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1066 |
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| Norman |
|
William
I |
1086 Doomsday Book |
| 1087 |
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William
II |
1100 William II was killed in the New Forest |
| 1100 |
|
| |
Henry
I |
1120 King's son and heir drowned |
| 1135 |
|
| |
Stephen |
1135–1154 War between Stephen and Maud |
|
1154 |
|
| Plantagenet |
|
Henry
II |
1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, killed |
| 1189 |
|
| |
Richard
I |
1192 Richard captured while on crusade |
| 1199 |
|
| |
John |
1215 Signing of Magna Carta |
| 1216 |
|
| |
Henry
III |
1258 First English Parliament |
| 1272 |
|
| |
Edward
I |
1284 Wales became incorporated into England |
| 1307 |
|
| |
Edward
II |
1314 Battle of Bannockburn |
| 1327 |
|
| |
Edward
III |
1347–1351 Black Death |
| 1377 |
|
| |
Richard
II |
1381 Peasants' Revolt |
|
1399 |
|
| Lancaster |
|
Henry
IV |
1399 Henry IV imprisoned Richard II |
| 1413 |
|
| |
Henry
V |
1415 Battle of Agincourt |
| 1422 |
|
| |
Henry
VI |
1455 Start of the War of the Roses |
|
1461 |
|
| York |
|
Edward
IV |
1470-1471 Henry VI briefly became king again |
| 1483 |
|
| |
Edward
V |
One of the little princes in the Tower |
| 1483 |
|
| |
Richard
III |
1485 Battle of Bosworth Field |
|
1485 |
|
| Tudor |
|
Henry
VII |
1483 Henry VII married Elizabeth of York |
| 1509 |
|
| |
Henry
VIII |
1534 Creation of the Church of England |
| 1547 |
|
| |
Edward
VI |
1549 Introduction of Book of Common Prayer |
| 1553 |
|
| |
Mary
I |
1554 Mary I married Philip of Spain |
| 1558 |
|
| |
Elizabeth
I |
1588 Spanish Armada |
|
1603 |
|
| Stuart |
|
James
I |
1605 Gunpowder Plot |
| 1625 |
|
| |
Charles
I |
1642-1645 English Civil War |
| 1649 |
|
| |
|
The
Commonwealth |
1653 Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector |
| Stuart |
1660 |
|
| |
Charles
II |
1666 Great Fire of London |
| 1685 |
|
| |
James
II |
1685 Battle of Sedgemoor |
| 1688 |
|
| |
William
III and Mary II |
1690 Battle of the Boyne |
| 1702 |
|
| |
Anne |
1707 Act of Union to create Great Britain |
|
1714 |
|
| Hanover |
|
George
I |
1720 South Sea Bubble |
| 1727 |
|
| |
George
II |
1745 Bonny Prince Charlie invades England |
| 1760 |
|
| |
George
III |
1775–1783 American War of Independence |
| 1811 |
|
| |
Regency |
1815 Battle of Waterloo |
| 1820 |
|
| |
George
IV |
1825 Stockton and Darlington Railway opened |
| 1830 |
|
| |
William
IV |
1832 Reform Act |
| 1837 |
|
| |
Victoria |
1851 Great Exhibition |
|
1901 |
|
Saxe-Coburg
Gotha |
|
Edward
VII |
1904 Entente Cordiale |
|
1910 |
|
| Windsor |
|
George
V |
1914-1918 World War I |
| 1936 |
|
| |
Edward
VIII |
1936 Abdication of Edward VIII |
| 1936 |
|
| |
George
VI |
1939-1945 World War II |
| 1952 |
|
| |
Elizabeth
II |
1973 Britain joins the Common Market (now the EU) |
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