English History

Learning Objective: To understand the chronology and periods of English History and their significance. Today we will look at the major periods of English history and some key events. You need to add the periods to your time line, It will also be useful to add key dates and events. We will also think about why these events are significant.

Middle Ages 1066-1484 1066 Stamford Bridge and Hastings 1070 Work starts on Canterbury Cathedral 1078 Work starts on the Tower of London 1086 Domesday 1170 Beckett murdered 1215 Magna Carta 1348 Black death 1455 The War of the Roses Starts

The Tudor Period 1485-1603 1485 Battle of Bosworth 1485 Henry VII crowned 1509 Henry VIII crowned 1536 Act of Union – England and Wales 1558 Elizabeth I crowned 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada

The Stuart Period 1603-1713 1603 James VI of Scotland and I of England 1605 Gunpowder plot 1642 Civil War starts 1649 Charles I executed 1651 end of the civil war 1660 The restoration 1666 The Great Fire of London 1707 The Act of Union

The Georgian Period 1714- 1837 1714 King George of Hanover crowned 1776 American independence 1780s The Industrial revolution begins 1796 Jenner inoculates against smallpox 1805 Nelson defeats Napoleon at Trafalgar 1815 Wellington defeats Napoleon at Waterloo 1825 The first train operations from Stockton to Darlington

The Victorian Period 1837-1901 1837 Victoria becomes Queen aged 18 1838 Victoria crowned Queen 1856 British win Crimean war 1876 Telephone invented 1891 Free education for all children 1901 Queen Victoria dies

The Modern Period 1901 to today 1912 Titanic sinks 1914 First World War 1918 Armistice 1919 Treaty of Versailles 1939 Second world war starts 1945 Second world war ends 1953 Elizabeth II crowned