Shakespeare's Kings (123 page)
- Henry
marries
Joan
of
Brittany;
Battle
of
Homildon
Hill - Coronation
of
Joan;
Percys
rebel;
battle
of
Shrewsbury- Death
of
Philip
the
Fair
of
Burgundy;
accession
of
John
the Fearless - Rising
in
north
under
Northumberland
and
Archbishop
of York
- Assassination
of
Duke
Louis
of
Orleans;
succession
of
son Charles - Battle
of
Bramham
Moor;
Northumberland
killed - Fall
of
Harlech1411
Expedition
sent
by
Prince
of
Wales
to
help
Burgundy
in France
- Expedition
under
Clarence
sent
by
King
to
help
Orleans - Death
of
Henry
IV;
accession
of
Henry
V - Lollard
rebellion- Henry
invades
France;
Cambridge
plot;
siege
of
Harfleur; Agincourt - Relief
of
Harfleur;
visit
of
Emperor
Sigismund - Henry's
second
expedition;
capture
of
Caen - Capture
of
Rouen
after
long
siege - Murder
of
John
the
Fearless - Treaty
of
Troyes;
marriage
of
Henry
and
Katherine;
Henry rides
into
Paris - Coronation
of
Katherine;
battle
of
Beauge;
Henry's
last campaign;
birth
of
Henry
VI - Henry's
death;
accession
of
Henry
VI;
death
of
Charles
VI; accession
of
Charles
VII
- Siege
of
Orleans
begins;
death
of
Salisbury- Coronation
of
Henry
at
Westminster;
coronation
of
Charles VII;
Battle
of
Patay
1431
Burning
of
Joan
of
Arc;
Henry
crowned
in
Paris
1437
Charles
VII
enters
Paris
1441
Duchess
of
Gloucester
accused
of
witchcraft
- Truce
with
France;
formal
betrothal
of
Henry
and
Margaret
of Anjou - Marriage
(by
proxy)
of
Henry
to
Margaret
- Death
of
Duke
Humphrey
of
Gloucester;
death
of
Cardinal Beaufort - Maine
surrendered
to
France - Sack
of
Fougeres
by
Somerset;
French
regain
Rouen;
Richard of
York
goes
to
Ireland - Battle
of
Formigny;
disgrace
of
Suffolk;
his
death;
Jack
Cade's rebellion;
Richard
of
York
returns
from
Ireland
without permission
- Richard
of
York
marches
on
London - Henry
seriously
ill;
birth
of
son;
arrest
of
Somerset- Richard
of
York
appointed
Protector
of
Realm;
Henry recovers - Somerset
back
in
power;
first
battle
of
St
Albans
1460
Richard
of
York
makes
fourth
march
on
London
and
formally
claims
throne;
Act
of
Accord;
battle
of
Wakefield;
death
of Richard
- Battle
of
Mortimer's
Cross;
second
battle
of
St
Albans; Londoners
rise
against
Lancastrians;
Edward
IV
claims
throne;
Battle
of
Towton;
death
of
Charles
VII,
accession
of
Louis
XI - Queen
Margaret
appeals
to
Louis
XI1464
Revolt
in
the
north;
Battle
s
of
Hedgeley
Moor
and
Hexham; Henry
VI
escapes,
wanders
through
north
for
almost
a
year; Edward
marries
Elizabeth
Woodville- George
Duke
of
Clarence
marries
Isabel,
daughter
of
Warwick; revolt
under
Robin
of
Redesdale;
battle
of
Edgcote;
capture
of King
Edward
by
Warwick
and
Clarence - Battle
of
Erpingham
('Lose-coat
Field');
Warwick
and
Clarence flee
to
France;
Margaret's
reconciliation
with
Warwick; Warwick
lands
in
Devon
calling
for
restitution
of
Henry
VI; Edward,
betrayed
by
Montagu,
takes
refuge
in
Holland;
Henry VI
reinstated,
with
Warwick
in
power - Edward
returns
to
England;
his
recoronation;
Battle
of
Barnet; death
of
Warwick;
Margaret
and
her
son
Edward
land
at Weymouth;
battle
of
Tewkesbury;
death
of
King
Henry
in Tower
1475
Edward
leads
army
to
France;
agreement
at
Picquigny;
Margaret
ransomed 1478
Trial
and
death
of
Clarence
- Richard
of
Gloucester
leads
army
into
Scotland,
occupies Edinburgh - Death
of
Edward
IV;
coup
at
Northampton;
Richard
transfers two
Princes
to
Tower;
Richard
arranges
to
be
asked
to
assume crown;
his
coronation;
death
of the
Princes;
revolt
of Buckingham - Death
of
Richard's
son,
Edward
of
Middleham - Death
of
Queen
Anne;
Henry
Tudor
lands
at
Milford
Haven; battle
of
Bosworth
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THE
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various
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1965.
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The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth.
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The First English Life of Henry V.
Ed.
C.
L.
Kingsford,
Oxford
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Anon.
Gesta Henrici Quinti.
An
account
by
an
unknown
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V,
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B.
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Historical
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