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1
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When was Habeas Corpus made into law?

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1679

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  • When does “EEC” stand for?
  • When was it formed?
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  • European Economic Community
  • 1957
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  • What did the EEC become?
  • When did this happen?
  • When did the UK join in?
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  • The EU
  • 1993
  • Also 1993 (immediately when it was formed)
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  • When was the N Ireland parliament last suspended?
  • When was it reinstated?
A
  • 2002
  • 2007
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When did the Good Friday agreement happen?

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1998

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When did the UK leave Iraq?

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2009

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7
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What year did the Black Death begin?

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1348

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When was the Statute of Rhuddlan?

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1284

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9
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When did people begin to make Bronze?

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4,000 years ago

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10
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When did the Romans leave?

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410 BC

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11
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When is Agincourt?

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1415

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12
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When does the English Civil War end?

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1646

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13
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When is Charles I executed?

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1649

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14
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When is the restoration

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1660

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15
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When is the Great Plague under Charles II?

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1665

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16
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When is the Great Fire of London?

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166*

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17
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When does Ireland revolt against the Puritans During James I?

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1641

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18
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When does Charles II die

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1685

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19
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When is the Battle of Boyne?

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1690

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20
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When is the Bill of Rights?

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1689

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21
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When do newspapers leave government control?

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1695

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22
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When do the first Jews return to London?

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1656

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23
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When do the Huguenots arrive?

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1680 - 1720

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When is the first Act of Union?

What does it do?

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1707

Unites Scotland with already United Wales and England (Ireland is connected but still a separate country)

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25
When is the first Union Jack flag created?
1606
26
When does parliament invite George I to be king?
1714
27
When is Robert Walpole prime minister?
1721-1742
28
When is the Battle of Culloden?
1745
29
When does it become illegal to transport slaves on British ships or through ports?
1807
30
When is slavery completely abolished across the Empire?
1833
31
under the act of ______ of [year] When is Ireland no longer a separate country?
Act of Union of 1800; goes into effect in 1801
32
When is the fist curry house?
1810
33
What law about work happens in the 1840s? What is the exact year?
Women and children limited to 10hr work day in 1847
34
The corn law was repealed in _____
1846
35
During [timespan], ___ million Brits leave the country
- 1853-1913 - 13 million
36
During [timespan], [number] of Polish and Russian Jews come to the UK to escape persecution
- 1870 - 1914 - 120,000
37
The Great Exhibition is in [year], and takes place in [place]
- 1851 - Hyde Park
38
When does Florence Nightingale open her Nursing training hospital?
1861
39
When is the first Reform Act? When is the second?
-1832 - 1867
40
On what TWO dates so women get the right to own their own earnings AND property
- 1870 - 1882
41
When is the Bedvrige Report released?
1942
42
When does Emmeline Parkhurst set up the Women's Franchise League?
1889
43
When does Emmeline Parkhurst set up Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU)?
1903
44
When is the Boer War?
1899-1902
45
When does Rudyard Kipling win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
1907
46
When are plans for Home Rule planned for Ireland by the British government?
1916
47
When is the Easter Uprising in Ireland?
April 1916
48
When is the Irish Peace Treaty signed?
1921
49
In 1922, Ireland becomes ______
The Irish Free State
50
What happens in Ireland in 1949?
It becomes the Republic of Ireland
51
What year is the NHS established?
1948
52
What year is R.A. Butler's Education Act?
1944
53
In 19___, people from the West Indies are invited to come work in post-war Britain
54
When is the first radar test?
1935
55
In what decade is the Turing machine developed?
1939s
56
When was the structure of DNA discovered?
1953
57
In what decade was the Jet Engine invented? Who did it? What did he do for a living?
1930s Frank Whittle, an RAF pilot
58
When was the hovercraft invented?
1950s
59
- When was the Concorde developed? - When did it take its first flight? - When did it retire?
- 1969 - 1976 - 2003
60
When was the first ATM introduced? Where was it?
- 1967 - Barclays in Enfield
61
When was Dolly cloned?
1996
62
When was the World Wide Web invented?
Dec 25th, 1990
63
When was the reformation?
1530s
64
When was the beginnings of rugby?
Early 19thc
65
When did horse racing begin in Britain?
Roman times
66
When is the first motor race in Britain?
1902
67
When is the first film publicly exhibited?
1896
68
When was the Gian Causwsy formed?
50 million years ago
69
In what time period (don't need a specific year) was Edinburgh castle built?
Early Middle Ages
70
When was punch magazine formed? (Decade)
1840s
71
When was the first Prom organised by the BBC?
1927

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