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55 BCE
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar lands in Britain with an expeditionary force, wins a battle and leaves. -
43
Romans
Romans comes to stay -
61
Queen Boudicca
Queen Boudicca leads a bloody revolt against the Roman occupation -
410
The Romans leave Britain
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432
St. Patrick converts Ireland to Christianity
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449
Angles- Jutes- Saxons
Anglo-Saxon invaders, of Germanic origin, pushed the Celts to the west coast. -
597
St. Augustine
He arrives in Britain and the people of Ireland and Wales adopted Christianity -
793
Vikings
They invaded Britain and distroyed it. They were good sailors -
878
Partitions of the Germanic territories
between King Alfred´s Saxons and the Danes -
973
Edgar becomes king
Alfred´s grandson becomes king and for the first time the name 'England' is used. -
1066
The Battle of Hastings- Norman Invasion
The Normans, led by William the Conqueror, invaded the island and imposed their hegemony. -
1086
King William's kingdom
The king officials complete the Domesday Book. -
1170
Murder of Thomas Becket
Soldiers of King Henry II kill the Archbishop of Canterbury. -
1171
Strongbow
The Norman baron and his followers settle in Ireland. -
Period: 1199 to 1216
The Plantagenets
It is from the time of Henry III, after the loss of family possessions in the continent, that the Plantagenet became true kings of England. The houses of Lancaster and York are the minor branches of this dynasty. -
1215
Magna Carta
Church and merchants force King John to agree to the Magna Carta to follow certain rules of government. First formal procedure. -
1275
Llewellyn
The Welsh prince refuses to submit to the authority of the English monarch. -
1284
Statute of Wales
Its puts the whole of that country under the control of the English monarch. -
1295
Model Parliament
Its sets the pattern for the future by including elected representatives from rural and urban areas. -
1328
Scotland as kingdom
After several years of war between Scottish and English kingdoms, It is recognized as an independent kingdom -
Period: 1337 to 1453
100 years war
Frequent dynastic conflicts, the aspirations of the British crown to the French throne, the commercial rivalry of these two nations, and the support given by France to Scotland in its wars with England provoked this war. Culminating in British defeat and the loss of its possessions on the continent. -
1381
Tyler was executed
The peasants, commanded by Wat Tyler, rebelled against the payment of taxes and the power of the feudal lords. In this year, Tyler and his troop were able to enter London and negotiate directly with King Richard II. The peasant rebellion was unsuccessful, and Tyler was executed. -
1382
The Welsh were under English rule
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Period: 1399 to 1471
The Lancasters
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Period: 1471 to 1485
The Yorks
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1485
The War of the Two Roses
The dynastic dispute between the Lancaster and the York unleashed the War of the Two Roses, culminating in the rise to power of the Tudors in this year. The Tudor period is considered the beginning of the modern British state. -
Period: 1485 to
The Tudors
This family of Welsh origin descended by the maternal line of Edward III, and by the end of the fifteenth century had become the last hope of the house of Lancaster. Henry VII took the crown after defeating and killing Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, which ended the War of the Roses. He then married Elizabeth of York (the rightful heir to the crown after the death of his brother Edward V), joining both lineages. -
Period: 1509 to May 18, 1547
Henry VIII
He broke with Rome and founded the Anglican Church. The desire to extend English authority and religious reform to Ireland made Henry's daughter, Elizabeth I, impose her rule in Ulster. The invasion of Ireland by the Tudor gave rise to centuries of political and religious conflict. -
1534
Henry VIII
The ACt of Supremacy declares him the head of the church in England -
1538
The Holy Bible
An English language version of its replaces Latin bibles in every church in the land. -
The Spanish Armada
A fleet of ships sent by King Philip of Spain to help invade England, is defeated by the English navy. -
James I of England
He change his name from James VI of Scotland to James I of England as well. He ended the independence of the Scottish monarchy. The situation led the English to the civil war, which broke out in 1642. -
Period: to
The Stuarts
When Isabel I died without children, his nephew grandson second James VI of Scotland inherited the throne like James I after the union of the Coronas. James descended from the Tudor through his great-grandmother Margaret Tudor. In 1604 he adopted the title of "king of Great Britain", however, both parliaments remained separated until the Act of Union (1707). -
Civil War
The deteriorating political situation led the Puritan party to arm its own Parliament-backed army led by Oliver Cromwell, who overcame the royal forces in 1646 and again in 1648. -
Executing of Charles I
The Parliament executed the king and proclaimed Cromwell "Lord Protector", establishing the Commonwealth Republic. Their ideas were omitted and the leaders fell into the hands of Cromwell who locked them in the Tower of London. After the death of Cromwell, in 1658, the monarchy was reestablished with Carlos II. -
The Restoration
The restoration of the monarchy and the Anglican religion -
The Great Fire
Its destroys most of the city´s old wooden buildings. It also destroys bubonic plague, wich never reapperas. -
The Glorious Revolution
King and Queen from the orangeland. -
The Bill of Rights
Another document to limit the power of monarchs -
The Act of Union
the parliaments of Scotland and England were unified and the United Kingdom of Great Britain was created. The country intervened in the war of succession of Spain and, by Treaty of Utrecht (1713) -
The Prime Minister Figure
George I, the first monarch of the house of Hanover of Great Britain and Ireland, did not speak English fluently; In his place, always spoke his native German, and for this reason the de facto power was in the hands of his Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. -
Period: to
The Hannovers
Queen Anne died without living children, and the "papists" (Catholics) being left out of all succession, George de Hanover, a descendant of James I by maternal line, became King of Great Britain. -
James Watt
He invents the steam engine. It was the definitive step in the success of the industrial revolution, as its use meant a dramatic increase in production capacity. Later the development of ships and steam railways. -
USA
After a war, Britain loses the southern half of its North American colonies, giving birth to the USA -
Australia
The first British settlers (convicts and soldiers) arrive in Austrañia. -
1801
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created, with the dissolution of the Irish Parliament -
Battle of Trafalgar
A British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson defeats Napoleon's French fleet at this battle. Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square in London conmemorates this national hero, who died during the battle. -
Regulating Law
The first law regulating factory working conditions limits the number of hours that children can work.
