Military history of England

List of military encounters

Medieval period

• Battle of Aylesford
• Battle of Badon
• Battle of Ellandun
• Viking invasions
• * Battle of Hingston Down
• *Battle of Aclea
• * Battle of York (867)
• * Battle of Englefield 870
• * Battle of Reading (871)
• * Battle of Ashdown
• * Battle of Basing
• * Battle of Meretun
• * Campaign of Alfred the Great
• ** Battle of Edington
• ** Battle of Cynwit
• * Battle of Assandun
• * Battle of Fulford
• * Battle of Stamford Bridge
• Norman conquest of England
• * Battle of Hastings
• Rebellion of 1088
• The Anarchy
• Revolt of 1173–74
• Third Crusade
• French invasion of Normandy (1202–1204)
• Welsh uprising of 1211
• Anglo-French War (1213–1214)
• First Barons' War
• Saintonge War
• Second Barons' War
• Welsh Uprising (1282)
• Gascon War
• The First War of Scottish Independence
• * Battle of Bannockburn
• The Second War of Scottish Independence
• Hundred Years' War
• * Edwardian phase (1337–60)
• * War of the Breton Succession
• * Caroline phase (1369–89)
• * Lancastrian phase (1415–53)
• Wars of the Roses – The Wars of the Roses claimed an estimated 105,000 dead

Early Modern period

• Italian Wars
• * War of the League of Cambrai
• * Italian War of 1521–26
• * Italian War of 1542–46
• * Italian War of 1551–59
• Cornish Rebellion
• Anglo-Scottish Wars
• Third Cornish Uprising
• Siege of Calais (1558)
• Desmond Wars
• Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) – The Anglo-Spanish War might be said to be the first world war, in that it was fought on three continents and two oceans
• Nine Years' War (Ireland)
• Eighty Years' War
• First Anglo-Powhatan War
• Second Anglo-Powhatan War
• Anglo-Spanish War (1625–30)
• Anglo-French War (1627–1629)
• Wars of the Three Kingdoms
• * First Bishops' War
• * Second Bishops' War
• * Irish Rebellion
• * The Confederates' War
• * English Civil War
• ** First English Civil War – 190,000 Englishmen died
• ** Civil War in Scotland
• ** Second English Civil War
• ** Cromwellian conquest of Ireland – Cromwell killed 300,000 to 500,000 Irish in his invasion
• ** Third English Civil War
• Third Anglo-Powhatan War
• First Anglo-Dutch War
• Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60)
• English expedition to Portugal (1662–1668)
• Second Anglo-Dutch War
• War of Devolution
• Third Anglo-Dutch War
• King Philip's War
• Virginia Rebellion
• Monmouth Rebellion
• Nine Years' War
• *King William's War
• Jacobite Rebellions
• * Williamite War in Ireland
• * Battle of the Boyne
• War of the Spanish Succession
• * Queen Anne's War
• For military history after the Acts of Union 1707 see the military history of the United Kingdom

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 (1282) – in England and Wales
7. Despenser War (1321–1322)
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 Boyne – last battle between two rival claimants for the throne

Historiography

• Messenger, Charles, ed. Reader's Guide to Military History pp 55-74 etc; annotated guide to most important books.