Key dates Flashcards
(16 cards)
When was the Norman conquest?
1066
When did Caxton bring printing technology to England?
1476
When was the first dictionary of English?
1604
When was Samuel Johnson’s dictionary of all known words?
1755
When was the first British colony established in America, at Jamestown, Virginia?
1607
When was the first account of English grammar?
1762
When did the first convict transport ships arrive in Botany Bay in Australia?
1788
When was the telephone invented?
1876
When was the television invented?
1927
When did women in the UK get equal voting rights to men?
1928
When was World War II?
1939-1945
When was the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush bringing people from the Caribbean to rebuild England?
1948
When was the first mobile phone call?
1973
When did rap music come to the UK?
1980s
When was the World Wide Web invented?
1990
When was the first text message?
1992
