Edward II. deposed; Edward III, becomes King
The late King Edward II. murdered, Sept. 21
Independence of Scotland acknowledged
The Hundred Years' War begins

1328

1338

Battle of Crécy, Aug. 26; battle of Neville's Cross, Oct. 12 1346

The Good Parliament meets, April 28; the Black Prince

Richard II. deposed; HOUSE OF LANCASTER:-Henry IV.

Statute against Heretics passed; William Sautree burned
Battle of Shrewsbury, July 21

The Hundred Years' War renewed: Battle of Azincourt,

Wars of York and Lancaster; first battle of St. Albans,

Battle of Barnet, April 14; battle of Tewkesbury, May 4

1471

Marriage of Margaret Tudor to James IV. of Scotland

1503

Henry VIII.

1509

Battle of Flodden, Sept. 9

Marriage of Henry with Katharine of Aragon declared

null and void

The Papal power in England set aside

Wales incorporated with England; dissolution of the lesser

monasteries; Anne Boleyn beheaded

1534

1536

The greater monasteries dissolved; Act of the Six Articles. 1539 Ireland raised to the rank of a Kingdom

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Wyatt's insurrection, Jan.-Feb.; Jane Grey beheaded,
Feb. 12; reconciliation with Rome, Nov. 30

Ridley and Latimer burned at Oxford, Oct. 16

Calais taken by the French

1542

1554

1555

1558

Mary of Scotland beheaded, Feb. 8

The Spanish Armada defeated, July 21-30.

Charter granted to the East India Company, Dec. 31
HOUSE OF STUART :-James I.

The Civil Wars begin; Charles sets up his standard at

Second Civil War; battle of Preston, Aug. 17

War with Scotland; battle of Dunbar, Sept. 3

1650

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1659

Charles II.

1685

1685

The Convention meets, April 25; Restoration of King

The Plague Year

The Great Fire of London

The Dutch burn the ships at Chatham

Secret Treaty of Dover

Habeas Corpus Act .

James II.

The Western Rebellion; battle of Sedgemoor, July 6
Trial of the Seven Bishops, June 29 & 30; landing of the
Prince of Orange, Nov. 5; flight of James from
Whitehall, Dec, II; he leaves England, Dec. 23
The Declaration of Right; the Convention bestows the
crown upon William and Mary, Feb. 13

The Toleration Act; the Bill of Rights

Battle of the Boyne, July 1

Surrender of Limerick, Oct. 3

National Debt begins

Dec. 28; William III.

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. 1688

1689

1689

Bank of England founded, July 27; death of Mary,

Gibraltar taken, July 24; battle of Blenheim, Aug. 2

Beginning of the British dominion in India; battle of

Pitt dies, Jan. 23; Berlin Decree issued, Nov. 21

1806

The Indian Mutiny.

Abandonment of the protective duties upon corn
The Crimean War; battle of the Alma, Sept. 20

Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick formed into one

Dominion under the name of Canada

1867

The Queen takes the title of Empress of India, Jan. 1