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Revision as of 22:15, 1 September 2019
Contents |
History of the British people
Prehistory
Romain Britain
Viking and Anglo-Saxons
There were three dominant Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria.
Norman conquest and Middle ages
Tudor Britain
Civil war and revolution
Charles I & II
- 10 March (1629): Charles dissolves Parliament and starts an 11-year period of personal rules.
- 22 August (1642): Civil War begins as Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham.
- 5 May (1646): Charles I surrenders to the Scots.
- 30 January (1649): Charles I is executed at Whitehall, London.
- 1 January (1651): Charles II is crowned king of Scotland.
- 3 September (1651): Final battle of the English Civil War with Cromwell defeating Charles II in Worcester.
- 29 May (1660): Charles II is restored to the throne.
- 6 February (1685): Charles II dies and James II accedes to the throne.
British Empire
Victorian Britain
Queen Victoria reigned from 20 June (1837) till 22 January (1901).