anglophone world dates

43 AD

Emperor Claudius invaded Britains with the Romans - romanisation of England

When did the Roman Britain end?

5th century, by colonization of Germanic tribes (Angles, Saxons, Jutes)

When did the Vikings come to England?

8th century

Norman Conquest of Britain

1066, William the Conqueror

1215

king John of England forced to sign the Magna Carta

When did Edward I conquer Wales?

end of 13th century

When did Wars of the Roses happen and who won?

1450-1485

1603

James VI of Scotland became James I of England, Union of the Crowns (ENG, WAL, IR, SSCOT)

1660

the British monarchy was restored under Charles II.

1688

Glorious Revolution

James II replaced by William of Orange

Protestantism

1707

Act of Union England + Scotland = “Great Britain”

1800

Ireland incorporated into “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland”

19th century in Britain

Industrial Revolution, “workshop of the world”

When did the right to vote extend to all men and then all adult women in Britain?

1918, 1928

When did Britain join EEC?

1973

When did the Labour Party come to power in Britain?

1945 - welfare state

when did Margaret Thatcher form a Conservatiove government?

1979

When did Labour Party return to power after Thatcher?

1997

When did St Patrick arrive in Ireland?

5th century

When did Anglo-Normans bring large parts of Ireland under English rule

12th century

When was a major Catholic rebellion in Ireland?

1603, defeated

When did Olive Cromwell figure in Britain?

established a republic, 1647—1660

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

1800, after another rebellion in Ireland

“Great Famine”

starvation and sickness during 1840s in Ireland

Irish Republic “Easter Rising”

1916

When did Irish Free State become an entirely independent republic?

1948

“The Troubles”

1960s >

Protestants x Catholics

came to an end thru “Good Friday Agreement” in 1998

When did the first English colonies appear in USA

early 17th century

Seven Years’ War

1756—63

Declaration of Independence (USA) + when was it recognized

4 July 1776, 1783

When did USA expand to the west - Texas, California (“Manifest Destiny”)

middle of 19th century

American Civil War

1861—5

When was slavery abolished in America

1865

When did the Supreme Court rule that segregation was legal?

1896

Plessy vs. Fergusson

economic growth in America - cinema, radio

1920s

Wall Street Crash

1929

“Great Depression”

1930s

When did USA join and exit the WW2?

1941 (Pearl Harbour), 1945 (Hiroshima, Nagasaki)

Martin Luther King’s anti-segregation movement, Civil Rights Act

1960s, Civil Rights Act - 1964

when was Ronald Reagan the US President?

1980s - dismantled New Deal

When was Quebec conquered?

during the Seven Years’ War - 1756—63

when did colonies federate into Dominion of Canada

1867

when did Statute of Westminster get passed?

1931, made Canada a self-governing nation

When was briefly declared martial law in Quebec?

1970s, PM Pierre Elliot Trudeau

First colonies in Anglophone Caribbean

beginning of 17th century

When was slavery abolished throughout the British Empire?

1834

“Morant Bay Rebellion”

1865

“Great Trek”

1830s

“Boer War”

1899 — 1902

When did the Union of South Africa form?

1910

South African National Party elected, “apartheid”

1948

African National Congress’ campaign against Pass Laws, “Sharpeville Massacre”

1960

When did F. W. de Klerk become President?

1989

When was Nelson Mandela sworn in as president?

during elections in 1994

When did Britain ban its ships to engage in slave trade?

1807

When was East India Company founded?

1600

Battle of Plassey

1757 (Seven Years’ War)

“Minute on Education”, Macaulay

1835

“Indian Mutiny”

1857

When did the authority of East India Company transfer to British Crown?

1858

When did India become independent?

1947

When did Indira Gandhi become PM?

1960s

When did Malaysia become British?

beginning of 19th century