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  Henry IV 1366-1413 timeline
     
1359
 
    
John of Gaunt marries his cousin, Blanche of Lancaster, heiress to vast estates in the north of England       
1362
 
   
Edward III gives his son, John of Gaunt, the title duke of Lancaster      
1367
 
    
Henry, son of John of Gaunt, is born in Bolingbroke castle and so becomes known as Henry of Bolingbroke       
1377
 
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10-year-old Richard II follows his grandfather, Edward III, on the English throne      
1387
 
   
The Lords Appellant, a group of powerful barons, make political demands on Richard II and defeat the king's forces at Radcot Bridge, near Oxford      
1387
 
   
Henry is one of the Lords Appellant, who are led by his uncle the Duke of Gloucester      
1389
 
    
After two years, in which the Lords Appellant have been in the ascendant, John of Gaunt helps Richard II gradually to recover his authority as king       
1398
 
    
A dangerous feud develops between two of England's most powerful barons, Henry of Bolingbroke (son of John of Gaunt) and Thomas de Mowbray       
1398
 
     
Richard II banishes Thomas de Mowbray for life and Henry of Bolingbroke for ten years        
1399
 
    
John of Gaunt dies and Richard II denies Henry of Bolingbroke his Lancastrian inheritance, declaring Gaunt's vast estates forfeit to the crown       
1399
 
    
Henry of Bolingbroke, denied his inheritance, returns to England to lead an armed rebellion against his cousin the king       
1399
 
     
Richard II surrenders at Conwy to the forces led by Henry of Bolingbroke        
1399
 
    
Richard II is deposed by parliament and Boliingbroke is proclaimed king of England, as Henry IV, introducing the royal house of Lancaster       
1400
 
   
Richard II dies in Pontefract castle, almost certainly starved to death on the orders of the new king - insecure on his throne as an undeniable usurper      
1400
 
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The Welsh rise against the English and proclaim Owain Glyn Dwr as their own prince of Wales       
1402
 
   
The 15-year-old Henry, prince of Wales and the future Henry V, takes personal command of the war against the Welsh      
1403
 
    
Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, conspires with Edmund Mortimer against Henry IV       
1404
 
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Owain Glyn Dwr captures Aberystwyth and Harlech from the English and sets up an independent Welsh administration      
1405
 
    
Henry Percy leads a rebellion with Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York, and flees to Scotland when it fails       
1405
 
   
Henry IV suffers the first attack of some acute but unidentified illness that recurs frequently in the remaining eight years of his life      
1406
 
   
On the death of his father, Robert III, James I becomes king of Scotland      
1406
 
   
James, 12-year-old heir to the Scottish king Robert III, is captured at sea by pirates and handed over to Henry IV      
1406
 
    
Henry IV has the Scottish prince educated, under guard, at Windsor Castle and demands a large ransom for his release (not paid until 1424)       
1408
 
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Driven from Aberystwyth and Harlech, Owain Glyn Dwr loses support - and the last Welsh rebellion fades away      
1408
 
  
With the end of the threat from Wales, the Prince of Wales becomes more directly involved in government, leading to frequent clashes with his ailing father     
1408
 
    
Henry Percy invades England from Scotland, and is killed at the battle of Bramham Moor       
1409
 
    
Henry IV entertains at Eltham Palace the emperor Manuel II Palaeologos, the only Byzantine ruler ever to visit Britain       
1413
 
     
Henry IV dies in the Jerusalem chamber of Westminster Abbey, partly seeming to fulfil a prophecy that he would die in Jerusalem        
1413
 
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Henry V succeeds his father, Henry IV, as king of England      
1424
 
   
The Scots finally pay the ransom for the release of the Scottish prince, now James I, who travels north to claim his throne