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| 1340 | Birth |  |
| Ghent Birth of John of Gaunt, 3rd son of Edward III |
| 24th June Ghent Birth of John of Gaunt, 3rd surviving son of King Edward III |
| 1359 | Marriage | |
| Reading Abbey Gaunt marries his cousin, Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont |
| Reading Abbey John of Gaunt's illegitimate descendants, who ultimately became legitimate by his marriage to Katherine Swynford in 1396, the Beauforts, later married into the House of Tudor, which ascended to the throne in the person of Henry VII |
| Marries Blanche of Lancaster |
| 1359 | Peerage | |
| Reading Abbey Marries Blanche, heiress to the Palatinate of Lancaster and also becomes the 14th Baron of Halton |
| 1362 | Peerage | |
| 13th Nov Gaunt received the title "Duke of Lancaster" from Edward III |
| 1368 | Death | |
| Death of Blanche of Lancaster |
| 1371 | Marriage | |
| Marries Constanza of Castile, daughter of King Peter I of Castile |
| On his marriage to Costanza of Castile Gaunt assumes the title of King of Castile and Leon, and insists that his fellow English nobles henceforth address him as 'my lord of Spain' |
| 1377 | Death | |
| When King Edward III died John's ten-year-old nephew succeeded to the throne as Richard II of England |
| 1377 | Succession | |
| When King Edward III died John's ten-year-old nephew succeeded to the throne as Richard II of England |
| 1381 | Rebellion | |
| Savoy Palace Makes some unwise decisions on taxation that led to the Peasants ' Revolt in 1381, during which the rebels destroy his Savoy Palace in London |
| 1381 | Siege of Savoy Palace | |
| Savoy Palace Makes some unwise decisions on taxation that led to the Peasants ' Revolt in 1381, during which the rebels destroy his Savoy Palace in London |
| 1384 | Capture of Edinburgh | |
| Edinburgh Captures Edinburgh |
| 1386 | Ambassador | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Spain |
| 1387 | Rebellion | |
| Restores order between the Lords Appellant & King Richard |
| 1388 | Treaty of Batonne | |
| Batonne Surrenders claim to his daughter Catherine on her marriage to the son of John I |
| 1394 | Death | |
| Death of Constanza, John of Gaunt's wife |
| 1397 | Marriage | |
| From the eldest son, John, comes a granddaughter, Margaret Beaufort, whose son, later King Henry VII of England, would nevertheless claim the throne |
| Maries Katherine and their children, the Beauforts, are 'legitimised' but barred from inheriting the throne |
| 1399 | Death | |
| 3rd Feb Leicester Castle Death of John of Gaunt, leaves his lands to the future Henry IV in exile |
| 3rd Feb Leicester Castle Gaunt died of natural causes at Leicester Castle, with his wife Katherine by his side |
| 3rd Feb Leicester Castle When John of Gaunt dies his estates are declared forfeit to the crown, as Richard II had exiled John's less diplomatic heir, Henry Bolingbroke, in 1398 |
