This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England prior to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain via the Acts of Union 1707. For dates after 1707, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom.
Beginning | End | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
937 | 1066 | Viking invasions of England | England | Denmark Norway | Viking power broken after Battle of Stamford Bridge |
1066 | 1088 | Norman Conquest of England | Kingdom of England | Duchy of Normandy | Norman victory |
1096 | 1099 | First Crusade | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of France Duchy of Apulia Byzantine Empire | Great Seljuq Empire Danishmends Fatimids Almoravids | Crusader victory |
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1215 | 1217 | First Barons' War | Pro-Angevin forces | Rebel Barons | Rebellion put down, French invasion repelled, followed by return to antebellum status quo. |
1242 | 1242 | Saintonge War | France | French victory | |
1264 | 1267 | Second Barons' War | Rebel barons | Monarchic victory | |
1271 | 1272 | Ninth Crusade | France Kingdom of Cyprus Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Tripoli Ilkhanate | Mamluks | Partial Crusader victory |
1296 | 1328 | First War of Scottish Independence | Kingdom of Scotland | Scottish victory |
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1321 | 1322 | Despenser War | Marcher Lords | Royalist victory | |
1324 | 1324 | War of Saint-Sardos | France | French victory | |
1332 | 1357 | Second War of Scottish Independence | Kingdom of Scotland | Scottish victory | |
1337 | 1453 | Hundred Years' War | Duchy of Burgundy Duchy of Brittany (Montfort) Portugal Navarre Flanders Hainaut Luxembourg | France
Castile
Scotland
Genoa
Majorca
Bohemia
Aragon
Brittany (Blois) |
English victory in the Edwardian War French victory in the Caroline War and the Lancastrian War |
1377 | 1575 | Anglo-Scottish Wars | Scotland | Stalemate | |
1381 | 1382 | Third Ferdinand War | Portugal | Castile | Castillian victory |
1383 | 1385 | 1383–85 Crisis | Portugal Kingdom of England |
Crown of Castile Kingdom of France Crown of Aragon |
Victory |
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1400 | 1415 | Glyndŵr RisingPart of the Hundred Years' War | Welsh rebels Kingdom of France |
Total English victory | |
1455 | 1485 | Wars of the Roses | House of Lancaster | House of York | Lancastrian victory, founding of the House of Tudor |
1470 | 1474 | Anglo-Hanseatic War | Kingdom of England | Hanseatic League | Defeat, Hanseatic victory |
1496 | 1498 | Italian War of 1494–1498 (1494–1498) |
League of Venice: Papal States |
Kingdom of France | Victory
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1497 | 1497 | Cornish Rebellion of 1497 | Cornish rebels | English victory |
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1602 | 1661 | Dutch-Portuguese War (1602–1661) | Dutch Republic Kingdom of England (until 1640) Johor Sultanate Kingdom of Kandy Kingdom of Kongo Kingdom of Ndongo |
Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile (until 1640) Template:Country data Kingdom of Cochin Potiguara Tupis |
Treaty of Hague
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1625 | 1630 | Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630) | England Support: |
Spain | Status quo ante bellum
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1627 | 1629 | Anglo-French War (1627–1629) | England | France | French victory |
1639 | 1653 | Bishops' Wars (1639–1640) | Scottish Royalists England |
Scottish Covenanters | Covenanters defeat Scottish Royalists and England. |
1640 | 1668 | Portuguese Restoration War | Kingdom of Portugal France England |
Crown of Spain | Victory
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1641 | 1653 | Irish Confederate Wars | Parliamentarians | Irish Catholic Confederation (allied with Royalists 1648–1650) English and Scottish Royalists |
English Parliamentarian conquest of Ireland, defeat of Royalists and crushing of Irish Catholic power |
1642 | 1651 | English Civil War | Parliamentarians | Royalists | Parliamentarian victory
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1652 | 1654 | First Anglo-Dutch War | Commonwealth of England | Dutch Republic | Victory |
1654 | 1660 | Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) | Commonwealth of England France (1657–59) |
Spain Royalists of the British Isles |
Victory |
1665 | 1667 | Second Anglo-Dutch War | England Bishopric of Münster |
Dutch Republic Denmark France |
Defeat
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1672 | 1674 | Third Anglo-Dutch War | England France Bishopric of Münster Electorate of Cologne |
Dutch Republic Denmark-Norway |
Defeat
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1672 | 1678 | Franco-Dutch War | France England Sweden Bishopric of Münster Archbishopric of Cologne |
Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Spain Denmark-Norway Electorate of Brandenburg |
Victory
Peace between France, England and the Dutch Republic:
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1685 | 1685 | Monmouth Rebellion | Royal army of James II | Rebel army of Duke of Monmouth | Victory for James II |
1687 | 1688 | Anglo-Siamese War | England East India Company |
Kingdom of Ayutthaya (Siam) (with help from French mercenaries) |
Inconclusive. English factory rejected from Siam, after minor naval action the war was not pursued. In 1688, a coup forced the closure of all foreign trade in Siam for 150 years. |
1688 | 1697 | Nine Years' War | Grand Alliance: Dutch Republic England Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Duchy of Savoy Swedish Empire (until 1691) Scotland |
France Jacobites |
Victory
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Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding England) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1701 | 1714 | War of the Spanish Succession | Austrian monarchy England (until 1707) Great Britain (from 1707) Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Piedmont-Savoy Prussia Habsburg Spain Portugal |
France Spanish monarchy Bavaria (~1704) Cologne Mantua (~1708) |
Victory
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