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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
King John was forced into signing the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta were old English laws that had prevailed before the Normans came. -
Nov 2, 1331
England at war with Scotland and Scotland's French allies
The Anglo-Scottish Wars were a series of wars fought between England and Scotland during the sixteenth century. -
Nov 4, 1348
The Black Death
Bubonic plague that killed between a third and more than half of the nation's inhabitants -
Jul 7, 1399
King Henry IV Speech
At his coronation, King Henry IV becomes the first English monarch to deliver a speech in English. -
Sep 5, 1559
England ends war with France
England and France finally end the war. -
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare writes his sonnets and famous plays -
Queen Elizabeth 1
The death of Queen Elizabeth the first. -
Jamestown
English settlers establish Jamestown, Virgina. -
Beheading of King Charles the first
He was beheaded at Whitehall Palace between two and three o’clock -
Oliver Cromwell dies
Death of the king