Dates civilization

Civilisation

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

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

March 5th 1770

Boston Massacre

December 16th 1773

Boston tea party

July 4th 1776

Declaration of Independance

1783

Treaty of Paris ends the war, leading to the independence of the U.S being recognized by the UK

1787

Constitutional Convention

1775-1783

Revolutionary War

1775

Second continental Congress

1781

Articles of Confederation ratified

December 15th 1791

US Bill of Rights is ratified, consisting of the first 10 amendments to the new Constitution

1973

Roe vs Wade

1630

Congregationalists found Boston

1876

Little Big Horn (Indian victory)

1890

Wounded Knee Massacre ends the Indian War

January 10th, 1776

Publication of “Common sense”

21st june 1788

Constitution is ratified

1845

Engels publishes The condition of the Working Class in England

1848

Marx and Engels publish the Communist Manifesto

1832

First reform Act extends voting rights to the middle class

1870

Education Act lays the foundation for paid schools

1803-1815

Napoleonic wars

16 August 1819

Peterloo Massacre and Six acts

1833

A Factory Act sets basic children’s right at work

1842

Mines act prohibits girls and women and limits boys over 10 in mining work/Chadwick report on sanitary conditions

1848

Public health Act forces cities to institute local boards of health

1834

New Poor Law forces poor people into workhouses

1815

Tariffs (Corn Laws)

1601

First poor law makes each parish responsible for its own poors

1838

The People’s Charter is published

1839

The People’s charter is submitted to Parliament/The Anti Corn law league is created

1846

Corn Laws are repealed by conservative Robert Peel due to famine in Ireland

1867

Second reform act extends voting to mostly skilled workers

1885

Third reform acts extends voting to majority of men

1825

New Combination Act

1871

Trade Union acts gives Unions recognition and protects them from damages

1868

Trade Union Congress to unite them

1889

London’s Docker Strike