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| 1170 |
| | | Thomas Becket, in France, suspends the English bishops who have participated in the coronation of the 'Young King' | |
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| 1170 |
| | | After an apparent reconciliation with Henry II, Thomas Becket leaves France and returns to Canterbury | |
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| 1170 |
| | | Four knights, acting on an unguarded hint from Henry II, murder Thomas Becket on December 29 in his cathedral at Canterbury | |
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| 1171 |
| | | The English king, Henry II, acknowledges Rhys ap Gruffydd as the lord of south Wales | |
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| 1174 |
| | | The Scottish king, William the Lion, is captured raiding into Northumberland and is taken south with his feet tied beneath his horse | |
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| 1189 |
| | | The English king Henry II is succeeded by his third son as Richard I | |
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| 1190 |
| | | A year after succeeding to the throne of England, Richard I sets off east as one of the leaders of the third crusade | |
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| 1192 |
| | | Richard I, returning from the Holy Land in disguise, is recognized in an inn near Vienna and is imprisoned until England pays a massive ransom | |
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| 1199 |
| | | On the death of his brother, Richard I, John becomes king of England | |
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| 1215 |
| | | John, the king of England, fixes his seal to Magna Carta, which the barons place before him in a meadow called Runnymede | |
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