Migration to Britain By namanatidis 1070 Jewish communities arrive in England after William the Conqueror becomes King 1189 Jewish people in London are massacred 1190 Jewish people are massacred in York 1220 Lombard (northern Italian) bankers & Hansa (German) merchants begin to arrive in England 1250 Henry III imposes heavy taxes on the Jews 1255 Jewish people in Lincoln are accused of torturing a young boy for his blood (The Blood Libel)) 1275 Edward I imposes the Statute of Jewry, which means they can no longer charge interest and have to wear yellow badges to identify themselves 1290 The Jews are expelled from England by Edward I 1303 Royal Charter is issued by Edward I, allowing foreign merchants to trade 1350 Flemish and Dutch weavers help transform England's economy from primary to a secondary 1435 Gervase le Vulre becomes Henry VI's French Secretary 1443 Nicolas Jone, a foreign merchant, is granted the Office of Exchanges and Securities for Ships Coming to England 1471 Luket Nantron, a French clerk for John Falstaff, an English noble, dies 1475 Steelyard is purchased for the Hanseatic League 1511 John Blanke is represented in the Westminster Tournament Roll Apr 30, 1517 'Evil May Day' Riots - immigrants are killed by a mob in London Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther begins the Protestant Reformation 1526 Transatlantic Slave Trade begins 1530 Henry VIII orders all Gypsies to be kicked out of England 1554 Queen Mary makes it a crime to be a Gypsy 1560 Walloon (Belgian) Protestants flee Catholic persecution to England 1572 Huguenot (French) Protestants flee persecution to England Dec 31, 1600 East India Trading Company is formed 1640 Approximately 60 Africans have been baptised in England 1656 Oliver Cromwell allows some Sephardi (Spanish) Jews to migrate to Britain 1661 British merchant ships begin to use Lascars in large numbers 1680 A larger wave of Huguenot (French) Protestants flee persecution to England 1708 Palatine (German) Protestants flee persecution to England 1757 East India Trading company takes over all of India 1760 Industrial Revolution begins 1800 Due to the slave trade, there is a rise in the Black population within England 1800 Due to Britain's colonisation of India, there is a rise in the Indian population in England 1833 Britain abolishes slavery (only within Britain) 1850 A huge wave of Irish migrants arrive in England, due to the Potato Famine 1870 A wave of Italian migration begins 1880 A wave of Jewish migration (mainly from Eastern Europe) begins 1880 A wave of German migration begins 1905 Aliens Act is passed into law 1914 Status of Aliens Act Jul 28, 1914 World War I begins 1915 Approximately 200,000 Belgians are accepted into England as refugees of war and are housed at Alexandra Palace 1919 Alien Registration (Amendment) Act 1925 Coloured Alien Seamen Order 1932 British Union of Fascists formed by Oswald Mosley 1936 Battle of Cable Street takes place in East London 1939 WWII begins - Italian and German migrants are interned throughout the war 1949 The Commonwealth is formed, replacing the British Empire 1951 European Coal and Steel Community is formed May 17, 1959 Kelso Cochrane is murdered in Notting Hill 1960 A wave of Indian, Pakistani, Cypriot and Caribbean migrants from the Commonwealth begin to arrive in England 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act is passed 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott 1968 Commonwealth Immigrants Act is passed 1976 Grunwick Strike 1977 The Anti-Nazi League is formed 1985 The Schengen Agreement is signed 1991 The Anti-Racist Alliance is formed Jun 23, 2016 Britain votes to leave the EU