Timeline of England
1066 - Modern day
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The timeline of England covers the period from 1066 to the modern day. Each period is split into ruling dynasties and are primarily categorised by the ruling monarch. The size of the row given to each monarch is in proportion to the length of their reign to allow for quick comparison.
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norman period
1066 - 1154
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1066 - 1135
1135 - 1154
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son of
William I
son of
William I
grandson of
William I
daughter of
Henry I
William I
1066 - 1087
William the Conqueror
āļø25th Sept 1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge
āļø 14th Oct 1066 Battle of Hastings
š”Winter 1069-70 Harrying of the North
š”1075 Earls' Revolt
š”1075 Wales Campaign
š1066 Coronation of William I.
š1066 Beginning of Feudal System.
šāŖ Latin becomes language of church and government.
š° 1067 Oxford University established.
āļø1072 Peace of Abernethy between England and Malcom I of Scotland.
š° 1078 Construction of the White Tower, Tower of London.
š° Built Motte and Bailey castles through England.
š Edward the Confessor Supposedly promised the throne to William, Duke of Normandy.
š¤Edgar Aetheling, closest relative to King Edward the Confessor
š Harold Godwinson Previous King
šHarold Hardrada, King of Norway
š¤ William Fitz Osbern, cousin of William I, controlled England with š¤ Bishop Odo (0f Bayeux) in 1067.
š Bayeux Tapestry Visual record of 1066.
š Doomsday Book Audit of property in England.
William II
1087 - 1100
William Rufus
š”ļø1088 Rebellion by Odo of Bayeux
š”1091 Invasion of Normandy
š”1093 Wales Campaign
š”1096-99 First Crusade
āļøTrials by Order outlawed
š1093 Children of Malcolm III forced into exile in England.
š° 1095 Building of Great Hall at the Palace of Westminster.
š¤ Anselm of Cantebury
šMalcolm III, king of Scotland
š Robert Curthose, eldest son of William I, become Duke of Normandy in 1087.
ā ļø1100 William II shot with arrow in hunting accident.
Stephen
1135 - 1154
Henry Beauclerc
Matilda
1141 - 1141
Matilda the Empress
š”1935-53 The Anarchy Civil War with cousin Matilda
š”1136 David I invades northern England.
š”1138 Battle of the Standard
š”1141 Battle of Lincoln
š”1147 Henry of Anjou attempts invasion
š”1149 Henry of Anjou attacks northern England
š”1147-50 Second Crusade
š”Henry of Anjou invades England
š¤ Robert Fitzroy, Earl of Gloucester, illegitimate son of Henry I, arrests and imprisons King Stephen of England for 9 months.
š Henry of Anjou (future Henry II of England)
š David I of Scotland takes Northumbria
š Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I
š Queen Matilda, wife of Stephen, captured Robert Fitzroy in 1141.
Henry I
1100 - 1135
Henry Beauclerc
š”Robert Curthose invades England. Peace is negotiated at an annuity of 3000 marks.
āļø 1106 Tinchebrai, leads to annexation of Normandy.
š”1111-4 War with France
š”1114 Wales Campaign
š”1116-9 War with France
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āļø 1101-2 Treaty of Alton
āŖ 1106 Henry met Anselm and gave up the power to invest bishops.
š1109 First recorded meeting of the Exchequer, an accounting body created to monitor the English king's finances and debtors.
šMatilda, married Holy Roman Emperor Henry V ā ļø 1125. Matilda remarried in 1128: Count Geoffrey of Anjou, known by the nickname 'Plantagenet' because his family coat of arms included the broom plant (planta genista).
šHenry I appointed daughter, Matilda, as heir after White Ship wreck.
š¤ Robert Curthose, eldest son of William I, defeated at Battle of Tinchebrai 1106. Imprisoned for life.
š Alexander I, of Scotland, assists Henry I in Wales.
ā ļø 1120 White Ship wreck. Henry's heirs, William and Richard, are killed.
š 1128 Henry's daughter Matilda marries Geoffrey of Anjou.
