1430s in England
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Events from the 1430s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Henry VI of England
[edit] Events
- 1430
- 23 May - Hundred Years' War: Following the Siege of Compiègne, Joan of Arc is captured and imprisoned.[1]
- June - Henry VI of England establishes his court in Rouen in preparation for his coronation as King of France.[2]
- 1431
- May - Duke of Gloucester crushes a Lollard uprising in Oxfordshire, led by 'Jack Sharp'.[2]
- 30 May - Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake following her trial.[1]
- 16 December - Henry VI crowned King of France in Paris.[1]
- 1432
- 9 February - Financial crisis following the expense of two coronations.[2]
- 1433
- 1434
- 23 November - The River Thames freezes between London Bridge and Gravesend, Kent.[3]
- Revolts against English rule in Normandy.[2]
- 1435
- 21 September - Hundred Years' War: After the Congress of Arras, England's alliance with Burgundy against France comes to an end.[1]
- 1436
- 13 April - Hundred Years' War: the French retake Paris from the English.[1]
- 10 September - Scottish defeat the English at the Battle of Piperdean.
- 1437
- 12 February - Hundred Years' War: English forces under John Talbot capture Pontoise.[2]
- 13 November - King Henry VI comes of age, and takes over the rule of England and its possessions.[2]
- 1438
- Margery Kempe writes the first known English autobiography.[2]
- Foundation of All Souls' College, Oxford.[2]
- 1439
- 2 July - Hundred Years' War: Peace negotiations at Gravelines fail when Henry continues to insist on his right to the French throne.[2]
- 13 September - Hundred Years' War: Meaux surrenders to the French.[2]
[edit] Births
- 1430
- 28 October - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr, politician (died 1475)
- 1431
- William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (died 1483)
- John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu, politician (died 1471)
- 1435
- 1436
- 26 January - Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, Lancastrian military commander during the Wars of the Roses (died 1464)
- 1437
- Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of King Edward IV of England (died 1492)
- 1438
- Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, nobleman and military commander during the Wars of the Roses (died 1471)
[edit] Deaths
- 1430
- 18 August - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, soldier and politician (b. 1406)
- Thomas FitzAlan, nobleman (year of birth unknown)
- 1432
- 19 October - John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, politician (born 1392)
- 1435
- 12 June - John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, military leader (born 1408)
- 9 September - Sir Robert Harling, Knight under the Duke of Bedford (year of birth unknown)
- 14 September - John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of Henry VI in France (born 1389)
- 1437
- 3 January - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (born 1401)
- 1438
- 24 April - Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel (born 1429)
- 16 October - Anne of Gloucester, noblewoman (born 1383)
- 1439
- 30 April - Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, military leader (born 1382)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 121-123. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
