AQA GCSE History Crime and Punishment
Updated 3 Jun 2018
This timeline has all the key events which you need to know about for the Crime and Punishment 1000-present day topic, with descriptions.
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Battle of HastingsThomas Becket's murderHenry II's reformsCoroners introducedTrial by Ordeal abolishedMagna CartaConstables introducedMurdrum fine abolishedJustices of the Peace ActThe Peasants' RevoltBattle of BosworthStatute of LiveryThe English ReformationEdward VI's reign beginsMary I's reign beginsElizabeth I's reign beginsBabington PlotPilgrimage of GraceKett's rebellionJames I's reign beginsGunpowder PlotCharles I's beheadingCharles II's reign beginsJohn Howard's prisons reportDeath penalty for wounding a customs officer introducedBow St. Runners foundedGaols ActElizabeth Fry at Newgate PrisonElizabeth Fry at a parliamentary committeeGeorge Paul's prisonJeremy Bentham's prison designPolice ActMetropolitan Police ActCriminal Investigations Department set upNational Crime Records createdFirst fingerprint convictionThe Tolpuddle MartyrsLast public hangingDeath penalty abolishedWitchcraft ActMatthew Hopkins the witch-hunterJames VI's book about witchesEthelbert converted to ChristianityMurdrum fine introducedForest LawsHarrying of the NorthKeepers of the King's peace appointedVagabonds and Beggars ActAct of UniformityLast report of a highwaymanGame ActBlack ActAnother Witchcraft ActMunicipal Corporations ActRural Constabulary ActJack the RipperProbation Service set upCriminal Justice ActPrison categorisation introducedCommunity Service introducedStrangeways RiotBorstals introducedJuvenile courts introducedAge of criminal responsibility introducedApproved Schools introducedDeath penalty for under-18s abolishedDerek Bentley executedTimothy Evans executedSex Discrimination ActRacial and Religious Hatred ActPrisons ActSexual Offences ActCriminal Justice ActRace Relations ActDomestic Violence ActPeriods
Anglo-Spanish WarFirst English Civil WarSecond English Civil WarTransportation to AmericaTransportation to AustraliaThe EnlightenmentThe RenaissanceThe British EmpireThe Industrial RevolutionNapoleonic WarsWorld War OneWorld War TwoBloody CodeThe ReformationAmerican War of IndependenceSeparate SystemSilent SystemGrouping
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