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1272–1307 TheReignofEdwardI,KingofEngland. 1295 EdwardIsummonstheModelParliament. 1307–1327 TheReignofEdwardII,KingofEngland. 1327–1377 TheReignofEdwardIII,KingofEngland. 1337 ThebeginningoftheHundredYears’WarwithFrance. 1340 AnavalvictoryofEnglandatSluys. 1346 TheEnglishvictoryoverFranceatCrecy. 1347 ThecaptureofCalaisbytheEnglish. 1348 ThefoundationoftheOrderoftheGarter. 1348 TheBlackDeathinEngland. 1356 Edward,theBlackPrince,defeatstheFrench
atPoitiers. 1377–1399 ТheReignofRichardII,KingofEngland. 1399–1413 TheReignofHenryIV,KingofEngland. 1413–1422 TheReignofHenryV,KingofEngland. 1422–1461 TheReignofHenryVI,KingofEngland. 1453 TheendoftheHundredYears’WarwithFrench
defeatingEnglandatCastilon. 1455 TheWarsoftheRosesbegin.TheYorkistsdefeat
theLancastriansattherstbattleofSt.Albans. 1461–1483 TheReignofEdwardIV(ofYork),KingofEngland. 1474 WilliamCaxtonproducestherstprintedbook
inEnglish. 1483 ThereignofEdwardV,KingofEngland. 1483 EdwardVandhisbrotherimprisonedinTheTower
byRichardGloucester. 1483–1485 TheReignofRichardIII(RichardGloucester),
KingofEngland. 1485 ThedefeatofRichardIIIatBosworthbyHenryTudor.
TheendoftheWarsoftheRoses. 1485–1509 TheReignofHenryVII,Tudor,KingofEngland. 1509–1547 TheReignofHenryVIII,Tudor,KingofEngland. 1516 ThomasMorepublishedhis“Utopia”.
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1529 SirThomasMorebecomesLordChancellor(1532). 1534 TheActofSupremacyispassedthatestablished
HenryVIIIas1534supremeheadoftheChurch
ofEngland. 1536 TheActofannexationofWaleswaspassedtoachieve
theUnionofEnglandandWales. 1547–1553 TheReignofEdwardVI,KingofEngland. 1553–1558 TheReignMaryI,“BloodyMary”–queen
ofEngland. 1556 ThefoundationoftheMuscovyCompany. 1558–1603 TheReignofElizabethI,QueenofEngland,
thelastTudormonarch. 1587 ExecutionofMaryQueenofScots. 1588 SpanishArmadaisdefeated. 1603 ElizabethIissucceededbyJamesVIofScotland. 1603–1605 TheReignofJamesI,Stuart,KingofEngland. 1605 TheGunpowderPlotisdiscoveredandGuyFawkes
wasexecuted. 1564–1616 ThelifeofWilliamShakespeare,thegreatestwriter
inEnglishliterature. 1625–1649 CharlesIdissolvestheParliamentandruleswithoutit. 1642–1649 TheCivilWarbetweenCharlesIandTheParliament. 1649 CharlesIStuartistriedandexecuted,themonarchy
andtheHouseofLordsareabolished,the
Commonwealthisdeclared. 1653–1658 TheRuleofO.CromwellastheLordProtector. 1660 TheRestorationofMonarchyinEngland. 1660–1658 ThereignofCharlesII. 1665–1666 TheGreatPlagueragesinBritainandinLondon. 1666 GreatFireofLondon. 1673 TheTestActispassed. 1679 TheHabeasCorpusActispassed. 1685–1688 TheReignofJamesII. 1687 JamesIIdissolvestheParliament.
