Les 20 dates

  • 1215

    Magna carta

    Barons rebelled against King John’s taxes and abuses of
    power
    Limitation of royal power / naissances d’un parlement
  • 1517

    Martin luther

  • 1528

    Petition of right

    Opposition by the Parliament to the king’s tax abuses
  • 1529

    Henry VIII Divorce and break with rome

    Refusal of the pope to annul the marriage of Henry VIII with Catherine of Aragon
  • 1534

    Act of supremacy

    Henry VIII proclaimed himself head of the Church of England.
  • 1536

    Dissolution of the Monasteries

    confiscation of land
    1536-1541
  • 1547

    Reign d’Edward VI

    1547-1553
    During his reign a series of measures
    pushed England towards
    Protestantism
  • 1553

    Reign mary I

    1553–1558 Restauration catholique et persécutions
  • 1559

    Elizabeth I and the Elizabethan settlement

    1559–1563 – Elizabethan Religious settlement
    anglican compromise
  • Introduction of christianity in england

    7th century: Roman Catholicism was established across the British
    Isles, following the mission of St Augustine (596-97)
  • Civil War

    between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians
    1642-1649
  • Exécution de Charles I

    Fin de la monarchie absolue
  • Commonwealth of England

    1649-1660
  • Glorious Revolution

  • Bill of Rights

    Instauration définitive de la monarchie constitutionnelle
  • Reform acts

    gave the right to vote first to the
    middle class, then to some workers. Women could not vote.
  • male universal suffrage (+ women over 30)

  • full universal suffrage

  • Brexit referendum

  • UK exit from the EU