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1272–1307 TheReignofEdwardI,KingofEngland.
1295 EdwardIsummonstheModelParliament.
1307–1327 TheReignofEdwardII,KingofEngland.
1327–1377 TheReignofEdwardIII,KingofEngland.
1337 ThebeginningoftheHundredYears’WarwithFrance.
1340 AnavalvictoryofEnglandatSluys.
1346 TheEnglishvictoryoverFranceatCrecy.
1347 ThecaptureofCalaisbytheEnglish.
1348 ThefoundationoftheOrderoftheGarter.
1348 TheBlackDeathinEngland.
1356 Edward,theBlackPrince,defeatstheFrench
atPoitiers.
1377–1399 ТheReignofRichardII,KingofEngland.
1399–1413 TheReignofHenryIV,KingofEngland.
1413–1422 TheReignofHenryV,KingofEngland.
1422–1461 TheReignofHenryVI,KingofEngland.
1453 TheendoftheHundredYears’WarwithFrench
defeatingEnglandatCastilon.
1455 TheWarsoftheRosesbegin.TheYorkistsdefeat
theLancastriansattherstbattleofSt.Albans.
1461–1483 TheReignofEdwardIV(ofYork),KingofEngland.
1474 WilliamCaxtonproducestherstprintedbook
inEnglish.
1483 ThereignofEdwardV,KingofEngland.
1483 EdwardVandhisbrotherimprisonedinTheTower
byRichardGloucester.
1483–1485 TheReignofRichardIII(RichardGloucester),
KingofEngland.
1485 ThedefeatofRichardIIIatBosworthbyHenryTudor.
TheendoftheWarsoftheRoses.
1485–1509 TheReignofHenryVII,Tudor,KingofEngland.
1509–1547 TheReignofHenryVIII,Tudor,KingofEngland.
1516 ThomasMorepublishedhis“Utopia”.
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1529 SirThomasMorebecomesLordChancellor(1532).
1534 TheActofSupremacyispassedthatestablished
HenryVIIIas1534supremeheadoftheChurch
ofEngland.
1536 TheActofannexationofWaleswaspassedtoachieve
theUnionofEnglandandWales.
1547–1553 TheReignofEdwardVI,KingofEngland.
1553–1558 TheReignMaryI,“BloodyMary”–queen
ofEngland.
1556 ThefoundationoftheMuscovyCompany.
1558–1603 TheReignofElizabethI,QueenofEngland,
thelastTudormonarch.
1587 ExecutionofMaryQueenofScots.
1588 SpanishArmadaisdefeated.
1603 ElizabethIissucceededbyJamesVIofScotland.
1603–1605 TheReignofJamesI,Stuart,KingofEngland.
1605 TheGunpowderPlotisdiscoveredandGuyFawkes
wasexecuted.
1564–1616 ThelifeofWilliamShakespeare,thegreatestwriter
inEnglishliterature.
1625–1649 CharlesIdissolvestheParliamentandruleswithoutit.
1642–1649 TheCivilWarbetweenCharlesIandTheParliament.
1649 CharlesIStuartistriedandexecuted,themonarchy
andtheHouseofLordsareabolished,the
Commonwealthisdeclared.
1653–1658 TheRuleofO.CromwellastheLordProtector.
1660 TheRestorationofMonarchyinEngland.
1660–1658 ThereignofCharlesII.
1665–1666 TheGreatPlagueragesinBritainandinLondon.
1666 GreatFireofLondon.
1673 TheTestActispassed.
1679 TheHabeasCorpusActispassed.
1685–1688 TheReignofJamesII.
1687 JamesIIdissolvestheParliament.
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1688 WilliamtheOrangelandsinEnglandandJamesII
eesabroad.
1688–1689 TheGloriousRevolution.
1689 WilliamandMaryaccepttheDeclarationofRights.
1689–1702 TheReignofWilliamIIIandMaryIIStuart.
1689 TheBillofRightsandTolerationActarepassed.
1690 TheJacobitesaredefeatedattheBoyneinIreland.
1690 JohnLocker’s“AnEssayconcerningHuman
Understanding”ispublished.