ā ļø1135 Legend: Henry I died from overeating lampreys (a type of eel).
š¤Archbishop Anselm
š Queen Matilda. Married to Henry I, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland.
š1135 Stephen, Count of Blois, richest baron in England and nephew of Henry I, appointed king by Barons.
š1141 Robert Fitzroy, Earl of Gloucester, arrests and imprisons King Stephen of England.
š8th April 1141 Empress Matilda is elected queen of England at Winchester.
š25th Dec 1141 Stephen's 2nd Coronation
š1151 Henry of Anjou inherits his father’s lands in Normandy, Anjou, Touraine and Maine.
š1152 Henry of Anjou marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
āļø1153 Treaty of Wallingford recognises Henry as Stephen's heir.
Plantagenet period
1154 - 1485
1154 - 1216
1216 - 1399
1399 - 1461
1461 - 1485
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son of
Matilda
son of
Henry II
son of
Henry II
son of
John
son of
Henry III
son of
Edward I
son of
Edward II
grandson of
Edward III
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son of
Edward the
Black Prince
grandson of
Edward III
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son of
John of Gaunt
son of
Henry IV
son of
Henry V
great great grandson of
Edward III
son of
Edward IV
brother of
Edward IV
Henry II
1154 - 1189
Henry Curtmantle
š”ļø 1154-1214 Start of Angevin Empire
š”1169-71 Conquest of Ireland
š”ļø 1173-4 Revolt of Henry II's sons: Henry the Young King; Richard, Duke of Aquitaine; Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany; William of Scotland
š”1188-9 Richard I, future King John and Philip II of France rebel against Henry II
š1157 Henry II regains Northumbria
āŖļø 1162-70 Thomas Beckett is archbishop of Canterbury, spends 1164-70 in exile in France after being found guilty of being in contempt of royal authority.
āļø 1164 Constitutions of Clarendon establishes primacy of common law
āļø 1166 Assize of Clarendon developed trial by jury.
š1170-4 Eleanor separates from Henry II; holds court at Poitiers, inspires development of courtly love poetry.
āļø1174 Treaty of Falaise Henry II recognised as overlord of Scotland; 1175 Ireland followed.
āŖļø 1773 Thomas Beckett is canonised to sainthood.
š1174-89 Eleanor is imprisoned by Henry II for supporting her sons' revolts.
š Eleanor of Aquitaine Wife of Henry II
š Henry the Young King titular king 1170-83, crowned during father's reign but didn't gain autonomous power.
ā ļø 1183 Henry the Young King dies of dysentery
ā ļø1186 Geoffrey, Count of Brittany, son of Henry II dies at tournament
š Richard, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou, son of Henry II
š¤1162 Thomas Beckett becomes Archbishop of Cantebury.
ā ļø 1170 Thomas Beckett killed at Canterbury by 4 knights.
š¤Richard de Clare (Strongbow) led first conquest of Ireland.
š William the Lion of Scotland invades northern England.
š¤ William Marshal
Richard I
1189 - 1199
Richard the Lionheart
š” 1189-1192 Third Crusade, Jerusalem was not captured
āļø 1191 Siege of Acre
š”1194-99 French war against Philip I.
āļø 1899 Quitclaim of Canterbury returns Scotland to William I
š” 1193-1194 Richard imprisoned in Germany.
š Saladin first sultan of Egypt and Syria and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.
ā ļø 1199 Richard I, battle at Chalus in France
John
1199-1216
John Lackland
š”ļø1202-04 French invasion of Normandy Normandy is lost to Philippe II
š”ļø1211 Welsh Uprising
š”ļø1213-4 Anglo-French War
āļø 1214 Battle of Bouvines Most of English territory in France is lost
š”ļø 1154-1214 End of Angevin Empire
š”ļø1215-17 First Barons' War
āŖļø 1209-13 Pope Innocent III excommunicated king John.
š Llyweln the Great of Wales ā ļø1240.
š Philippe II Augustus of France takes Normandy.
š 1215 Magna Carta limited the king's power.
