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UK Test - Dates 2 Flashcards

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1
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10,000 BC

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Britain permanently separated from the continent by the Channel

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6,000 BC

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first farmers arrive in Britain

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4,000 BC

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people learn to made bronze

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Iron Age

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first coins minted in Britain

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55 BC

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Julius Cesar invades Britain, unsuccessfully

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43 AD

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emperor Claudius invades Britain, successfully

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200s-300s

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first Christian communities appear in Britain

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410

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Romans leave Britain

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c. 600 - Anglo

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Saxon kingdoms are established in Britain

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c. 600

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first missionaries come to Britain

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11
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789

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Viking invasions

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1066

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Battle of Hastings, William (Duke of Normandy) vs. Harold (Anglo-Saxon king)

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1215

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Magna Carta, King John

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1284

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Statute of Rhuddlan, Wales annexed to England, Edward I

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1314

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Battle of Bannockburn (Scottish independence), Robert de Bruce vs. Edward II

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16
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1348

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Black Death plague

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17
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c. 1400

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official documents being written in English

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c. 1400

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Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer

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19
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1415

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battle of Agincourt (100 Years War), Henry V vs. France

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20
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1450

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English army leaves France after battle of Agincourt

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21
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1455-1485

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War of the Roses, Henry Tudor (Lancaster) vs. Richard III (York)

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22
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1485

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battle of Bosworth Field, Henry Tudor (Lancaster) wins

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23
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1509-1547

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reign of Henry VIII

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24
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1558-1603

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reign of Elizabeth I

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25
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1500s

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Protestant ideas gradually gain strength in England

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26
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1560

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authority of the Pope abolished in Scotland

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27
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1588

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defeat of the Spanish Armada

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28
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1642-1646

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English civil war

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29
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1649

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Charles I’s death

30
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1653-1658

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Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector

31
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1656

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first Jews come to Britain after Roman times

32
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1660

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Charles II crowned king

33
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1665

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the plague in London

34
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1666

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the Great Fire of London

35
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1679

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Habeas Corpus Act

36
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1680-1720

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Huguenots come to Britain

37
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1688

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Glorious Revolution

38
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1689

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Declaration of Rights, William of Orange and Mary

39
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1695

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newspapers allow to operate without a licence

40
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1702-1714

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reign of Queen Anne

41
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1707

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Acts of the Union, Scotland and England unite as a kingdom

42
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1721-1742

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Robert Walpole as Britain’s first Prime Minister

43
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1700s

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Enlightenment in Britain

44
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Late 1700s

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first anti slavery groups, Quakers

45
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1776

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13 American colonies declared independence

46
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1783

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American colonist defeat British army

47
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1700s-1800s

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Industrial Revolution in Britain

48
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1800-1801

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Act of Union, Ireland unites with Great Britain

49
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1805

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Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson

50
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1807

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Slave Trade Act, trading slaves becomes illegal

51
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1815

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Battle of Waterloo, Duke of Wellington

52
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1833

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Emancipation Act, slavery is abolished

53
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1837-1901

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Queen Victoria reign

54
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1851

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Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London

55
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1853-1856

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Crimean War

56
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1865-1936

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Rudyard Kipling

57
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1899-1902

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Boer War

58
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1928

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Women above 21 allowed to vote

59
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1916

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Battle of the Somme

60
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1916

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Easter Rising in Ireland

61
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1918

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end of WWI, 11th November

62
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1922

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Ireland becomes two countries

63
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1922

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BBC starts radio broadcasts

64
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1936

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BBC first regular television service

65
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1939-1945

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WWII

66
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1940

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Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister

67
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1941

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Germany invades Soviet Union

68
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1944

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D-Day, 6th June

69
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1945

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Allies defeat Germany, May

70
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1945

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Alexander Fleming receives Nobel prize in Medicine

71
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1949

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Ireland becomes a republic

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