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163 Cards in this Set
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Expeditions of Julius Caesar to England
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55-54 BC
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Invasion by the Emperor Claudius
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43
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South and east of England conquered by Romans
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47
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Foundation of London
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c.50
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Revolt of Boundicca and the Iceni
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61
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Conquest of Wales, the north and parts of Scotland
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70-84
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Hadrian's Wall begun
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c.122
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Antonine Wall begun
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c.143
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Emperor Constantine the Great proclaimed at York
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306
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Romans withdraw troops from Britain
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410
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Invasion by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
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c.450-550
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St Augustine's mission arrives in Kent
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597
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Synod of Whitby
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664
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Death of Bede
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735
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Accession of Offa in Mercia
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757
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Viking raids on Linisfarne, Jarrow and Iona
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793-5
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Viking/Danish armies conquer England
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865-78
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King Alfred defeats Danes
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878
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Death of Alfred the great
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899
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Edward and Aethelflaed reconquer most of Danelaw
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910-20
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Athelstan becomes king
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924
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Dunstan becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
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960
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King Swei leads Danish invasion
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1003
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Cnut becomes king of all England
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1016
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Death of Cnut
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1035
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Edward the Confessor becomes king
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1042
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Harold becomes Earl of Wessex.
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1053
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Edward dies, Harold II becomes king. The Norman invasion. Battle of Hastings: Harold killed, William the Conqueror becomes king.
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1066
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Harrying of the north
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1069-70
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Domesday Book survey carried out
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1086
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First civil war in England
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1138-53
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Henry of Anjou (later Henry II) marries Eleanor of Aquitaine
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1152
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Thomas Becket becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
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1162
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Murder of Becket
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1170
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Richard I on crusade and held captive in Germany
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1189-94
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Magna Carta; civil war in England
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1215
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Accession of Henry III
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1216
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Henry III captured at the battle of Lewes
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1264
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de Montford killed at battle of Evesham
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1265
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Accession of Edward I
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1272
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Edward's conquest of Wales
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1282-84
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Edward invaded Scotland
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1296
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Rebellion by William Wallace in Scotland
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1297
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Accession of Edward II
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1307
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Scotish victory at Bannockburn
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1314
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Death of Stephen, accession of Henry II
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1154
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The Hundred years War begins
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1337
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English victory at Crecy
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1346
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English captures Calais
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1347
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The Black Death reaches England
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1348
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English victory at Poitiers
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1356
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The Peasants' Revolt
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1381
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Richard II's 'tyranny'
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1397-99
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Henry IV deposes Richard II
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1399
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Chaucer dies
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1400
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Accession of Henry V
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1413
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English victory at Agincourt
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1415
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English counquests of Normandy
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1419-20
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Accession of Henry VI
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1422
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Henry VI marries Margaret of Anjou
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1445
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The War of the Roses
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1455-85
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William Caxton's first printed book in England
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1477
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The death of Edward V
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1483
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The battle of Bosworth; Richard III dies; accession of henry VII and establishment of Tudor dynasty
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1485
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Accession of Henry VIII
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1509
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English victory over the Scots at Flodden
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1513
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Thomas Wolscy appointed Lord Chancellor
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1515
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Catherine of Aragon divorce crisis begins
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1527
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Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn
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1533
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Act of Supremacy
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1534
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Dissolution of the Monasteries; The Pilgrimage of Grace
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1536
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Union of England and Wales
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1536/1543
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Accession of Edward VI
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1547
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First Book of Common Prayer
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1549
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Accession of Mary Tudor
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1553
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Persecution of Protestants
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1555-8
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Accession of Elizabeth I
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1558
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Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
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1587
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Spanish Armada
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1588
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Accession of James I; English and Scotish crowns united
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1601
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Gunpowder Plot
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1605
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The Authorised Version of the Bible published
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1611
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Ascendancy of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
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1617-28
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Pilgrim fathers sail to America
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1620
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Accession of Charles I
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1625
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Parliament publishes "Petition of Right"
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1628
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Charles I governs without Parliament
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1629-40
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Long Parliament summoned
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1640
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Civil War
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1642-49
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Execution of Charles I
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1649
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The common wealth
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1649-53
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Cromwell in Ireland
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1649-50
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The Protectorate
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1653-60
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Oliver Cromwell dies; succeeded by his son Richard
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1658
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Restoration of Charles II
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1660
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Church of England restored
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1662
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Great Plague
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1665
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Great Fire of London
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1666
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Titus Oates and Popish Plot
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1678
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The Exclusion Crisis; Whig and Tory parties emerge
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1679-81
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Accession of James II
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1685
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The Glorious Revolution
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1688
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Battle of the Boyne; William II defeats James II in Ireland
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1690
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Death of Mary; Bank of England founded
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1694
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Accession of Anne
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1702
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Accession of Anne
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1702
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Battle of Blenheim
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1704
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Union of England and Scotland
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1707
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Accession of George I
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1714
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Jacobite rebellion by 'the Old Pretender' fails
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1715
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The South Sea bubble
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1720
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John Wesley's 'conversion'; start of Methodism
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1738
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Fall of Walpole as prime minister
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1742
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Jacobite Rebellion by 'Bonnie Prince Chariie' fails
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1745-46
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Battle of Culloden, last battle on British soil
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1746
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Capture of Quebec
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1759
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Boston tea party
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1773
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American War of Independence
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1775-81
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Australian penal settlements established
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1788
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French Revolution
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1789
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Australian penal settlements established
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1788
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French Revolution
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1789
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Union with Ireland
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1801
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War against Napoleon
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1803-15
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Battle of Trafalgar
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1805
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Battle of Waterloo
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1815
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Peterloo massacre
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1819
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Stockton to Darlington railway, the first reguiar railway
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1825
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Great Reform Bill
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1832
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Accession of Queen Victoria
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1837
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Chartist riots
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1839
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Irish potato famine starts
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1844
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Repeal of the Corn Laws opens the way for establisment of
free trade |
1846
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Great Exhibition
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1851
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Crimean War
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1854-56
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Indian Mutiny
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1858
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Death of Albert, the Prince Consort
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1861
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Dominion of Canada established
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1867
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Disraeli buys Suez Canal shares (canal opened in 1869)
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1875
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Victoria proclaimed Empress of India
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1876
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British forces invade and occupy Egypt
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1882
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Death of General Gordon at Khartoum
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1885
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Issue of Home Rule for Ireland splits the Liberal party
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1886
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Boer War; Britain has new acquired a huge Africanempire,
running from the Cape to Egypt and from West Africa to Kenya |
1899-1902
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Death of Victoria, accession of Edward VII
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1901
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Reforming Liberal government in power; Liberal landslide in 1906 election
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1905-15
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Labour party formed
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1906
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George V becomes king and emperor
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1910
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Britain enters World War I
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1914
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Battle of the Somme
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1916
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Battle of Passchendaele
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1917
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End of World War I (11 November)
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1918
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Gandhi begins all-India civic disobedience campaign
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1919
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Establishment of the Free Irish State
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1922
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First Labour government
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1924
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General Strike; dominion status defined, confirming the
existence of a self-governing 'Commonwealth' and a dependent 'Empire' |
1926
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Financial crisis
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1931
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Abdication of Edward VIII; accession of George VI
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1936
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Britain enters World War II
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1939
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Churchill becomes prime minister; British withdrawal from Dunkirk; Battle of Britain, defeat of German invasion plan
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1940
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End of war; landslide Labour victory heralds foundation of the welfare state; Attlee becomes prime minister
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1945
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Normandy Landings: D-Day
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1944
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Successful allied North Africa campaign
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1943
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