Dates Flashcards
When did the first farmers come to Britain
6,000 years ago
When did people learn how to make bronze?
4,000 years ago
Romans ruling Britain
43 - 410 AD
When did the first Christian communities appear in Britain?
3rd and 4th centuries AD
Magna Carta
1215
Middle Ages
1066 - 1485
William the Conqueror (of Normandy) conquering England at the Battle of Hastings (Bayeux Tapestry)
1066
When was the Statue of Rhuddlan introduced?
1284
Elizabethan period
1500s
Battle of Bannockburn
1314
The Black Death
1348
English becoming preferred language of courts and official documents
1400
Battle of Bosworth Field
1485
War of the Roses
1455
When did Scotland abolish the authority of the Pope?
1560
Act for the Government of Wales
1679
Defeat of the last of the Welsh rebellions
Mid-15th century
Habeas Corpus Act
1679
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1588
Beginning of English Civil War
1640
Henry Purcell (organist at Westminster Abbey)
1659 - 1695
Oliver Cromwell titled Lord Protector
1640s - 1650s
Bill of Rights
1689
The Restoration (of the monarchy)
1660
The Great Plague
1665
Act of Union
1707
The Glorious Revolution
1688
The Enlightment
1700s
Industrial Revolution
Mid-1700s to 1800s