UK history

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  • Period: 43 to 410

    The Roman Conquest

  • Period: 793 to 850

    Viking Raids

  • Period: 865 to 896

    Invasions and Danelaw (vikings)

  • Period: 980 to 1012

    Second Invasions (vikings)

  • 990

    Canute the Great (born)

  • 1027

    William the Conqueror (born)

    Invaded England. Grabs the throne in 1066.
  • Sep 20, 1066

    Battle of Fulford (vikings)

  • Sep 8, 1157

    Richard Lionheart

    Crusader. King when Robin Hood lived.
  • Jun 15, 1215

    The Magna Carta

  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    The Hundred Years War

  • Jun 28, 1491

    Henry VIII (born)

    Ruled England. Protestant reformation. Had 6 wives.
  • Sep 7, 1533

    Queen Elizabeth I (born)

    Virgin queen. One of the greatest monarch.
  • 1564

    William Shakespear (born)

    Greatest English speaking writer in history. England´s national poet. Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet.
  • Apr 13, 1570

    Guy Fawkes (born)

    Tried to blow up James I during opening of Parlament. (the Gunpowder Plot)

  • The Gunpowder Plot

    A failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. The plan was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of England's Parliament on 5 November 1605, when James' 9yo daughter (Elizabeth) was going to be installed as the Catholic head of state. The plot was revealed to the authorities in an anonymous letter sent to William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, on 26 October 1605.

  • Horatio Nelson (born)

    Efforts in the Napoleon Wars.

  • The Battle of Trafalgar

  • Queen Victoria (born)

    Createt the British Empire. The Victorian Era. Had 9 children.
  • Period: to

    The Irish Potato Famine

    A period of mass starvation, disease and emigration.
    Ca. 1 mill people died and 1 mill emigrated.
    Potatos was the only crop affected.
    Caused by a parasite that attacted potato crops (Phytophthora infestans)

  • Winston Churchill (born)

    Prime minister of Britain during the second World War. Best known stateman of the 20th century.
  • Period: to

    The Sinking of the Titanic

    Titanic struck an iceberg at 23:40, 14th of april 1912, with an estimated 2224 people onboard. Titanic recieved six warnings of sea ice on the 14th, but was travelling near her top speed, when the iceberg was sighted. Almost all those who jumped/fell into the water died. RMS Carpathia arrived at the scene 1 1/2 hour later. The disaster caused widespread outrage over the lack of lifeboats, lax regulations, and the unequal treatment of the three passenger classes during the evacuation.

  • The Easter Rising

  • Period: to

    The Battle of Britain