List of wars involving England


This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707. For dates after 1708, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom.

10th and 11th centuries

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

List of civil wars

  1. Rebellion of 1088 – in England and Normandy
  2. The Anarchy – in England
  3. Revolt of 1173–74 – in England, Normandy, and Anjou
  4. First Barons' War – in England
  5. Second Barons' War – in England
  6. Welsh Uprising – in England and Wales
  7. Peasants' Revolt – in England
  8. Wars of the Roses – in England and Wales; Richard III was the last English king to die in combat
  9. Wars of the Three Kingdoms – in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
  10. * First Bishops' War
  11. * Second Bishops' War
  12. * Irish Rebellion of 1641
  13. * First English Civil War
  14. * The Confederates' War
  15. * Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
  16. * Second English Civil War
  17. * Third English Civil War
  18. * Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
  19. Monmouth Rebellion – in England
  20. Jacobite Rebellions – in England, Scotland and Ireland
  21. * Williamite War in Ireland
  22. * Battle of the Boynelast battle between two rival claimants for the throne

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