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Question		Answer
6000 BC start learning		First farmers arrive to Britain
43 start learning		Emperor Claudius invades Britain
3-4th Century start learning		Christian communities appear in Britain
410 start learning		Roman army leaves Britain
600 start learning		Anglo-Saxon kingdoms established in Britain
1066 start learning		William the Conqueror becomes William I
1066 start learning		Westminister Abbey firt used as coronation church
1215 start learning		Magna Carta introduced durning King John's rule
1284 start learning		Edward I of England introduces Statue of Rhuddlan, annexing Wales to Crown of England
1450 start learning		English leave France
1485 start learning		Richard III is killed and Henry Tudor becomes Hanry VI
21 April 1509 start learning		Hanry VIII becomes king
28 January 1547 start learning		Henry VIII dies. Edward VI, a protestant, becomes king.
1553 start learning		Edward VI dies at the age of 15, having ruled for 6 years. 'Bloody' Mary, a Catholic decomes Queen
1603 start learning		Elizabeth I dies, James I of england, Wales and Ireland and James VI of Scotland, Elizabeth's cousin, becomes king
1646 start learning		Roundheads defeat Charles I and take him prisoner
1649 start learning		Charles I is executed
1658 start learning		Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell dies. His sn, Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector
1 May 1660 start learning		Charles II invited back from exile in the Netherlands
1685 start learning		Charles II dies with no legitimate heir. His Catholic brother, James II of England, Wales and Ireland and James VII of Scotland becomes king
1688 start learning		William of Orange is asked to invide by important Protestants. This is the Glorious Revolution becouse is non-violent. He becomes William III of England, Wales and Ireland and William II of Scotland and rules jointly with Mary, James's II elder daughter
1714 start learning		Queen Anne dies. George I (a German Protestant) becomes king
1837 start learning		Victoria becomes queen at the age of 18
1901 start learning		Victoria dies after almost 64 years on the throne. As of 2013 this is the longest reign of British monarch
1 May 1940 start learning		Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
1945 start learning		Clement Attlee becomes Prime Minister of a Labour goverment after Winston Churchill loses General Election
1951 start learning		Winston Churchill returns as Prime Minister after defeating Clement Attlee
1951-64 start learning		Conservative goverment in the UK
1952 start learning		Elizabeth II becomes Queen
1964 start learning		Winston Churchill stands down at the General Election
1979 start learning		Margaret Thatcher, a Consorvative MP, becomes Prime Minister
1979-1997 start learning		Tatcher's Conservative government lead the UK
1997 start learning		Tony Blair, a Labour MP, is elected as Prime Minister
1997 start learning		Power devolved from central government to give Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland more control over domestic matters.
1999 start learning		Northern Ireland Assembly elected
1999 start learning		Welsh Assembly and Scottish Government are are established
2002-2007 start learning		Northern Ireland Assembly suspended
2007 start learning		Gordon Brown, a Labour MP, becomes Prime Minister
1 May 2010 start learning		The first coalition government since February 1974 is elected. David Cameron, a Conservative MP, becomes Prime Minister
2012 start learning		Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee (60 years on the throne)

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