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History Class Timeline

  • Julius Caesar Conquers the Celts
    55 BCE

    Julius Caesar Conquers the Celts

    Because of this, Britain became the westernmost province of the Roman Empire. Through the Roman occupation, Christianity reached Britain.
  • Alfred the Great
    871

    Alfred the Great

    He came to the throne in Wessex. He loved wisdom and was a good hunter.
  • Canute the Dane
    1016

    Canute the Dane

    He ruled England, Denmark, and Norway as a great empire. He provided internal peace for his people.
  • Battle of Hastings
    1066

    Battle of Hastings

    William defeated Harold's infantry, and Harold was killed.
  • Domesday Book Competed
    1086

    Domesday Book Competed

    It was a book that held the count of all the people and property in England. It was made for King William.
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    Hundred Years' War

    It was what happened with the small quarrels between France and England. France declared a war on England in the end which officially started the Hundred Years' War
  • Period: 1455 to 1485

    War of the Roses

    Henry and his countrymen deposed Richard II. It was called the War of the Roses because each side in the war wore some type of rose.
  • Henry VII
    1485

    Henry VII

    In the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry Tudor defeated Richard II and Henry Tudor of Lancaster became Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England.
  • Henry VIII
    1509

    Henry VIII

    The son of Henry VII. The Tudor kings were bound for conflict with the Pope. He had six different wives just to have a son.
  • The Convocation
    1531

    The Convocation

    Henry VIII forced the men in the Convocation to recognize him as "the single protector".
  • Mary Queen of Scots
    1542

    Mary Queen of Scots

    She was only a week old when her father died. She was supposed to marry Edward VI, but her mother wanted to keep the Catholic and sent Mary in a disguise to France to be brought up.
  • Edward VI
    1552

    Edward VI

    Henry VIII's male heir whom he sought for for very long. Edward was only nine when he came to the throne.
  • Mary I
    1553

    Mary I

    Since Edward VI died, she (being the oldest and having no other brothers) became queen of England. The was Catholic like her mother and those who did not follow her were executed.
  • Elizabeth I
    1558

    Elizabeth I

    'Good Queen Bess' When Mary I died, Elizabeth became queen of England and was loved because of her righteous character.
  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Queen Elizabeth's fleet completely destroyed the Spanish Armada after ten days of fighting.
  • James I

    James I

    He was the first Stuart monarch of England. He had definite ideas about the divine right of kings.
  • Charles I

    Charles I

    He inherited a country from his father that despised him. He had to get loans from his people and his Parliament.
  • English Civil War

    English Civil War

    The conflict between king and Parliament grew and finally the Civil War was begun when the king raised his banner int he town of Nottingham.
  • Monarchy Fully Restored

    Monarchy Fully Restored

    The monarchy was fully restored, and England rejoiced at last.
  • The Plague

    The Plague

    IT was an infectious disease that spread all over Europe and killed many people.
  • The Great Fire of London

    The Great Fire of London

    Right after The Plague, a great fire broke out over London. For three days the fire burned taking with it thousands of homes, buildings, people. Most of the people, homeless, and destitute were forced into the open fields with barely their life.
  • Glorious Revolution of 1688

    Glorious Revolution of 1688

    The English monarchs were bound by a set of rules called the English Bill of Rights. The Glorious Revolution established once and for all in England the principle of government by consent.