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| 0429 | Vortigern |  |
| 1st significant Saxon raid |
| 0430 | Vortigern | |
| Vortigern recruits German mercenaries |
| 0449 | Vortigern | |
| Drives back the Picts out of England with the help of Saxon mercenaries under Hengest |
| Isle of Thanet Rewards Hengest with the Isle of Thanet for helping to drive out the Picts |
| 0495 | Cynric | |
| Cerdic & his son Cynric land on the southern coast of England |
| 0836 | Egbert | |
| Wessex Defeated by the Viking invasion |
| 0850 | Aethelwulf | |
| The Vikings winter in England |
| 0854 | Aethelwulf | |
| The Vikings winter in England |
| 0860 | Aethelbert | |
| Wessex The throne the Danes renew their attacks on England |
| 0865 | Ivar the Boneless | |
| East Anglia 1st Viking army of occupation lands under the leadership Ivar "the Boneless" |
| 0866 | Aethelred I | |
| London The "Great Army" of the Danes lands in East Anglia |
| 0892 | Alfred the Great | |
| Wessex Haesten invades England but fails to win any battles |
| 0893 | Alfred the Great | |
| Thames The Vikings land in the Thames Estuary & begin an invasion of England |
| 0940 | Athelstan | |
| Wessex A Danish King establishes himself at York |
| 0989 | Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Wessex Denmark under King Sweyn begins to invade England |
| 0991 | Ethelred II the Unready | |
| King Sweyn I Forkbeard invades England |
| 1009 | Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Kent Canterbury & East Kent buy off the Vikings |
| Vikings move on to Isle of Wight, ravage Sussex, Hampshire & Berkshire |
| Nov Vikings take winter quarters on the Thames |
| 1010 | Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Vikings burn Thetford and Cambridge, Bedford and Tempsford & Northampton |
| 1013 | Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Sweyn I invades England after the pogrom against Danish settlers initiated by Ethelred |
| 1015 | Canute I | |
| Canute captures all of England except for London |
| Conquers Wessex, Mercia & Northumbria, defeating Edmund Ironside |
| 1015 | Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Canute captures all of England except for London |
| 1035 | Canute I | |
| 12th Nov Shafstbury Canute's sons are unable to hold England & the Norwegians are break away from Denmark |
| 1039 | Hardicanute I | |
| Bruges Sails to Bruges & join Emma, his mother, to prepare for an invasion of England |
| Mar London Arrives in London & throws Harold I's body into a bog |
| Mar Sandwich Lands in Sandwich but because of Harold I's death meets with no resistance |
| 1057 | Edward the Confessor | |
| Northumbria Malcolm III ceases to be Edward's client King & invades Northumbria |
| 1066 | Clare, Richard de | |
| Follows William the Conqueror to England |
| 1066 | Edgar the Atheling | |
| Nov London William cannot attack London directly so to decides to isolate it |
| Dec London Edgar, the Earls of Northumbria & Mercia & the Archbishops of Canterbury & York submit to William I the Conqueror |
| 1066 | Edwin of Mercia | |
| Humber Tostig invades the coast with a fleet of 60 ships but is defeated by Edwin |
| Humber Tostig is forced to seek proptection in Scotland |
| 1066 | Harold II | |
| Isle of Wight Hadrada is rumoured to be in in Isle of Wight preparing for an invasion |
| Tyne Harald III Hardrada arrives with an invasion fleet of 300 ships |
| Sandwich Harold mobilizes to confront Tostig at the Isle of Wight but Tostig lands in the north |
| Isle of Wight Lands on the Isle of Wight to confront William the Conqueror but he does not arrive |
| Humber Tostig invades the coast with a fleet of 60 ships but is defeated by Edwin |
| Humber Tostig is forced to seek proptection in Scotland |
| May Isle of Wight Assembles forces "larger than any king had assembled before in this country" |
| 8th Sep York Forced to disband his army & order his fleet back to London |
| 1st Oct York Hears news of the Norman landing while at a banquet in York |
| 2nd Oct Wessex Marches south as soon as he hears of William's landing |
| 6th Oct London Arrives in London from York in an attempt to head off the Norman invasion |
| 11th Oct Sussex Downs Gathers his forces & leaves for the Sussex Downs to cut William off from his ships |
| 1066 | Tostig | |
| Humber Tostig is forced to seek proptection in Scotland after his defeat in the Humber |
| Sep Tostig makes an alliance with Hardrada & they launch an invasion with 300 ships |
| 1066 | William I the Conqueror | |
| Dives Builds a fleet at Dives on the River Dives , by August sufficient ships are assembled |
| Dives Receives a banner from the Pope in support of his invasion of England |
| Receives the banner of St Peter from the Pope to bless his expedition against England |
