Power 1000-2014 (OCR GCSE History)
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Timeline covering important dates for OCR GCSE paper 2 power, monarchy and democracy thematic study
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Aethelred pays £10,00 Dangeld to vikings
994Full-scale invasion by Sweyn Forkbeard
1013William of Normandy defeats Harold Godwinson
at Battle of Haistings.
14th October 1066William of Normandy Corronated as William I
15th December 1066Essex rises against Normans
1068Harrying of the North
1069Corronation Charter
1100Murder of Thomas Becket
1170Signing of Magna Carta
1215Provisions of Oxford
1258Henry III defeated by de Monfort at Battle of Lewes
May 1264De Monfort calls first parliament with commons
1265Model Parliament called
1295Peasants' Revolt
1381Charles I goes to war with Spain
1625Act of Supremacy
1534Cnut invades and becomes king
1016Earl Godwinson exiled after dispute with Edward the Confessor
1051William builds battle abbey
1070Domesday survey
1086Henry II appoints Thomas Becket as Archbishopof Cantebury
1162Becket flees to france after dispute with Henry
1164John loses Normandy
1204England placed under interdict by pope after
John refuses to accept Stephen Langton as
Archbishop of Canterbury
1208John excommunicated
1209Henry III re-issues Magna Carta
1225Edward I re-issues Magna Carta
1297Richard II forced to accept removal of key advisers by rebel Barons
1387Henry Bolingbroke invades England. After
returing from Ireland, Richard II surrenders to
Bolingbroke's forces at Flint Castle in Wales.
July 1399.After establishing claim to throne, Henry Bolingbroke
takes throne and Becomes Henry IV.
December 1399First battle of the War of the Roses. Duke of
Somerset fights against Duke of York over who
should be Henry's chief adviser at St. Albans.
Somerset killed.
1455Richard III killed by Henry Tudor at Battle of Bosworth.
August 1485Pilgrimage of Grace
1536Henry VIII appoints Thomas Cromwell Chief minister
1534Henry VIII appoints Thomas Wolsey as lord chancelor
1515New Act of Supremacy
1559Northern Rebellion
1569Spanish Armada defeated
1588Essex rebellion
1601Charles I dissolves parliament
March 1629New Book of Common Prayer introduced to Scotland
1637Charles I takes army North after Scotland sets out
the National Covenant rejecting his policies.
1639MPs force Charles I to accept the Triennial Act,
which stated that parliament had to meet at least
once every three years.
February 1641Ship Money abolished
1641Grand Remonstrance passed by parliament.
Listed over 200 criticisms and demands. Charles
refuses them all.
November 1641Parliament introduces the militia bill, which states
that any new army must be under the control of parliament.
December 1641Charles I declares war on parliament
August 1642New Model Army Established by parliament
1645Charles I Escapes prison and forms allience with Scots
November 1647Charles I executed
30 January 1649Cromwell dissolves Rump Parliament, creating
Barebones Parliament in April. This is dismissed
soon after.
1653Humble Petition of Advice
1657Cromwell dies. Son Richard takes charge.
1658Richard Cromwell retires to his lands.
May 1659Charles II instated as monarch. Signs Declaration of Bredna
April 1660James II forbade Anglican ministers from
preaching anti-Catholic sermons.
1686James II wife has a son, now his Catholic heir.
1688'Glorious' Revolution: William of Orange lands
forces in Devon and James II flees to France.
November 1688Toleration Act passed, making it legal for
Protestants to belong to churches other than the
Church of England.
1689Bank of England established
1694Act of Settlement offers the crown to the ruling
family in Hanover in Germany
1701Act of Union
1707America declares independence
1776French Revolution
1789Thomas Paine writes The Rights of Man
1791Habeas Corpus Act suspended
1794Hampden Club founded
1812Thousonds of people came to meetings at Spa
Fields in London to hear the Radical leader Henry
Hunt speak.
1816Over 700 petitions submitted to parliament
calling for electoral reforms.
1817Peterloo massacre
1819Great Reform Act
1832Six Acts passed
1819Thomas Attwood founds Birmingham Political
Union (BPU)
1830Chartist movement presents petition to
parliament with 1.2 million signatures
1839Support for Chartism begins to fade
1848Second Reform Act
1867Third Reform Act
1884NUWSS formed
1897Idependent Labour Party (ILP) formed
1893WSPU formed
1903Liberal welfare reforms:
OLd Age pension
1908Liberal welfare reforms:
National Insurance
1911Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel
led an attempt to barge into thye House of
Commons.
1908Suffragette Emily Davison killed at the Derby
Horse Race
1913Word War One begins
1914Conscription introduced
1916Compulsory rationing introduced
1918World War One ends
November 1918Representation of the People Act: some women
given the vote + all men over age of 21
January 1918Remaining female population gains the vote
1928World War Two begins
1939Conscription begins
1938The Daily Worker closed down for suggesting that
industry bosses were benefiting from the war
while workers made all the sacrifices.
1941Sir William Beveridge publishes Beveridge Report,
outlining five great social problems: Want
(poverty); disease; ignorance; squalor; and
idleness
1944Labour party (under Clement Attlee) wins
landslide election
1945Family allowences
1945National Insurance
1946National Health Service (NHS) established
1948Margaret Thatcher wins general election
1979Thatcher introduces Poll Tax
1990Falklands War
1982Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister
1997Britain joins USA and allies in invasion of Iraq
2003250,000 CND supporters gather for a rally in London
1981Miner's Strikes
1984-1985Four Greenpeace divers try to block discharge pipe
at BNFL plant at Sellafield
1983Good Friday Agreement reached
April 1998Referendum held on Scottish independence.
Defeated by vote of 55%
2014Referendum in Wales on devolution. Policy passed
1997'Hung parliament', resulting in coalition
2010Conservatives win outright majority
2015Britain votes to leave EU in referendum
23rd June 2016Defence of the Realm Act (DORA): allowed
government to take control of industries
1914Battle of Maldon
991Aethelred issues order that all Danes and other
Vikings living in England should be killed
1002Edward forced to Jumièges and several other
Norman officials after Godwin returned as head
of a large fleet.
1052Godwin made earl by Cnut
1018Robert of Jumièges made Archbishop of Canterbury
1044Edward the Confessor allegedly promises English
throne to William of Normandy
1051Harold Godwinson and Tosig fight a successful
campaign against welsh king Gruffydd
1064Harold Godwinson falls out with brither Tostig,
who goes into exile
1065Edward the Confessor dies; Hariold Godwinson
becomes king
January 1066Harald Hardrada defeated at Battle of Stamford Bridge
September 1066Perioden
Henry IHenry IIJohnAethelred the UnreadyEdward the ConfessorWilliam IHenry IIIEdward IRichard IIHenry VIICnutHenry VHenry VIIIElizabeth IJames ICharles ISaxonsNormansMedievalTudorsStuartsCharles IIJames IIThe HanoveriansModern eraGeorge IGeorge IIWilliam III and Mary IIAnneGerorge IIIGeorge IVWilliam IVVictoriaEdward VIIGeorge VGeorge VIElizabeth IIEdward VIMary IRichard IIIEdward IVHenry VIHenry IVEdward IIIEdward IIRichard I (the Lionheart)StephenWilliam IIAlfred the GreatEadgarAethelstan
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