- 1210s in England
Events from the
1210s inEngland .Incumbents
Monarch -
John of England (to 19 October, 1216),Henry III of England Events
* 1210
**20 June - KingJohn of England lands atWaterford . He later builds castles, including the first stone castle atDublin , and appointsJusticiar s overIreland .
* 1211
** June - King John campaigns against Welsh princeLlywelyn the Great .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=133–135]
** Englsh occupyCardiganshire and buildAberystwyth Castle .
* 1212
** June - Welsh rebels burn Aberystwyth Castle.
**10 July - The most severe of severalearly fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
** November - John sends a peace mission toPope Innocent III in a dispute over who would become the nextArchbishop of Canterbury .
* 1213
**13 May - King John's dispute with the Pope ends when John acceptsStephen Langton .
**30 May -Battle of Damme : English fleet underWilliam de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury destroys a French fleet off the Flemish port ofDamme .
**3 June - King John and Llywelyn the Great sign a truce.
**15 November - a council of knights is held inOxford .
* 1214
**15 February - John lands an invasion force atLa Rochelle .
**27 July - at theBattle of Bouvines ,William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury is captured by the French.
**18 September -Treaty of Chinon signed by John andPhilip II of France recognising the Capetian gains from theAngevin Empire .
**15 October - John returns to England.
** December - Llywelyn the Great capturesShrewsbury .
** Papal ordinance defines the rights of the scholars atOxford University .
* 1215
**3 May - Barons led byRobert Fitzwalter renounce their allegiance to the King and attackNorthampton .
**17 May - Rebellious barons occupyLondon .
**19 June - Barons force King John to sign theMagna Carta atRunnymede , confirming their rights and those of the towns and Church.
**24 August -Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid bypapal bull triggering theFirst Barons' War .
** September - First Barons' War: Rebels captureRochester .
** December - First Barons' War:Alexander II of Scotland invades northern England.
* 1216
** January - First Barons' War: English army sacksBerwick-on-Tweed and raids southernScotland .
** February - First Barons' War: Rebellion inEast Anglia quickly suppressed.
**21 May - First Barons' War: Louis, Count of Artois invades England in support of the barons and is proclaimed, but not crowned, King of England.
**11 October - First Barons' War: Retreating from the French invasion, King John loses the Crown Jewels inThe Wash .cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
**18 October or19 October - John dies; he is succeeded by his sonHenry III of England , withWilliam Marshall as regent.
**28 October - the infant Henry III crowned atGloucester .
**12 November - Henry's regents affirm Magna Carta.
* 1217
**20 May - First Barons' War: The French defeated at the Battle of Lincoln.
**21 August - First Barons' War: The French fleet defeated at the Battle of Dover.
**23 August - First Barons' War: The French fleet destroyed at the Battle of Sandwich.
**12 September -Treaty of Kingston-upon-Thames ends the First Barons' War: French and Scots to leave England, amnesty granted to rebels.
**20 September -Treaty of Lambeth signed ratifying the Kingston treaty.
**6 November -Charter of the forest issued to supplement Magna Carta. [cite web|url=http://info.sjc.ox.ac.uk/forests/Carta.htm|title=The Charter of the Forest of King Henry III|accessdate=2007-12-17]
* 1218
** March -Treaty of Worcester recognises the Llywelyn the Great as regent of south Wales. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/nation/pages/principality01.shtml|title=BBC Wales History|accessdate=2007-12-10]
* 1219
** May - Llywelyn ravagesPembrokeshire after the death of William Marshall.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 77-79|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]Births
* 1210
**22 July -Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland , wife ofAlexander II of Scotland (died 1238)
* 1214
**Isabella of England , daughter ofJohn of England (died 1241)
* 1218
** SirMaurice de Berkeley , knight (died 1281)Deaths
* 1212
**12 December -Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (born 1152)
* 1213
**Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex (born c. 1162)
* 1214
**31 October -Leonora of England , queen ofAlfonso VIII of Castile (born 1162)
**John de Gray , bishop of Norwich (year of birth unknown)
* 1215
**3 February or4 February -Eustace, Dean of Salisbury ,Lord Chancellor (year of birth unknown)
* 1216
**18 October or19 October -John of England (born 1166)
* 1217
**10 September -William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon , nobleman year of birth unknown)
**14 October -Isabel of Gloucester , wife of KingJohn of England (born c. 1173)
**Alexander Neckam , scholar and teacher (born 1157)
* 1218
**30 December -Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford , politician (born 1162)
* 1219
**3 November -Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester , rebel baron (born 1155)References
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