Historical place archive

Northumberland in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Northumberland in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

24 records11 event labels15 people716โ€“1640

Historical events in Northumberland

716

716
Succession
Cenred ยท House of Northumbria

Succeeds as King of Northumbria

779

779
Succession
Aelfwald I ยท House of Northumbria

Succeeds as King of Northumbria

829

829
Capture of Northumberland
Egbert ยท Wessex-Northumbria War

Captures Northumbria

944

944
Capture of Northumberland
Edmund I ยท Viking Invasions

Crosses the Humber & drives Olaf & the Norse out of England

954

954
Capture of Northumberland
Eadred ยท Viking Invasions

The Viking King Eric Bloodaxe is expelled & Northumbria comes under English control

1061

1061
Capture of Northumberland
Tostig ยท England War

Accepts Malcolms capture of Northumberland & agrees a peace Treaty

1092

1092
Invasion of Northumberland
William II Rufus ยท England War

Robert Curthose intervenes & a Treaty is signed

1092
Rule of Northumberland
William II Rufus ยท England War

Under a peace Treaty Northumberland is returned to England. Malcolm III returns Northumberland to England. Malcolm gains 12 English villages & Northumberland is returned to England

1093

1093
Invasion of Northumberland
William II Rufus ยท England War

Malcolm invades Northumbria, provoked by Williams refusal to see him at Gloucester

1138

September 1138
Capture of Northumberland
Stephen ยท England War

David I captures Northumberland

September 1138
Invasion of Northumberland
Stephen ยท England War

David I captures Northumberland

1139

9 April 1139
Rule of Northumberland
Stephen ยท England War

Stephen cedes Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland to David

1209

1209
Rule of Northumberland
John ยท England War

King William agrees with John I to renounce Scottish claims to Northumberland

1328

May 1328
Disinherited Interest
Henry Percy ยท First War of Scottish Independence

Northern nobles resent treaty terms that protect Bruce's settlement

1377

1377
Peerage
Henry "Hotspur" Percy ยท House of Percy

Created Earl of Northumberland, the 1st

1495

1495
Reballion of Rebels in Northumberland
Henry VII ยท England War

James IV supports the claims of the English pretender Perkin Warbeck

1500

1500
Birth of Nicholas Ridley
Nicholas Ridley ยท Church of England

Birth of Nicholas Ridley in northern England.

1551

1551
Peerage
John Dudley ยท House of Dudley

Created Duke of Northumberland

1640

20 August 1640
Scottish Invasion of England
Charles I ยท Bishops War, 2nd

The Covenanter army crosses into England and advances through Northumberland.

20 August 1640
Scottish Invasion of England
Charles I ยท Bishops War, 2nd

The Covenanter army crosses into England and advances through Northumberland.

26 October 1640
Northumberland Retained by Scots
Charles I ยท Bishops War, 2nd

The treaty leaves Scottish forces occupying Northumberland while negotiations continue.

26 October 1640
Northumberland Retained by Scots
Charles I ยท Bishops War, 2nd

The treaty leaves Scottish forces occupying Northumberland while negotiations continue.

26 October 1640
Scottish Occupation of Northumberland
Charles I ยท Bishops War, 2nd

The Ripon agreement recognises continued Scottish occupation of Northumberland.

26 October 1640
Scottish Occupation of Northumberland
Charles I ยท Bishops War, 2nd

The Ripon agreement recognises continued Scottish occupation of Northumberland.

Provenance

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