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790
Vikings Invade England
Led by Guthrum the Vikings invade England -
876
Vikings Invade Wessex
After conquering Northrumbia, East Angleia & Mercia -
876
Alfred The Great Defeats The Vikings
Alfred The Great defeats the Vikings and makes Guthrum turn catholic & no invasions -
878
Battle of Edington
Alfred The Great Won the Battle of Edington & Vikings agreed to live in peace -
959
Edgar the Peacful becomes King
During his rule the country became quiet and pleasant. He was nicknamed 'Edgar The Peacful' -
972
Athelstan conquers Northumbria
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975
Edgar dies and Edward becomes king
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978
Edward dies mysteriously
At the age of 12 Edward was murdered. Some people felt Aethelred played a part in this. -
978
Aethelred becomes king
After his brothers death Aethelred becomes King, advisers were put in but they were corrupt -
978
Vikings Return
Vikings launch a series of attacks -
991
Sweyn invades & Athelred pays danegeld
Sweyn beats the English, him and Athelred made a deal that Athelred would pay Danegeld (money) to keep him out -
1002
St Brices day massacre
Athelred orders everyone south of the Danelaw to be killed. -
1013
Forkbeard Attacks volume 2
Forkbeard attacks in vengeance of his sister who was killed in the massacre. -
1014
Sweyn dies & his son Cnute becomes King
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1015
Athelred comes back & beats Canut
Athelred becomes king but Cnut supporters weren't happy -
1016
Athelred dies & Edmund becomes King
Cnut isn't happy and tries to get the throne -
1016
Battle of Assandun in Essex
Cnut wins the battle, the two men agree Edmund would run Wessex & Cnut will run the rest of the country -
1016
Edmund dies & Cnut becomes King of England
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1035
Harold dies & Harthacnut becomes king
Harthacnut was hated -
1036
Cnut Dies & Harold becomes King
Harold was hated -
1042
Harthacnut dies & Edward becomes King
Edward was religious and loved -
1066
Battle for the crown
When Edwards died there was no heir to the throne which made a competition between Harold Hardrada, Harold Godwinson, William of Normandy -
1066
William of Normandy becomes King
After lots of fighting William finally becomes King -
1106
Normandy & England become united under Henry's reign
After Normandy was split from England by Henry's two older siblings Henry unites the two countries -
1106
Henry dies & Matilda becomes Queen
she was challenged by her cousin Stephen for the throne which lked to a civil war known as 'the anarchy' -
1154
Henry becomes King
Matilda married Geoffrey count of Anjou who conquered Normandy she lets Stephen be king of England in return he names her son (henry) his successor -
1199
King John bcomes king
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1204
Battle of Normandy
John lost this battle and got named 'John Softsword' and 'the stay at home King' -
1204
John lost a lot of Britains empire
after being defeated in Brittany John lost places like Normandy, Anjou, Maine and other key areas -
1215
Magna Carta signed
After taxing highly and losing lots of Britain's power & wealth the barons forced him to sign a charter called the Magna Carta which limited his power -
1217
Prince Louis of France was invited by the barons to take Johns place
Louis captured London quickly -
1217
John died & Henry iii became king
the hated king was dead and England led by William Marshall (the regent) started kicking out the French -
1337
King Edward claims French Throne
he was closely linked to the French, he though he had a better claim to throne then Philip vi -
1346
Battle of Crecy
Edward won due to longbows which could be reloaded quicker & fire much futher -
1415
Battle of Agincourt
Henry marched his troops to France, north Calais, where he was met by 30000 French he had 11000 exhausted English soldiers he defeated Normandy and married the daughter of the French King -
1420
Treaty of Troyes
Henry named heir to French throne -
1422
Henry dies of dysentry
Joan of Arc said the voices of the saints told her to free France, she was burned to death -
1423
France started to rebel
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1450
African Slave Trade Started
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1500
People start to move to America
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1500
virgina established
named after the queen Elizabeth, people couldn't farm so on the first attempt it failed, but on the 2nd attempt they learnt from nice Native American tribes, high profits came from Tabaco and soon lots of people moved to America -
1500
Hugenot migration
tried to escape religious persecution in France -
EIC made (East India Company)
monopoly trade -
Massachusetts
a ship called the mayflower left and made a colony called 'new Portsmouth', made living from fishing, set up democratic constitution=pilgrim fathers (seen as first 'real' Americans -
The navigation acts
Britain restricted the amount and what type of goods traded and mad the Americans trade only with Britain -
African Slave trade petition
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Highland Clearences
England caused famine to try and reduce the highlanders power after them supporting the stuart bloodline -
Robert Clive Defeats Indian Army
Robert Clive defeats the Indian army of 40,000 which the EIC took over Bengal one of the richest parts of India -
stamp act
Taxes got really high in particular paper, all paper was taxed High and stamped to symbolise this -
Henry conquers Irleland
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Boston Tea Party
Fed up of the British and their insanely high taxes they dumped £11,000 worth of tea in the sea, in revenge Britain banned all town meetings and close ports -
Government of India Act
stated that both the British Government & the EIC had control the territory of India jointly -
Colonies became independent
After Britain not pay9ing much attention to the colonies they became more independent and started growing tired of being part of the British empire and obey their rules instead of their own -
slave trade abolished
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Slave ownership banned
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India is controlled by the British
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Indian rebellion
The English brought out a new gun with gun cartridges that were coated in animal fat & the only way to use it was to put the cartridge in their mouth due to religion they refused & got jailed for 10 years -
Indian rebellion spreads
rest of the country started to rebel with the seypoys in support, the English brutally killed them (hanging them in pigskins) -
Indian peace declared
things got better Indians were put in government & less interference in religious matters from the English