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1
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Birth of Confucius

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BC 551

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Battle of Marathon

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BC 490

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The Second Punic War (The Hannibalic War) begins

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BC 218

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Caesar assassinated in Rome

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BC 44

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Roman Conquest of Britain begun by Emperor Claudius

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43

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Revolt of Boudicca (Boadicea)

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60

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Great fire of Rome, lasted 9 days (Nero fiddles, etc!)

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64

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Mount Vesuvius erupts – the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash

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79

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Building of Hadrian’s Wall begins

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122

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St Alban first Christian martyr in Britain

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304

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Council of Arles (attended by British bishops)

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314

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First Council of Nicaea

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325

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St Ninian first to preach Christian religion in Scotland, arrives Solway Firth

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350

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Council of Rimini (attended by British bishops)

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359

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Battle of Adrianople (important defeat of Roman army by Goths)

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378

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16
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John Chrysostom dies

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407

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17
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Sack of Rome (by Visigoths)

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410

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18
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St Patrick begins mission to Ireland

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432

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19
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Beginning of invasions by Jutes, Angles and Saxons

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449

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20
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Council of Chalcedon

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451

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21
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Death of King Arthur (many think he never existed as a real person)

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537

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22
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Columba arrives in Iona and founds the Celtic Christian Church

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563

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23
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Birth of Mohammed (Muhammad)

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570

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24
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Mission led by St Augustine of Canterbury, converts King Ethelbert

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597

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25
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St Paul’s Cathedral in London founded

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604

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Edwin is king of Northumbria (overcame all Britain save Kent alone)

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617–33

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Synod of Whitby

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664

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28
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Birth of the Venerable Bede, first English historian

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673

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29
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Lindisfarne Gospels

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698

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30
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First written version of Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf

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722

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31
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Bede’s Ecclesiastical History

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731

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32
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Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the West by Pope Leo III

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800

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33
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Alfred the Great reigns (Wessex)

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871–99

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34
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The Battle of Chippenham (Alfred defeated), Alfred burns the cakes, The Battle of Edington (Alfred beats Danes)

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878

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Treaty of Wedmore: England divided between Alfred the Great of Wessex (the south and west) and the ‘Danelaw’ under Guthram (the north and east)

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880

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36
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Beginning of Anglo-Saxon Chronicle marks revival of learning in England

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891

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37
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Edward the Elder reigns (Wessex)

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899–924

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38
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Æthelstan reigns (England)

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927–39

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39
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Edgar introduces a new coinage – the royal portrait becomes a regular feature on coins

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973

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40
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Vikings explore the North American coast

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1004

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41
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London Bridge torn down by Vikings with grappling irons

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1010

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42
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Canute reigns as king of Denmark, Norway and England

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1016–35

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43
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Macbeth murders Duncan and takes the throne of Scotland

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1040

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44
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Edward the Confessor reigns

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1042–66

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45
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King Edward the Confessor began rebuilding St Peter’s Abbey (later Westminster Abbey)

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1042–52

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46
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The Great Schism, when Christianity divided into Western (Latin) and Eastern (Greek) branches

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1054

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47
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Edward the Confessor dies, the battle of Hastings

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1066

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48
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Harold Godwinson reigns for less than a year

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1066

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49
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William I reigns

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1066–87

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50
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Harrowing of the North’ (William I punished the innocent with the guilty)

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1069

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51
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Building of Tower of London starts

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1081

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52
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Completion of Domesday Book

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1086

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53
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First crusade begins

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1096

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54
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First record of football in England

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c. 1100

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55
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Henry I reigns

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1100–35

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56
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David I becomes King of Scotland

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1124

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57
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Stephen of Blois reigns

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1135–54

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58
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Portugal becomes independent from Spain

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1139

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59
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Second crusade begins

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1147

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60
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First recorded Mersey Ferry

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1150

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61
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Henry II reigns (m. Eleanor of Aquitaine – he already has Normandy, Anjou and Aquitaine, and is now the most powerful man in Europe)

