List of wars in Great Britain
Appearance
This is a list of wars occurring on the island of Great Britain.
Year(s) | Conflict | Location (modern) |
Notes | Result | Citation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
55–54 B.C. | Caesar's invasions of Britain | England | Roman tributaries set up in a limited area. | [1] | |
49–96 [A.D.] | Roman conquest of Britain | Great Britain | Roman Empire conquers Britain from the native Celts | [2] | |
208–10 | Severan invasion of Caledonia | Scotland | Part of the Roman occupation of Britain | Roman failure- withdrawal to Hadrian's Wall | [3] |
286–96 | Carausian Revolt | England | Part of the Roman occupation of Britain | Roman victory- rebellion crushed | [4] |
367–68 | Great Conspiracy | Great Britain | Part of the Roman occupation of Britain | Roman victory | [5] |
410–927 | 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 | Part of the Norse invasions of Britain | Norse victory- Cnut becomes King of England | [8] |
1066–71 | Norman conquest of England | England | Norman victory- William the Conqueror becomes King of England | [9] | |
1067–1194 | Norman invasion of Wales | Wales | Welsh victory- Normans forced out of Wales | [10] | |
1075 | Revolt of the Earls | England | Civil war | Norman victory | [11] |
1088 | Rebellion of 1088 | England | Civil war | Failure of rebellion | [12] |
1135–54 | The Anarchy | England | Civil war | Treaty of Wallingford | [13] |
1173–74 | Revolt of 1173–74 | England | Civil war | Rebellion crushed | [14] |
1211 | Welsh uprising of 1211 | Wales | Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars | Peace signed- rebellion nominally defeated but Wales enjoys greater autonomy | [15] |
1215–17 | First Barons' War | England | Civil war | Angevin victory | [16] |
1262–66 | Scottish–Norwegian War | Scotland | Scottish victory- Hebrides and Isle of Man occupied by Scotland | ||
1264–67 | Second Barons' War | England | Civil war | Royalist victory | [17] |
1277; 1282–83 | Edwardian conquest of Wales | Wales | Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars | English victory- Wales conquered by Edward I | [18] |
1296–1328 | First War of Scottish Independence | Scotland; England; Ireland | Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars | Scottish victory- Scotland gains independence | [19] |
1321–22 | Despenser War | Wales; England | Civil war | Royalist victory | [20][page needed] |
1332–57 | Second War of Scottish Independence | Scotland | Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars | Scottish victory | [21] |
1381 | Peasants' Revolt | England | Rebellion Crushed | [22] | |
1400–15 | Glyndŵr Rising | Wales | Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars | English victory | [23] |
1455–85 | Wars of the Roses | England; Wales | Civil war | Eventual Lancastrian victory | [24] |
1497 | Cornish Rebellion of 1497 | Cornwall | English victory | [25] | |
1543–50 | War of the Rough Wooing | Scotland; England | Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars | Scottish victory | [26] |
1549 | Prayer Book Rebellion | England | Civil War | Rebellion suppressed | [27] |
1549 | Kett's Rebellion | England | Rebellion suppressed | [28] | |
1569–70 | Rising of the North | England | Elizabethan victory | [29] | |
1639–53 | Wars of the Three Kingdoms | Great Britain | Civil war | Englisch Parliamentarian victory:
|
[30] |
1685 | Monmouth Rebellion | England | Rebellion crushed | [31] | |
1689–92 | Jacobite Rising of 1689 | Scotland | Civil War | Government victory | [citation needed] |
1715–19 | Second Jacobite Rising | Scotland; England | Civil War | British victory | [32] |
1745–46 | Third Jacobite Rising | Scotland; England | Civil War | British victory | [33] |
See also
[edit]- List of wars in Ireland
- List of wars involving England
- List of battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland
- List of wars involving the United Kingdom
- List of English civil wars
- Military history of England
- Military history of Scotland
- Military history of the United Kingdom
References
[edit]- ^ "Julius Caesar's First Landing in Britain | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "BBC – History – Overview: Roman Britain, 43 – 410 AD". Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "The Caledonian Campaigns of Septimius Severus". www.dot-domesday.me.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "Carausian Revolt". World News. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ Huerta, Carlos (2016). The Great Conspiracy: Britain's Secret War against Revolutionary France, 1794-1805. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445659480.
- ^ "Anglo Saxon England". faculty.history.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "Ivar the Boneless and the Great Heathen Army". Spangenhelm. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "Cnut's invasion of England: setting the scene for the Norman conquest". History Extra. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "The Norman Conquest of England". www.historic-uk.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ Ross, David. "The Norman Invasion of Wales | History of Wales". Britain Express. David Ross. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "The Revolt of the Earls 1075". www.allabout1066.net. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "The Rebellion of 1088". World history. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ King, Edmund (1994). The Anarchy of King Stephen's Reign. Oxford Scholarship Online. ISBN 9780198203643.
- ^ "Medieval Sourcebook: Roger of Hoveden: The Revolt of 1173-74, from The Chronicle". sourcebooks.fordham.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ Bastable, Jonathan (September 2011). The British at War (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts). David & Charles. ISBN 978-0715338995.
- ^ "TimeRef – Medieval and Middle Ages History Timelines – The First Barons' War". www.timeref.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "2nd Barons' War". Magna Carta Trust 800th Anniversary. The Magna Carta Trust. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "The English invasion of Wales". www.historic-uk.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "The First Scottish War of Independence". www.allempires.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ Warner, Kathryn (2014), Edward II: The Unconventional King, Amberley Publishing
- ^ MacInnes, Iain (2016). Scotland's Second War of Independence, 1332-1357. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781783271443.
- ^ "Peasants Revolt". History Learning Site. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "BBC Wales – History – Themes – Chapter 10: The revolt of Owain Glyndwr". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "9 Things You Should Know About the Wars of the Roses – History in the Headlines". history.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "The Cornish Rebellion of 1497". History Learning Site. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "Mary Queen of Scots - The 'Rough Wooing': 1544-48". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "The Prayer Book Rebellion 1549". www.tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ Simkin, John (September 1997). "Kett Rebellion". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "The Northern Rebellion 1569". www.tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ "Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1651) genealogy project". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ fletcherconsult, The Battlefields Trust, Craig Fletcher, Christopher Jones. "UK Battlefields Resource Centre – Viking – Monmouth's Rebellion". www.battlefieldstrust.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "The First Jacobite Rebellion, 1715". Britain Express. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ Archives, The National. "Jacobite Rising of 1745 - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2017-04-15.