British Timeline

By shelamb
  • Jul 12, 927

    Kingdom of England founded

  • Beowulf
    1000

    Beowulf

    famous english epic poem
  • 1215

    First Parliament was convened

  • The Plague arrives in England
    1346

    The Plague arrives in England

  • The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
    1473

    The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye

    First book ever printed in english
  • Nov 17, 1558

    The Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, began her reign

  • 1577

    Sir Francis Drake began circumnavigating the globe

  • The British East Indies Company was formed

  • Hamlet

    One of Shakespeare's most famous
    plays. Many of his other works were
    also written around this period

  • The first English Colony in the New World formed

  • The Great Fire of London

  • Period: to

    Seven Year's War between England and France

  • British signed the Treaty of Paris and officially lost America

  • Frankenstein

    Famous book written by Mary Shelley

  • The United Kingdom was founded, made up of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Famous work written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Current Queen Elizabeth II crowned

  • Lord of the Flies

    Famous novel by William Golding

  • The Beatles' first album

  • Mrs Dalloway

    Novel written by Virginia Woolf, first usage of stream of consciousness

  • David Bowie's first album

  • Black Sabbath's first album

  • Women's Liberation Magazine

  • Elton John's first album

  • Queen's first album

  • Radiohead's first album

  • Iron Maiden's first album

    Iron Maiden's first album

  • Empire of the Sun

    Famous novel by J. G. Ballard

  • Coldplay's first album

  • Arctic Monkey's first album

  • Adele's first album

    Adele's first album