Henry III
1216 - 1272
Henry of Winchester
š”ļø1215-17 First Barons' War
š”ļø1242-43 Saintonge War
š”ļø1264-67 Second Barons' War
āļø1264 Battle of Lewes Henry III is captured.
āļø1265 Battle of Evesham
š1236 creation of 'Parliament'
āļø 1237 Treaty of York Alexander II renounces Scottish claims to border counties.
āļø1258 Provisions of Oxford
āļø1259 Provisions of Westminster
āļø1266 Treaty of Perth with Norway secures Western Isles for Scotland.
āļø1267 Treaty of Montgomery recognises Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Price of Wales.
š 1217 Revised Magna Carta (signed 1225)
š¤ Simon de Montfort led to Barons' war. ā ļø 1265.
š Louis of France
š¤Hubert de Burgh justiciar. 1232 - dismissed by Henry III.
šAlexander II of Scotland
Edward I
1272 - 1307
Edward Longshanks
š”1277 - 1284 Conquest of Wales
š”1284 Conquest of Wales
š”ļø1294 - 1303 Anglo-French War
š”1296 - 1328 First War of Scottish Independence
āļø 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge English defeated by William Wallace.
āļø 1298 Falkirk Wallace defeated.
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āļø 1284 Statute of Wales
āŖļø Edict of Expulsion
š1291 Edward I asserts right to decide Scottish succession
š 1295 England's First Parliament
Included nobles, bishops and two representatives from each county.
š 1282-3 Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of Wales defeated.
ā ļø Margaret, Maid of Norway, leaves Scottish succession open.
š¤William Wallace, leader of the Scots. ā ļø 1305 betrayed, hanged, drawn and quartered in London.
šRobert the Bruce rebels against Edward I in 1306.
š¤Edward of Caernarvon, son of Edward I, made Prince of Wales, a title which is still used to this day.
Edward II
1307 - 1327
Edward of Caernarfon
āļø 1314 Bannockburn Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeated England.
š”1315-18 Edward Bruce invades Ireland.
š”1321-22 Civil War Edward II deposed.
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āļø 1320 Declaration of Arbroath statement of Scottish Independence.
š Robert the Bruce King of Scotland
š Edward Bruce, brother of Robert, invades Ireland and is crowned High King of Ireland in 1316.
Edward III
1327 - 1377
š”1296 - 1328 End of First War of Scottish Independence
š”1332 - 1357 Second War of Scottish Independence
āļø1333 Halidon Hill English defeat Scotland
š”1337 - 1453 Start of Hundred Years' War
āļø 1340 Sluys English defeat French
āļø 1346 Crécy English defeat French
āļø 1346 Neville's Cross English defeat Scots
āļø 1356 Poitiers English defeat French
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āļø 1362 Parliament must approve all taxation.
š¦ 1348 - 1350 Black Death plague
Killed as many as 50% of the population.
Plague returned: 1361-64, 1368, 1371, 1373-75
āļø 1360 Peace of Brétigny between England and France.
āļø 1366 Statues of Kilkenny forbid English settlers to intermarry with native Irish.
ā ļø 1328 Edward III claims French throne after death of Charles VI of France.
š¤ Edward the Black Prince, son of Edward III ā ļø 1376
š¤ John of Gaunt, son of Edward III
š¤John Wycliffe Theologian who questioned the supreme authority of the Pope.
Richard II
1377 - 1399
š” 1381 Peasants' Revolt
š”1387 Lords Appellant Revolt
š”1394-5 Expedition to Ireland
āļø 1388 Merciless Parliament indicts Richard II's allies.
āļø 1389 Richard II declares himself of age; Lord Appellant are dismissed.
š1399 Richard II deposed.
š¤ 1343 - 1400 Geoffrey Chaucer famous author e.g. Canterbury Tales
š¤ Lords Appellant: Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III (king's uncle);
Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and of Surrey; and
Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. These were later joined by
Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby (future š) and
Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham.
Henry IV
1399 - 1413
Henry Bolingbroke
š” 1400 Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr
š”1402-8 Percy Rebellion
āļø 1403 Shrewsbury
āļø 1408 Bramham Moor
ā ļø 1403 Henry Percy ('Hotspur') at Shrewbury.
