The title of Earl of Cambridge was created several times in the Peerage of England. See also Duke of Cambridge, Marquess of Cambridge. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ... Duke of Cambridge is a title frequently conferred upon junior members of the British royal family. ... Duke of Cambridge is a title frequently conferred upon junior members of the British royal family. ...

Earls of Cambridge, 1st Creation (1340)

• William of Juliers, 1st Earl of Cambridge (1299-1361)

Events January 26 - King France June 24 - The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. ... Events Osman I declares the independence of the Ottoman Principality The County of Holland is annexed by the County of Hainaut April 1, 1299 Kings Towne on the River Hull granted city status by Royal Charter of King Edward I of England. ... Events Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy. ...

Earls of Cambridge, 2nd Creation (1362)

• Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341-1402)
• Edward, 2nd Duke of York (-1415), resigned 1414

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s Years: 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 - 1362 - 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 See also: 1362 state leaders Events Under Edward III, French as Englands national language, for the first time... Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, (June 5, 1341 - August 1, 1402) was a younger son of King Edward III of England, the fourth of the five sons of the King who lived to adulthood. ... Events Petrarch becomes famous Beginning of the Breton War of Succession over the control of the Duchy of Brittany Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, expells her husband John Henry of Bohemia, to whom she had been married as a child. ... Events September 14 - Battle of Homildon Hill. ... Edward, Duke of York (1373 - October 25, 1415) was the same Duke of York who died at the Battle of Agincourt, the major English casualty in that battle. ... Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ... Events Council of Constance begins. ...

Earls of Cambridge, 3rd Creation (1414)

• Richard, 1st Earl of Cambridge (1373-1415), forfeit 1415
• Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (1412-1460), restored 1426
• Edward Plantagenet, 4th Duke of York (1442-1483), merged in crown 1461

Events Council of Constance begins. ... Events Bristol is made an independent county. ... Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ... Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ... This article is about Richard, Duke of York, father of King Edward IV. For the article about Edward IVs son who was imprisoned in the Tower of London see: Richard, Duke of York (Prince in the Tower). ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan. ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... Events March 6 - Battle of St. ... Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470-1471. ... Events The community of Rauma, Finland was granted its town rights. ... Events The São Tomé settlement is founded. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Mortimers Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales. ...

Earls of Cambridge, 4th Creation (1619)

The subsidiary title was Baron of Innerdale (1619). Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ...

• James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589-1625)
• James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (1606-1649)
• William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616-1651)

Events Rebellion of the Catholic League against King Henry III of France, in revenge for his murder of Duke Henry of Guise. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (June 19, 1606 - March 9, 1649), Scottish nobleman, son of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, and of the Lady Anne Cunningham, daughter of the earl of Glencairn, was born on 19 June 1606. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill pretender Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ... William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton (1616-1651), succeeded to the dukedom on his brother’s execution in 1649. ... Events Dirk Hartog lands on an island off the Western Australian coast Pocahontas arrives in England War between Venice and Austria Collegium Musicum founded in Prague Nicolaus Copernicus De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church Births May 18 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German... Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ...

Earls of Cambridge, 5th Creation (1659)

• Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640-1660)

Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester ( July 8, 1640 - September 18, 1660) was a younger son of King Charles I of England. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ...

Earls of Cambridge, 6th Creation (1664)

• James Stuart, Duke of Cambrdige (1663-1667)

Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ... Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ...

Earls of Cambridge, 7th Creation (1667)

• Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1667-1671)