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700 BCE
Celtic culture and tribal kingdoms start to emerge
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43 BCE
Emperor Claudius orders the invasion of Britain
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1 CE
Anno Dómini
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50
Foundation of Londinium
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61
The Iceni Rebellion. Roman army defeats a major revolt under Boudicca
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122
Emperor Hadrian orders the construction of wall accros northern Britain.
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432
Patrick begins his missionary work in Ireland
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449
Angles and Saxon Arrive in South east Britain.
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476
Fall of the Roman emperie
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789
First recorded Viking attac happens in Dorset.
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793
Viking attack the monastery of Lindsfarne, Northumbria
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829
Egbert, King of the west Saxons conquers Mercia
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851
Athelstan, son of the King of Wessex, defeats a Viking fleets in batle.
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867
Viking army kills rival King of Nothumbria, Capturing York.
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954
Erik Bloodaxe, the last Vikin King, is forced out of York.
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973
Edgar is crowned King of England at Bath
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1000
Feudalism
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1040
Macbeth defeats Duncan I of Scotland and makes himself King
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1042
Edward the confessor becomes King of England
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1066
William of Normandy (William the conqueror) defeats and kill Harold II in Batle of Hastings.
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Dec 25, 1066
William of Normandy is crowned king of England
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1086
Domesday Book is instituted to survey the English lands of William the Conqueror
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1087
William the Conqueror dies at Rouen, Normandy
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1095
The First Crusade
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1096
Oxford University is founded
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1154
Henry II, the first 'Plantagenet' king, accedes to the throne
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1167
Henry II visits Ireland to assert his overlordship
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1170
Henry II's soldiers murder Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
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1184
Inquisition
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1189
Richard I becames King
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1190
Richard I joins the Third Crusade
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1209
Migrant scholars establish a university at Cambridge
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1214
John loses Normandy and other French possessions after the Battle of Bouvines
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1215
John and his barons sign Magna Carta
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1295
Edward I summons his 'Model Parliament
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1305
Scottish rebel William Wallace is executed by the English
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1328
Scotland is recognized as an independent kingdom
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1328
Black Death' enters Britain
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1337
Hundred Years' War between England and France begins
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1455
Wars of the Roses begin with first Battle of St Albans
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1477
William Caxton publishes the first printed book in England
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1485
Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. The Tudor Dinasty begins
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1492
Arrival of Christopher Colombus to America
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1509
Henry VIII is crowned king
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1534
Act of Supremacy makes Henry head of the English church
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1538
An English language version of the bible replaced latin bibles in every church in the land
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1547
England becomes Protestant under Edward VI
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1558
Elizabeth I’s long reign begins
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First English colony in America
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Elizabeth's Catholic cousin Mary, Queen of Scots is in exile in England and poses a threat to Elizabeth.
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Queen Elizabeth I executes Mary, Queen of Scots
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Defeat of Spanish Armada inspires England
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End of the Tudor dynasty
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James VI of Scotland accede to the English trone. The Stuart Dinasty begins
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Gunpowder Plot to assassinate James I is discovered
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William Shakespeare dies
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Pilgrim Fathers' sail for America in the 'Mayflower'
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Charles I is executed at Whitehall, London
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Civil War begins as Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham
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Oliver Cromwell makes himself Lord Protector
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Restoration of the monarchy and the Angelican religion. Charles II is restored to the throne
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Great Plague of London begins
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Great Fire of London destroys two-thirds of the city
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'Bill of Rights' is confirmed by an act of parliament
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William III defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
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Act of Settlement places the House of Hanover in line for the English throne
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Act of Union of England and Scotland is ratified
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Thomas Newcomen invents the steam engine
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The first of the Hanoverian monarchs was proclaimed as George I.
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Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister
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George Anson sails around the world
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Jacobites are defeated at Culloden, the last battle on British soil
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'Factory Age' begins with the opening of Britain's first cotton mill
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American War of Independence begins
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First fleet of convicts sails to Australia
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French Revolution
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Act of Union creates the United Kingdom
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Napoleon became emperor
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Royal Navy defeats a French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar
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Jane Austen published Pride and Prejuice
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Mary Shelly published Frankestein
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Robert Peel sets up the Metropolitan Police
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Parliament passes a bill to abolish slavery in the British empire
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Victoria comes to the throne after the death of William IV
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Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is published
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Charles dikens publised Great Expectations
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Married women obtain the right to acquire their own property
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Karl Benz invents the car
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Artur Conan Doyle published his first book. A Study in Scarlet.
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Victoria dies and is succeeded by Edward VII
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Parliament approves old age pensions
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George V becames king. The Windsor dynasty begins
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House of Lords loses its power of veto over legislation
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Britain declares war on Germany in response to the invasion of Belgium
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World War I
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Russian Revolution
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Limited numbers of women are given the vote for the first time
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Massive flu epidemic reaches Britain
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Lady Astor becomes the first woman to take her seat in parliament
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Anglo-Irish Peace Treaty is signed, resulting in partition of the island
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British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is created
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All women over the age of 21 get the vote
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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Adolf Hitler's rise to power
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George V dies and is succeeded by Edward VIII
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Edward VIII abdicates in order to marry Wallace Simpson
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George VI is crowned king
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World War II
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Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of the coalition government
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Alan Turing devised a technique termed Turingery
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United Nations comes into existence with Britain as a founder member
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Cold War
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The National Health Service, established by the post-war Labour government, represented a fundamental change in the provision of medical services.
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Republic of Ireland comes into being
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Elizabeth II succeeds her father, George VI
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Death penalty is abolished
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Conservative Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister
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England win the football World Cup
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Abortion and homosexuality are legalised
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First man on the moon
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Economic recession leads to high unemployment
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Malvinas War
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Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is re-elected by a landslide
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Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
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The Fall of the Wall of Berlin.
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Channel Tunnel opens, linking London and Paris by rail
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Britain hands Hong Kong back to China
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Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris
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Islamic terrorists crash aircraft on targets in New York and Washington
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A serie of terrorist attacks with bombs in the transport network caused 52 dead and 700 wounded.
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In London, leaders of the G-20 and Spain reach an agreement to overcome the global economic crisis. They establish supervision norms on markets and taxes on the banking sector.
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With the record participation of 204 countries, the XXVIII Olympiad is inaugurated in London. For the first time, all delegations have female athletes.