Military history of England
The military history of England and Wales deals with the period prior to the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. For the period after 1707 see Military history of the United Kingdom.
List of military encounters
Medieval period
- Battle of Aylesford (455) Anglo-Saxons, Romano-Britons
- Battle of Badon (c. 519) siege and battle that stemmed the tide of Saxon advance for a few decades: Anglo-Saxons, Romano-Britons
- Battle of Ellandun
- Viking invasions (793–1066)
- Raid on Lindisfarne (793)
- Campaign of Alfred the Great (871–899)
- Battle of Edington (878)
- Battle of Cynwit (878)
- Battle of Assandun (1016)
- Battle of Fulford (1066)
- Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)
- Norman conquest of England (1066)
- Battle of Hastings 1066
- Rebellion of 1088 - civil war
- The Anarchy (1135–54) - civil war
- Revolt of 1173–74 - civil war
- Third Crusade (1189–1192)
- Richard I's war in France
- Welsh uprising of 1211
- Battle of Bouvines (1214) - loss of Normandy
- First Barons' War (1215–1217) - civil war
- Henry III's war in France
- Second Barons' War (1264–1267) - civil war
- Welsh Uprising (1282) - civil war
- Edward I's war in France
- The First War of Scottish Independence (1296–1328)
- Battle of Bannockburn (1314)
- Edward II's war in France
- The Second War of Scottish Independence (1332–1357)
- Hundred Years' War (1337 to 1453) against France
- War of Edward III (1337 to 1360) - victory
- War of Charles the Wise (1369 to 1396) - defeat
- War of Henry V (1415 to 1422) - victory
- War of Charles the Victorious (1428 to 1453) - defeat
- Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) - Richard III was the last English king to die in combat - civil war
Early Modern period
- Italian Wars (1494 – 1559)
- Cornish Rebellion (1497)
- Anglo-Scottish Wars (1513; 1544–51)
- Third Cornish Uprising (1549)
- Siege of Calais (1558) - loss of England's last continental possession
- Desmond Wars (1569-83)
- Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
- Nine Years' War (Ireland) (1594–1603)
- Eighty Years' War (1598–1648)
- First Anglo-Powhatan War (1609–1613) - North America
- Second Anglo-Powhatan War (1622) - North America
- Anglo-Spanish War (1625–30) (As a small part of the Thirty Years' War)
- Anglo-French War (1627–1629)
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1651) - civil war
- First Bishops' War (1639)
- Second Bishops' War (1640)
- Irish Rebellion (1641)
- The Confederates' War (1642-648)
- English Civil War (1642–1651)
- First English Civil War (1642–1646)
- Civil War in Scotland (1644–1647)
- Second English Civil War (1648)
- Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649-53)
- Third English Civil War (1650–1651)
- Third Anglo-Powhatan War (1644) - North America
- First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–54)
- Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60)
- English expedition to Portugal (1662–1668)
- Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–67)
- War of Devolution (1667–1668)
- Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674)
- King Philip's War (1675–1676) - North America
- Virginia Rebellion (1676)
- Monmouth Rebellion (1685) - civil war
- Nine Years' War (1688–1697) - England, Spain, Germany, Portugal and Holland v France
- King William's War (1688–1697) - North America
- Jacobite Rebellions (1689–91) - Civil War
- Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691)
- Battle of the Boyne (1690) - last battle between two rival claimants for the throne
- War of the Spanish Succession (1702–1713) - England and Scotland/Great Britain, Germany, Portugal and Holland v France and Spain
- Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)
- For military history after the Acts of Union 1707 see the military history of the United Kingdom
List of civil wars
- Rebellion of 1088 - in England and Normandy
- The Anarchy (1135–54) - in England
- Revolt of 1173–74 - in England, Normandy, and Anjou
- First Barons' War (1215–17) - in England
- Second Barons' War (1264–67) - in England
- Welsh Uprising (1282) - in England and Wales
- Wars of the Roses (1455–85) - in England and Wales; Richard III was the last English king to die in combat
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–51) - in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
- First Bishops' War (1639)
- Second Bishops' War (1640)
- Irish Rebellion of 1641
- First English Civil War (1642–1646)
- The Confederates' War (1642-48)
- Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1644–47)
- Second English Civil War (1648)
- Third English Civil War (1650–51)
- Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649)
- Monmouth Rebellion (1685) - in England
- Jacobite Rebellions (1689-91; 1715-16; 1719; 1745-46) - in England, Scotland and Ireland
- Williamite War in Ireland (1688–91)
- Battle of the Boyne (1690) - last battle between two rival claimants for the throne
See also
Further reading
- Barnett, Correlli. Britain and her army, 1509-1970: a military, political and social survey (1970).
- Carlton, Charles. This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485-1746 (Yale UP; 2011) 332 pages; studies the impact of near unceasing war from the individual to the national levels.
- Chandler, David G., and Ian Frederick William Beckett, eds. The Oxford history of the British army (Oxford UP, 2003).
- Cole, D. H and E. C Priestley. An outline of British military history, 1660-1936 (1936). online
- Higham, John, ed. A Guide to the Sources of British Military History (1971) 654 pages excerpt; Highly detailed bibliography and discussion up to 1970.
- James, Lawrence. Warrior race: a history of the British at war (Hachette UK, 2010). excerpt
- 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) excerpt
- Schroeder, Paul W. "Old Wine in Old Bottles: Recent Contributions to British Foreign Policy and European International Politics, 1789–1848." Journal of British Studies 26.01 (1987): 1-25.
- Sheppard, Eric William. A short history of the British army (1950). online
- Ward, A.W. and G.P. Gooch, eds. The Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy, 1783-1919 (3 vol, 1921–23), old detailed classic; vol 1, 1783-1815 ; vol 2, 1815-1866; vol 3. 1866-1919
- Wiener, Martin J. "The Idea of "Colonial Legacy" and the Historiography of Empire." Journal of The Historical Society 13#1 (2013): 1-32.
- Winks, Robin, ed. Historiography (1999) vol. 5 in William Roger Louis, eds. The Oxford History of the British Empire online
- Winks, Robin W. The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth: Trends, Interpretations and Resources (1966); this book is by a different set of authors from the previous 1999 entry online
Historiography
- Messenger, Charles, ed. Reader's Guide to Military History (2001) pp 55-74 etc; annotated guide to most important books.
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