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Prehistoric Britain (5000-55 BCE)
Roman Britain
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Norman
Medieval Britain
Reformation
Age of the Empire
Modern Britain |
1485 | Richard III is killed by Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field, effectively ending the War of the Roses |
| 1517 | Start of the Protestant Reformation | |
| 1529 | King Henry VIII begins to cut ties with the Roman Church | |
| 1534 | The Church of England is officially formed | |
| 1539 | Dissolution of Glastonbury Abbey | |
| 1554 | Lady Jane Grey executed | |
| 1555 | England returns to Roman Catholicism under Queen Mary; protestants are persecuted and more than 300 are burned at the stake | |
| 1558 | England looses their longtime possession of Calais | |
| 1559 | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots lays claim to the English throne | |
| 1563 | Anglican church established in England | |
| 1570 | Sir Francis Drake sails to the West Indies | |
| 1587 | Elizabeth I orders the execution of Mary Stuart | |
| 1588 | The Spanish Armada is defeated by a much smaller English fleet under the command of Sir Walter Drake, Lord Howard of Effingham, and Sir John Hawkins. | |
| 1605 | The Gunpower Plot, an attempt to blow up Parliament by Catholic conspirators, included Guy Fawkes, was discovered | |
| 1607 | Virginia founded as the first colony in the New World | |
| 1611 | Kings James I's authorized version of the Bible is completed | |
| 1620 | Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts | |
| 1642 | Civil War breaks out | |
| 1649 | King Charles I is executed; the Commonwealth is established and lasts until 1660 | |
| 1653 | Oliver Cromwell becomes "Lord Protector" of England | |
| 1660 | Charles II is crowned King and the period of "Merry Olde England" begins | |
| 1666 | The Great Fire of London destroys much of the city | |
| 1679 | Act of Habeas Corpus passed, which forbade imprisonment without benefit of a trial | |
| 1686 | Alice Molland was the last in England to be burned at the stake for witchcraft | |
| 1688 | The Glorious Revolution |
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