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55 BCE
Julius Caesar conquers the Celts
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871
Alfred the Great becomes King
Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, become King of England in 871 -
1016
Canute the Dane
Canute the Dane started ruling England in 1016. He later went on to become King of Denmark and Norway as well. -
1066
Battle of Hastings
William sailed to England with an army of 10,000 or more men and met Harold's forces at the Battle of Hastings -
1086
Domesday book completed
the Domesday book was a count of the people and property -
1337
The Hundred Years War
The hundred year war which actually lasted, with few interruptions from 1337 to 1453 -
1347
The Plague
Most fatal pandemic in human history -
1445
The War of the Roses
The War of Roses was named because the Yorks used white Roses as there emblem and the Lancasters used red Roses as there emblem -
1501
Edward VI
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1509
King Henry VIII
King Henry vll broke Englands ties with the crunch of Rome when he became King. -
1531
The Convocation
A forced assembly by Henry VII to recognize him as the single protector, the only supreme lord, and head of the English church. -
1542
Mary Queen of Scots
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1553
Queen Mary I
Bloody Mary’s reign -
1558
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth’s reign -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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James I
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Charles I
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English Civil War
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The Great Fire of London
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Glorious Revolution of 1688
William of Orange took the English Throne
