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
Hugunots - French Protestants fleeing prosecution and settling in England
Pre-1720
Reform Act
1832
When was Florence Nightingale born
1820
Emancipation Act
1833
When did Queen Victoria become queen?
1837
Sir Robert Walpole as PM
1721 - 1742
Victorian Age
1837 - 1901
American colonies declare independence over taxation
1776
When were films first shown in the UK?
1896
Battle of Trafalgar
1805
Battle of Waterloo
1815
The Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace)
1851
Home Rule - Ireland
1913
Easter rising against the British
1916
Modern Era
1900s
WWI
1914 - 1918
Women’s suffrage
1918 (vote at 30+ years)
1928 (vote at 21 years)
Peace treaty splitting Ireland in two
1921
Boer War in South Africa
1889 - 1902
When did the BBC start the first radio broadcast?
1922
When did Ireland split into 2 countries?
1922
The Great Depression
1929
Battle of the Somme WW1
1916
WWI end
11:00h on 11/11/1918
Beveridge Report
1942
Education Act
1944
NHS and social security system
1945 - 1950
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1928
Independence for India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka
1947
German invasion of Poland leading the UK and France to declare war on Germany
1939
Evacuation of Dunkirk
1940
Battle of Britain
1940
Post-war labour shortages leading to recruitment of workers from India, Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh
1950s
Increasing wealth and liberalisation of social laws (e.g. abortion and divorce)
1960s
Clement Attlee becomes Churchill’s Deputy PM
1945
When did England win the World Cup?
1966
UK joins the EEC
1973
When did hereditary peers lose the automatic right to attend the House of Lords?
1999
Good Friday Agreement leading to establishment of Northern Irish parliament
1998
Scottish parliament & Welsh assembly are established
1999
Argentina invading the Falkland Islands
1982
English settlers begining to move to North American colonies
During Queen Elizabeth I’s reign
St David’s day
1st of March
How long is Hannukah celebrated for?
Hannukah is in November or December and is celebrated for eight days.