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1337 - 1453The Hundred Years' War between England and France.
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6 Jan 1367Birth of Richard, eldest son of Edward the Black Prince and future Richard II of England.
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8 Jun 1376Death of Edward the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III of England.
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1377 - 1399Reign of Richard II of England.
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1377 - 1381Richard II of England imposes three consecutive poll taxes on his subjects.
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21 Jun 1377Death, likely from a stroke, of Edward III of England.
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16 Jul 1377Coronation of Richard II of England in Westminster Abbey.
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Jun 1381The Peasants' Revolt in England.
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15 Jun 1381Richard II of England meets and disbands a mob in London to end the Peasants' Revolt.
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1382Richard II of England marries Anne of Bohemia.
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1385Richard II of England leads an army into Scotland but the Scots avoid an engagement.
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1386Richard II of England makes the unpopular Robert de Vere the Duke of Ireland.
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Dec 1387A group of English barons defeat Robert de Vere and his supporters at the Battle of Radcot Bridge near Oxford.
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1388The 'Merciless Parliament' appoints five Lords Appellants to rule England and sidelines Richard II of England.
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1393Richard II of England refurbishes Westminster Palace.
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1394Richard II of England leads an army to Ireland where 80 Irish chiefs pay homage to the king.
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Jun 1394Death of Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II of England, likely from the plague.
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12 Mar 1396Richard II of England marries Isabella of France, the daughter of Charles VI of France, thus sealing a three-decade peace between the two countries.
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1397Richard II of England begins a purge on the Lords Appellant, who were voted by the 'Merciless Parliament' to rule in his stead. They are executed or exiled, including Henry Bolingbroke.
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3 Feb 1399Death of John of Gaunt, son of Edward III of England and Duke of Lancaster. His son Henry Bolingbroke inherits the title and the claim to the throne.
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Jun 1399 - Jul 1399Henry Bolingbroke lands in northern England with a small invading army and marches south.
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20 Aug 1399King Richard II of England is forced to give himself up from his refuge in Conwy Castle.
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Sep 1399Richard II of England is imprisoned in the Tower of London by Henry Bolingbroke.
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29 Sep 1399Henry Bolingbroke forces Richard II of England to sign a formal document of abdication.
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30 Sep 1399Parliament officially nominates Henry Bolingbroke as Richard II of England’s successor.
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13 Oct 1399Coronation of Henry IV of England in Westminster Abbey.
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14 Feb 1400Death of Richard II of England in Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire.
