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The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...
The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 was a major rebellion that spread throughout medieval England during the summer of that year. Its causes are complex. Its causes are complex. The drop in population caused by the Black Death , which arrived in England in 1348, resulted in an acute labour shortage and, consequently, higher wages.
Start End Name of conflict Belligerents Outcome England & allies England's opposition 1470 1474 Anglo-Hanseatic War England: Hanseatic League: Defeat, Hanseatic victory 1496 1498 Italian War of 1494–1498 (1494–1498) League of Venice: Papal States Republic of Venice Kingdom of Naples Kingdoms of Spain Duchy of Milan Holy Roman Empire
1338 Edward III claims the throne of France, initiating the Hundred Years' War; 1348 The Black Death first arrives in England and ultimately kills c. one third of the population; 1356 Battle of Poitiers; 1377 Death of Edward III, his grandson Richard II accedes to the English throne; 1381 Peasants' Revolt, began in May and ended in November
Regardless of the basis of that story, by June 1381, when groups of rebels from across the country began a coordinated assault on London, Wat Tyler had emerged as a leader of the Kentish forces. On 13 June, Tyler with other rebels of Kent crossed London Bridge to enter the city, as Stow recorded in his Summary and Annals. Once in the city, they ...
Year 1381 was a ... June 12 – Peasants' Revolt: In England, ... date unknown. Anna of Celje, Queen consort of Poland (d. 1416)
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
The start of the Wars of the Roses a civil war for control of the throne of England between the House of York in Yorkshire and House of Lancaster in Lancashire. 1457 28 January Henry VII, the future king of England (r. 1485-1509), is born to parents Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. 1485: 22 August