dates Flashcards
date of romans leaving britain
401
date of vikings attack on lindisfarne
793
Date of alfred the great becoming king of england
871
St brice’s day massacre
1002
Cnut’s north sea empire
1016-1035
Battle of hastings
1066
Henry the 2nd and the angevin empire
1154-1181
king john loses angevin empire
1216
HYW
1337-1453
Batle of angincourt
1415
Henry v become king of france
1420
John cabot discovers newfoundland
1497
John hawkins becomes first british person to sell enslaved africans
1562
St bartholomews day massacre
1572
Roanoke colony established
1583
Edict of nantes passed
1598
EIC established
1600
Ulster plantations established
1606
Colony of jamestown established
1607
John smith “saved” by pocahontas
1607
First enslaved ppl arrive in west indues british plantations
1619
PILGRIMS ARRIVE OM MAYFLOWER
1620
Edict of fontainebleau passed, (protetastinism now illegal in france) 200k huguenots flee to brit
1685
Highland clearances
1746