The History of England in Brief

1. The History of England in Brief

2. The Timeline of English History from the 10th century to 1603

Anglo-Saxon
England
Plantagenet
Dynasty
Norman Dynasty
1066,
William of
Normandy
conquers
England
1016, Canute
begins to
rule England
927, England
becomes
united under
Aethelstan
1042,
Edward the
Confessor
becomes
English king
1154, The
end of
Norman
Dynasty,
Henry II
Plantagenet
becomes
king
1258, Barons
rebel against
Henry III,
Provisions of
Oxford are
worked out
1203-4, King
John loses
English
possessions
in France
Tudor Dynasty
1377, Richard
II, grandson of
Edward III,
becomes king
1314, Scots
defeat the
English at
the Battle of
Bannockburn
1276-83,
Edward I
conquers
Wales
1337, 100years’ war
begins
1296, beginning
of the Scottish
War for
Independence
1170,
Thomas
Becket is
murdered
1215, King
John sign
Magna Carta
1264-5, The
second
Baronial War
1535, England
becomes
Protestant
1455, The
War of the
Roses begins
1346, “Black
Death” comes
to England
1328, Edward III
recognizes
Scottish
independence
1399,
Richard II
deposed,
Henry
Lancaster
becomes
king
1453, 100years’ War Lost
1381,
Peasants’
Revolt
1485, The Battle
of Bosworth.
Henry Tudor
becomes king
1603,
Elizabeth I
dies, James
Stuart of
Scotland
becomes king
1588,
Spanish
Armada
defeated
1587, Mary
Queen of
Scots
executed

3. The Timeline of English History from the 1603 to present day

Stuart
Dynasty
1638, Outbreak
of Anglo-Scottish
Bishops’ War
1627-29,
War with
France
1628,
Petition
of Rights
1603,
Union of
Crowns
Hanover
Dynasty
1688, The
Glorious
revolution
1707,
Act of
Union,
Great
Britain is
formed
1649,
Charles I
executed,
beginning
of Puritan
Republic
1660,
Monarchy
restored in
England
1642-46
Ist
English
Civil War
1745-6, The
last Jacobite
Rebellion,
The Battle of
Culloden
ends Jacobite
resistance
1714,
Queen Ann
dies,
George I
Hanover
becomes
king
1701, Act of
Settlement
1801, Act of
Union
between
Great
Britain and
Ireland
1767,
British East
Indian
Company
begins to
rule India
Windsor
Dynasty
Sax-CoburgGotha Dynasty
1838,
Coronation of
Queen
Victoria
18991902,
Second
AngloBoer War
1914, War on
Germany
declared
1939, Britain
declared war
on Germany
1921, Irish
Free State
is formed
1867,
Second
Reform Act
1832, First Reform
Act, which
enlarges the
number of voters
1947, India gains
independence,
British Empire
begins to
disintegrate
1912, Irish
Home Rule Act
introduced
1968,
Troubles in
Northern
Ireland begin
1998,
Good
Friday
Agreement