Slavery is made illegal throughout the British Empire. -
Period: to
Victorianism
Queen Victoria inherited the throne at the age of eighteen, after the death without legitimate descent of three paternal uncles. UK was already at that time an established constitutional monarchy, in which the sovereign had relatively few direct political powers. In private, Victoria tried to influence the government and the appointment of ministers. In public, he became a national icon and in the figure that embodied the model of iron values and personal morals typical of the time. -
TUC
Trades Union Congress is formed. -
Keir Hardie
The first socialist is elected to Parliament. He enters The House of Commons for the fisrt time wearing a cloth cap (wich remained a symbol of the British working man until the 60s). -
The suffragettes
The term was coined by the Daily Mail in 1906 as a derogatory way of distinguishing between the more moderate suffragettes and suffragists. It refers more specifically to a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an organization founded in the United Kingdom. -
Old- age pensions
The first ones are introduced this year. -
Period: to
The Windsors
The monarchy adopted this English name in 1917, during World War I, due to the anti-German feeling that had in the United Kingdom. -
House of Lords
The power of the House of Lords is severely reduced and sick pay for most workers is introduced. -
1st World War
Great Britain declares war on Germany. Until the 40s, this war was known as "The Great War" in Britain. -
Russian Revolution
It was a pair of revolutions in Russia in this year, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II, and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government.
In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a communist state. -
Greatest extent of British Empire
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Partiion of Ireland
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2nd. World War
Britain declares war on Germany. -
Period: to
Cold War
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The Republic of Ireland
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Elizabeth II
Coronation of Elizabeth II -
Suez Crisis
was an invasion of Egypt by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. -
British troops
They are sent to Northern Ireland.
Capital punishment is abolished. -
European Economic
British joins the European economic. -
The Malvinas War
The origin of the war was the attempt by Argentina to regain sovereignty over the islands, which the United Nations considers to be disputed territories between Argentina and the United Kingdom, although the latter manage and exploit them. -
First Gulf War
codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm. In its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
Black Wednesday
Financial speculators, bet against the British pound causing a multimillion dollar loss to the British state. The collapse of the Bank of England and forcing this to withdraw from the European Currency Exchange Mechanism. -
The channel tunnel opens
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Referendum Party
To attend the general elections of 1997 with the aim of holding a referendum on permanence in the EU. -
UK transfers Hong Kong sovereignty to China.
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Death of Diana of Wales
in a car accident shocks the whole country. -
The Good Friday Agreement
For that agreement acted like mediator the American president Bill Clinton. The Northern Ireland peace process being halted and the IRA terrorist group ceasefire, ending the Northern Ireland Conflict (called by the English The Troubles). -
2nd Gulf War
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Islamic Terrorism
Islamic terrorism struck London, causing 56 dead and more than 700 wounded, the day after London was chosen to host the 2012 London Olympics. -
British toops leaves Northern Ireland
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Financial crisis
It severely affected the British economy. Two years later, Gordon Brown's Labor Party lost the election and ascended the conservative government headed by David Cameron, who introduced new austerity measures aimed at addressing the substantial public deficits that occurred during the crisis period. -
Olympics
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The UK independence Party
In the early 90s the UK Independence Party (UKIP) was also formed. It is a Eurosceptic party against the participation of the United Kingdom in the European Union. It achieved the first place in the United Kingdom in the European elections of 2014