1692 TheMassacreatGlencoe.
1694 ThedeathofMaryII.TheBankofEnglandisfounded.
1701 TheActofSettlementispassed,providing
fortheHanoverianSuccession.
1702–1714 TheReignofQueenAnne,thelastmonarch
oftheHouseofStuart.
1702–1714 TheWaroftheSpanishSuccession.
1704 TheDukeofMarlboroughwinsatBlenheim.Gibraltar
iscapturedbyEnglishtroops.
1707 TheActofUnionwithScotlandispassed.
1714–1727 TheReignofGeorgeI,oftheHouseofHanover.
1722–1742 R.Walpole–isPrimeMinister.
1727–1760 TheReignofGeorgeII.
1745–1746 TheJacobiterebellion.
1756–1763 TheSevenYears’War.
1760–1820 TheReignofGeorgeIII,ThePatriotKing.
1760 TheConquestofCanadaiscompleted.
1765 TheStampActispassed.
1773 TheBostonTeaParty.
1776 TheAmericanDeclarationofIndependenceismade.
1776–1783 TheWarofIndependence.TheTreatyofParis(1783)
endstheAmericanRevolution.
1805 TheBattleofTrafalgariswonbyAdmiralA.Nelson,
thedeathofNelson.
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1813 TheBattleoftheNationsagainstNapoleon.
1815 ThenaldefeatofNapoleonattheBattleofWaterloo.
1820–1830 TheReignofGeorgeIV.
1825 TheStocktonandDarlingtonRailwayisopened.
1829 TheSuccessofStephenson’sengine“TheRocket”.
1830–1837 TheReignofWilliamIV.
1837–1901 TheReignofVictoria.
1837 TherstPeople’sCharterisissued.
1839 TherstChartistpetitionisdrawnup.
1840–1861 ThehappymarriedlifeofQueenVictoriaandPrince
Albert,herconsort.
1842 ThesecondChartistpetitionisrejected.
1847 TheCommunistManifestoispublishedbyK.Marx
andF.Engels.
1848 ThethirdChartistpetitionisdrawnup.
1851 TheGreatExhibitionisheldinLondon.
1854–1856 TheCrimeanWar.
1857–1858 TheIndianMutiny.
1861–1865 TheAmericanCivilWar.
1887 TheGoldenJubileeofQueenVictoria.
1898 Victoria’sDiamondJubilee.
1900 TheLaborPartyisformed.
1901 TheDeathofQueenVictoriaandtheend
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1.FeaturesoftheEnglishlanguage............................................ 4
2.TheStoryofDomesdayBook................................................. 6
3.LondonStreetsandTheirNames............................................ 7
4.WhyWeDriveontheWrongSideoftheRoad......................8
5.SomeInterestingFacts............................................................ 9
6.TheFoundingofWedgwood................................................. 10
7.WhoseEnglish?..................................................................... 11
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1.IsJohnSmithreallyBritain’smostcommonname?............. 13
2.WhatisthenationalcostumeofEngland?............................ 14
3.IsittruethatthekiltwasinventedbyanEnglishman?......... 15
4.WeknowwholivesatNumber10,butwholivesintherest
ofDowningStreet?.................................................................... 16
5.DoyouknowwhatEnglishnationalpotteryis?................... 17
6.Itisclaimedthatthethreemostinuentialinventions
ofthe20
bomb.Doyouagree?................................................................ 18
7.Whyareunwantedobjectscalled“WhiteElephants”?......... 19
8.Whydopeoplesay“touchwood”?....................................... 20
9.Whydowesay«DresseduptotheNines»?......................... 21
10.Whydowesay«BlessYou»whensomeonesneezes?.......22
11.Whydowomentendtolivelongerthanmen?.................... 23
12.Doeslifereallybeginatforty?............................................ 24
13.Whatcausesthephenomenonofdéjàvu?........................... 25
14.Whydoweputcandlesonabirthdaycake?....................... 26
15.Whydowesayit’sraining«catsanddogs»?..................... 27
16.Isthenumber13reallyasunluckyaspeoplesay?............. 28
17.Docatsreallyhaveninelives?............................................ 29
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