Henry V
1413 - 1422
āļø 1415 Agincourt English defeated the French.
āļø 1420 Treaty of Troyes between England and France.
Henry VI
1422 - 1461
āļø 1449-50 England lose Normandy to France
š”1450 Rebellion of John Cade
āļø 1453 England lose Gascony to France
š” 1337 - 1453 End of Hundred Years' War
š”1455 - 1487 Start of War of the Roses
āļø1455 Battle of St. Albans
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š 1436 Henry VI attains age of maturity.
š¤ Joan of Arc Led the French against the English
ā ļø 1431 Burnt at the stake
š The Book of Margery Kempe
š 1439 Gutenberg Bible created with first printing press.
Edward IV
1461 - 1470
āļø1461 Towton Edward VI overthrows Henry VI
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āļø Barnet Henry VI defeated
Edward IV
1471 - 1483
Edward V
1483
Richard III
1483 - 1485
āļø 1485 Bosworth Field Henry VII defeats Richard III
Henry VI
1470 - 1471
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Tudor period
1485 - 1603
1485 - 1558
1558 - 1603
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Elizabeth I
1558 - 1603
The Virgin Queen
š”ļø1494-1559 End of Italian Wars
š”1569 Rising of the North
š”ļø1569-83 Desmond Wars
š”ļø1585-1604 Start of Anglo-Spanish War
š”1585-1648 Start of Eighty Years' War
š”1588 Spanish Armada Philip II of Spain attempts to overthrow Elizabeth with a fleet of 130 ships. Fewer than one third returned.
āļø 1588 Gravelines
š”1589 English Armada
š”1589 Support given to Henri IV in French Wars of Religion (1562-1598).
š”1601 Essex's Rebellion
š”1594-1603 Nine Years' War (Tyrone's Rebellion)
āļø1959 Act of Uniformity
āļø1563 39 Articles
āŖļø1570 Pope Pius V declares Elizabeth's reign illegitimate
š 1585 Babington Plot against Elizabeth. Mary Queen of Scots is implicated.
āļø Nonsuch Treaty promises to help the Dutch Republic resist Spanish occupation.
š¦ 1597/8 Harvest failures
š°1600 Formation of the East India Company.
āļø1601 Poor Relief Schemes
š¤ Sir Francis Drake, circumnavigated the world
š¤ Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer
š William Shakespeare, wrote at least 37 plays, 4 poems and 154 sonnets.
š Edmund Spencer, The Faerie Queene
š¤ William Cecil, queen's chief advisor ā ļø 1598
š¤Robert Cecil, replaced his father
š Mary Queen of Scots ā ļø 1587
š¤ Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, led failing expedition to Netherlands
š¤Hugh Roe O’Donnell led Irish in the Nine Years' War.
š¤Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, led rebellion in 1601.
š¤Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury
š¤Lord Charles Howard, led English ships against the Armada
Henry VII
1485 - 1509
āļø 1487 Stoke Field Yorkist Rebellion defeated.
š”1455 - 1487 End of War of the Roses.
š”ļø1497 Cornish Rebellion
š”ļø1494-1559 Start of Italian Wars
š 1486 Elizabeth of York marries Henry VII.
ā ļø1502 Prince Author dies.
Henry VIII
1509 - 1547
š”ļø1513; 1544-51 Anglo-Scottish Wars
āļø 1513 Flodden Catherine of Aragon defeats Scotland's James IV.
āļø1542 Solway Moss James V is defeated and killed. Infant daughter Mary becomes queen.
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āŖļø 1521 Pope Leo X awards Henry VIII the title of Fidei Defensor (“Defender of the Faith”) for his writings against Martin Luther and Reformation.
āŖ 1534 Act of Supremacy Formation of the Church of England.
āŖļø1536 Dissolution of the monasteries begins
āļø 1542 Witchcraft Act repealed 1547
āŖļø1545 Latin mass is replaced by mass in English
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š¤Martin Luther
š¤ Thomas Wolsey
š¤Thomas Cramner
š¤ Thomas Moore
š 6 wives of Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr.
