List of wars involving England
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England prior to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain via the Acts of Union 1707.
11th century
Beginning | End | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
937 | 1066 | Viking invasions of England | England | Denmark |
Viking power broken after Battle of Stamford Bridge |
1066 | 1088 | Norman Conquest of England | Kingdom of England | Duchy of Normandy | Norman victory |
1096 | 1099 | First Crusade | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of France |
Great Seljuq Empire |
Crusader victory |
12th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1135 | 1154 | The Anarchy | Supporters of Stephen of Blois | Supporters of Empress Matilda and Henry Curtmantle | Treaty of Wallingford
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1145 | 1149 | Second Crusade | Kingdom of Jerusalem Kingdom of France |
Sultanate of Rum Almoravids |
Muslims victory |
1173 | 1174 | Revolt of 1173–74 | English royalists | English rebels Kingdom of France Kingdom of Scotland County of Flanders County of Boulogne Duchy of Brittany |
Royalist victory
Rebels reconciled to rule of Henry II. |
1189 | 1192 | Third Crusade | Kingdom of Jerusalem |
Ayyubids |
Treaty of Ramla
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13th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1215 | 1217 | First Barons' War | Pro-Angevin forces | Rebel Barons | Rebellion put down, French invasion repelled, followed by return to antebellum status quo. |
1242 | 1242 | Saintonge War | France | French victory | |
1264 | 1267 | Second Barons' War | Rebel barons | Monarchic victory | |
1271 | 1272 | Ninth Crusade | France Kingdom of Cyprus |
Mamluks | Partial Crusader victory |
1296 | 1328 | First War of Scottish Independence | Kingdom of Scotland | Scottish victory |
14th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1321 | 1322 | Despenser War | Marcher Lords | Royalist victory | |
1324 | 1324 | War of Saint-Sardos | France | French victory | |
1332 | 1357 | Second War of Scottish Independence | Kingdom of Scotland |
Scottish victory | |
1337 | 1453 | Hundred Years' War | Duchy of Burgundy Duchy of Brittany (Montfort) |
France Castile |
English victory in the Edwardian War French victory in the Caroline War and the Lancastrian War |
1377 | 1575 | Anglo-Scottish Wars | Scotland | Stalemate | |
1381 | 1382 | Third Ferdinand War | Portugal | Castile | Castillian victory |
1383 | 1385 | 1383–85 Crisis | Portugal Kingdom of England |
Crown of Castile Kingdom of France Crown of Aragon |
Victory |
15th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1400 | 1415 | Glyndŵr Rising Part of the Hundred Years' War |
Welsh rebels Kingdom of France |
Total English victory | |
1455 | 1485 | Wars of the Roses | House of Lancaster | House of York | Lancastrian victory, founding of the House of Tudor |
1470 | 1474 | Anglo-Hanseatic War | Hanseatic League | Hanseatic victory | |
1496 | 1498 | Italian War of 1494–1498 (1494–1498) |
League of Venice: Papal States |
Kingdom of France | Victory
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1497 | 1497 | Cornish Rebellion of 1497 | Cornish rebels | English victory |
16th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1511 | 1516 | War of the League of Cambrai | Papal States |
France |
French and Venetian victory |
1521 | 1526 | Italian War of 1521–26 | Papal States Spain |
France |
Victory |
1526 | 1530 | War of the League of Cognac | France |
Spain |
Spanish-Imperial Victory |
1542 | 1546 | Italian War of 1542–46 | Spain |
France |
Inconclusive |
1543 | 1550 | Rough Wooing | Scotland | Treaty of Norham, Scottish victory | |
1549 | 1549 | Prayer Book Rebellion | Southwestern Catholics | Edwardian victory | |
1551 | 1559 | Italian War of 1551–59 | Spain |
France |
Victory, Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis |
1562 | 1598 | French Wars of Religion (1562–1598) |
Protestants: Huguenots England |
Catholics: Catholic League Spain Duchy of Savoy |
Victory
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1566 | 1648 | Eighty Years' War | Dutch Republic France |
Spain |
Victory
Peace of Münster, independent Netherlands |
1569 | 1573 | First Desmond Rebellion | Kingdom of England Kingdom of Ireland allied Irish clans |
FitzGeralds of Desmond allied Irish clans |
Victory |
1579 | 1583 | Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583) |
