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400-600The Angles and Saxons
arrive in England
597Augustine arrives in England
731 Bede completes the Ecclesiastical
History of the English People
865 The invasion of the lsquoGreat Heathen Armyrsquo
878 Alfred the Greatrsquos victory at
the Battle of Edington
1016 The Viking ruler Canute becomes
King of England
1069The Harrying of the North
1120 Sinking of the White Ship
1170Thomas Becket is murdered
100 KEY DATES from the Knowing History Series
410The Roman Army leaves Britain
937 AEligthelstanrsquos victory at the Battle of Brunanburh
1066The Battle of Hastings
1086 William commissions the Domesday Book
1135The start of lsquothe Anarchyrsquo
1204Eleanor of Aquitaine dies
793 Vikings attack the monastery on Lindisfarne
ANGLO-SAXONS TO QUEEN VICTORIA
1283Edward I conquers Wales
1305Edward I executes William Wallace
1326Isabella of France deposes Edward II
1381 The Peasantsrsquo Revolt
1461 The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton
1483 King Richard III seizes the English throne following the death of his brother
1509Henry VIII becomes King of England
1533Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn
1536The dissolution of the Monasteries begins
1558Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England
1576Englandrsquos first public theatre is built in Shoreditch
1587Mary Queen of Scots is executed
1590 Shakespearersquos first play Henry VI Part I performed
1215 King John signs the Magna Carta
1348 The Black Death hits England
1415Henry V wins the Battle of Agincourt
1471 Edward IV wins back his throne at the
Battle of Barnet and Henry VI dies
1485 Henry Tudor wins the Battle of Bosworth
and is crowned King Henry VII
1520The Field of the Cloth of Gold
1534Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy
1554Mary I marries Philip II of Spain
1563The first of the Elizabethan Poor Laws is
passed
1580Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world
1588The Spanish Armada sets sail for England
1600East India Company granted a Royal Charter
1603James I becomes King of England
1606Virginia Company granted a Royal Charter
1629The start of the lsquoeleven-years tyrannyrsquo
1645The Battle of Naseby
1653Oliver Cromwell becomes lsquoLord Protectorrsquo
1665 The Great Plague hits London
1672Royal African Company is founded
1687 Isaac Newton publishes the Principia Mathematica
1688The Glorious Revolution
1707Parliament passes the Act of Union
1721Robert Walpole becomes the first lsquoPrime Ministerrsquo
1745Bonnie Prince Charlie leads a Jacobite Uprising
1755 Samuel Johnson publishes his dictionary of the English language
1764 Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
1605The Gunpowder Plot
almost destroys Parliament
1611Publication of the King James Bible
1642The English Civil War breaks out
1648Parliament wins the Second Civil War
1649Trial and execution of Charles I
1660 Charles II is crowned King beginning the Restoration
1666The Great Fire of London
1689The Bill of Rights is signed
1714The Hanoverian Succession
1739The highwayman Dick Turpin
is hanged in York
1746The Battle of Culloden
1756The beginning of the Seven Years War
1765The Treaty of Allahabad
1776Watt builds his first functioning steam engine
1787Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade formed
1788The First Fleet of 11 convict ships reaches Australia
1798 United Irishmen Uprising takes place
1807Parliament passes the Slave Trade Act
1815 Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
1834Tolpuddle Martyrs are transported to Australia
1775Arkwright opens the Cromford Mill
1775The American Revolution begins in Lexington
1782Parliament votes to end war in America
1801 The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland is created
1811First Luddite attacks take place in Nottingham
1819 Peterloo Massacre takes place in Manchester
1830Opening of the Liverpool
to Manchester railway
1829Parliament passes the
Metropolitan Police Act
1832 Parliament passes
the Great Reform Act
1833Parliament passes the
Slavery Abolition Act
1834Parliament passes the
Poor Law Amendment Act
1838 The lsquoPeoplersquos Charterrsquo is published
1845The Irish Potato Famine begins
1857The Indian Rebellion begins
1866 Telegraph wire is laid beneath the Atlantic
1876Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
1837Victoria becomes Queen of England
1842The First Opium War ends
1851The Great Exhibition
is held in London
1859 Brunelrsquos SS Great
Eastern is launched