| Aug Dives Moves his fleet from Dives to St Valery at the mouth of the River Somme |
| Aug Dives Sets sail for St Valery-sur-Somme but loses some ships blown ashore by a westerly wind |
| 27th Sep St Valery The invasion force sets sail, William leads the fleet out of the harbour in the Mora |
| 28th Sep Beachy Head During the morning the invaders are off Beachy Head |
| 28th Sep Pevensey Lands at Pevensey, Sussex without any opposition, he commands a force of about 10,000 |
| 28th Sep Pevensey Lands at the old Roman castle & harbour at Pevensey |
| 29th Sep London The invasion force heads off for Hastings where there is an unguarded road to London |
| 1069 | Edgar the Atheling | |
| Edgar the Atheling invades England from Scotland, supported by the Scottish King |
| 1069 | William I the Conqueror | |
| Humber A Viking fleet led by Asbjorn, son of Danish King Swein, lands in the Humber |
| Edgar the Atheling invades England from Scotland, supported by the Scottish King |
| Devon Godwine attempts to land with a force of 60 ships off the Devon coast |
| London The Danes sail up the Humber & start a Saxon uprising |
| 1080 | William I the Conqueror | |
| Falkirk Cannot draw Malcolm III into battle & agrees a peace at Falkirk |
| Northumbria Sends Robert Curthose to repel Malcolm III |
| 1085 | William I the Conqueror | |
| London To fight off Cnut a tax is raised on landowners & collected by an army of mercenaries |
| 1100 | Henry I | |
| Robert Curthose returns to France from the Crusades |
| 1101 | Henry I | |
| July Portsmouth Duke Robert lands at Portsmouth & is supported by Barons including Robert of Belleme |
| 1101 | Robert of Belleme | |
| July Portsmouth Duke Robert lands at Portsmouth & is supported by Barons including Robert of Belleme |
| 1138 | Stephen | |
| Aug David I invades England in support of Matilda against Stephen |
| 1138 | Thurstan | |
| 22nd Aug York Gathers an army at York to defend the North of England from incursions by the Scots |
| 1139 | Matilda | |
| Arundel Arrives in person to claim the throne |
| Arundel Claims the throne after Stephen had broken his oath & claimed it for himself |
| Arundel Lands with an army at Arundel, marking the beginning of the civil war |
| 1139 | Stephen | |
| Arundel Matilda and her forces land at Arundel |
| Bristol Matilda joins her half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, in Bristol |
| 1141 | Robert of Gloucester | |
| Returns to England with Matilda's son, the future Henry II |
| Robert goes to France to get aid from Matilda's husband, Geoffrey IV of Anjou |
| 1149 | Stephen | |
| Defeats David I during a Scottish invasion of England |
| 1205 | John | |
| Prepares England for an invasion by Philip II |
| 1213 | John | |
| 30th May Damme The French fleet is prepared to invade England in Damme harbour on the Flemish Coast |
| 30th May Damme The French invasion fleet is defeated by a sudden raid by the English fleet |
| 1216 | John | |
| 21st May Philip's son Louis lands in England with a French Army |
| 1217 | Henry III | |
| 20th May Lincoln Louis ' forces are defeated at Lincoln & Louis is bribed to go back to France |
| 1219 | Henry III | |
| Lambeth The Peace of Lambeth restores peace between France, the English barons & supporters of Henry III |
| 1295 | Turbeville, Thomas | |
| Fails to provoke Welsh rebellion & urges Philip IV to make an alliance with the Scots |
| Rioms Released in the hope he will handover an English port to a French invasion fleet |
| 1316 | Edward II | |
| Lancaster organizes an army at Newcastle to march against the Scots but returns home as soon as the king refuses to accompany him, "neither trusted the other" |
| 1316 | Lancaster, Thomas of | |
| Lancaster is unwilling to commit himself to military action in the north if this left Edward free to organise opposition back home |
| Lancaster organizes an army at Newcastle to march against the Scots but returns home as soon as the king refuses to accompany him, "neither trusted the other" |
| 1318 | Lancaster, Thomas of | |
| The Scots then march through Northumberland and Durham into Yorkshire, burn Northallerton and Boroughbridge on their way, pocket the sum of a 1,000 marks for agreeing to leave Ripon alone, before going home again |
| 1319 | Edward II | |
| June Berwick Edward II gatheres a force of some 8,000 at Newcastle with the aim of recovering Berwick from the Scots |
| 1323 | Despenser, Hugh | |
| Negotiates a truce with Scotland |
| 1326 | Edward II | |
| Isabella & Mortimer lead an invasion of England |
| 1326 | Edward III | |
| Sep Orwell Edward III lands in Suffolk with Isabella's invasion fleet |
| Sep Dordecht Edward III sails with Isabella's invasion fleet |
| 1326 | Isabella | |
