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Prehistoric Britain (5000-55 BCE)
Roman Britain
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Norman
Medieval Britain
Reformation
Age of the Empire
Modern Britain |
1066 | William of Normandy "The Conqueror" becomes first Norman King of England following the Battle of Hastings |
| 1067 | Construction begins on the Tower of London | |
| 1086 | The Domesday Book is written | |
| 1099 | Christian Crusaders capture Jerusalem | |
| 1100 | Henry I ascends throne following the assassination of his brother, William II | |
| 1118 | Hugues de Payens founds the order of Knights Templars | |
| 1170 | Murder of Thomas à Becket at the alter of Canterbury Cathedral | |
| 1191 | Richard I "The Lionheart" declares that bodies unearthed at Glastonbury Abbey are those of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere | |
| 1196 | William Fitz Osbert was the first hanging at Tyburn | |
| 1209 | Cambridge University founded | |
| 1215 | English nobles force King John to sign the Magna Carta | |
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