1066
Conquest of Normandy by William the conqueror
1536
England-Wales act of Union
1707
Scotlant act of Union
1801
Ireland act of Union
1998
Devolution of power to Wales and Scotland through their own legislative institutions
1517
Luther's 95 these publication
1921
Ireland splits apart
1534
Act of Supremacy : The King becomes the head of the church of England
1549
Book of common prayer imposes a uniform standard of worship, close to protestantism
1603
Elizabeth dies without heir
1215
Magna Carte is signed
1605
Gunpowder Plot
1642
Charles tries to arrest the leading MPs, leading to the Civil War
1653
Cromwell becomes Lord Protector
1653
Cromwell dissolves the Parliament
1660
Restoration of Monarchy
1662
New act of Uniformity
1672
Declaration of Indulgence
1928
Women's right to vote
1666
Great Fire of London
23 juin 2016
Vote du Brexit
1485
Beginning of the Tudor dynasty, with the accession of Henry VII
1559
Act of Uniformity
1603
Union of the Crowns
1660
Restoration of Monarchy
1651/1660
Navigation Acts
1666
Great Fire of London
1815
Waterloo
1689
Bill of Rights
1571
Opening of the Royal Exchange
1720-1840
Industrialisation
1932
Mass trespass
1733
James Kay invents the flying shuttle
1769
Patent of James Watt’s steam engine
1770
Patent of Hargreaves’ “Spinning Jenny”
1851
Great Exhibition
1832
Great reform act
1833
Slavery is abolished in the British Empire
1847
Ten Hour act
1906
Labour party is formed
1819
Factory Act
1908
Old age pensions act
1942
Beveridge report
May 4th 1979
Thatcher elected
January 21st 2020
Brexit is enacted
1688
Glorious Revolution
1649
Charles I is executed
536-541
Massive volcanic eruptions in the Northern hemisphere
1610
Spain founds Santa Fe
1607
Jamestown is the first successful settlement
1590
Roanoke vanishes
1830
Indian removal Act forces Indians into a small part of the country
1924
Indian Citizenship Act
1808
Congress bans importation of slaves in the US
1831
Nat Turner’s rebellion
1860
Lincoln is elected
1863
Emancipation proclamation
1865
End of Civil War / Congress approves 13th amendment / Lincoln assassinated
1877
Institutional racism returns
1896
Plessy v Ferguson “Separate but equal”
1964
Civil rights Act ends segregation
1965
Voting rights act
2020
George Floyd is murdered by a cop
1764
Sugar act
1765
Stamp act
1770
Boston Massacre
1773
Boston tea party
1776
Declaration of Independance
1783
Treaty of Paris > end of the war > independence of the U.S. recognized by Britain
1787
Constitutional Convention