1417
• August 1: Henry V lands in France (Touques in Normandy) to begin his second campaign.
• September 4: Caen surrenders to Henry V.
• December 14: Execution of Sir John Oldcastle.

1418
• February: Falaise surrenders to Henry.
• May 29: John the Fearless seizes Paris and the Royal Court.
September: Cherbourg surrenders to Henry V.
• July 30: Henry V begins the siege of Rouen, the capital of Normandy; this event is reported in Venice.

1419
• Janaury 19: Rouen surrenders.
• May 29: Henry V meets Katherine Valois during English-Burgundian negotiations at Meulan.
• June: English control almost all of Normandy.
• July 11: Armagnacs and Burgundians arrive at a fragile truce.
• July 30: English seize town of Pontoise in one day via covert action.
• August: French royal court flee Paris, which is within Henry V's grasp, to Troyes.
• September 10: John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, killed by an Armagnac supporter during a meeting with Armagnac leader, and heir to France, the Dauphin.
• September 22: Queen Isabella of France agrees in a letter to help avenge the death of John the Fearless.
• December 2: Philip of Burgundy, John's heir, agrees terms with Henry V.

1420
• May 21: The Treaty of Troyes is signed between Henry V and Charles VI, and supported by the Burgundians. The Dauphin and the Armagnacs refuse to recognise it.
• June 2: Henry V marries Catherine Valois, daughter of Charles VI.
• June 3: Henry resumes war against the Armagnacs.
• June 10: Sens surrenders to Henry V.
• July 1: Montereau surrenders to Henry V.
• November 18: Melun surrenders to Henry V.
• December 1: Henry V, Katherine Valois, Charles VI and their respective retainers enter Paris for Christmas.
• December: The English Parliament request that Henry returns to England; Parliament doesn't give Henry any new grants.

1421
• January: The Dauphin officially rejects the Treaty of Troyes.
• February 1: Henry V and Queen arrive back in England, where they tour the country, mainly so Henry can gather support and resources for the war.
• February 23: Katherine Valois crowned Queen of England; Henry V is absent.
• March 22: Henry's brother Thomas, left in command in Frace, defeated and killed at Baugé.
• May 1421: English Parliament ratifies Treaty of Troyes; requests that Henry V promise not to introduce French customs in England.
• June 11: Henry V lands back in France for his third campaign.
• September: Angry about Baugé, Henry literally destroys the Dauphinist town of Rougement.
• October 6: Henry V begins the siege of Meaux.
• December 6th: Henry's only son, also named Henry, is born.

1422
• May 10: Meaux surrenders.
• July: Henry V so ill he has to be carried on campaign.
• August 31: Henry V dies at Bois de Vincennes; probably of dysentery; he is succeeded by his son, Henry VI, who has yet to reach his first birthday.
• October 31: Henry V's body arrives back in England.
• November 7: Henry V buried in Westminster Abbey.

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