History Flashcards
St David’s Day
1 March
St Patrick’s Day
17 March
Vaisakhi
14 April
St George’s Day
23 April
St Andrew’s Day
30 November
Stone Age
6000 Years ago
Julis Caesar unsuccessfully invades Britain
55 BC
Emperor Claudius successfully invades Britain
43 AD
Christian communities appear in Britain
3rd-4th centuries
Roman army leaves Britain
410
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms are established in Britain
600
The Vikings first visit Britain
789
William the Conqueror because King William 1 of England
1066
Battle of Hastings
1066 (Harold, the Saxon King of England)
Magna Carta what and when
1215 King John was forced to sign it - even the king was subject to the law
Wales annexed to England
1284 Statue of Rhuddlan, Edward 1
Battle of Bannockburn
led by Robert the Bruce, 1314
Battle of Agincourt
the most famous battle of the Hundred Years War, King Henry V beat the French, 1415
Last Welsh rebellions defeated, English law and language introduces
mid 15th century
English leave France
1450
The Wars of the Roses
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
Henry VIII becomes king
1509
The reformation in England and Wales, the reformation of the Protestand Church
1530s
Henry VIII dies, Edward VI, a protestant, becomes king (age 9)
1547
Who is credited with the invention of the hovercraft?
Sir Christopher Cockerell (1910–99), a British inventor, invented the hovercraft in the 1950s.
The longest distance in mainland Britain, at 870 miles (1,400 kilometres) is between
John O’ Groats and Land’s End
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?
2%
What is Stormont?
The building in which the Northern Ireland Assembly sits
Which books did Graham Greene write
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.
Who wrote Moby Dick?
Herman Melville
Where is Stormont located?
Belfast
After his death in 1965 Churchill was afforded which honour?
A state funeral
Who was was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the UK in the 20th century
Margaret Thatcher
