Stuart defeats a Hanoverian army led by Sir John Cope near Edinburgh
1746
Duke of Cumberland defeats the Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart; last pitched battle fought on British soil
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