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Britain Unlimited "Timelines" show the birth and deaths of the 250 famous British people covered in this site, together with the works they were associated with as well as other significant historical events of the time.

Information associated with the 250 figures is written in normal text and other events are written in italics.

Historical Event	Time Zones by Period or Kings and Queens of England
1400: Death of Geoffrey Chaucer on the 25th October. 1401: Owen Glendower charged with treason by Lord Grey. A new Act comes into force which allows the burning of heretics. 1403: Owen Glendower was defeated near Carmarthen. 21st July: Battle of Shrewsbury. 1404: Owen Glendower by now had gained overall control of Wales and taken control Harlech Castle. 1407: Major outbreak of plague. 1409: Harlech Castle recaptured by the English and Owen Glendower's wife, daughter and grandchildren taken prisoner.	Henry the Fourth: 1399-1413
1414: The Lollard Rising. 1415: 25th October: Battle of Agincourt. 1416: Death of Owen Glendower. 1417: Institution of the Garter King of Arms. An English army is victorious at the Battle of Caen. 1420: At the Treaty of Troyes King Henry is guaranteed the French throne after the death of Charles the Sixth of France.	Henry the Fifth: 1413-1422
1422: Birth of William Caxton. 1429: Joan of Arc helps relieve Orleans and France itself from the English. 1431: Joan of Arc is burned as a witch in Rouen and King Henry the Sixth is crowned King of France. 1440: Foundation of Eton College by the King for the education of the poor. 1451: Foundation of Glasgow University. 1455-85: The Wars of the Roses. 22nd May 1455: Battle of St. Albans. 1460: 10th July: Capture of Henry 6th at the Battle of Northampton. 30th December: Battle of Wakefield.	Henry the Sixth (1st Part): 1422-1461
1461: 29th March: Battle of Towton. 1469: The Shetland Isles become part of Scotland. 1470: Thomas Malory writes “L' Morte D'Arthur”.	Edward the Fourth (1st Part): 1461-1470
1471: 4th May: Battle of Tewkesbury.	Henry the Sixth (2nd Part): 1470-1471
1474: William Caxton prints the first book in English "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" at Bruges. 1475: Birth of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. 1476: William Caxton sets up a printing press in Westminster. 1477: Birth of Sir Thomas More on the 7th February. William Caxton made the first printing of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".	Edward the Fourth (2nd Part):1471-1483
1480: William Caxton prints "The Chronicles of England".	Edward the Fifth: 1483
1485: 22nd August: Battle of Bosworth Field Birth of Hugh Latimer. William Caxton makes first printing of "L'Morte D'Arthur" by Malory. The Yeoman of the Guard formed.	Richard the Third: 1483-1485
1486: The Houses of York and Lancaster are united at last by the marriage between King Henry and Elizabeth of York. 1487: The Battle of Stoke Field. Henry defeats Lambert Simnell who is posing as the Yorkist Earl of Warwick. Star Chamber is created by the King. 1491: Death of William Caxton. 1494: Poyning's Law restricting the Irish Parliament. 1495: Perkin Warbeck fails to take Waterford in Ireland. 1498: Cardinal Wolsey ordained as a priest at Marlborough. 1499: Desiderius Erasmus visits London. Perkin Warbeck is hanged in the Tower of London.	Henry the Seventh: 1485-1509

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