List of wars in Great Britain Facts for Kids

This is a list of wars occurring on the island of Great Britain.

Year(s)	Conflict	Location (modern)	Notes	Result
55–54 B.C.	Caesar's invasions of Britain	England		Roman tributaries set up in a limited area.
49–96 [A.D.]	Roman conquest of Britain	Great Britain		Roman Empire conquers Britain from the native Celts
208–10	Severan invasion of Caledonia	Scotland	Part of the Roman occupation of Britain	Roman failure- withdrawal to Hadrian's Wall
286–96	Carausian Revolt	England	Part of the Roman occupation of Britain	Roman victory- rebellion crushed
367–68	Great Conspiracy	Great Britain	Part of the Roman occupation of Britain	Roman victory
410–927	Anglo-Saxon invasions and creation of England	Great Britain		Anglo Saxon victory: Celts hold out in Cumbria and Cornwall
865–78	Invasion of the Great Heathen Army	England	Part of the Norse invasions of Britain	Danelaw established- Most of Northern and Eastern England under Norse control
1015–16	Cnut's invasion of England	England	Part of the Norse invasions of Britain	Norse victory- Cnut becomes King of England
1066–71	Norman conquest of England	England		Norman victory- William the Conqueror becomes King of England
1067–1194	Norman invasion of Wales	Wales		Welsh victory- Normans forced out of Wales
1075	Revolt of the Earls	England	Civil war	Norman victory
1088	Rebellion of 1088	England	Civil war	Failure of rebellion
1135–54	The Anarchy	England	Civil war	Treaty of Wallingford
1173–74	Revolt of 1173–74	England	Civil war	Rebellion crushed
1211	Welsh uprising of 1211	Wales	Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars	Peace signed- rebellion nominally defeated but Wales enjoys greater autonomy
1215–17	First Barons' War	England	Civil war	Angevin victory
1262–66	Scottish–Norwegian War	Scotland		Scottish victory- Hebrides and Isle of Man occupied by Scotland
1264–67	Second Barons' War	England	Civil war	Royalist victory
1277; 1282–83	Edwardian conquest of Wales	Wales	Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars	English victory- Wales conquered by Edward I
1296–1328	First War of Scottish Independence	Scotland; England; Ireland	Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars	Scottish victory- Scotland gains independence
1321–22	Despenser War	Wales; England	Civil war	Royalist victory
1332–57	Second War of Scottish Independence	Scotland	Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars	Scottish victory
1381	Peasants' Revolt	England		Rebellion Crushed
1400–15	Glyndŵr Rising	Wales	Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars	English victory
1455–85	Wars of the Roses	England; Wales	Civil war	Eventual Lancastrian victory
1497	Cornish Rebellion of 1497	Cornwall		English victory
1543–50	War of the Rough Wooing	Scotland; England	Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars	Scottish victory
1549	Prayer Book Rebellion	England	Civil War	Rebellion suppressed
1549	Kett's Rebellion	England		Rebellion suppressed
1569–70	Rising of the North	England		Elizabethan victory
1639–53	Wars of the Three Kingdoms Bishops' Wars Scottish Civil War First English Civil War Second English Civil War Anglo-Scottish war (1650–1652)	Great Britain	Civil war	English Parliamentarian victory: Monarchy abolished Establishment of Commonwealth of England (1649), including The Protectorate with Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector (1653-1659) Scotland absorbed into Commonwealth
1685	Monmouth Rebellion	England		Rebellion crushed
1689–92	Jacobite Rising of 1689	Scotland	Civil War	Government victory
1715–19	Second Jacobite Rising	Scotland; England	Civil War	British victory
1745–46	Third Jacobite Rising	Scotland; England	Civil War	British victory

List of wars in Great Britain facts for kids

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