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Alfred the Great becomes King of Wessex
The Anarchy: Matilda is proclaimed 'Lady of the English'
The House of Commons meets seperately from the House of Lords for the first time
Watt Tyler's Peasants' Revolt
Wars of the Roses: Edward Duke of York wins the Battle of Towton and becomes King Edward IV
Wars of the Roses: King Henry VI is murdered in the Tower of London following the Battle of Tewkesbury
Henry Hudson, seeking the Northwest Passage, is cast adrift by mutineers and disappears
Parliament presents King Charles I with a list of grievances called the Grand Remonstrance
Charles Prince of Wales is crowned King Charles II of Scotland in Scone Abbey
The Act of Settlement bars Roman Catholics from the throne
Arthur Prince of Wales marries Catherine of Aragon
Anglo-Spanish War: Francis Drake is knighted following his circumnavigation of the globe
100 Years' War: Joan of Arc is burned at the stake as a witch in Rouen
Pope Leo X grants Henry VIII the title Defender of the Faith
Henry II lands in Ireland and declares himself Lord of Ireland
Third Crusade: King Richard defeats Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf
Edward of Caernarvon (Edward II) becomes the first English Prince of Wales
Florentine banker Roberto di Ridolfi's plot to assassinate Elizabeth I is uncovered
Queen Elizabeth I delivers her 'Golden Speech' to the House of Commons
Anglo-Spanish War: Sir Richard Grenville is killed fighting 53 Spanish ships alone for twelve hours in the 'Revenge' near Flores, Azores