Historical Timeline
| year | event |
|---|---|
| 1377 | Edward III dies |
| Richard II crowned King of England at age ten | |
| 1386 | Henry Bolingbroke marries Mary de Bohun, sister of Eleanor de Bohun, making Gloucester and Bolingbrook both uncle and nephew AND brothers-in-law |
| 1387 | Prince Hal, son of Henry Bolingbroke, and future Henry V, is born |
| 1389 | John, son of Henry Bolingbroke, is born |
| 1394 | Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry Bolingbroke, dies |
| 1396 | John of Gaunt marries (again) Katherine Swinford, with whom he had fathered four children in the 1370's |
| 1413 | Henry the Fourth dies; Henry the Fifth is coronated |
| 1415 | THE EVENTS OF HENRTY THE FIFTH BEGIN |
| The Southampton Plot put down (August 1) | |
| Henry and his army sail for France (August 11) | |
| Harfleur is besieged (August 17) | |
| Harfleur is captured (September 22) | |
| Henry begins to march his troops to Calais where he can rest his army (October 8) | |
| Battle of Agincourt (October 25) | |
| 1417 | Second French Campaign begins |
| 1420 | Treaty of Troyes signed, recognizing Henry as King of France (after Charles VI's death), and Henry's sons as the line of succession for the French throne (May 21) |
| THE EVENTS OF HENRY THE FIFTH END | |
| Henry marries Catherine, Princess of France (June 2) | |
| 1421 | As the Treaty of Troyes did NOT end of the French war, Henry returned for a third campaign (June) |
| Henry the Sixth is born (December) | |
| 1422 | Henry the Fifth dies near Paris, probably of dysentery (August) |
| Henry the Sixth becomes "King of England" at nine months old | |
| Charles VI dies (October)… since Charles died AFTER Henry, Henry the Fifth was never King of France |
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