Kingdom of England Kingdom of Ireland allied Irish clans |
FitzGeralds of Desmond Spain Papal States allied Irish clans |
Victory
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1580 | 1583 | War of the Portuguese Succession | Portugal loyal to Prior of Crato |
Spain |
Defeat
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1585 | 1604 | Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) | United Provinces France |
Spain |
Stalemate
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1594 | 1603 | Nine Years' War (Ireland) | Kingdom of England Kingdom of Ireland |
Alliance of Irish clans |
Victory
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17th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1602 | 1661 | Dutch-Portuguese War (1602–1661) | Dutch Republic Kingdom of England (until 1640) Johor Sultanate Kingdom of Kandy Kingdom of Kongo Kingdom of Ndongo |
Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile (until 1640) Kingdom of Cochin Potiguara Tupis |
Treaty of Hague
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1625 | 1630 | Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630) | England Support: |
Spain | Status quo ante bellum
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1627 | 1629 | Anglo-French War (1627–1629) | England | France | French victory |
1639 | 1653 | Bishops' Wars (1639–1640) | Scottish Royalists England |
Scottish Covenanters | Covenanters defeat Scottish Royalist and England. |
1640 | 1668 | Portuguese Restoration War | Kingdom of Portugal France England |
Crown of Spain | Victory
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1641 | 1653 | Irish Confederate Wars | Parliamentarians | Irish Catholic Confederation (allied with Royalists 1648–1650) English and Scottish Royalists |
English Parliamentarian conquest of Ireland, defeat of Royalists and crushing of Irish Catholic power |
1642 | 1651 | English Civil War | Parliamentarians | Royalists | Parliamentarian victory
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1652 | 1654 | First Anglo-Dutch War | Commonwealth of England | Dutch Republic | Victory |
1654 | 1660 | Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) | Commonwealth of England France (1657–59) |
Spain Royalists of the British Isles |
Victory |
1665 | 1667 | Second Anglo-Dutch War | England Bishopric of Münster |
Dutch Republic Denmark France |
Defeat
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1672 | 1674 | Third Anglo-Dutch War | England France Bishopric of Münster Electorate of Cologne |
Dutch Republic Denmark-Norway |
Defeat
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1672 | 1678 | Franco-Dutch War | France England Sweden Bishopric of Münster Archbishopric of Cologne |
Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Spain Denmark-Norway Electorate of Brandenburg |
Victory
Peace between France, England and the Dutch Republic:
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1685 | 1685 | Monmouth Rebellion | Royal army of James II | Rebel army of Duke of Monmouth | Victory for James II |
1688 | 1697 | Nine Years' War | Grand Alliance: Dutch Republic England Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Duchy of Savoy Swedish Empire (until 1691) Scotland |
France Jacobites |
Victory
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18th century
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1701 | 1714 | War of the Spanish Succession | Austrian monarchy England (until 1707) Great Britain (from 1707) Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Piedmont-Savoy Prussia Habsburg Spain Portugal |
France Spanish monarchy Bavaria (~1704) Cologne Mantua (~1708) |
Victory
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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
- Peasants' Revolt (1381) – in England
- Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) – in England and Wales; Richard III was the last English king to die in combat
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1651) – in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
- First Bishops' War (1639)
- Second Bishops' War (1640)
- Irish Rebellion of 1641
- First English Civil War (1642–46)
- 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
- List of wars in Great Britain
- Military history of England
- List of wars involving England and France
- List of wars involving the United Kingdom
References
- ↑ Geoffrey Parker p.73
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