History of Britain
Atualizado 31 dez 2019
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10000BC
Britain became permanently
separated from the continent
by the channel6000 BC
First farmers arrived in Britain50 BC
Failed Roman invasion
led by Julius Caesar44 CE
Successful Roman invasion
led by Claudius110 CE
Construction of
Hadrian's Wall started410 CE
End of Roman occupation600 CE
Anglo-Saxon kingdom
established789 CE
First visit of Vikings1066 CE
Norman invasion by William
Duke of Normandy1017 CE
Coronation of Cnut as
King of the England1284 CE
King Edward I of England annexed
Wales with the Statute of Rhuddlan1415 CE
Welsh rebellions defeated
English laws and language
introduced1314 CE
English defeated by Robert the Bruce
and Scotland remained unconquered1200 CE
The English ruled an area in
Ireland known as The Pale
around Dublin1415 CE
Battle of Agincourt
(Hundred Years' War)1450 CE
English largely left France1348 CE
Arrival of the Black Death
in Britain1215 CE
Magna Carta established that
Kings are subject to the Law1400 CE
English language dominated
court, parliament and
literature in England1485
Battle of Bosworth Field ended
the War of the Roses with Henry
Tudor as King Henry VII1534
Protestant Church of England
was stablished1536
Act of Union
Wales formally united with England1588
England defeated Spanish Armada1560
Protestant Church of Scotland
was stablished1640
King Charles I asks
Parliament for funds
to fight Scottish army1649
Execution of Charles I1650
Battle of Dunbar1651
Battle of Worcester1658
Oliver Cromwell's Death1660
Restoration of the Crown
with King Charles II1665
Plague outbreak
in London1679
Habeas Corpus Act1688
The Glorious Revolution
of King William III1690
Battle of Boyne
William III retook
Ireland from James II1666
Great Fire of London1689
Bill of Rights1695
Newspapers allowed to
operate without a
government licence1656
Arrival of first Jews
migrants since the
Middle Ages to London1707
Act of Union created
Kingdom of Great Britain1714
Parliament chose a German,
George I, to be the next King1745
Battle of Culloden
King George II vs
Bonnie Prince CharlieEarly 19th century
Evictions of Scottish tenants
made people leave to North
AmericaEarly 18th century
Slave trade was a fully
established overseas
industry1807
Trading slaves in British
ships is outlawed1833
Emancipation Act abolishes
slavery throughout the British
Empire1776
American colonies declare
their independence1783
Britain recognises american
independencePeríodos
Stone Age
2.7M BC - 4000 BC
First people to live in
Britain were hunter-gatherersBronze Age
4000 BC - 1200 BC
People lived in roundhouses
and were metalworkersIron Age
1200 BC - 50 BC
People built settlements on hill forts
such as Maiden Castle in DorsetFirst Christian communities
began to appear in BritainHundred Years' War
1337 CE - 1453 CEWar of the Roses
1455 - 1485
Civil war between houses
of Lancaster and York over
crown of England1509 - 1547
Rule of King Henry VIII1558 - 1603
Rule of Queen Elizabeth I1564 - 1616
Lifetime of William Shakespeare1603 - 1625
Rule of King James VI and I1642 - 1646
English Civil War
between King Charles I
and Parliament1641 - 1653
Ireland's Confederate Wars1649 - 1660
Commonwealth of England1643 - 1727
Lifetime of Sir Isaac NewtonRule of King Charles II1685 - 1688
Rule of King James VII and II1680 - 1720
Migration of Huguenots from France1759 - 1796
Lifetime of Robert 'The Bard' Burns (Scottish poet)1732 - 1792
Lifetime of Richard Arkwright
Improved the original carding machine1759 - 1851
Lifetime of Sake Dean Mahomet
opened first curry house in Britain1721 - 1742
Robert Walpole as Prime Minister
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