Military History of England - List of Civil Wars

List of Civil Wars

  1. Rebellion of 1088 - in England and Normandy
  2. The Anarchy (1135–1154) - in England
  3. Revolt of 1173–1174 - in England, Normandy, and Anjou
  4. First Barons' War (1215–1217) - in England
  5. Second Barons' War (1264–1267) - in England
  6. Welsh Uprising (1282) - in England and Wales
  7. Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) - in England and Wales; Richard III was the last English king to die in combat
  8. Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–1651) - in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
    • First Bishops' War (1639)
    • Second Bishops' War (1640)
    • Irish Rebellion (1641)
    • First English Civil War (1642–1646)
    • The Confederate’s War (1642-1648)
    • Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1644–1647)
    • Second English Civil War (1648)
    • Third English Civil War (1650–1651)
    • Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649)
  9. Monmouth Rebellion (1685) - in England
  10. Jacobite Rebellions (1689-91; 1715-16; 1719; 1745-46) - in England, Scotland and Ireland
    • Williamite war in Ireland (1688–1691)
    • Battle of the Boyne (1690) - last battle between two rival claimants for the throne

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