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1688 WilliamtheOrangelandsinEnglandandJamesII
eesabroad. 1688–1689 TheGloriousRevolution. 1689 WilliamandMaryaccepttheDeclarationofRights. 1689–1702 TheReignofWilliamIIIandMaryIIStuart. 1689 TheBillofRightsandTolerationActarepassed. 1690 TheJacobitesaredefeatedattheBoyneinIreland. 1690 JohnLocker’s“AnEssayconcerningHuman
Understanding”ispublished. 1692 TheMassacreatGlencoe. 1694 ThedeathofMaryII.TheBankofEnglandisfounded. 1701 TheActofSettlementispassed,providing
fortheHanoverianSuccession. 1702–1714 TheReignofQueenAnne,thelastmonarch
oftheHouseofStuart. 1702–1714 TheWaroftheSpanishSuccession. 1704 TheDukeofMarlboroughwinsatBlenheim.Gibraltar
iscapturedbyEnglishtroops. 1707 TheActofUnionwithScotlandispassed. 1714–1727 TheReignofGeorgeI,oftheHouseofHanover. 1722–1742 R.Walpole–isPrimeMinister. 1727–1760 TheReignofGeorgeII. 1745–1746 TheJacobiterebellion. 1756–1763 TheSevenYears’War. 1760–1820 TheReignofGeorgeIII,ThePatriotKing. 1760 TheConquestofCanadaiscompleted. 1765 TheStampActispassed. 1773 TheBostonTeaParty. 1776 TheAmericanDeclarationofIndependenceismade. 1776–1783 TheWarofIndependence.TheTreatyofParis(1783)
endstheAmericanRevolution. 1805 TheBattleofTrafalgariswonbyAdmiralA.Nelson,
thedeathofNelson.
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1813 TheBattleoftheNationsagainstNapoleon. 1815 ThenaldefeatofNapoleonattheBattleofWaterloo. 1820–1830 TheReignofGeorgeIV. 1825 TheStocktonandDarlingtonRailwayisopened. 1829 TheSuccessofStephenson’sengine“TheRocket”. 1830–1837 TheReignofWilliamIV. 1837–1901 TheReignofVictoria. 1837 TherstPeople’sCharterisissued. 1839 TherstChartistpetitionisdrawnup. 1840–1861 ThehappymarriedlifeofQueenVictoriaandPrince
Albert,herconsort. 1842 ThesecondChartistpetitionisrejected. 1847 TheCommunistManifestoispublishedbyK.Marx
andF.Engels. 1848 ThethirdChartistpetitionisdrawnup. 1851 TheGreatExhibitionisheldinLondon. 1854–1856 TheCrimeanWar. 1857–1858 TheIndianMutiny. 1861–1865 TheAmericanCivilWar. 1887 TheGoldenJubileeofQueenVictoria. 1898 Victoria’sDiamondJubilee. 1900 TheLaborPartyisformed. 1901 TheDeathofQueenVictoriaandtheend
oftheVictorianAge.
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1. DanteC.,BlackJ.,KoskiJ.CasparDante’sBookofTormen-
tations.–London:Chamans,1992.–310p.
2. Oxford Concise Dictionary of Proverbs. – Oxford: Oxford
UniversityPress,1996.–390p.
3. You(magazines),2003–2011.Режимдоступа:www.you.com
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1.FeaturesoftheEnglishlanguage............................................ 4
2.TheStoryofDomesdayBook................................................. 6
3.LondonStreetsandTheirNames............................................ 7
4.WhyWeDriveontheWrongSideoftheRoad......................8
5.SomeInterestingFacts............................................................ 9
6.TheFoundingofWedgwood................................................. 10
7.WhoseEnglish?..................................................................... 11
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1.IsJohnSmithreallyBritain’smostcommonname?............. 13
2.WhatisthenationalcostumeofEngland?............................ 14
3.IsittruethatthekiltwasinventedbyanEnglishman?......... 15
4.WeknowwholivesatNumber10,butwholivesintherest
ofDowningStreet?.................................................................... 16
5.DoyouknowwhatEnglishnationalpotteryis?................... 17
6.Itisclaimedthatthethreemostinuentialinventions ofthe20
bomb.Doyouagree?................................................................ 18
7.Whyareunwantedobjectscalled“WhiteElephants”?......... 19
8.Whydopeoplesay“touchwood”?....................................... 20
9.Whydowesay«DresseduptotheNines»?......................... 21
10.Whydowesay«BlessYou»whensomeonesneezes?.......22
11.Whydowomentendtolivelongerthanmen?.................... 23
12.Doeslifereallybeginatforty?............................................ 24
13.Whatcausesthephenomenonofdéjàvu?........................... 25
14.Whydoweputcandlesonabirthdaycake?....................... 26
15.Whydowesayit’sraining«catsanddogs»?..................... 27
16.Isthenumber13reallyasunluckyaspeoplesay?............. 28
17.Docatsreallyhaveninelives?............................................ 29
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
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А.С. Саакян, А.А. Ионина, С.Г. Иняшкин
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