British History
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55BC Julius caesar invaded Failed1969 Concord 1st flight1976 Concord 1st Passengers1933 Adolf Hitlker comes to power1889 Women franchise league created by Emmaline Pankurst1982 Argenina Invaded the falkland islands1945 Alexander fleming given the noble prize for Penicillin1858 Emmaline pankhurst born in manchesterAD789 First Viking raids1284 Statute of Rhuddlan king edward I of England1932 First Television broadcast1965 Winston Churchill Dies1903 Emmaline Pankhurst Creates WSPU
Suffragettes1509 Henry VIII startes Reining1922 Ireland split into 2 countries1314 Battle of BannockbuenRobert the BruceBy the 1200's England ruled the Pale around Dublin, Ireland1415 Battle of Agincourt, Part of the hundred years war (116years), King Henry V was outnumbered by the French1348 The Black Death 1/3 population Death1215 The Magna Carta, Limit to Kings power, Protected the Rights of NobilityLeading up to the 1400's Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales
Printed by William Caxton first printing Press1485 Battle of Bosworth Field ended the war of the Roses. Won by King Henry VII House Lancaster1455 War of the roses, House Lancaster (King Henry VII) v House York (King Richard III). Created House Tudor10000 Years ago Britain permanently seperated from the Mainland Europe. Huner gatherers first people6000 years ago first farmers arrived from South East Europe4000 years ago Bronze age1066 The Norman ConquestAD 476 End of th Roman empireAD 43 Emporer claudius invaded successfullyAD 410 Romans left and never returnedJan 1547 Hnery VIII dies1801 Ireland Joins with England, Scotland and WalesAD43 Emporer Claudius Invaded and Succeeded
Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni, resisted, Has a statue on westminister bridgeAD410 Romans left to defend other parts of the empire and never returned.
Anglo-Saxons started invadingAD600 Anglo-saxon were established in Britain1714 queen ANNe dies and George I becomes king1948 NHS established1588 Elizabeth I defeats the spanish Armada1560 Mary queen of scots abolished the authority of the pope of scotland1564-1616 Shakespear born1642 English Civil war begins1646 Parliment wins the war in the battle of Marston moor1649 Charles I executed after no agreement with ParlimentOliver Cromwell DiesMay 1660 Charles II invited to england for the restoration1679 Habeas Corpus1727 Sir Isaac Newton dies, born 16431690 Battle of the Boyne, William of Orange defeats James II1689 Coronation of William and Mary
Bill of Rights introduced1695 No government license need for newspaper printing1707 The act of union1807 Became illegal to trade slaves in British ships or ports1833 The emancipation act abolished slavery1776 13 American colonies declare independence1789 French declare war on Britain1805 Battle of trafalgar1815 French wras end with the defeat of Napoleon1832 Reform Act
Greatly increased voting rights1867 Another reform Act increased voting again1928 Womens right to vote at 211918 Womens right to vote at 301929 The Great depression
Aviation and the auto industry did well1936 BBC starts regular TV1939 Hitlers invasion of poland1941 Pearl Harbour, US enters the war1944 D-Day NormandyPeriods
1853-1913 15 million british citizens left1721-1742 Sir Robert Walpole 1st Prime ministerAD476-1485 Middle AgesWar of the Roses1066-1485 Focus for study1680-1720 Refugees from france, Huguenots1837-1901 Queen Victoria Reign, Victoria Age1853-1856 Crimean War1899-1902 The Boer war
In South Africa against settlers from the Netherlands1914-1918 WWI
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