Timeline Flashcards

1
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Athelstan captures York

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927

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2
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Cnut becomes king

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1016

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3
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The domesday book

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1086

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4
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Stephen becomes king - Anarchy and Civil War with Matilda

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1135

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5
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Battle of Lincoln

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1141

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6
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John becomes king and tries to continue wars but loses.

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1199

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7
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Magna Carta signed

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1215

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8
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Edward I becomes king

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1272

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9
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Invasion of Scotland

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1290

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10
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Hundred years war

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1337-1453

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11
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Wars of the Roses

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1455-1485

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12
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Battle of Flooded field

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1513

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13
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James V of Scotland allies with France and attacks England

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1542

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14
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Elizabeth I becomes Queen

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1558

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15
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Privateers attack Spanish ships

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1560s

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16
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Spanish Armada

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1580

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17
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War with Ireland

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1594

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18
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James I becomes king and unites England and Scotland - ends border tensions

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1603

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19
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Charles I becomes king

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1625

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20
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Scots rebel against Charles I

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1639

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21
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English Civil wars begin

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1642

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22
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1st siege of Basing house

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1643

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23
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2nd civil war

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1648

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24
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Charles I executed

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1649

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25
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Cromwell uses the new army to crush Ireland and Scotland

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1649-51

26
Q

Charles II becomes king

A

1660

27
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James II is overthrown and replaced with his daughter and her husband

A

1688

28
Q

1st JB rebellion - James II tries to take power

A

1715

29
Q

2nd JB rebellion - Charles Stuart tries to take power

A

1745

30
Q

Battle of Culloden

A

1745

31
Q

7 years war

A

1756

32
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French Revolution begins

A

1789

33
Q

1st Revolutionary war

A

1792

34
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2nd Revolutionary war

A

1798

35
Q

Napoleonic wars

A

1803

36
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Crimean war

A

1854-56

37
Q

Charge of the light brigade

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1854

38
Q

Boer war phase 1

A

1880-81

39
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Boer war phase 2

A

1899-1902

40
Q

WW1

A

1914

41
Q

Dora introduced

A

1914

42
Q

Air raids

A

1915

43
Q

Battle of the Somme

A

1916

44
Q

Conscription introduced in WW1

A

1916

45
Q

Rationing introduced WW1

A

1918

46
Q

End of WW1

A

1918

47
Q

Women over 30 given the vote

A

1918

48
Q

General strike

A

1926

49
Q

Conscription introduced for WW1

A

1938

50
Q

WW2 starts

A

1939

51
Q

Women conscripted in WW2

A

1941

52
Q

Beveridge report starts

A

1942

53
Q

end of ww2

A

1945

54
Q

Britain no longer a great world power

A

1945

55
Q

korean war

A

1950s

56
Q

Berlin Wall

A

1961

57
Q

Vietnam war

A

1968

58
Q

‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and the IRA

A

1969

59
Q

Gulf War

A

1991

60
Q

UN resolution

A

2002

61
Q

British troops leave Iraq

A

2011