| Year |
Month |
Day |
Event |
| 1391 |
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Wyclif's heretical writings cause formation of first Protestant groups in Bohemia. |
| 1392 |
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Charles VI of France suffers his first attack of insanity. Conflict between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians begins. |
| 1393 |
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King of Bohemia cracks down on religious "irregularity." |
| 1394 |
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Richard II invades Ireland. |
|
Mar. |
28 |
Opening of St. Mary's College, Oxford. |
| |
Jun. |
7 |
Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II, dies. |
| 1395 |
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Richard II subdues Ireland. |
| 1396 |
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Marriage of Richard II to Isabella of France, daughter of king Charles VI. A twenty-eight year truce was agreed to, but the two monarachs were unable to conclude a peace. Many of the English nobility resent no longer having an opportunity to plunder the natural richness of France. |
| 1397 |
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Sep. |
17 |
The Earls of Arundel and Warwick, and the Duke of Glouster are accused of treason. |
| |
Sep. |
21 |
Execution of Richard, Earl of Arundel. |
| 1398 |
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| 1399 |
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Richard II deposed, Henry IV (grandson of Edward III through John of Gaunt) , becoming Henry IV. |
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Richard II was deposed by John of Gaunt's son Henry Bolingbroke, who secured the throne as Henry IV (1399-1413), beginning the Lancasterian dynasty.
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A son is born to the King of France, the future Charles VII [i] |
| |
Jul. |
27 |
The Duke of York allies himself with Henry Bolingbroke against Richard II. |
| |
Aug. |
19 |
Richard is arrested by Henry Bolingbroke and abdicates the throne.
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| |
Oct. |
13 |
Coronation of Henry Bolingbroke as King Henry IV. |
| 1400 |
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Henry IV defeats rebellion by English nobles. |
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Owain Glyndwr leads an uprising or the men of Gwynned against Henry IV. |
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Feb. |
14 |
Richard II is murdered in Pontefract Castle. |
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Oct. |
25 |
Geoffrey Chaucer dies in London |
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