š Hans Holbein
š1525 William Tyndale translates the New Testament into English ā ļø 1536 executed.
Edward VI
1547 - 1553
š”ļø1549 Third Cornish Uprising, led by Robert Kett
š”ļø 1544-51 Anglo-Scottish Wars
š 1549 Anglican Book of Common Prayer prepared by Thomas Cranmer.
š¤ Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset
š¤John Dudley, Earl of Warwick
Mary I
1553 - 1558
Bloody Mary
š” 1585 -1604 Start of Anglo-Spanish War
āļø 1558 Siege of Calais
š1553 Lady Jane Grey is nominated as queen. Overthrown by Mary after 9 days.
š Philip II of Spain Husband of Mary I.
āļø Act of Uniformity
ā ļø Burnt almost 300 protestants at the stake, led by Reginald Pole, Archbishop of Cantebury
šPlanation of Ireland began
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Stuart period
1603 - 1714
1603 - 1625
1625 - 1649
1649-1660
1660 - 1714
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š”1865 Monmouth Rebellion
James II
1685 - 1688
Last Catholic King
James I
1603 - 1625
š” 1585 -1604 End of Anglo-Spanish War
š1603 Main Plot
š 1605 Gun Powder Plot Catholic group attempt to detonate gun powder under parliament and kill James I.
š”1609-13 First Anglo-Powhatan War
š”1622 Second Anglo-Powhatan War
š 1604 Hampton Court Conference
āļø 1604 Witchcraft Act reinstated
āļø 1606 Parliament proclaims Oath of Allegiance
š 1607 Jamestown is established in Virginia
š1609 Plantation of Ulster
āļø 1610 The Great Contract
āŖļø 1612 first Baptist Church
āŖļø 1618 Attempted integration of Scottish Kirk and Church of England
š 1620 Puritan Pilgrims arrives at Massachusetts
š¤Sir Walter Raleigh accused in Main Plot and imprisoned. Released in 1618 to find El Dorado ā ļø 1618
š¤ Robert Catesby & Guy Fawkes led Gun Powder Plot
š¤ Henry Hudson, 1610: explores the Hudson Strait.
š 1611 King James Bible authorised
š¤Robert Cecil, treasurer. 1610 asked for taxes to help the king (refused).
ā ļø 1612 Prince Henry dies.
Charles I
1625 - 1649
āļø1625 Parliament stops Tonnage and poundage
āļø 1626 Forced Loan
āļø1628 The Petition of Right
āļø1629 Parliament dissolved. Start of personal rule.
āļø1639 Pacification of Berwick
š1640 Short Parliament
āļø1641 Triennial Act
š 1641 The Grand Remonstrance
š 1642 Charles arrests 5 MPs
š1642-60 Long Parliament
š1645 New Model Army created
āļø 1648 Pride's Purge
š¤George Villier, Duke of Buckingham
š¤Thomas Wentworth, Lord Deputy of Ireland
š¤William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
š¤ Oliver Cromwell
š¤ John Pym
š¤Sir Thomas Fairfax
š¤Prince Rupert of the Rhine
š¤Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
ā ļø1649 Charles I executed by parliament
Interregnum
1649-1660
š”1649-53 Cromwell's conquest of Ireland
āļø 1651 Worchester Charles II escapes. End of Civil War.
š”1652-4 First Anglo-Dutch War
š”1654-60 Anglo-Spanish War
āŖļø 1650 George Fox founds the Quakers
āļø 1651 Navigation Act
š 1652 Tea introduced in Britain.
