British history dates

Question 1

1066

Answer 1

William, duke of Normandy invaded Britain, and beated Harold Godwindson in Hastings. He claimed the throne of England after the death of Edward the Confessor.

Question 2

1658-1659

Answer 2

Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, tries to settle religious conflicts by restoring herself as the Supreme Head of the Church of England.

Question 3

1648

Answer 3

The king Charles I faces trial and is beheaded

Question 4

1660

Answer 4

Charles II restores the monarchy.

Question 5

1984-1985

Answer 5

Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers

Question 6

1801

Answer 6

Ireland is integrated to the united Kingdom

Question 7

1922

Answer 7

Ireland declared herself independant

Question 8

1066-1154

Answer 8

Norman Britain

Question 9

1485-1603

Answer 9

Tudor dynasty

Question 10

1837-1901

Answer 10

Victorian era

Question 11

24-30 april 1916

Answer 11

Easter Rising rebellion - Proclamation of the Irish Republic

Question 12

1942

Answer 12

report of William Beveridge “ Social Insurance and Allied Services” influential in the founding of the welfare state in the UK > National Insurance, National Health Service

Question 13

1947

Answer 13

Partition of India

Question 14

1973

Answer 14

UK joinde the EEC

Question 15

1979

Answer 15

Margaret Thatcher became PM

Question 16

1990’s

Answer 16

Devolution
Scotland Act 1998
Government of Wales act 1998

Question 17

1284

Answer 17

The Crown of England annexed Wales under the Statute of Wales

Question 18

1536

Answer 18

Act of Union : wish of Henry VIII to incorporate Wales within his realm

Question 19

1603

Answer 19

Union of crowns : James VI, king of Scotland, became king of England as James I

Question 20

1606

Answer 20

Union Jack flag is created

Question 21

1707

Answer 21

Act of Union creating the Kingdom of Great Britain

Question 22

1715- 1745

Answer 22

Failed Jacobite rebellion

Question 23

1798

Answer 23

Irish Rebellion

Question 24

march 28 1800

Answer 24

Act of Union creating the UK of Great Britain and Ireland

Question 25

1215

Answer 25

Magna Carta granted to the rebel barons by the King John of England

Question 26

from 1609

Answer 26

plantation of Ulster

Question 27

10 april 1998

Answer 27

Good Friday Agreement in Ireland

Question 28

1765-1783

Answer 28

American Revolution

Question 29

1759

Answer 29

Battle of the Plains of Abraham

Question 30

1763

Answer 30

Treaty of Paris

Question 31

1867

Answer 31

independance of Canada

Question 32

1899-1902

Answer 32

Second Boer War

Question 33

1931

Answer 33

Independence of South Africa

Question 34

1770

Answer 34

James Cook discovered the eastern coast of Australia

Question 35

1876

Answer 35

Queen Victoria declared Empress of India

Question 36

1881-1914

Answer 36

Scramble for Africa

Question 37

1961-2

Answer 37

Jamaica and Trinidad gained independence

Question 38

1956

Answer 38

Suez crisis

Question 39

1362

Answer 39

By a Parliamentary decree, English language can be seen as the official language

Question 40

1968

Answer 40

Rivers of Blood speach by Enoch Powell