1875Parliament passes
the Public Health Act
1882British Army occupies Egypt
1884 Parliament passes Gladstonersquos
Third Reform Act
1899The Start of the Boer War
1901Death of Queen Victoria
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
1283Edward I conquers Wales
1305Edward I executes William Wallace
1326Isabella of France deposes Edward II
1381 The Peasantsrsquo Revolt
1461 The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton
1483 King Richard III seizes the English throne following the death of his brother
1509Henry VIII becomes King of England
1533Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn
1536The dissolution of the Monasteries begins
1558Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England
1576Englandrsquos first public theatre is built in Shoreditch
1587Mary Queen of Scots is executed
1590 Shakespearersquos first play Henry VI Part I performed
1215 King John signs the Magna Carta
1348 The Black Death hits England
1415Henry V wins the Battle of Agincourt
1471 Edward IV wins back his throne at the
Battle of Barnet and Henry VI dies
1485 Henry Tudor wins the Battle of Bosworth
and is crowned King Henry VII
1520The Field of the Cloth of Gold
1534Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy
1554Mary I marries Philip II of Spain
1563The first of the Elizabethan Poor Laws is
passed
1580Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world
1588The Spanish Armada sets sail for England
1600East India Company granted a Royal Charter
1603James I becomes King of England
1606Virginia Company granted a Royal Charter
1629The start of the lsquoeleven-years tyrannyrsquo
1645The Battle of Naseby
1653Oliver Cromwell becomes lsquoLord Protectorrsquo
1665 The Great Plague hits London
1672Royal African Company is founded
1687 Isaac Newton publishes the Principia Mathematica
1688The Glorious Revolution
1707Parliament passes the Act of Union
1721Robert Walpole becomes the first lsquoPrime Ministerrsquo
1745Bonnie Prince Charlie leads a Jacobite Uprising
1755 Samuel Johnson publishes his dictionary of the English language
1764 Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
1605The Gunpowder Plot
almost destroys Parliament
1611Publication of the King James Bible
1642The English Civil War breaks out
1648Parliament wins the Second Civil War
1649Trial and execution of Charles I
1660 Charles II is crowned King beginning the Restoration
1666The Great Fire of London
1689The Bill of Rights is signed
1714The Hanoverian Succession
1739The highwayman Dick Turpin
is hanged in York
1746The Battle of Culloden
1756The beginning of the Seven Years War
1765The Treaty of Allahabad
1776Watt builds his first functioning steam engine
1787Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade formed
1788The First Fleet of 11 convict ships reaches Australia
1798 United Irishmen Uprising takes place
1807Parliament passes the Slave Trade Act
1815 Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
1834Tolpuddle Martyrs are transported to Australia
1775Arkwright opens the Cromford Mill
1775The American Revolution begins in Lexington
1782Parliament votes to end war in America
1801 The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland is created
1811First Luddite attacks take place in Nottingham
1819 Peterloo Massacre takes place in Manchester
1830Opening of the Liverpool
to Manchester railway
1829Parliament passes the
Metropolitan Police Act
1832 Parliament passes
the Great Reform Act
1833Parliament passes the
Slavery Abolition Act
1834Parliament passes the
Poor Law Amendment Act
1838 The lsquoPeoplersquos Charterrsquo is published
1845The Irish Potato Famine begins
1857The Indian Rebellion begins
1866 Telegraph wire is laid beneath the Atlantic
1876Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
1837Victoria becomes Queen of England
1842The First Opium War ends
1851The Great Exhibition
is held in London
1859 Brunelrsquos SS Great
Eastern is launched
1875Parliament passes
the Public Health Act
1882British Army occupies Egypt
1884 Parliament passes Gladstonersquos
Third Reform Act
1899The Start of the Boer War
1901Death of Queen Victoria
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
1606Virginia Company granted a Royal Charter
1629The start of the lsquoeleven-years tyrannyrsquo
1645The Battle of Naseby
1653Oliver Cromwell becomes lsquoLord Protectorrsquo
1665 The Great Plague hits London
1672Royal African Company is founded
1687 Isaac Newton publishes the Principia Mathematica
1688The Glorious Revolution
