The History of England in Brief

1603
927, England becomes united under Aethelstan
1016, Canute begins to

1042, Edward the Confessor becomes English king

1066, William of Normandy conquers England

1154, The end of Norman Dynasty, Henry II Plantagenet becomes king

1170, Thomas Becket is murdered

1203-4, King John loses English possessions in France

1215, King John sign Magna Carta

1258, Barons rebel against Henry III, Provisions of Oxford are worked out

1264-5, The second Baronial War

1276-83, Edward I conquers Wales

1314, Scots defeat the English at the Battle of Bannockburn

1296, beginning of the Scottish War for Independence

1328, Edward III recognizes Scottish independence

1337, 100-years’ war begins

1377, Richard II, grandson of Edward III, becomes king

1346, “Black Death” comes to England

1381, Peasants’ Revolt

1399, Richard II deposed, Henry Lancaster becomes king

1453, 100-years’ War Lost

1455, The War of the Roses begins

1485, The Battle of Bosworth. Henry Tudor becomes king

1535, England becomes Protestant

1587, Mary Queen of Scots executed

1588, Spanish Armada defeated

1603, Elizabeth I dies, James Stuart of Scotland becomes king

Anglo-Saxon England

Norman Dynasty

Anglo-Saxon England

Plantagenet Dynasty

Tudor Dynasty

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Stuart Dynasty
Hanover Dynasty
Sax-Coburg-Gotha Dynasty
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1603, Union of Crowns
1627-29, War with France
1628,

1638, Outbreak of Anglo-Scottish Bishops’ War

1642-46 Ist English Civil War

1649, Charles I executed, beginning of Puritan Republic

1660, Monarchy restored in England

1688, The Glorious revolution

1701, Act of Settlement

1707, Act of Union, Great Britain is formed

1714, Queen Ann dies, George I Hanover becomes king

1745-6, The last Jacobite Rebellion, The Battle of Culloden ends Jacobite resistance

1767, British East Indian Company begins to rule India

1801, Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland

1832, First Reform Act, which enlarges the number of voters

1838, Coronation of Queen Victoria

1867, Second Reform Act

1912, Irish Home Rule Act introduced

1899-1902, Second Anglo-Boer War

1914, War on Germany declared

1921, Irish Free State is formed

1939, Britain declared war on Germany

1947, India gains independence, British Empire begins to disintegrate

1968, Troubles in Northern Ireland begin

1998, Good Friday Agreement