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This is a list of wars occurring on the island of Great Britain.

Year(s) Conflict Location
(modern) 		Notes Result Citation
55–54 B.C. Caesar's invasions of Britain England Roman tributaries set up in a limited area. [1]
49–96 [A.D.] Roman conquest of Britain Great Britain Roman Empire conquers Britain from the native Celts [2]
208–10 Severan invasion of Caledonia Scotland Part of the Roman occupation of Britain Roman failure- withdrawal to Hadrian's Wall [3]
286–96 Carausian Revolt England Part of the Roman occupation of Britain Roman victory- rebellion crushed [4]
367–68 Great Conspiracy Great Britain Part of the Roman occupation of Britain Roman victory [5]
410–927 Anglo-Saxon invasions and creation of England Great Britain Anglo Saxon victory: Celts hold out in Cumbria and Cornwall [6]
865–78 Invasion of the Great Heathen Army England Part of the Norse invasions of Britain Danelaw established- Most of Northern and Eastern England under Norse control [7]
1015–16 Cnut's invasion of England England Part of the Norse invasions of Britain Norse victory- Cnut becomes King of England [8]
1066–71 Norman conquest of England England Norman victory- William the Conqueror becomes King of England [9]
1067–1194 Norman invasion of Wales Wales Welsh victory- Normans forced out of Wales [10]
1075 Revolt of the Earls England Civil war Norman victory [11]
1088 Rebellion of 1088 England Civil war Failure of rebellion [12]
1135–54 The Anarchy England Civil war Treaty of Wallingford [13]
1173–74 Revolt of 1173–74 England Civil war Rebellion crushed [14]
1211 Welsh uprising of 1211 Wales Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars Peace signed- rebellion nominally defeated but Wales enjoys greater autonomy [15]
1215–17 First Barons' War England Civil war Angevin victory [16]
1262–66 Scottish–Norwegian War Scotland Scottish victory- Hebrides and Isle of Man occupied by Scotland
1264–67 Second Barons' War England Civil war Royalist victory [17]
1277; 1282–83 Edwardian conquest of Wales Wales Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars English victory- Wales conquered by Edward I [18]
1296–1328 First War of Scottish Independence Scotland; England; Ireland Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars Scottish victory- Scotland gains independence [19]
1321–22 Despenser War Wales; England Civil war Royalist victory [20][page needed]
1332–57 Second War of Scottish Independence Scotland Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars Scottish victory [21]
1381 Peasants' Revolt England Rebellion Crushed [22]
1400–15 Glyndŵr Rising Wales Part of the Anglo-Welsh Wars English victory [23]
1455–85 Wars of the Roses England; Wales Civil war Eventual Lancastrian victory [24]
1497 Cornish Rebellion of 1497 Cornwall English victory [25]
1543–50 War of the Rough Wooing Scotland; England Part of the Anglo-Scottish Wars Scottish victory [26]
1549 Prayer Book Rebellion England Civil War Rebellion suppressed [27]
1549 Kett's Rebellion England Rebellion suppressed [28]
1569–70 Rising of the North England Elizabethan victory [29]
1639–53 Wars of the Three Kingdoms
  • Bishops' Wars
  • Scottish Civil War
  • First English Civil War
  • Second English Civil War
  • Anglo-Scottish war (1650–1652)
 Great Britain Civil war English Parliamentarian victory:
  • Monarchy abolished
  • Establishment of Commonwealth of England (1649), including The Protectorate with Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector (1653-1659)
  • Scotland absorbed into Commonwealth
 [30]
1685 Monmouth Rebellion England Rebellion crushed [31]
1689–92 Jacobite Rising of 1689 Scotland Civil War Government victory [citation needed]
1715–19 Second Jacobite Rising Scotland; England Civil War British victory [32]
1745–46 Third Jacobite Rising Scotland; England Civil War British victory [33]
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  2. ^ "BBC – History – Overview: Roman Britain, 43 – 410 AD". Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  3. ^ "The Caledonian Campaigns of Septimius Severus". www.dot-domesday.me.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  4. ^ "Carausian Revolt". World News. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  5. ^ Huerta, Carlos (2016). The Great Conspiracy: Britain's Secret War against Revolutionary France, 1794-1805. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445659480.
  6. ^ "Anglo Saxon England". faculty.history.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  7. ^ "Ivar the Boneless and the Great Heathen Army". Spangenhelm. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  8. ^ "Cnut's invasion of England: setting the scene for the Norman conquest". History Extra. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  9. ^ "The Norman Conquest of England". www.historic-uk.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  10. ^ Ross, David. "The Norman Invasion of Wales | History of Wales". Britain Express. David Ross. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  11. ^ "The Revolt of the Earls 1075". www.allabout1066.net. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  12. ^ "The Rebellion of 1088". World history. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  13. ^ King, Edmund (1994). The Anarchy of King Stephen's Reign. Oxford Scholarship Online. ISBN 9780198203643.
  14. ^ "Medieval Sourcebook: Roger of Hoveden: The Revolt of 1173-74, from The Chronicle". sourcebooks.fordham.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  15. ^ Bastable, Jonathan (September 2011). The British at War (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts). David & Charles. ISBN 978-0715338995.
  16. ^ "TimeRef – Medieval and Middle Ages History Timelines – The First Barons' War". www.timeref.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  17. ^ "2nd Barons' War". Magna Carta Trust 800th Anniversary. The Magna Carta Trust. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  18. ^ "The English invasion of Wales". www.historic-uk.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  19. ^ "The First Scottish War of Independence". www.allempires.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
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  21. ^ MacInnes, Iain (2016). Scotland's Second War of Independence, 1332-1357. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781783271443.
  22. ^ "Peasants Revolt". History Learning Site. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  23. ^ "BBC Wales – History – Themes – Chapter 10: The revolt of Owain Glyndwr". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  24. ^ "9 Things You Should Know About the Wars of the Roses – History in the Headlines". history.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  25. ^ "The Cornish Rebellion of 1497". History Learning Site. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  26. ^ "Mary Queen of Scots - The 'Rough Wooing': 1544-48". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  27. ^ "The Prayer Book Rebellion 1549". www.tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  28. ^ Simkin, John (September 1997). "Kett Rebellion". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  29. ^ "The Northern Rebellion 1569". www.tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  30. ^ "Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639-1651) genealogy project". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  31. ^ fletcherconsult, The Battlefields Trust, Craig Fletcher, Christopher Jones. "UK Battlefields Resource Centre – Viking – Monmouth's Rebellion". www.battlefieldstrust.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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