Caxton sets up press in Westminster
Muzzle-loaded rifles invented in Italy and Germany
St. Andrews made a bishopric
Orkney and Shetland Islands acquired from Norway by Scotland
Irish living near English settlements made to take English surnames
In Germany, drypoint engravings invented
Edward IV
King Edward IV
King Jmes II of Scots killed by an exploding cannon at Kelso
First recorded mention of golf in Scotland
Fall of the Black Douglases in Scotland
Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press with metal movable type
End of the Hundred Years War PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
University of Glasgow founded
Assassination of King James I of Scots at Perth PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Death of Joan of Arc
Henry VI
King Henry VI
Infant Hnery VI on thromne of England
In Florence, hoisting gear invented
Oil painting invented
Battle of Agincourt PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Henry V
King Henry V
Foundation of the University of St Andrews
Trigger invented
Henry IV
The first piano called the Spinet invented
First golf balls invented
King Henry IV
Deposition of King Richard II
Richard (Dick) Whittington becomes Mayor of London
The three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are united in the Union of Kalmar
Battle of Otterburn, Northumberland (Chevy Chase)
Chaucer begind writing the Canterbury Tales (d.1400)
Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
First translation of the Bible into English by John Wycliffe
Peasants Revolt under Wat Tyler in protest at poll tax of 1380
Richard II
King Richard II
Accession of Robert II, the first Stewart King of Scots
'Perpendicular' Gothic period in English architecture till about 1550
Statuts ot Kilkenny belatedly forbid intermarriage of English and Irish
Scales for weighing invented
English becomes official language in English Parliament and Law Courts
Statute of Labourers - attempt to regulate wages and prices at 1340 levels
Black Death reaches England
Order of the Garter founded by King Edward III of England
Battle of Neville's Cross; English capture King David II
Edward III of Windsor
Death of Robert the Bruce; succeeded by King David II of Scots
Treaty of Northampton, formalised peace between England and Scotland
First sawmill
King Edward III
Deposition and regicide of King Edward II of England
First Scottish Parliamanet at Cambuskenneth
First mention of a handgun
Edward II
King Edward II
'Decorated' Gothic period in English architecture
Start of building of York Minster: Archbishop Walter de Gray started its construction (with transept) in 1220