1. English History

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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