R+J Dates

Updated as I go along :))

Pope Gregory VIII issued a papal bull describing attacks on Christians by Muslims + calling for a 3rd Crusade

29th October 1187

William Marshall took the royal court to Bristol to sign an amended Magna Carta

12th November 1216

John left for France in hopes of regaining Normandy

February 1214

William de Braose had not paid off money owed for land

1207

Richard is crowned king of the Angevin Empire

3rd September 1189

Frederick I drowned on the way to the Holy Land + many of his men went home

June 1190

Richard was greeted with a great ceremony upon arrival at Messina, Sicily

September 1190

Richard invaded + conquered Cyprus

May 1191

Richard arrived + joined Philip’s siege of Acre

8th June 1191

Saladin’s forces surrendered at Acre

12th July 1191

Richard executed 2,700 Muslim soldiers + executed them in front of Saladin’s camp

August 1191

Saladin’s army attacked the crusaders at the Plains of Arsuf

7th September 1191

William Longchamp deposed as Chancellor

October 1191

Marches on Jerusalem

October 1191 - January 1192

June 1192 - July 1192

The Treaty of Jaffa

1192

John heard of Richard’s capture + tried to seize the throne

1193

Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, was appointed justiciar by barons

December 1193

Richard out-witted Philip at Vendrome

July 1194

A truce was made between Richard and Philip lasting until

November 1195

Baldwin, Count of Flanders, placed Arras under siege

1197

Richard I dies after being badly wounded

6th April 1199

John’s army capture Arthur in Mirebeau

1202

Rouen surrendered to Philip, putting Normandy under his control

June 1204

John lost Normandy + returned to England

1204

The “thirteenth” tax introduced by John

1207

Between ____, only judges approved + directed by John were allowed to hear legal cases

1209 -1214

John captured William de Braose’s wife + eldest son

1210

John crowned king

27th May 1199

Treaty of Le Goulet

1200

John died of dysentery at Newark (exact date unknown; approximation)

18th October 1216

Anti-Jewish pogroms

1189 - 1190

Massacre of Jews at York Castle

16th March 1190

Saladin won at the Battle of Hattin

1187

Richard was released after a year in captivity

4th February 1194

Arthur’s forces besiege Mirebeau, trapping Eleanor of Aquitaine - John captures Arthur and rescues his mother

August 1202

Philip sieges Chateau Gaillard

September 1203

Hubert Walter (archbishop of Canterbury) died

1205

The Pope declared an Interdict on England

March 1208

The Pope relented the terms of the Interdict so that clergy, monks, nuns and the dying could receive mass

1209

John was excommunicated

November 1209

John accepted Pope Innocent III as his overlord and accepted the terms of the reconciliation

May 1213

Eustace de Vesci, Robert Fitz Walter and LLwyelyn plotted against John

1212

Battle of Bouvines

27th July 1214

Leading barons met at Bury St Edmunds

November 1214

The rebel barons mustered an army in Northampton + sent another set of demands

April 1215

Rebel barons broke their oath of fealty to John and marched on Northampton led by Fitz Walter, before marching onto and capturing London

May 1215

John authorised the Magna Carta at Runnymede

15th June 1215

The Pope issued a papal bull declaring the Magna Carta “shameful”

August 1215

The rebels took Rochester Castle

October 1215

The rebels surrendered Rochester Caslte

November 1215

Louis arrived in Kent

May 1216

Leading barons named William Marshal protector of 9-year-old King Henry III & regent of the kingdom

11th November 1216

Richard sold offices eg. Sheriffs (he later made people pay to retain these offices)

1189

Muslim Seljuk Turks were in control of the Holy Land

1095

Richard set sail on the Atlantic Ocean after the 3rd Crusade

October 1192

Richard was shipwrecked on his return from the 3rd Crusade

November 1192

Philip’s forces reached Chateau Gaillard after Philip declared John’s land forfeit

September 1203

Richard built Chateau Gaillard

1196

Richard and Philip agreed to a 5 year truce

January 1199

Treaty of Le Goulet

1200

Henry was crowned in Gloucester

October 1216

Louis returned to France for more troops and resources

1217

Peace was made between the royalists and the barons and Louis gave up his claim to the throne

September 1217