Some History About England

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  • Nov 2, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Put limits on King's power.
  • Period: Nov 2, 1215 to

    England

  • Nov 30, 1348

    Black Death

    In Medieval England, the Black Death was to kill 1.5 million people out of an estimated total of 4 million people between 1348 and 1350.
  • Nov 30, 1471

    King Edward Triumphant

    By 1471 Edward was triumphant and most of his rivals were dead.

  • Petition of Right

    Put limits on King's power. Yes, again.

  • Start of the English Civil War

    Civil War between the King and Parliament.

  • English Civil War Ends

    Parliament's New Model Army defeated the King at Naseby.

  • The King is Beheaded

    A number of radical MPs and officers in the New Model Army eventually decided that the king had to be charged with high treason. Charles was accordingly tried, found guilty, and beheaded in January 1649.

  • Oliver Cromwell Takes Over

    Oliver Cromwell, head of Parliament, takes over and becomes an absolute ruler.

  • Restoration

    Marked the return of Charles II as king (1660-1685). Included the reign of King Charles II (1685-1688).

  • Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 replaced the reigning king, James II, with the joint monarchy of his protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange. It was the keystone of the Whig (those opposed to a Catholic succession) history of Britain.