Years Flashcards

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When did King Edward I of England introduced the Statute of Rhuddlan by which Wales annexed to the Crown of England?

A

In 1284

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2
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When did the Black Death come to England?

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In 1348

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3
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When did the English become the preferred language of the royal court and Parliament?

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In 1400

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4
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When was the Battle of Agincourt fought?

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1415

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5
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When did the Wars of the Roses start?

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1455

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6
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When did the Wars of the Roses end?

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1485

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The Middle Ages or medieval times relate to the time that goes from the period after the Norman Conquest until the year

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1485

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8
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When did Henry VIII start reining?

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In April 1509

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9
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When did Henry VIII die?

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In January 1547

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10
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When was the first Union flag created?

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1606

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11
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When did the English civil war start?

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1642

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12
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When did the ‘Habeas Corpus Act’ become law?

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In 1679

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13
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When did William of Orange invade England to proclaim himself king?

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1688

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14
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When did the development of a free press take place?

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1695

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15
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When did Ireland become unified with England, Wales and Scotland?

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In 1801

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16
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Which Act abolished the old pocket and rotten boroughs and allowed more parliamentary seats to the towns and cities?

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The Reform Act of 1832

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17
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When wasslavery abolished throughout the British Empire?

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1833

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18
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Queen Victoria became queen in

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1837

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19
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When was the first tennis club founded in the UK?

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1872

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20
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When did Emmeline Pankhurst set up the women’s Franchise League, which fought to get the vote in local elections for married women?

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1889

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21
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When was the National Trust founded?

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1895

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22
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When were films first shown publicly in the UK?

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In 1896

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23
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When did motor-car racing start in the UK?

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In 1902

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24
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When was the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) established?

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1903

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When did the First World War start?
1914
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When did the First World War end?
11th of November 1918
27
When did the First World War finish?
At 11 am on 11th November 1918
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When was the Northern Ireland Parliament established for the first time?
In 1922
29
When was the Northern Ireland Parliament established for the first time?
In 1922
30
When was Ireland divided into two countries?
In 1922
31
When did Emmeline Pankhurst die?
1928
32
In which period did British Film studios flourish?
1930s
33
When was the Turing machine discovered?
In the 1930s
34
When was the first television broadcast made?
In 1932
35
When did Adolf Hitler come to power in Germany?
In 1933
36
When did the BBC start the world’s first regular television service?
1936
37
When did Alexander Fleming win the Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of the penicillin?
In 1945
38
When did the Allies defeat Germany marking the end of the Second World War?
In May 1945
39
When was the National Health System (NHS) established?
1948
40
When was the hovercraft invented?
In the 1950s
41
When did the UK sign the European Convention of Human Rights?
1950
42
When did the Queen start reining?
In 1952
43
When was the Treaty of Rome signed?
25th March 1957
44
When did Britain and France develop the world’s only supersonic commercial airliner known as ‘The Concorde’?
1960s
45
In which of the following years did England win the World Cup?
1966
46
When did ‘the Concorde’ aircraft fly for the first time?
In 1969
47
When was the voting age reduced to 18 for men and women?
1969
48
When did the post-war economic boom come to an end?
In the late 1970s
49
When did the UK join the European Economic Community (EEC)?
In 1973
50
When did the ‘Concorde’ aircraft carry passengers for the first time?
In 1976
51
When did Argentina invade the Falklands Islands?
In 1982
52
Which Act incorporated the European Convention of Human Rights into UK law?
The Human Rights Act 1998
53
When did hereditary peers lose the automatic right to attend the House of Lords?
1999
54
When was the Scottish Parliament formed?
In 1999
55
When did hereditary peers lose the automatic right to attend the House of Lords?
1999
56
When did the ‘Concorde’ aircraft retired from service?
In 2003
57
Which act introduced the Forced Marriage Protection Orders for England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2008?
The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007
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When did Gordon Brown take over as Prime Minister from his predecessor Tony Blair?
In 2007
59
When were the Forced Marriage Protection Orders introduced for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which aimed at protecting a person from being forced into a marriage, or to protect a person in a forced marriage?
2008
60
When did British combat troops leave Iraq?
In 2009
61
When were Protection Orders to protect a person from being forced into a marriage introduced in Scotland?
2011
62
When was the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrated?
2012