Incumbents

Events

• 1180
• September - King Henry II renews the Pact of Ivry with the newly crowned King Philip II of France.
• Construction of Wells Cathedral begins.
• Ranulf de Glanvill writes the first known treatise on English law.
• Coinage reform: new silver coins minted.
• 1181
• December - Baldwin of Exeter enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• A dispute arises between Henry II's sons Richard and Henry the Young King over lands in Aquitaine.
• Assize of Arms enacts military reform.
• 1182
• Henry the Young King leads a rebellion against his father in Aquitaine.
• 1183
• February - Geoffrey of Brittany allies with Henry the Young King against Henry II and Richard.
• Henry the Young King dies, ending the fighting in Aquitaine.
• 1184
• Assize of the Forest codifies laws protecting royal forests.
• Henry II's sons Richard and John dispute Aquitaine.
• A fire destroys Glastonbury Abbey.
• Gerald of Wales writes Topographica Hibernica.
• 1185
• 29 January - Henry declines an offer to become King of Jerusalem.
• 10 February - Knights Templar consecrate Temple Church in London.
• Henry's estranged wife Queen Eleanor takes control of Aquitaine.
• 25 April - John appointed as Lord of Ireland.
• December - John recalled from Ireland after antagonising both English lords and Irish chiefs.
• 1186
• Henry restores Edinburgh to William I of Scotland.
• July - After the death of Geoffrey of Brittany, King Philip II of France claims rule over Brittany.
• 1187
• May - Philip II invades Aquitaine, but makes a truce and agrees to crusade against Saladin with Henry II and Richard instead.
• 1188
• Henry II imposes the Saladin tithe to pay for the planned crusade.
• 11 November - Henry refuses to name Richard as his heir. Richard pays homage to King Philip II.
• Gerald of Wales begins writing Itinerarium Cambriae.
• 1189
• May - Richard campaigns against Henry II in France.
• 4 July - Henry II surrenders; agrees to make Richard his heir and pay an indemnity.
• 6 July - Henry II dies; Richard becomes king.
• 3 September - Coronation of Richard I.
• 12 December - Richard I embarks on the Third Crusade, appointing Hugh de Puiset and William Longchamp as justiciars in his absence.

Births

• 1180
• Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, soldier (died 1230)
• 1186
• Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk (died 1225)

Deaths

• 1180
• 25 October - John of Salisbury, bishop (born c. 1120)
• 1181
• 30 June - Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, politician (born 1147)
• 1183
• 11 June - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (born 1155)
• 23 November - William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (born 1116)
• 1184
• 16 February - Richard of Dover, Archbishop of Canterbury (year of birth unknown)
• 1186
• 19 August - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, son of Henry II (born 1158)
• 1187
• Gilbert Foliot, bishop (year of birth unknown)
• 1189
• 6 July - Henry II of England (born 1133)
• 13 July - Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II (born 1156)
• 14 November - William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex (year of birth unknown)
• Geoffrey Ridel, Lord Chancellor (year of birth unknown)

References

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