1707Parliament passes the Act of Union
1721Robert Walpole becomes the first lsquoPrime Ministerrsquo
1745Bonnie Prince Charlie leads a Jacobite Uprising
1755 Samuel Johnson publishes his dictionary of the English language
1764 Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
1605The Gunpowder Plot
almost destroys Parliament
1611Publication of the King James Bible
1642The English Civil War breaks out
1648Parliament wins the Second Civil War
1649Trial and execution of Charles I
1660 Charles II is crowned King beginning the Restoration
1666The Great Fire of London
1689The Bill of Rights is signed
1714The Hanoverian Succession
1739The highwayman Dick Turpin
is hanged in York
1746The Battle of Culloden
1756The beginning of the Seven Years War
1765The Treaty of Allahabad
1776Watt builds his first functioning steam engine
1787Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade formed
1788The First Fleet of 11 convict ships reaches Australia
1798 United Irishmen Uprising takes place
1807Parliament passes the Slave Trade Act
1815 Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
1834Tolpuddle Martyrs are transported to Australia
1775Arkwright opens the Cromford Mill
1775The American Revolution begins in Lexington
1782Parliament votes to end war in America
1801 The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland is created
1811First Luddite attacks take place in Nottingham
1819 Peterloo Massacre takes place in Manchester
1830Opening of the Liverpool
to Manchester railway
1829Parliament passes the
Metropolitan Police Act
1832 Parliament passes
the Great Reform Act
1833Parliament passes the
Slavery Abolition Act
1834Parliament passes the
Poor Law Amendment Act
1838 The lsquoPeoplersquos Charterrsquo is published
1845The Irish Potato Famine begins
1857The Indian Rebellion begins
1866 Telegraph wire is laid beneath the Atlantic
1876Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
1837Victoria becomes Queen of England
1842The First Opium War ends
1851The Great Exhibition
is held in London
1859 Brunelrsquos SS Great
Eastern is launched
1875Parliament passes
the Public Health Act
1882British Army occupies Egypt
1884 Parliament passes Gladstonersquos
Third Reform Act
1899The Start of the Boer War
1901Death of Queen Victoria
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
1776Watt builds his first functioning steam engine
1787Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade formed
1788The First Fleet of 11 convict ships reaches Australia
1798 United Irishmen Uprising takes place
1807Parliament passes the Slave Trade Act
1815 Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
1834Tolpuddle Martyrs are transported to Australia
1775Arkwright opens the Cromford Mill
1775The American Revolution begins in Lexington
1782Parliament votes to end war in America
1801 The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland is created
1811First Luddite attacks take place in Nottingham
1819 Peterloo Massacre takes place in Manchester
1830Opening of the Liverpool
to Manchester railway
1829Parliament passes the
Metropolitan Police Act
1832 Parliament passes
the Great Reform Act
1833Parliament passes the
Slavery Abolition Act
1834Parliament passes the
Poor Law Amendment Act
1838 The lsquoPeoplersquos Charterrsquo is published
1845The Irish Potato Famine begins
1857The Indian Rebellion begins
1866 Telegraph wire is laid beneath the Atlantic
1876Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
1837Victoria becomes Queen of England
1842The First Opium War ends
1851The Great Exhibition
is held in London
1859 Brunelrsquos SS Great
Eastern is launched
1875Parliament passes
the Public Health Act
1882British Army occupies Egypt
1884 Parliament passes Gladstonersquos
Third Reform Act
1899The Start of the Boer War
1901Death of Queen Victoria
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
1838 The lsquoPeoplersquos Charterrsquo is published
1845The Irish Potato Famine begins
1857The Indian Rebellion begins
1866 Telegraph wire is laid beneath the Atlantic
1876Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
1837Victoria becomes Queen of England
1842The First Opium War ends
1851The Great Exhibition
is held in London
1859 Brunelrsquos SS Great
Eastern is launched
1875Parliament passes
the Public Health Act
1882British Army occupies Egypt
1884 Parliament passes Gladstonersquos
Third Reform Act
1899The Start of the Boer War
1901Death of Queen Victoria
wwwcollinscoukKnowingHistory A knowledge-based programme for Key Stage 3
