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55 BCE
Julius Caesar Conquers the Celts
Because of this, Britain became the westernmost province of the Roman Empire. Through the Roman occupation, Christianity reached Britain. -
871
Alfred the Great
He came to the throne in Wessex. He loved wisdom and was a good hunter. -
1016
Canute the Dane
He ruled England, Denmark, and Norway as a great empire. He provided internal peace for his people. -
1066
Battle of Hastings
William defeated Harold's infantry, and Harold was killed. -
1086
Domesday Book Competed
It was a book that held the count of all the people and property in England. It was made for King William. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred Years' War
It was what happened with the small quarrels between France and England. France declared a war on England in the end which officially started the Hundred Years' War -
Period: 1455 to 1485
War of the Roses
Henry and his countrymen deposed Richard II. It was called the War of the Roses because each side in the war wore some type of rose. -
1485
Henry VII
In the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry Tudor defeated Richard II and Henry Tudor of Lancaster became Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England. -
1509
Henry VIII
The son of Henry VII. The Tudor kings were bound for conflict with the Pope. He had six different wives just to have a son. -
1531
The Convocation
Henry VIII forced the men in the Convocation to recognize him as "the single protector". -
1542
Mary Queen of Scots
She was only a week old when her father died. She was supposed to marry Edward VI, but her mother wanted to keep the Catholic and sent Mary in a disguise to France to be brought up. -
1552
Edward VI
Henry VIII's male heir whom he sought for for very long. Edward was only nine when he came to the throne. -
1553
Mary I
Since Edward VI died, she (being the oldest and having no other brothers) became queen of England. The was Catholic like her mother and those who did not follow her were executed. -
1558
Elizabeth I
'Good Queen Bess' When Mary I died, Elizabeth became queen of England and was loved because of her righteous character. -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Queen Elizabeth's fleet completely destroyed the Spanish Armada after ten days of fighting. -
James I
He was the first Stuart monarch of England. He had definite ideas about the divine right of kings. -
Charles I
He inherited a country from his father that despised him. He had to get loans from his people and his Parliament. -
English Civil War
The conflict between king and Parliament grew and finally the Civil War was begun when the king raised his banner int he town of Nottingham. -
Monarchy Fully Restored
The monarchy was fully restored, and England rejoiced at last. -
The Plague
IT was an infectious disease that spread all over Europe and killed many people. -
The Great Fire of London
Right after The Plague, a great fire broke out over London. For three days the fire burned taking with it thousands of homes, buildings, people. Most of the people, homeless, and destitute were forced into the open fields with barely their life. -
Glorious Revolution of 1688
The English monarchs were bound by a set of rules called the English Bill of Rights. The Glorious Revolution established once and for all in England the principle of government by consent.
