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409
Roman government of the British Isles ended
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1066
William the Conqueror (the Duke of Normandy)
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1086
The Domesday Book
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1215
King John signed the Magna Carta
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1337
Start odf the 100 Years' War between England and France
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Period: 1348 to 1349
Black Death - nearly half of the English population died
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1381
Peasants' Revolt
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Period: 1455 to 1487
Wars of the Roses
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1477
William Caxton printed the first book in England
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Period: 1534 to 1540
The Reformation
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1542
Act of Union united England and Wales
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Period: 1558 to 1563
Queen Elizabeth I
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The Kingdoms of Scotland became James I of England
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Period: to
The English Civil War between the king and parliament
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Charles I was executed and England became a republic
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Period: to
Oliver Cromwell ruled as Protector
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Restoration of the monarchy under Charles II
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The Great Plague
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The Fire of London
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Publication of Isaac Newton's Principia
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Act of Union united the English and Scotish Parliaments
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Battle of Waterloo
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The world's first passenger railway opened between Stockton and Darlington
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Reform Act
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Period: to
Reign of Queen Victoria
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Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species
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The first Rolls-Royce motor car was built
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Period: to
The First World War
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Women over 30 given the vote
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Period: to
The Second World War
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Free medical care for everyone was introduced - the National Health Service
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Queen Elizabeth II came to throne
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Natural gas was discovered in the North Sea
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Oil was discovered in the North Sea
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The UK joined the Common Market, now called the European Union
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Period: to
Margaret Thatcher was the UK's first woman prime minister
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the Channel Tunel joining England and France opened for trains
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The Labour Party won the general election for the first time since 1979
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A Scottish Parliament and a national assembly for Wales were set up, taking back some of the powers they had lost more then 200 years before
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Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee