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500 BCE
CELTIC PEOPLE
The territory of present-day England was inhabited by the Celtic people from the middle of the 5th century BC. -
55 BCE
ROMAN INVASION
During the imperial expansion the Romans came to subdue the British peoples in order to progressively make them part of their empire.
They came to change the lifestyle of the British population, restoring the slave system and thus introducing Christianity. -
401
ANGLES AND SAXONS
From the 5th century on, the Anglo and Saxon peoples came to invade this territory.
From these towns the name "England" arises.
They ruled the island for approximately 500 years. -
701
THE VIKINGS
From the 8th century on, the threats of invasion were once again present in the hands of the Nordic peoples.
They were peoples of warriors who managed to develop a very advanced marking system, which gave them a great military advantage over the English.
At first they limited themselves to making successive visits to plunder English towns, but little by little lands were established in order to take control of the territory. -
1066
THE NORMANDS
King Edward the confessor is left without a successor to the throne so William the conqueror who was Duke of Normandy sees the opportunity to ascend to the English throne. This is how Guillermo gets the crown of England after emerging victorious from a series of battles that would confront him with the rest of the aspirants to the throne.
The progress of unification and feudalism of England began. -
1200
JOHN I
At the end of the 12th century, the King of England Richard I decided to join the army that would be part of the third crusade, meanwhile John I, his brother, took advantage of this situation to take away the throne. -
1215
MAGNA CARD
Jhon I had to ensure the support of the nobility to his mandate, so an agreement was drawn up between the king, the nobility and the clergy, with the signing of a document that will become known as the Magna Carta, in which the king yielded part of his powers as king, making the nobles participate in the government. -
1256
THE FIRST PARLIAMENT
English Parliament is formed. This body is made up of members of the nobility and clergy.
From this moment on, the parliamentary body will be very important in the history of England, since little by little it will take power from the king. -
1337
HUNDRED YEARS WAR
There is a new confrontation between France and England, which occurred because the kingdom of France was left without heir to the tone, so the young King of England Edward III will try to claim the French throne taking his Norman ancestry as justification. However, the king's aspirations will not come true, therefore the war will end with the defeat of the English and the withdrawal of his troops from French lands. -
1455
WAR OF THE TWO ROSES
Civil war between the York family and the Lancaster family in order to inherit the throne.
This confrontation lasts approximately 30 years, in which the crisis in which the fiefdoms are found and the growth of an economic activity that is becoming more and more important is observed: Trade. -
1501
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
While in Europe the movement is happening: "The Protestant Reformation", in England the crown is in the hands of Henry VIII. He managed to subdue the nobility and also wanted to control the political power that the Catholic Church had. This king sees in the Protestant reform the opportunity to be able to separate from the Roman papacy and found a church that was controlled by the king. Thus he founded the Anglican Church and the absolute monarchy led by this king is consolidated. -
ENGLISH REVOLUTION
England was governed by Charles I who dissolved the parliament on several occasions which causes a confrontation between the monarchy and the parliamentary power. Parliament was being supported by the bourgeoisie.
Charles I is executed, Parliament is victorious and Oliver Cromwell is declared Lord Protector of England. -
PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY
Despite the fact that the monarchy was restored with the overthrow of King James II, the triumph of parliament was consolidated and in turn the bases of the modern political system of England were created. -
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Most influential economic revolution in contemporary history. It was developed in two stages:
1. Invention of the loom
2. Invention of the dread machine.
Various numbers of people began to move from the fields to the cities, becoming workers. Now women, children and men had to work 12 to 16 hours a day. -
SEVEN YEARS WAR
Conflict that developed between 1756 and 1763, pitting Great Britain and Prussia against a coalition between France, Austria and their allies. -
VICTORIA I
Queen Victoria of England ascended to the throne at age 18. In the period of her reign, known as the "Victorian era", England became an industrial country and a power of the first order, with the ability to create wealth and stand out in a world increasingly dependent on scientific advances. -
FIRST WORLD WAR
Warlike confrontation centered in Europe that began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918, when Germany accepted the conditions of the armistice. -
ISABEL II
She is the current British monarch, sovereign of sixteen independent states constituted as a kingdom and that are part of the Commonwealth of Nations: United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu , Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis. -
SECOND WORLD WAR
Global military conflict that developed between 1939 and 1945. Most of the nations of the world were involved in this. At the time of the fall of the German Reich only 8 states in the world were officially neutral, including all the great powers, grouped into two military alliances facing the allies of the Second World War and the axis powers.
