-
-
The most important conquest in British history and the last one. In this war the Normans, leaded by Wiliam the Conqueror defeated the Saxons armies.
-
The Magna Carta was created as a list of rules for good government
-
In 1264, the lords defeated King Henry at the Battle of Lewes. They rule England for 18 months. However, the monarchy took back the control.
-
In 1284, the Normans conquered their western neighbours, the Welsh
-
In 1534, The church of England was created by Henry VIII due to the rejections from the catholic to the king's requests of get married again.
-
The Mayflower was the first boat who travelled the ocean from the British lands to New England, the territory that is currently United States of America. In this boat, there were mainly English Puritans.
-
After so many years of avoiding to England and Wales, the scot parliament decides to join England after see the expanding of the English empire.
-
After the death of queen Anne, the only heir to the throne, George didn't want to rule. George became king, however, he left all the important decisions to the politicians.
-
The East India Company was an English company that controlled few ports in the west coast India. In 1756, the East India Company with the help of the British army defeated the Bengali ruler. Since then, India was under control of Britain.
-
The first cotton mill factory was opened. This fact will be important for the following years to the world.
-
In 1776, United States of America declared independence of United Kingdom.
-
One of the battles in Egypt against Spain and France that made the British empire as the most powerful.
-
In this war, the republic of Ireland gain independence from the United Kingdom. However, it was not the complete territory. In the North, a new country born as a part of the United Kingdom: Northern Ireland.
-
In this date, India got independence from the British Empire.
