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The Battle of Fishguard was a military invasion of Great Britain by Revolutionary France during the War of the First Coalition. The brief campaign, on 22–24 February 1797, is the most recent landing on British soil by a hostile foreign force, and thus is often referred to as the "last invasion of mainland Britain".
Battle of Flodden Field: Invading England, King James IV of Scotland and thousands of other Scots were killed in a defeat at the hands of the English. 1516 18 February Mary I, the future queen of England (r. 1553-1558), is born to parents Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. 1521: Lutheran writings begin to circulate in England. 1527 21 May
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 Makers of British Foreign Policy: From Pitt to Thatcher (2002) Ranft, Bryan. The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy (Oxford UP, 2002). Rodger, N. A.M. The safeguard of the sea: A naval history of Britain, 660–1649 (Vol. 1. 1998). excerpt. Rodger, N.A.M.The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649–1815 (vol 2 2006 ...
A full-scale British invasion was defeated in upstate New York. Peace was agreed to at the end of 1814, but unaware of this, Andrew Jackson won a great victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815 (news took several weeks to cross the Atlantic before the advent of steam ships).
Anglo-Saxon invasions and creation of England: Great Britain Anglo Saxon victory: Celts hold out in Cumbria and Cornwall [6] 865–78 Invasion of the Great Heathen Army: England Part of the Norse invasions of Britain: Danelaw established- Most of Northern and Eastern England under Norse control [7] 1015–16 Cnut's invasion of England: England
Cnut the Great's invasion of England: England. Edmund II Eadnoth the Younger † Ulfcytel Snillingr † Kingdom of Denmark Cnut the Great: Defeat. King Edmund, cedes all of England, save Wessex, to Cnut. [1] Following Edmund's death on 30 November, Cnut ascends to the throne as the sole king of England.
The 1136-1138 invasions of northern England by David I of Scotland and subsequent occupation until 1157. The 1139 invasion of England by Matilda during The Anarchy; The 1149 and 1153 invasions by the future Henry II during The Anarchy; The 1216 invasion of England by Louis VIII of France and Alexander II of Scotland, during the First Barons' War.