Henry II Timeline
1133
Born 5th March in Le Mans, Anjou
1152
18th May marries Eleanor of Aquitaine in Bordeaux Cathedral
1154
19th December becomes King of England aged 21
1155
Appoints Thomas Becket as Chancellor
Henry receives the pope’s blessing to invade Ireland and change its religion
1162
Appoints Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury
1166
Trial by jury is introduced (The Assize of Clarendon)
In response to an appeal by the King of Leinster in Ireland, England begins it settlement in Ireland
1168
Oxford University is founded
1170
Thomas Becket is killed
1171
Henry becomes Lord of Ireland
1173
Thomas Becket is made a saint by Pope Alexander III
Henry, Richard and Geoffrey - Henry’s sons - rebel against him during The Great Rebellion
1174
Eleanor is imprisoned
1189
6th July - Henry died aged 56
Eleanor is released
1204
Eleanor died aged 82