āļø1653 Instrument of Government
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š Oliver Cromwell ā ļø 1658
š Richard Cromwell
š Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
Charles II
1660 - 1685
š”1662-8 English expedition to Portugal
š”1665-67 Second Anglo-Dutch War
š”1667-68 War of Devolution
š”1672-74 Third Anglo-Dutch War
š”1675-76 King Philip's War
š”1676 Virginia Rebellion
š° 1660 General Post Office
āļø1660 Declaration of Breda
āŖļø 1661 Corporation Act
āŖļø1662 The Act of Uniformity
š„ 1666 Great Fire of London
Over 13,000 homes and 87 churches destroyed; 6 deaths
āļø 1679 Habeas Corpus Act
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š Diary of Samuel Pepys
š John Milton, Paradise Lost
š¬Issac Newton discovers gravity
Mary II
1689 - 1694
š”1688-97 Nine Years' War
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āļø 1689 The Toleration Act
š 1690 John Locke, Two Treatises of Government
William III
1689 - 1702
William of Orange
š” 1688-97 King William's War (Second Indian War)
āļø 1690 Boyne
āļø1701 Act of Settlement
Anne
1702 -1714
š”1702 - 13 War of Spanish Succession England and Netherlands fought. France prevented from ruling over Spain.
š”1702-13 Queen Anne's War
āļø 1707 Act of Union United England and Scotland.
š”1625-30 Anglo-Spanish War
š”1627-29 Anglo-French War
š”1639-40 First & Second Bishops' War
š”1639 Irish Rebellion
š”1642-48 Irish Confederates' War
š” 1642 - 1651 English Civil War
1st (42-46) 2nd (1648) 3rd (50-51).
āļø 1642 Edgehill
š”1644 Third Anglo-Powhatan War
āļø 1645 Naseby
š”1585-1648 End of Eighty Years' War
āļø 1648 Battle of Preston
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Georgian period
1714 - 1837
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William IV
1830-1837
George I
1702 - 1727
š”1715-16; 19 Jacobite Rebellions
š”1718-20 War of Quadruple Alliance
George II
1727 - 1760
š”1739-42 War of Jenkins' Ear
š”1742 - 1748 War of Austrian Succession
š”1745 - 1746 45 Rebellion
āļø 1745 Clifton Moor Skirmish
āļø 1746 Culloden
š” 1756 - 1763 Seven Years War
George III
1760 - 1820
š”1763-6 Pontiac's Rebellion
š”1766-9 First Anglo-Mysore War
š”1775 - 1783 American War of Independence
š”1775-82 First Anglo-Maratha War
š”1780-4 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
š”1780-4 Second Anglo-Mysore War
š”1789-92 Third Anglo-Mysore War
š”1788-1934 Austrian Frontiers Wars
š” 1793 - 1802 French Revolutionary Wars
š”1798 Irish Rebellion
š”1798-9 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
š”1803-15 Napoleonic Wars
š”1803-4 First Kandian War
š”1803-5 Second Anglo-Maratha War
āļø 1805 Trafalgar
āļø 1806 Vellore Mutiny
š”1812-5 War of 1812
š”1814-6 Anglo-Nepalese War
āļø 1815 Waterloo
š”1815 Second Kandian War
š”1817-18 Third Anglo-Maratha War
š¤William Wilberforce
š William Wordsworth
š Jane Austen
š¤ 1767 Samuel Wallis arrives in Tahiti
š 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
George IV
1820 - 1830
š”1824-5 First Anglo-Burmese War
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š¬1769 James Watt patents the steam engine.
šļø 1776 American Declaration of Independence
š° 1776 Canal Mania
š¬1772 Joseph Priestley presents his discovery of oxygen, carbon monoxide, and nitrous oxide.
šļø 1800 Act of Union Great Britain unites with the Kingdom of Ireland forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
š¬1803 Richard Trevithick invented the first steam locomotive.
š¬1803 John Dalton discovers atomic theory.
