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1070
Jewish communities arrive in England after William the Conqueror becomes King
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1189
Jewish people in London are massacred
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1190
Jewish people are massacred in York
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1220
Lombard (northern Italian) bankers & Hansa (German) merchants begin to arrive in England
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1250
Henry III imposes heavy taxes on the Jews
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1255
Jewish people in Lincoln are accused of torturing a young boy for his blood (The Blood Libel))
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1275
Edward I imposes the Statute of Jewry, which means they can no longer charge interest and have to wear yellow badges to identify themselves
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1290
The Jews are expelled from England by Edward I
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1303
Royal Charter is issued by Edward I, allowing foreign merchants to trade
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1350
Flemish and Dutch weavers help transform England's economy from primary to a secondary
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1435
Gervase le Vulre becomes Henry VI's French Secretary
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1443
Nicolas Jone, a foreign merchant, is granted the Office of Exchanges and Securities for Ships Coming to England
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1471
Luket Nantron, a French clerk for John Falstaff, an English noble, dies
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1475
Steelyard is purchased for the Hanseatic League
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1511
John Blanke is represented in the Westminster Tournament Roll
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Apr 30, 1517
'Evil May Day' Riots - immigrants are killed by a mob in London
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Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation
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1526
Transatlantic Slave Trade begins
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1530
Henry VIII orders all Gypsies to be kicked out of England
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1554
Queen Mary makes it a crime to be a Gypsy
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1560
Walloon (Belgian) Protestants flee Catholic persecution to England
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1572
Huguenot (French) Protestants flee persecution to England
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East India Trading Company is formed
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Approximately 60 Africans have been baptised in England
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Oliver Cromwell allows some Sephardi (Spanish) Jews to migrate to Britain
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British merchant ships begin to use Lascars in large numbers
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A larger wave of Huguenot (French) Protestants flee persecution to England
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Palatine (German) Protestants flee persecution to England
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East India Trading company takes over all of India
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Industrial Revolution begins
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Due to the slave trade, there is a rise in the Black population within England
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Due to Britain's colonisation of India, there is a rise in the Indian population in England
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Britain abolishes slavery (only within Britain)
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A huge wave of Irish migrants arrive in England, due to the Potato Famine
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A wave of Italian migration begins
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A wave of Jewish migration (mainly from Eastern Europe) begins
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A wave of German migration begins
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Aliens Act is passed into law
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Status of Aliens Act
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World War I begins
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Approximately 200,000 Belgians are accepted into England as refugees of war and are housed at Alexandra Palace
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Alien Registration (Amendment) Act
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Coloured Alien Seamen Order
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British Union of Fascists formed by Oswald Mosley
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Battle of Cable Street takes place in East London
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WWII begins - Italian and German migrants are interned throughout the war
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The Commonwealth is formed, replacing the British Empire
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European Coal and Steel Community is formed
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Kelso Cochrane is murdered in Notting Hill
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A wave of Indian, Pakistani, Cypriot and Caribbean migrants from the Commonwealth begin to arrive in England
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Commonwealth Immigrants Act is passed
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Bristol Bus Boycott
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Commonwealth Immigrants Act is passed
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Grunwick Strike
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The Anti-Nazi League is formed
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The Schengen Agreement is signed
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The Anti-Racist Alliance is formed
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Britain votes to leave the EU