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1186
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St. Hugh is Bishop of Lincoln
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1192
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St. Hugh introduces Gothic style in his reconstruction of Lincoln Cathedral
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1207
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Exile of Canterbury Cathedral Clergy
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15 Jun 1215
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Signing of the Magna Carta
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1216
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Henry III crowned at Gloucester Abbey
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1220
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Construction of Eilean Donan Castle, then known as Eleandonnan, as a defense against the Vikings in the Scottish Highlands. The castle was built by King Alexander II, Alexander III or Farquar II, Earl of Ross, and later belonged to the Mackenzie clan. For
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1237
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Lincoln Cathedral's central tower collapses
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1246
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King Henry III begins reconstruction of Westminster Abbey in High Gothic style
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1263
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Construction of Balliol College
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1307
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Central tower of Lincoln Cathedral completed
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23 Jun 1314
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The Battle of Bannockburn takes place near Stirling Castle in Scotland. The decisive battle regains Scottish independence and establishes Robert the Bruce as King Robert I.
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Dec 1327
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King Edward II buried in Gloucester Abbey; tomb attracts pilgrims
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1351
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First fully-developed fan vaulting appears in Gloucester Cathedral cloisters
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1371
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Death of David II in Edinburgh
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1385
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Construction begins on Bodiam Castle
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c. 1436
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God's House (later Christ's College) founded by William Byngham, rector of St John Zachary's in London, to train secondary school teachers
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1509
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Founding of Brasenose College, Oxford
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1516
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Thomas More writes Utopia
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1 May 1517
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Evil May Day Riot
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25 Jan 1533
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King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn at Whitehall Palace, London. As the pope had not granted a divorce from his first wife, the marriage leads to Henry's excommunication and eventual break with the Roman Catholic church.
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30 May 1536
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Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour at Whitehall
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1538
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Henry VIII orders the destruction of Shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury
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28 Jul 1540
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Execution of Thomas Cromwell at the Tower of London by order of Henry VIII
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31 Dec 1540
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Durham Monastery Dissolved
