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History of England

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  • 5 BCE

    5th century BC

    5th century BC
    England was habitated by Celtic people since the middle of the 5th century BC.
  • 1 BCE

    1st Century BC

    1st Century BC
    Between 43 to 410 AC the Roman occupation happened. The Roman province was administeres by the Romans during this period.
  • 5

    5th Century AC

    5th Century AC
    The invasion of the Roman empire was produced by the Barbarians. England was invaded and dominated by the Jute Saxons. These groups expelled a great part of Celts and Romans that had occupied this region.
  • 12

    XII century AC

    XII century AC
    Great political instability. King Ricardo the 1st of England, known as Ricardo "Lion Heart", was participating in the third crusade and was captured becoming a prisoner of the Duke of Austria.
  • 871

    871

    871
    Alfred the Great becomes King of Wessex
  • 1066

    1066

    1066
    In the year 1066 AC, William I (William the Conqueror) of England, defeted the Saxon King Harold in the Battle of Hastings and was crowned King. The process od unification and formation of England began.
  • 1215

    1215

    1215
    The Magna Carta was given by Jhon 1st of England
  • 1256

    1256

    1256
    In this year was created the first English Parliament.
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    1337 and 1453

    England fight against France in the Hundred Years War and was defeated.
  • Period: 1401 to 1500

    XV Century - Middle Age

    Here is developed the process of strengthening of the English Monarchy.
  • 1534

    XVI Century

    XVI Century
    The English King Henry the VIII of England broke with the Catholic Church and found the Anglican Church.
  • 1554

    1554

    1554
    Mary the 1st restores catholicism

  • 1646

    1646
    The Church of England is reformed

  • XVII century

    XVII century
    In this period the French Revolution happened. In this process, the English Monarchy lost the power of the parliament and generating the beginning of the Parliamentary Regime.

  • 1707

    1707
    Scotland was annexed by England to the United Kingdom, the act of union of 1707 ended the kingdom of England and the kingdom of Scotland, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)

  • XVIII century

    XVIII century
    England, already part of the United Kingdom, has a process of transformation in production, use of technologies to accelerate the manufacture of products and reduce costs. This process became known as the Industrial Revolution.

  • XX Century

    XX Century
    Great Britain actively participated in the two world wars.