Historical place archive

Waterford in History

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

6 records5 event labels5 people1170–1497

Historical events in Waterford

1170

1170
Capture of Waterford
Richard de Clare · England War

Captures Waterford

1170
Siege of Waterford
Richard de Clare · England War

Captures Waterford

1171

1171
Rule of Ireland
Henry II · House of Plantagenet

Receives the feality of the King's of Ireland

1394

2 November 1394
Invasion of Ireland
Richard II · House of Plantagenet

Lands at the head of an army including his cousin & heir presumptive Roger Mortimer

1440

1440
Peerage
Charles Talbot · House of Talbot

Henry V sends John Talbot to rule Ireland & makes him the Earl of Waterford

1497

1497
Siege of Waterford
Perkin Warbeck · Military

Flees from England & lays siege to Waterford

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Waterford. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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