HISTORY OF ENGLAND

“Dieu et mon droit”God and my right

PREHISTORIC BRITAIN

500000 BC - People migrate to Britain from Europe

Bronze Age• 1,500 to 500 BC - Celtic people arrive from Central

Europe

Trade routes begin to form

Small Villages are first formed

ROMAN BRITAIN

The Romans invade Britain in 43 AD under Julius

Caesar

They progressively abandoned Britannia in the 5th

century

ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN

The Romans withdraw from Britain: Anglo Saxons

migrants begin to settle

Seven Kingdoms

VIKING BRITAIN

8th/9th century

NORMAN BRITAIN

1066 – Norman Conquest

Official language: French

TUDOR BRITAIN

1485 – Henry VII crowned king

1509 - Henry VIII succeeds to the throne (to 1547)

1534 – “Church of England”

1542 - Mary, Queen of Scots lays claim to the

English throne

THE GOLDEN AGE

1558 - Elizabeth I begins her 45 year reign

1570 - Sir Francis Drake sets sail for his first

voyage to the West Indies

1591 - First performance of a play by William

Shakespeare

VICTORIAN ERA

1837 - Queen Victoria becomes Queen at the age of

18

Victoria's reign lasted for 63 years

1870 - Education Act means school for everyone

1901 - Population of Britain: 40 million

MODERN BRITAIN

1914 – 1918 - First World War

1939 – 1945 - The Second World War

1940 - Winston Churchill became the war-time

Prime Minister

1952 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen

1973 - Britain joins the European Community