1513 in History

AppointedAdviser to the newly formed war council, advises on finance

Sends 2 shiploads of weepons to Scotland. James IV accepts finance & equipment for a "2nd front" against England

The Burgundians also agree to become mercenaries in Henrys invasion of France

Promises to pay James IV of Scots for equipping his navy

Appointed Captain General of the home forces while Henry VIII is fighting in France

Captures Tournai, the richest city in north east France

Swears in a war council at Pontefract

Sends an ultimatum to Henry VIII at Therouanne in Flanders but is ignored

Has Edmund de le Pole executed for acting as a mercenary in the French Army. Edmund de le Pole, supported by France as the "White Rose" pretender

Crosses the Isthmus of Panama and reaches the Pacific Ocean

Reaches the Pacific coast after crossing the Isthmus of Panama

Appointed Governor of the Realm, while Henry VIII is fighting in France

Suffers from smallpox

James IV accepts finance & equipment for a "2nd front" against England

Hears news of the Scottish invasion of England

Joins the invasion Army at the border

Maximiliann agrees to be a mercenary in Henry's invasion of France. Leaves the Earl of Surrey in the north of England to defend the border from the Scots. England is unable to invade because Ferdinand fails to keep his promise of support

The Burgundians also agree to become mercenaries in Henrys invasion of France

Sets out from Greenwich to Dover amid much pomp & ceremony

Lands in Calais

Returns to England from Calais as the conqueror of both the French & the Scots

Reunited with Queen Catherine at Richmond

Signs a Treaty with Spain & the Hapsburgs to invade France in the summer of 1514

Appointed Lieutenant General of the first division of the army in France

Agrees that his sister should marry Emperor Maximilian's grandson, Charles of Castille

Makes some of the canon used by the Scots Army being gathered to invade England

Ordered to hold Norham Castle at all costs if attacked by the Scots

Defeat at the Battle of Novara contributes to the French withdrawal from the Duchy of Milan & Italy

Defeat at the Battle of Novara contributes to the French withdrawal from the Duchy of Milan & Italy

An English fleet lays siege to Brest

Lands in Calais

Sends guns to Durham to defend England from the Scots

Etall Castle surrenders to the Scots

Captures the Border Castle of Norham while Henry VIII is fighting in France

Henry VIII lays siege to Therouanne & with a single cavalry charge manages to disperse the French

Wark Castle falls to the Scots

Signs a Treaty with Spain & the Hapsburgs to invade France in the summer of 1514

Appointed Adviser to the newly formed war council, advises on finance

Birth of Second son at Richmond Palace, the Duke of Cornwall, who dies in the same month

Death of Second son who dies in the month of his birth

Death of Julius II

Joins forces with his father & commands the rear of the English Army

Surrey joins up with his son Thomas Howard, the Lord Admiral

An English fleet lays siege to Brest

Commands the Cheshire Levies

Commands the Lancashire Levies

Commands men from the Bishopric of Durham

Commands the Lancashire Levies

Commands the Campbell followers & Highlanders

Carries the standard of St Andrew

The only person who can identify the body of James IV. Scots standard bearer at the Battle of Flodden

Despatch by Earl Surrey to inform Henry VIII of the English victory over the Scots

The Scottish king is killed & 1/3 of Scotlands Army destroyed. Peace descends on the northern border for most of Henry VIIIs reign. After Flodden Henry receives the boostained surcoat of the dead James IV

James V succeeeds to the Scots throne & peace is restored

Helps his father, the 1st Earl of Surrey, defeat the Scots. Commands the right of the English Army at the victory over the Scots. Commands a division of Cheshire men

Henry VIII commands an Army in France & appoints Surrey to watch the English border

Leads the vanguard of the English during their victory against the Scots

Helps win victory at the Battle of Flodden. Helps defeat the Scots. Defeats the Scots who lose 10,000 dead

Provides naval support to his father in defeating the Scots at Flodden

Rewarded by the restoration of the Norfolk Dukedom

The Earl of Surrey defeats the Scots, James IV, 11 Earls & 10,000 Scots are slain. Leads the Scots 3rd Division, men from Stirling, Linlithgow & the Lothians. Accepts the Earl of Surreys offer to do battle

Commands about 500 citizens from York

Commands the Abbot of Whitbys servants

Commands about 3,000 archers & billmen

Commands a party of bowmen & billmen

Commands the Bishop of Elys men

Chaplain at the Battle of Flodden

Fights for the Spanish against the Venetians

Claude fights for France during the Italian Wars campaign in northern Italy

Defeat at the Battle of Novara contributes to the French withdrawal from the Duchy of Milan

Ambushes a Scottish raiding party of 8,000 under the Earl of Home

The war council agrees to take the field at Bolton in Glendale

Henry VIII & his Austrian mercenaries route the French, at Guinegate, now Enguinegatte, France. English troops under Henry VIII defeat a French army under Marshal La Palice. Called "battle of the Spurs" because of the haste of the French to leave the battlefield. Atter victory at the Battle of the Spurs Henry VIII is able to capture Tournai

Henry VIII & Ferdinand of Aragon fight France, French knights lose their spurs. Emperor Maximilian & Henry defeat the French at Guineagate

English troops under Henry VIII defeat a French army under Marshal La Palice

Crowned King of Scotland in Stirling, age 1