14th century[edit]
- 1305 Capture and execution of Scottish resistance fighter William Wallace by the English on a charge of treason
- 1307 Death of Edward I, Edward II accedes to the English throne
- 1314 Decisive victory for Scotland over England at the Battle of Bannockburn
- 1316 Revolt of Llywelyn Bren in south Wales
- 1322 Edward II defeats a rebellious baronial faction at Battle of Boroughbridge
- 1327 Edward III usurps the English throne in January, Edward II is killed in September
- 1328 England recognises Scotland's independence in the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton
- 1338 Edward III claims the throne of France, initiating the Hundred Years' War
- 1348 The Black Death first arrives in England and ultimately kills c. one third of the population
- 1356 Battle of Poitiers
- 1377 Death of Edward III, his Grandson Richard II accedes to the English throne
- 1381 Peasants' Revolt of 1381
- 1392 Great Act of Praemunire
- 1399 Henry Bolingbroke usurps the English throne becoming Henry IV
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