Ava's Wonderful World of English History By Cougartech 55 BCE Julius Caesar conquers the Celts 55 BCE -54 BCE 871 Alfred the Great conqures the Danes Period: 871 to 878 Alfred the Great conqures the Danes 1016 Canute the Dane Oct 14, 1066 Battle of Hastings Period: Oct 14, 1066 to Oct 14, 1066 Battle of Hastings 1086 Domesday Book 1337 Hundred Years' War Period: 1337 to 1453 Hundred Years' War 1455 War of the Roses Period: 1455 to 1485 Wars of the Roses 1485 Henry VII 1509 Henry VIII 1531 Convocation 1542 Mary Queen of Scots 1547 Edward VI 1553 Mary I Also known as Bloody Mary. 1558 Elizabeth I 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Period: 1588 to 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1603 James I 1625 Charles I Aug 22, 1642 English Civil War Period: Aug 22, 1642 to 1646 English Civil War 1662 1662 1665 The Plague 1666 The Great Fire of London 1688 The Glorious Revolution of 1688