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Life in the UK: Key Dates in British History

43 flashcards on the key dates in British history, from the Roman invasion to leaving the EU. Original study material for practice.

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AD 43
Roman conquest of Britain begins under Emperor Claudius.
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AD 122
Hadrian's Wall begun (about this date).
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Early 5th century
Roman rule in Britain ends (around AD 410).
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AD 597
St Augustine arrives in Kent to convert the Anglo-Saxons.
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793
Vikings raid the monastery at Lindisfarne.
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1066
Battle of Hastings: William of Normandy defeats Harold.
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1086
Domesday Book survey completed.
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1170
Thomas Becket murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.
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1215
King John agrees to Magna Carta at Runnymede.
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1265
Simon de Montfort's parliament.
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1314
Robert the Bruce wins at Bannockburn.
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1348
The Black Death reaches England.
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1381
The Peasants' Revolt, sparked by a poll tax.
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1415
Henry V wins the Battle of Agincourt.
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1476
William Caxton sets up the first English printing press.
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1485
Battle of Bosworth: Henry Tudor becomes Henry VII.
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1534
Act of Supremacy: the king becomes head of the Church of England.
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1588
The Spanish Armada is defeated.
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1603
Union of the Crowns: James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England.
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1605
The Gunpowder Plot.
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1649
Charles I is executed.
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1660
Restoration of the monarchy under Charles II.
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1666
The Great Fire of London.
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1688
The Glorious Revolution.
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1689
The Bill of Rights.
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1707
Act of Union joins England and Scotland.
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1746
Battle of Culloden ends the Jacobite rising.
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1801
Union with Ireland takes effect (Act passed 1800).
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1805
Battle of Trafalgar: Nelson dies in victory.
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1807
Slave Trade Act abolishes the slave trade.
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1815
Wellington defeats Napoleon at Waterloo.
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1833
Slavery abolished across most of the British Empire.
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1851
The Great Exhibition.
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1918
Armistice (11 November); women over 30 get the vote.
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1928
Women win the vote on equal terms with men.
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1944
D-Day landings (6 June).
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1945
VE Day (8 May); Attlee wins the general election.
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1948
NHS founded; Empire Windrush arrives.
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1973
UK joins the European Economic Community.
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1979
Margaret Thatcher becomes first female Prime Minister.
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1998
Good Friday Agreement.
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1999
Devolution: Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly begin.
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2020
UK leaves the European Union (31 January).

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