Timeline Flashcards
Athelstan captures York
927
Cnut becomes king
1016
The domesday book
1086
Stephen becomes king - Anarchy and Civil War with Matilda
1135
Battle of Lincoln
1141
John becomes king and tries to continue wars but loses.
1199
Magna Carta signed
1215
Edward I becomes king
1272
Invasion of Scotland
1290
Hundred years war
1337-1453
Wars of the Roses
1455-1485
Battle of Flooded field
1513
James V of Scotland allies with France and attacks England
1542
Elizabeth I becomes Queen
1558
Privateers attack Spanish ships
1560s
Spanish Armada
1580
War with Ireland
1594
James I becomes king and unites England and Scotland - ends border tensions
1603
Charles I becomes king
1625
Scots rebel against Charles I
1639
English Civil wars begin
1642
1st siege of Basing house
1643
2nd civil war
1648
Charles I executed
1649