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1154–89

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62
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Thomas Becket assassinated

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1170

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63
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London Bridge construction in stone started (from tax on wool)

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1176

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64
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Third crusade begins

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1187

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65
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Richard I reigns (Richard the Lionheart)

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1189–99

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66
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Jews of York massacred (150 in number)

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1190

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67
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John reigns (Lackland)

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1199–1216

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68
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Pope Innocent III initiates the Fourth Crusade

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1202

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69
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4th crusade from Venice sacks Constantinople

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1204

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70
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Magna Carta (Great Charter)

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1215

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71
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Fourth Lateran Council defined the doctrine of transubstantiation

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1215

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72
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Henry III reigns (Henry of Winchester)

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1216–72

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73
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Fifth crusade begins

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1217

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74
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Start of building current York Minster

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1220

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75
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Introduction of a poll tax in England

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1222

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76
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Sixth crusade begins

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1228

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77
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Treaty of York signed by Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland – set the border between England and Scotland

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1237

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78
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Henry III begins re-construction of Westminster Abbey

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1245

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79
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Seventh Crusade begins

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1248

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80
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Henry III is forced by seven powerful barons to accept the Provisions of Oxford

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1258

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81
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Battle of Lewes; Henry III captured by Simon de Montfort

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1264

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82
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First elected English parliament (De Montfort’s Parliament) conducts its first meeting, in the Palace of Westminster

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1265

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83
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Eighth Crusade

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1270

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84
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Ninth (and last) crusade

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1271

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85
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Edward I reigns (Longshanks)

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1272–1307

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86
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Edward I embarks on the conquest of Wales

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1277

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87
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Edward I (Longshanks) orders all Jews to leave England

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1290

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88
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King Edward I awards Scottish crown to John Baliol

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1292

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89
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Battle of Stirling Bridge, defeat of English Army

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1297

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90
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Battle of Falkirk, Edward I defeats William Wallace

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1298

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91
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William Wallace executed at Smithfields

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1305

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92
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Robert the Bruce crowned King Robert I of Scots

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1306

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93
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Edward II reigns (Edward of Caernarfon)

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1307–27

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94
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Dunstanburgh Castle built by the Earl of Lancaster

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1313

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95
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Scottish and Welsh wars. Bannockburn (Robert the Bruce routed the English)

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1314

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96
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Edward II banned football in London

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1314

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97
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Declaration of Arbroath; a statement of Scottish independence

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1320

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98
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Edward III reigns

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1327–77

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99
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Edward III asserts his claim to the French throne – ‘Hundred Years War’ begins

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1338

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100
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Black Death

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1348–51

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101
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Charles V (the Wise) becomes King of France

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1364

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102
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Statutes of Kilkenny belatedly forbid intermarriage of English and Irish – Gaelic culture unsuccessfully suppressed

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1366

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103
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Richard II reigns

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1377–99

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104
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Start of the Papal Schism (until 1417) when three men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope

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1378

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105
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The Peasant’s revolt (John Ball, Wat Tyler, Richard II)

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1381

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106
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First translation of the Bible into English, by John Wycliffe

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1382

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107
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Treaty of Windsor between Britain and Portugal (unbroken)

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1386

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108
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Chaucer begins writing The Canterbury Tales

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1387

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109
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Henry IV reigns (Bolingbroke)

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1399–1413

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110
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Henry V reigns

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1413–22

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111
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Henry V victorious at Agincourt

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1415

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112
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John Hus, Czech priest, burnt at stake

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1415

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113
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Henry VI (first reign)

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1422–61

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114
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Eton College founded by Henry VI

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1440

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115
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Fall of Constantinople; end of Hundred Years’ War

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1453

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116
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Publication of the Gutenberg Bible

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1455

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117
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Wars of the Roses

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1455–87

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118
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Edward IV (first reign)

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1461–70

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119
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Henry VI (second reign)

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1470–71

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120
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Battle of Barnet (Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians)

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1471

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121
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Edward IV (second reign)

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1471–1483

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122
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Caxton sets up a printing press in Westminster

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1476

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123
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Edward IV bans cricket

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1477

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124
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Edward V reigns for less than a year

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1483

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125
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Richard III reigns

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1483–85

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126
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Battle of Bosworth Field

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1485

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127
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Henry VII reigns

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1485–1509

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128
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Columbus encounters America

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1492

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129
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Battle of Deptford Bridge – end of the Cornish rebellion against Henry VII

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1497

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130
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Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa

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1503-5

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131
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Henry VIII reigns

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1509–47

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132
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Flodden Field

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1513

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133
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Thomas More writes Utopia

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1516

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134
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Luther posts 95 theses

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1517

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135
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Cortez conquers Aztecs

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1519

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136
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Publication of Luther’s Three Treatises

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1520

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137
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Publication of Luther’s translation of the New Testament into German

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1522

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138
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Publication of Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament into English

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1526

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The Marburg Colloquy (between Luther and Zwingli on The Lord’s Supper)

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1529

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Act of Supremacy in England creates Anglican Church

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1534

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Execution of Thomas More

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1535

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Calvin establishes reformed faith in Geneva

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1536

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The Dissolution of the Monasteries

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1536–41

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Henry VIII issues English Bible

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1538

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Thomas Cromwell executed

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1540

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Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

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1543

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Council of Trent opens

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1545

148
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Ivan the Terrible crowned Tsar of Russia at age 16

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1547

149
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Edward VI reigns

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1547–53

150
Q

Walloon Protestants arrive to England as refugees from the Low Countries

A

1550

151
Q

Catholic restoration

A

1553

152
Q

Lady Jane Grey executed (aged 16)

A

1554

153
Q

Peace of Augsburg ends religious war in Germany; Charles V abdicates

A

1555

154
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Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer burned at the stake in Oxford

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1556

155
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The First Covenant signed in Scotland (foundation of the Presbyterian Church)

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1557

156
Q

Elizabeth I reigns

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1558–1603

157
Q

Publication of Calvin’s ‘The Institutes of the Christian Religion’

A

1559

158
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, violence against the Huguenots

A

1572

159
Q

James Burbage opens first theatre in London

A

1577

160
Q

Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots; Introduction of potatoes to England

A

1587

161
Q

Defeat of Spanish Armada

A

1588

162
Q

Edict of Nantes ends French religious wars

A

1598

163
Q

East India Company founded (British)

A

1600

164
Q

Stuart monarchy begins in England

A

1603

165
Q

James I reigns

A

1603–25

166
Q

Gunpowder plot at Westminster

A

1605

167
Q

Jamestown, Virginia settled – to become the first permanent British colony in North America

A

1607

168
Q

King James Bible

A

1611

169
Q

The Globe Theatre in London burns during a performance of Henry the Eighth

A

1613

170
Q

Ben Jonson becomes first Poet Laureate

A

1616

171
Q

Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I

A

1618

172
Q

Pilgrim Fathers sign peace treaty with Native Americans

A

1621

173
Q

Charles I reigns

A

1625–49

174
Q

Parliament dissolved by King Charles I – did not meet for another 11 years

A

1629

175
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Charles regarded protests against the prayerbook as treason – forced Scots to choose between their church and the King

A

1638

176
Q

Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration

A

1639

177
Q

Charles I forced to recall Parliament (the ‘Long Parliament’) due to Scottish invasion

A

1640

178
Q

Charles I’s policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil War in England

A

1641

179
Q

Battle of Alton – victory for Parliamentarians

A

1643

180
Q

Battle of Naseby: Parliament’s New Model Army crushes the Royalist forces

A

1645

181
Q

Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years’ War

A

1648

182
Q

Society of Friends (Quakers) founded by George Fox

A

1648

183
Q

Charles I executed in England

A

1649

184
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The Commonwealth

A

1649-60

185
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Oliver Cromwell is Lord Protector

A

1653–58

186
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Formation of the Grenadier Guards, the most senior regiment of the Infantry in the British Army

A

1656

187
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Charles II reigns

A

1660–85

188
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Act of Uniformity

A

1662

189
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Great Plague of London (July-October) kills over 60,000

A

1665

190
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Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June

A

1666

191
Q

John Milton’s Paradise Lost

A

1667

192
Q

Beginning of Whig party under Shaftsbury

A

1675

193
Q

Pennsylvania founded by William Penn

A

1682

194
Q

James II reigns

A

1685–88

195
Q

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes – drove thousands of Protestants (Huguenots) from France – many settled in England

A

1685

196
Q

Newton publishes Principia Mathematica

A

1687

197
Q

Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House opens

A

1688

198
Q

Glorious Revolution

A

1688

199
Q

The Toleration Act gives legal existence to dissenters

A

1689

200
Q

Peter the Great’s reign begins in Russia

A

1689

201
Q

William III reigns (William of Orange)

A

1689–1702

202
Q

Battle of the Boyne

A

1690

203
Q

The massacre of Glencoe

A

1692

204
Q

Bank of England founded

A

1694

205
Q

Invention of steam engine by Capt Thomas Savery

A

1698

206
Q

Population in England and Scotland approx 7.5 million

A

1700

207
Q

War of Spanish Succession

A

1702–13

208
Q

Union of England and Scotland (Acts of Union …)

A

1707

209
Q

First Jacobite rising in Scotland

A

1708

210
Q

Peace of Utrecht

A

1713

211
Q

Death of Louis XIV (the Sun King)

A

1715

212
Q

Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

A

1719

213
Q

South Sea Bubble, a stock-market crash on Exchange Alley – government assumes control of National Debt

A

1720

214
Q

Robert Walpole becomes first prime minister

A

1721

215
Q

Treaty of Hanover: France, Prussia, Britain v. Spain, Austria

A

1725–26

216
Q

Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels

A

1726

217
Q

Irish famine

A

1730

218
Q

Invention of sextant by John Hadley

A

1731

219
Q

John Wesley has his conversion experience

A

1738

220
Q

Wesley and Whitefield commence great Methodist revival

A

1739

221
Q

War of Austrian Succession begins

A

1740

222
Q

England goes to war with Spain

A

1742

223
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Church of Scotland split over taking of Burgess’ Oath – Burghers and Anti-Burghers

A

1744

224
Q

Battle of Culloden – last battle fought in Britain – 5,000 Highlanders routed by the Duke of Cumberland

A

1746

225
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Benjamin Franklin invents a lightning conductor

A

1752

226
Q

Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War and secures Canada for Crown

A

1763

227
Q

Introduction of spinning mule: key moment in Industrial Revolution

A

1769

228
Q

Capt James Cook lands in Australia (Botany Bay)

A

1770

229
Q

American Revolution; Smith publishes Wealth of Nations

A

1776

230
Q

Capt James Cook killed on Hawaii

A

1779

231
Q

William Blake’s Poetical Sketches

A

1783

232
Q

Wesley breaks with the Church of England

A

1784

233
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French Revolution begins

A

1789

234
Q

First publication of The Observer – world’s oldest Sunday newspaper

A

1791

235
Q

Wollstonecraft begins feminist movement with Vindication of Rights of Women

A

1792

236
Q

Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin (in America)

A

1794

237
Q

Foundation of the Orange Order

A

1795

238
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The Irish Rebellion; 100,000 peasants revolt; approximately 25,000 die – Irish Parliament abolished

A

1798

239
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Battle of the Nile (won by Nelson)

A

1798

240
Q

Napoleon comes to power in France

A

1799

241
Q

The Napoleonic Wars

A

1803–15

242
Q

Battle of Trafalgar

A

1805

243
Q

Luddite uprisings (machine breaking) in the Midlands against weaving frames started

A

1811

244
Q

Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice

A

1813

245
Q

Abdication of Napoleon; Congress of Vienna

A

1815

246
Q

Peterloo Massacre at Manchester

A

1819

247
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UK: Opening of the first railway

A

1825

248
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UK: Great reform bill

A

1832

249
Q

Slavery Abolition Act

A

1833

250
Q

First Potato famine in Ireland

A

1836

251
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Chartism (a working-class movement for the extension of the franchise)

A

1838–49

252
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First Opium War between Britain and China – Britain captures Hong Kong

A

1839

253
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British massacred in Khyber Pass

A

1842

254
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Repeal of Corn Laws

A

1846

255
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Marx and Engels publish Communist Manifesto

A

1848

256
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Charles Dicken’s David Copperfield

A

1849

257
Q

Crystal Palace Exhibition in Britain

A

1851

258
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Britain declares war on Russia (Crimean War)

A

1854

259
Q

Britain establishes direct rule of India

A

1857

260
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Darwin publishes Origin of the Species

A

1859

261
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American Civil War begins

A

1861

262
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Tolstoy’s War and Peace

A

1865

263
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Trades Unions legalised in Britain, but picketing made illegal

A

1871

264
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Opening of Royal Albert Hall

A

1871

265
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Disraeli and the Tories come to power in Britain – pass 11 major Acts of social reform in next 2 years

A

1874

266
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Edison invents microphone and phonograph

A

1877

267
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Rodin’s The Thinker

A

1880

268
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Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet, first appearance of Sherlock Holmes

A

1882

269
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island

A

1883

270
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Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn

A

1885

271
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Irish Home Rule Bill

A

1886

272
Q

Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

A

1888

273
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Eiffel Tower completed (to mark centenary of French Revolution)

A

1889

274
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Length of a metre defined

A

1889

275
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Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat

A

1889

276
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Henry Ford’s first car

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1893

277
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The National Trust founded in England

A

1895

278
Q

The Curies discover Radium

A

1898

279
Q

Start of Second Boer War

A

1899

280
Q

Freud publishes Interpretation of Dreams

A

1899

281
Q

Chekov The Cherry Orchard

A

1903

282
Q

Entente Cordiale (formalised peace between Britain and France)

A

1904

283
Q

Einstein publishes relativity theory

A

1905

284
Q

Ernest Shackleton’s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole

A

1909

285
Q

Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king’s horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby and dies

A

1913

286
Q

World War I begins

A

1914

287
Q

Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

A

1917

288
Q

War of Independence in Ireland

A

1918

289
Q

Treaty of Versailles ends World War I

A

1919

290
Q

Fascists and Mussolini come to power in Italy

A

1922

291
Q

TS Eliot The Waste Land

A

1922

292
Q

Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf

A

1925

293
Q

Great Depression begins

A

1929

294
Q

Statute of Westminster (established legislative equality for the self-governing dominions of the British Empire with the United Kingdom)

A

1931

295
Q

Great Hunger March of unemployed to London

A

1932

296
Q

Huxley Brave New World

A

1932

297
Q

Hitler comes to power in Germany

A

1933

298
Q

Penguin paperbacks launched

A

1935

299
Q

Munich pact

A

1938

300
Q

World War II begins

A

1939

301
Q

Winston Churchill as Prime Minister

A

1940

302
Q

Trotsky assassinated in Mexico on Stalin’s orders

A

1940

303
Q

Film Citizen Kane

A

1941

304
Q

World War II ends; United Nations founded

A

1945

305
Q

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

A

1945

306
Q

Alistair Cooke starts his regularLetter from America on BBC radio

A

1946

307
Q

First Dead Sea Scrolls found

A

1947

308
Q

India gains independence: sub-continent partitioned to form India (Secular, Hindu majority) and Pakistan (Islamic)

