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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 994
Full-scale invasion by Sweyn Forkbeard 1013
William of Normandy defeats Harold Godwinson at Battle of Haistings. 14th October 1066
William of Normandy Corronated as William I 15th December 1066
Essex rises against Normans 1068
Harrying of the North 1069
Corronation Charter 1100
Murder of Thomas Becket 1170
Signing of Magna Carta 1215
Provisions of Oxford 1258
Henry III defeated by de Monfort at Battle of Lewes May 1264
De Monfort calls first parliament with commons 1265
Model Parliament called 1295
Peasants' Revolt 1381
Charles I goes to war with Spain 1625
Act of Supremacy 1534
Cnut invades and becomes king 1016
Earl Godwinson exiled after dispute with Edward the Confessor 1051
William builds battle abbey 1070
Domesday survey 1086
Henry II appoints Thomas Becket as Archbishopof Cantebury 1162
Becket flees to france after dispute with Henry 1164
John loses Normandy 1204
England placed under interdict by pope after John refuses to accept Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury 1208
John excommunicated 1209
Henry III re-issues Magna Carta 1225
Edward I re-issues Magna Carta 1297
Richard II forced to accept removal of key advisers by rebel Barons 1387
Henry 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 1399
First 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. 1455
Richard III killed by Henry Tudor at Battle of Bosworth. August 1485
Pilgrimage of Grace 1536
Henry VIII appoints Thomas Cromwell Chief minister 1534
Henry VIII appoints Thomas Wolsey as lord chancelor 1515
New Act of Supremacy 1559
Northern Rebellion 1569
Spanish Armada defeated 1588
Essex rebellion 1601
Charles I dissolves parliament March 1629
New Book of Common Prayer introduced to Scotland 1637
Charles I takes army North after Scotland sets out the National Covenant rejecting his policies. 1639
MPs force Charles I to accept the Triennial Act, which stated that parliament had to meet at least once every three years. February 1641
Ship Money abolished 1641
Grand Remonstrance passed by parliament. Listed over 200 criticisms and demands. Charles refuses them all. November 1641
Parliament introduces the militia bill, which states that any new army must be under the control of parliament. December 1641
Charles I declares war on parliament August 1642
New Model Army Established by parliament 1645
Charles I Escapes prison and forms allience with Scots November 1647
Charles I executed 30 January 1649
Cromwell dissolves Rump Parliament, creating Barebones Parliament in April. This is dismissed soon after. 1653
Humble Petition of Advice 1657
Cromwell dies. Son Richard takes charge. 1658
Richard Cromwell retires to his lands. May 1659
Charles II instated as monarch. Signs Declaration of Bredna April 1660
James II forbade Anglican ministers from preaching anti-Catholic sermons. 1686
James 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 1688
Toleration Act passed, making it legal for Protestants to belong to churches other than the Church of England. 1689
Bank of England established 1694
Act of Settlement offers the crown to the ruling family in Hanover in Germany 1701
Act of Union 1707
America declares independence 1776
French Revolution 1789
Thomas Paine writes The Rights of Man 1791
Habeas Corpus Act suspended 1794
Hampden Club founded 1812
Thousonds of people came to meetings at Spa Fields in London to hear the Radical leader Henry Hunt speak. 1816
Over 700 petitions submitted to parliament calling for electoral reforms. 1817
Peterloo massacre 1819
Great Reform Act 1832
Six Acts passed 1819
Thomas Attwood founds Birmingham Political Union (BPU) 1830
Chartist movement presents petition to parliament with 1.2 million signatures 1839
Support for Chartism begins to fade 1848
Second Reform Act 1867
Third Reform Act 1884
NUWSS formed 1897
Idependent Labour Party (ILP) formed 1893
WSPU formed 1903
Liberal welfare reforms: OLd Age pension 1908
Liberal welfare reforms: National Insurance 1911
Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel led an attempt to barge into thye House of Commons. 1908
Suffragette Emily Davison killed at the Derby Horse Race 1913
Word War One begins 1914
Conscription introduced 1916
Compulsory rationing introduced 1918
World War One ends November 1918
Representation of the People Act: some women given the vote + all men over age of 21 January 1918
Remaining female population gains the vote 1928
World War Two begins 1939
Conscription begins 1938
The Daily Worker closed down for suggesting that industry bosses were benefiting from the war while workers made all the sacrifices. 1941
Sir William Beveridge publishes Beveridge Report, outlining five great social problems: Want (poverty); disease; ignorance; squalor; and idleness 1944
Labour party (under Clement Attlee) wins landslide election 1945
Family allowences 1945
National Insurance 1946
National Health Service (NHS) established 1948
Margaret Thatcher wins general election 1979
Thatcher introduces Poll Tax 1990
Falklands War 1982
Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister 1997
Britain joins USA and allies in invasion of Iraq 2003
250,000 CND supporters gather for a rally in London 1981
Miner's Strikes 1984-1985
Four Greenpeace divers try to block discharge pipe at BNFL plant at Sellafield 1983
Good Friday Agreement reached April 1998
Referendum held on Scottish independence. Defeated by vote of 55% 2014
Referendum in Wales on devolution. Policy passed 1997
'Hung parliament', resulting in coalition 2010
Conservatives win outright majority 2015
Britain votes to leave EU in referendum 23rd June 2016
Defence of the Realm Act (DORA): allowed government to take control of industries 1914
Battle of Maldon 991
Aethelred issues order that all Danes and other Vikings living in England should be killed 1002
Edward forced to Jumièges and several other Norman officials after Godwin returned as head of a large fleet. 1052
Godwin made earl by Cnut 1018
Robert of Jumièges made Archbishop of Canterbury 1044
Edward the Confessor allegedly promises English throne to William of Normandy 1051
Harold Godwinson and Tosig fight a successful campaign against welsh king Gruffydd 1064
Harold Godwinson falls out with brither Tostig, who goes into exile 1065
Edward the Confessor dies; Hariold Godwinson becomes king January 1066
Harald Hardrada defeated at Battle of Stamford Bridge September 1066
Periods
Henry I
Henry II
John
Aethelred the Unready
Edward the Confessor
William I
Henry III
Edward I
Richard II
Henry VII
Cnut
Henry V
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
James I
Charles I
Saxons
Normans
Medieval
Tudors
Stuarts
Charles II
James II
The Hanoverians
Modern era
George I
George II
William III and Mary II
Anne
Gerorge III
George IV
William IV
Victoria
Edward VII
George V
George VI
Elizabeth II
Edward VI
Mary I
Richard III
Edward IV
Henry VI
Henry IV
Edward III
Edward II
Richard I (the Lionheart)
Stephen
William II
Alfred the Great
Eadgar
Aethelstan
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