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55 BCE
Julius Caesar: unsuccessful Roman invasion
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Period: 43 to 410
Emperor Claudius: successful Roman occupation for 400 years
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Period: 200 to 300
First Christians communities in Britain
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600
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms established in Britain
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789
Vikings raided Britain
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1066
Battle of Hastings: William The Conqueror became king of England
William Duke of Normandy
Harold Saxon King of England -
Period: 1066 to 1485
The Middle Ages / The Medieval Period
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Period: 1094 to 1492
The Crusades
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1200
Ireland: English ruled Pale
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1215
Magna Carta
King is subject to the law -
1284
Wales: Statute of Rhuddlan by King Edward I
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1314
Scotland: Battle of Bannockburn, Robert the Bruce
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Period: 1337 to 1453
The Hundred Years War
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1348
The Black Death
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1400
English became the official language
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1400
The Canterbury Tales: Geoffrey Chaucer
William Caxton first person in ENgland to print books using a printing press -
1415
Battle of Agincourt: King Henry V defeated the French
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Period: 1445 to 1485
The Wars of the Rose: Henry Tudor became King Henry VII
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1450
English left France
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Period: 1500 to
Growth of Protestantism in England, Wales & Scotland
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Period: 1509 to 1547
King Henry VIII
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Period: 1517 to
The Reformation in Europe
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Period: 1534 to
The Church of England
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Period: 1542 to 1567
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots: Catholic
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Period: 1547 to 1553
King Edward VI: Protestant
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Period: 1553 to 1558
Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary): Catholic
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Period: 1558 to
Queen Elizabeth I: Protestant
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1560
Roman Catholic religious services became illegal
Protestant Scottish Parliament abolished the authority of the Pope in Scotland. -
Period: 1564 to
William Shakespeare
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Period: 1577 to 1580
The Golden Hind: Sir Francis Drake
First to circumnavigate the world -
English defeat of the Spanish Armada
Sent by Spain to conquer England and restore Catholicism. -
Period: to
King James I (King James VI of Scotland)
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Period: to
King Charles I
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King Charles I recalled Parliament to ask for funds.
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Period: to
The Irish Rebellion
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Civil war between King Charles I and Parliament
Cavaliers supported the king and Roundheads supported Parliament. -
Period: to
Issac Newton
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Battles of Marston Moor And Naseby
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Parliament won the war - Charles was held prisoner
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Charles I was executed and England declared itself a republic called the Commonwealth
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Period: to
Charles II declared King of Scotland by the Scots
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Battle of Worcester: Charles II defeated by Oliver Cromwell
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Period: to
Oliver Cromwell: Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
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Period: to
Charles II King of England, Scotland and Ireland
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Period: to
The Royal Society
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The plague in London
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The Great Fire of London
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The Habeas Corpus Act became law
Habeas corpus = ‘you must present the person in court’ - every prisoner has a right to a court hearing. -
Period: to
King James II (VII in Scotland): Roman Catholic
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Period: to
The Glorious Revolution
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Battle of Killiecrankie: supported James II
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Period: to
William of Orange - King William III (II in Scotland): Protestant ruler of Holland
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Ireland Battle of Boyne: William defeated James II
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The Massacre of Glencoe
The massacre was ordered upon them because of the Chief's failure to sign an oath of allegiance to King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland before 1 January 1692. However MacIain had intended to sign the oath but savage snow storms prevented him. Even though his attempt was known to the government they decided an example needed to be made and the massacre went ahead anyway. -
Period: to
Richard Cromwell: Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland