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| 1421 | Publication |  |
| 6th Dec The only child of Henry V & Catherine of Valois is born at Windsor |
| 1422 | Birth | |
| June London Birth of Henry VI, son of Henry V & Catherine of Valois |
| 1422 | Coronation | |
| 1st Sep Westminster Abbey Coronation of Henry VI |
| 1422 | Succession | |
| 31st Aug London His uncle the Duke of Bedford acts as protector of England & Regent in France |
| 31st Aug London Succeeds as King of England |
| 1423 | Parliament | |
| Nov London Opens the 2nd Parliament of his reign |
| 1424 | Execution of Mortimer | |
| Feb Tower Hill Sir John Mortimer is hanged, drawn & quartered by the Royal Council |
| 1425 | Capture of Le Mans | |
| Le Mans Le Mans falls to the English |
| 1426 | Parliament | |
| Leicester The Leicester Parliament is forbidden arms, MPs arrive with bats, "Parliament of Bats" |
| 1428 | Education | |
| Henry VI is placed into the charge of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick |
| 1428 | Succession | |
| London Parliament forbids anyone close to the sovereign marrying without his permission |
| 1429 | Coronation | |
| 6th Nov Westminster Abbey Crowned King of England |
| 1430 | Invasion of France | |
| 21st April Calais Henry VI lands in Calais to claim the French throne |
| 1431 | Coronation | |
| 2nd Dec Paris Crowned as Henry II of France, under the terms of the treaty of Troyes |
| 12th Dec Paris Crowned as Henry II of France, under the terms of the treaty of Troyes |
| 1432 | Coronation | |
| 2nd Dec Paris Crowned in Paris as King of France at Notre Dame |
| 1432 | Return Henry VI | |
| Jan Returns from France to England never to set foot on French soil again |
| 1435 | Alliance | |
| 25th Sep Philipe the Good breaks his oath to Henry IV & returns to his French allegiance |
| 1435 | Congress of Arras | |
| 19th Aug Arras France wants Henry VI to renounce the French throne |
| 19th Aug Arras The English withdraw from the Congress |
| 1435 | Peace | |
| 25th Sep Arras The Duke of Burgundy makes a separate peace with the French |
| 1435 | Treaty of Arras | |
| 21st Sep Arras Philipe deserts his English allies and recognizes Charles as king of France |
| 21st Sep Arras Philipe receives the Somme towns and is exempted from homage to the French crown |
| Oct Arras Philipe deserts his English allies and recognizes Charles as king of France |
| Oct Arras Philipe receives the Somme towns and is exempted from homage to the French crown |
| 1436 | Siege of Paris | |
| 13th April Paris The French army enters Paris , without Burgundy the English cannot defend it |
| 1437 | Peace | |
| May Yors Agrees to marry Margaret of Anjou in return for a two year truce with France |
| 1437 | Succession | |
| 12th Aug London Assumes full power as the King of England, declared to be of age |
| 1440 | Eton College | |
| 11th Oct Eton College Founds Eton College |
| 1441 | Kings College | |
| Kings College Founds Kings College Cambridge |
| 1444 | Capture of Maine | |
| 22nd Dec Maine Promises to hand-over Maine to France in a personal letter to Charles VII |
| 1444 | Congress of Tours | |
| May Tours The congress requests a 2 yr truce & the marriage of Henry VI to Margaret of Anjou |
| May Tours The English must not act against Valois rule in France |
| May Tours The English must stay in Calais , Aquitaine, Lower Normandy & Maine |
| 1445 | Marriage | |
| 23rd April London Marries Margaret of Anjou, daughter of Rene Duke of Anjou |
| 1448 | Capture of Maine | |
| Maine Surrenders the English fief of Maine to Charles VII of France |
| 1449 | Capture of Harfleur | |
| Dec Harfleur The French recapture Harfleur, Henry V's 1st conquest in France |
| 1449 | Capture of Rouen | |
| 29th Oct Rouen The English surrender Rouen castle |
| 1449 | Siege of Rouen | |
| 29th Oct Rouen The English surrender Rouen castle |
| 1450 | Capture of Normandy | |
| Normandy The English garrisons are swept away from lower Normandy |
| 1450 | Impeachment | |
| 17th Mar London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs |
| 1450 | Rule of Normandy | |
| Normandy England loses Normandy |
| 1450 | Trial | |
| 17th Mar London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs |
| 17th Mar London Tries Suffolk with consulting Parliament |
| 1452 | Capture of Aquitaine | |
| Aquitaine France regains control of Aquitaine |
| 1452 | Capture of Bordeaux | |
| Nov Bordeaux Bordeaux is captured from the French |
| 1452 | Peace | |
| 2nd Mar London Makes a temporary peace with Richard 3rd Duke of York at Blackheath |
| 1453 | Battle of Castillon | |
| Castillon The last English army in France is defeated at Castillon |
| 1453 | Capture of Bordeaux | |
| 19th Oct Bordeaux The capital of Aquitaine is surrendered to the French, England is left with Calais |
| 1455 | Battle of St Albans, 1st | |
| 22nd May St Albans After negotiatios fail the King raises his standard at Goslawe, St Peter's St |
| 1455 | Council War | |
| 22nd May Watford Holds a Council of War after hearing the Duke of York had arrived outside St Albans |
| 1455 | Mobilization | |
| 18th May The King summons his Army |
| 21st May Watford Stays overnight 8 miles from St Albans on his way to a Council of War at Leicester |
| 1456 | Capital | |
| Midlands Moves the government to the West Midlands where loyalty to Henry is strongest |
| 1459 | Battle of Ludford Bridge | |
| 12th Oct Ludford Bridge Lancastrian victory over the Yorkists |
| 1459 | Parliament | |
| 20th Nov Coventry The Act of Attainder is passed charging the Yorkists with treason |
| 1460 | Battle of Northampton | |
| 10th July Northampton Captured at the Battle of Northampton & forced to acknowledge Richard as his heir |
| 1460 | Reform | |
| 25th Oct London Henry VI will retain the crown for his lifetime but then York & his heirs will succeed |
| 1460 | Siege of London | |
| July Tower of London Warwick besieges London & forces the Lancastrians to retreat to the Tower of London |
| 1461 | Battle of St Albans, 2nd | |
| 17th Feb St Albans Escapes from the field of Battle & rejoins his wife & the Lancastrian forces |
| 1461 | Battle of Towton Moor | |
| 29th Mar Towton Moor Defeated by the Yorkists, as a result Edward, 4th Duke of York, becomes Edward IV |
| 1461 | Siege of London | |
| 26th Feb London Against good advice decides not to take London & marches his Army north instead |
| 1465 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned in the Tower, Louis XI of France comes to his aid, siding against Edward IV |
| 1470 | Restoration | |
| London Restored the the throne by Richard Neville, "the King maker" |
| 1471 | Abdication | |
| London Abdicates for a 2nd time |
| 1471 | Arrest | |
| Tower of London Imprisoned for a 2nd time in the Tower of London, in the Wakefield Tower |
| 1471 | Assassination | |
| 21st May London Murdered in the Tower of London, found dead in the oratory |
| 1471 | Death | |
| 21st May London Murdered in the Tower of London, found dead in the oratory |
