Invasions of England

Invasions Of England

The term Invasion of England may refer to the following planned or actual invasions, successful or otherwise:

• The 55 and 54 BC Caesar's invasions of Britain.
• The 43 AD Roman invasion of Britain.
• The 296 Roman invasion during Carausian Revolt.
• The fifth to sixth century Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
• The eighth to eleventh century invasions of the British isles by the Vikings.
• The 1066 Norman conquest of England under William the Conqueror.
• The 1216 invasion of England by Louis VIII of France and Alexander II of Scotland, during the First Barons' War.
• The 1326 invasion of England by Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer, leading to Isabella's regency until the ascendance of her son, Edward III.
• The (1386) invasion by France was organised but never executed during the Hundred Years War.
• The 1545 French invasion of the Isle of Wight during the Italian Wars.
• The (1588) Spanish Armada was a failed invasion of England after it was heavily defeated by storms and the English fleet.
• The 1667 raid of Medway and Felixstowe Landguard during the Second Anglo-Dutch war.
• The 1685 landing in England by the Duke of Monmouth and his supporters during the Monmouth Rebellion
• The 1688 invasion of England by the Dutch Republic, also known as the Glorious Revolution. (last successful invasion of England)
• The 1690 attack by the French on Teignmouth, Devon.
• The 1704 invasion of Guernsey by Louis XIV's Third Army, known as Les Seinges Rose.
• The (1708) planned French Invasion to put James Edward Stuart on the British throne as part of the War of the Spanish Succession.
• The 1719 Spanish Invasion of Scotland during the War of the Quadruple Alliance defeated at the Battle of Glen Shiel, which was the last foreign invasion of Britain.
• The (1744) planned French invasion of Britain as part of the Austrian War of Succession.
• The 1745 French-backed Jacobite invasion of Britain led by Bonnie Prince Charlie.
• The (1759) planned French invasion halted by their naval defeat to Britain at the Battle of Quiberon Bay.
• The (1779) never executed Franco-Spanish plans to invade Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.
• The (1803–1805) planned but never executed Napoleonic invasion of Britain.
• The (1940) partially planned but never executed German Invasion of England, better known as Operation Sea Lion.