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History Flashcards

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St David’s Day

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1 March

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St Patrick’s Day

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17 March

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3
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Vaisakhi

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14 April

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St George’s Day

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23 April

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St Andrew’s Day

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30 November

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6
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Stone Age

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6000 Years ago

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7
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Julis Caesar unsuccessfully invades Britain

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55 BC

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Emperor Claudius successfully invades Britain

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43 AD

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9
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Christian communities appear in Britain

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3rd-4th centuries

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10
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Roman army leaves Britain

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410

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11
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Anglo-Saxon kingdoms are established in Britain

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600

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12
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The Vikings first visit Britain

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789

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William the Conqueror because King William 1 of England

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1066

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Battle of Hastings

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1066 (Harold, the Saxon King of England)

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Magna Carta what and when

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1215 King John was forced to sign it - even the king was subject to the law

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16
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Wales annexed to England

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1284 Statue of Rhuddlan, Edward 1

17
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Battle of Bannockburn

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led by Robert the Bruce, 1314

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Battle of Agincourt

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the most famous battle of the Hundred Years War, King Henry V beat the French, 1415

19
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Last Welsh rebellions defeated, English law and language introduces

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mid 15th century

20
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English leave France

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1450

21
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The Wars of the Roses

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1455-1485, end with the battle of Bosworth Field. King Richard III of the House of York is killed and Henry Tudor of the House of LAncaster becomes Henry VII

22
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Henry VIII becomes king

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1509

23
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The reformation in England and Wales, the reformation of the Protestand Church

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1530s

24
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Henry VIII dies, Edward VI, a protestant, becomes king (age 9)

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1547

25
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Who is credited with the invention of the hovercraft?

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Sir Christopher Cockerell (1910–99), a British inventor, invented the hovercraft in the 1950s.

26
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The longest distance in mainland Britain, at 870 miles (1,400 kilometres) is between

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John O’ Groats and Land’s End

27
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Surveys show that in Britain 4% of people are Muslim, 2% are Hindu, 1% are Sikh, less than 0.5% are Jewish or Buddhist. How many people followed another religion?

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2%

28
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What is Stormont?

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The building in which the Northern Ireland Assembly sits

29
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Which books did Graham Greene write

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Graham Greene (1904–91) wrote novels often influenced by his religious beliefs, including The Heart of the Matter, The Honorary Consul, Brighton Rock and Our Man in Havana.

30
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Who wrote Moby Dick?

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Herman Melville

31
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Where is Stormont located?

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Belfast

32
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After his death in 1965 Churchill was afforded which honour?

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A state funeral

33
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Who was was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the UK in the 20th century

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Margaret Thatcher

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