A

1947

309
Q

NATO formed

A

1949

310
Q

Korean War starts

A

1950

311
Q

First episode of The Archers broadcast

A

1951

312
Q

Stalin dies

A

1953

313
Q

Everest conquered by Hillary and Tensing

A

1953

314
Q

Coronation of Elizabeth II

A

1953

315
Q

Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood

A

1954

316
Q

Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister

A

1955

317
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Treaty of Rome creates European Economic Community (EEC); Sputnik launched

A

1957

318
Q

Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister

A

1957

319
Q

Helvetica typeface created

A

1957

320
Q

Britain and France invade Suez

A

1956

321
Q

The Beatles formed

A

1958

322
Q

Race riots in Britain, at Notting Hill and in Nottingham

A

1958

323
Q

Charles de Gaulle establishes Fifth Republic in France

A

1958

324
Q

‘The Day The Music Died’ – plane crash kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper

A

1959

325
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The Year that changed Jazz’: Miles Davis Kind of Blue; Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um; Dave Brubeck Time Out; Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come

A

1959

326
Q

Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa

A

1960

327
Q

Berlin Wall erected

A

1961

328
Q

Cuban Missile Crisis; Second Vatican Council begins

A

1962

329
Q

Nelson Mandela jailed

A

1962

330
Q

President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas

A

1963

331
Q

Great Train Robbery’ on Glasgow to London mail train

A

1963

332
Q

Martin Luther King gives his I have a dream speech

A

1963

333
Q

Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister

A

1964

334
Q

Donald Campbell dies attempting to break his world water speed record on Conniston Water

A

1967

335
Q

Student revolts; Czech “Prague Spring” revolt

A

1968

336
Q

Martin Luther King (Apr 4) and Robert Kennedy (Jun 6) both assassinated in USA

A

1968

337
Q

Apollo 11 – First men land on the moon

A

1969

338
Q

Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister

A

1970

339
Q

Bloody Sunday’ in Derry, Northern Ireland

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1972

340
Q

President Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal

A

1974

341
Q

Helsinki Accords - height of détente

A

1975

342
Q

Suez canal reopens (after 8 years closure)

A

1975

343
Q

Concorde enters supersonic passenger service

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1976

344
Q

Apr 1: Apple Computer formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

A

1976

345
Q

George Lucas’ film Star Wars released

A

1977

346
Q

John Paul II elected pope

A

1978

347
Q

Soviet Union invades Afghanistan; Thatcher elected prime minister in Britain

A

1979

348
Q

SAS storm Iranian Embassy in London to free hostages

A

1980

349
Q

John Lennon assassinated in New York

A

1980

350
Q

Falklands War

A

1982

351
Q

Women’s peace protest at Greenham Common

A

1982

352
Q

Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope pray together in Canterbury Cathedral

A

1982

353
Q

Oct 12: IRA bomb explodes at Tory conference hotel in Brighton – 4 killed

A

1984

354
Q

Oct 24: Miners’ strike

A

1984

355
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Gorbachev comes to power in Soviet Union

A

1985

356
Q

Big Bang’ (deregulation) of the London Stock Market

A

1986

357
Q

World population crossed the 5 billion mark

A

1987

358
Q

King’s Cross fire in London – 31 people die

A

1987

359
Q

Berlin wall falls and collapse of communism

A

1989

360
Q

Riots in London against Poll Tax which had been implemented in England & Wales

A

1990

361
Q

Break-up of Soviet Union; Balkan conflicts begin in former Yugoslavia

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1991

362
Q

Maastricht Treaty creates European Union (EU)

A

1992

363
Q

Church of England ordains its first female priests

A

1994

364
Q

IRA bomb explodes in London Docklands – ends 17 month ceasefire

A

1996

365
Q

New’ Labour landslide victory in Britain (Tony Blair replaces John Major as Prime Minister)

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1997

366
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Euro currency introduced

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1999

General – History (2 decks)

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