| Isabella & Mortimer lead an invasion of England |
| Sep Orwell Edward III lands in Suffolk with Isabella's invasion fleet |
| 1326 | Mortimer, Roger | |
| Assisted by Queen Isabella, his paramour, in an invasion of England |
| 1327 | Mortimer, Roger | |
| Mortimer repels the Scottish invasion of England |
| 1335 | Edward III | |
| Isle of Wight A State of Emergency declared in face of imminent French invasion |
| 1340 | Edward III | |
| Isle of Wight French raid gains ground at St Helens before being repulsed |
| 1377 | Edward III | |
| Isle of Wight French plunder northern towns and & lay siege to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight |
| 1381 | Richard II | |
| Isle of Wight French incursion reaches Newport on the Isle of Wight |
| 1387 | Richard II | |
| Margate With Castillian assistance the French fleet attempts to prepare an English invasion |
| 1399 | Henry IV | |
| July Richard II leaves England to suppress a rebellion in Ireland |
| 1402 | Henry IV | |
| Isle of Wight French land 1700 men and rout some villages on the Isle of Wight |
| 1403 | Henry IV | |
| July Henry IV marches north to repel border raids from Scotland & Wales |
| 1404 | Henry IV | |
| Aug Harfleur 60 ships are gathered with provisions intended for Owen Glendower |
| 1418 | Henry IV | |
| Isle of Wight More French raids are repulsed on the Isle of Wight |
| 1460 | Neville Kingmaker, Richard | |
| 26th June Sandwich Arrives in Englan & is joined by Kentishmen tired of Lancastrian misrule |
| 1464 | Beaufort, John | |
| Makes unsuccesful raids into northern England from Scotland, defeated by John Neville |
| 1470 | Edward IV | |
| 11th Oct Dartmouth Leaves the south coast unprotected & Warwick & his rebels land at Dartmouth |
| 1470 | Margaret of Anjou | |
| Joins with Neville to invade England and restore Henry VI |
| 1470 | Neville Kingmaker, Richard | |
| Aids Queen Margaret in her Invasion of England 1470-71 |
| Devon Neville invades England as a Lancastrian, defeats Edward and restores Henry IV |
| 13th Sep Devon Lands with an invasion force in Devon to recapture the throne for Henry IV |
| 13th Sep Dartmouth Warwick & Clarence land at Dartmouth & declare Henry VI the rightful King |
| 1471 | Edward IV | |
| The Duke of Burgundy, Edward's brother-in-law, supplies a fleet & troops |
| 2nd Mar London Sets sail from The Netherlands to reclaim his throne |
| 11th Mar Flushing Sals with an army of Burgundians & Englishmen & 14 ships provided by Hanseatic towns |
| 15th Mar Humber Lands with the pretense he has returned to reclaim the Duchy of York, heads for York |
| 29th Mar Coventry Reaches Coventry where he is able to offer Battle to the Earl of Warwick |
| 2nd April George the Duke of Clarence deserts the Earl of Warwick & joins Edward IV |
| 4th April George the Duke of Clarence deserts the Earl of Warwick & joins Edward IV |
| 1471 | Margaret of Anjou | |
| 14th April Weymouth Lands with a Lancastrian force in Weymouth, same day as the Battle of Barnet |
| 1471 | Neville Kingmaker, Richard | |
| Leads an invasion from France |
| 1473 | Edward IV | |
| London Louis XI backs the Earl of Oxford's invasion of England |
| 1473 | Vere | |
| 28th May St Osyth Lands in Essex but quickly leaves after approached by a royalist force |
| Oct St Michael's Mt Captures St Michael's Mount but only has a force of 80 men |
| 1474 | Edward IV | |
| The Earl of Oxford is forced to surrender to Edward IV |
| 1483 | Henry VII | |
| Buckingham dies in the west country & the invasion fails |
| Poole Just 2 out of 15 ships arrive off Poole due to bad wearther |
| 1483 | Stafford, Henry | |
| Buckingham raises an army in Wales & starts marching east to support Henry VII |
| Henry's ships run into a storm & return to Brittany, Buckingham's army is troubled by the same storm & deserts |
| 1484 | Richard III | |
| Exeter Executes or pardons those who had been involved in Henry Tudor's invasion attempts |
| Dorset The Lancastrian heir, Henry Tudor, makes attempts to land in Dorset & Devon |
| 1485 | Courtenay, Edward | |
| 1st Aug Harfleur Sets sail from Harfleur with Henry Tudor |
| 1485 | Henry VII | |
| London Invades England with troops supplied by the Duke of Brittany |
| London Marches through Cardiff, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Lichfield & Tamworth before Bosworth |
| Aug Leicester Marches toward Leicester, winning support on the way |
| 1st Aug Harfleur Sets sail from Harfleur, his fleet carries 2,000 French mercenaries |
| 7th Aug Milford Haven Lands at Milford Haven with the support of Charles VIII of France |
| 1485 | Richard III | |
| 7th Aug Milford Haven Henry Tudor lands at Milford Haven |
| 1485 | Stanley, William | |
| London Allows Henry Tudor passage across north Wales |
