What are the key dates in British and World History?
- 1066 – Hastings
- 1215 – Magna Carta
- 1338-1453 – 100 yrs war. Plantagenet vs Valois
- 1346 – Plague
- 1455-85 – Roses, York v Lancaster
- 1485 – Bosworth, start of Tudors
- 1492 – Columbus
- 1564 – Shakespeare
- 1588 – Spanish Armada beaten
- 1600 – British East India Company in India
- 1605 – Gunpowder
- 1642-51 – English civil war
- 1649 – Charles I executed
- 1660 – Monarchy restored in England
- 1665 – Great Plague
- 1688 – Glorious Revolution in England
- 1770 – Captain Cook
- 1775-83 – American War of Independence
- 1776 – Declaration of American Independence
- 1789 – French Revolution; George Washington elected
- 1805 – Battle of Trafalagar and Nelson’s death
- 1815 – Battle of Waterloo; end of Napolean
- 1832 – Reforms Bill passed in England
- 1837 – Queen Victoria’s accession
- 1861-64 – American Civil War
- 1863 – Slavery abolished in USA
- 1865 – Abraham Lincoln assassinated
- 1896 – Marconi invents radio
- 1914 – World War I starts
- 1917 – Russian Revolution
- 1918 – End of World War I
- 1919 – Treaty of Versailles
- 1920 – League of Nations
- 1933 – Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
- 1936 – Spanish Civil War begins
- 1939 – World War II begins
- 1941 – Pearl Harbour
- 1945 – UN formed, WWII ends, Hiroshima u0026amp; Nagasaki
- 1953 – Death of Stalin; Mt. Everest 1st conquered
- 1965-73 – Vietnam war