āļø 1807 The Slave Trade Act
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āŖļø 1738 John Wesley founded the Methodist Church
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š David Strauss, Das Leben Jesu
š¤John Wesley
āļø 1829 The Catholic Emancipation Act
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āļø 1839 Factory Act
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victorian period
1837 - 1901
š Monarchs
War & Conflict
Political & Social Events
Major Personalities & Works
Victoria
1837 - 1901
š”1837-8 Upper & Lower Canada Rebellion
š”1839-40 Syrian War
š”1839-42 First Anglo-Afghan War
āļø 1839 Battle of Ghazni
š”1839-42 First Opium War
š”1843 Gwalior Campaign
š”1848-9 First Anglo-Sikh War
š”1843-72 New Zealand Wars
š”1848-9 Second Anglo-Sikh War
š”1852-3 Second Anglo-Burmese War
š”1853-56 Crimean War
š”1856-57 Anglo-Persian War
š”1856-60 Second Opium War
š”1857 Indian Rebellion
š”1859 Pig War
š”1865 Anglo-Bhutanese War
š”1868 Expedition to Abyssinia
š”1878-80 Anglo-Afghan War
š”1879 Anglo-Zulu War
š”1880-1 First Boer War
š”1880-1 Gun War
š”1881-99 Mahdist War
š”1885 Third Anglo-Burmese War
š”1888 Sikkim Expedition
š”1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War
š”1897-8 Tirah Campaign
š”1899-1902 Second Boer War
š”1900 Boxer Rebellion
āļø 1842 Mines Act
š 1851 The Great Exhibition
š 1853 First Public Aquarium
āļø Education Act provides schooling for children aged 5-13 through school boards, who also paid for the poor.
āŖļø1865 William Booth formed the Salvation Army
š¬1879 Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.
š° 1881 Natural History Museum
š 1888 Creation of the Football League
š° 1889 first central electrical power station is completed in Deptford.
š¬1892 Frederick Bremer made the first petrol car.
š 1896 First modern Olympic Games in Athens
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ā ļø 1868 Last Public Hanging of Michael Barret at Newgate.
š Charles Dickens
š George Eliot
šKarl Marx, Communist Manifesto
š1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe, āUncle Tom’s Cabin
š 1859 Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
š1887 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Study in Scarlet
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Saxe-Coburg-Gotha / Winsor period
1901-Present
š Monarchs
War & Conflict
Political & Social Events
Major Personalities & Works
Elizabeth II
1952 - Present
š”1952-60 Mau Mau Uprising
š”1955-9 Cyprus Emergency
š”1956 Suez Crisis
š”1962 Brunei Revolt
š”1962-75 Dhofar Rebellion
š”1963-6 Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation
š”1963-7 Aden Emergency
š”1969-98 Northern Ireland Troubles
š”1975-6 Cod War Confrontation
āļø 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege
š”1982 Falklands War
š”ļø1990-91 Gulf War
š”1992-96 Bosnian War
āļø1998 Operation Desert Fox
š”1999 Third Anglo-Afghan War
š”2000 Sierra Leone Civil War
š”2001-Ongoing War in Afghanistan
š”2003-11 Iraq War
š”2009-Ongoing Somali Civil War
š”2011 Libyan Civil War
š”2012-Ongoing Boko Haram insurgency
š”2013-Ongoing Northern Mali Conflict
š”2014-Ongoing War against ISIS
š”2018 Syrian Civil War
š¬1958 Ben Milstein performed first open heart surgery
š1960 First Paralympics
š1989 Fall of Berlin Wall
š 1991 First Women's FIFA World Cup.
š° 1994 Channel Tunnel
āŖļø 1994 The Church of England ordains women priests
š 1958 JB Phillips, The New Testament in Modern English
ā
Edward VII
1901 - 1910
š”1901-2 Anglo-Aro War
š”1903-4 British Expedition to Tibet
š¬1902 Reginald A. Fessenden invents the radio.
George V
1910 - 1936
š”1914-1918 First World War
š”1916 Easter Rising
š”1918-22 Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
š”1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War
š”1919-21 Anglo-Irish War
ā ļø 1912 Sinking of the RMS Titanic
šļø 1920 Ireland's Declaration of Independence
š 1928 Penicillin discovered by Alexander Flemming
š 1930 First Football World Cup
ā
Edward VIII
1936
George VI
1936 - 1952
š”1939-1945 Second World War
š”1945-8 British-Zionist conflict in Palestine
š”1946-7 Greek Civil War
š”1946-90 Start of the Cold War
š”1948-60 Start of Malayan Emergency
š”1950-3 Korean War
š George Orwell