Timeline: British Literature | Timetoast

Period: Sep 17, 1015 to Nov 12, 1035

Canute the Dane

The 1st Scandinavian king from those Scandinavians that had begun to migrate to England.
Period: Dec 25, 1066 to Sep 9, 1087

William I the Conqueror

The ambitious French Duke invaded England and became monarch
Period: May 25, 1759 to Dec 23, 1806

William Pitt the Younger Prime Minister

Added Ireland to Great Britian
Period: Apr 18, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783

American War of Independence

Great Britian fought hard not to lose the American colonies
Dec 18, 1795

Seditious Meetings Act

repressed freedom to assembly and free speech
Dec 18, 1801

Parliamentary union of Ireland & Great Britain

Great Britain is enlarged to include Ireland
Dec 18, 1807

Great Britain abolishes slave trade

Earlier than the USA
Dec 18, 1811

The Prince of Wales become Regent

because George III (incurably insane)
Period: Jun 1, 1812 to Dec 24, 1814

The War between Great Britain & USA (War of 1812)

Also related to Napoleonic wars
Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Mar 2, 2022

Alfred the Great

The reign of the first English monarch