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6000 BC

First farmers arrive to Britain

43

Emperor Claudius invades Britain

3-4th Century

Christian communities appear in Britain

410

Roman army leaves Britain

600

Anglo-Saxon kingdoms established in Britain

1066

William the Conqueror becomes William I

1066

Westminister Abbey firt used as coronation church

1215

Magna Carta introduced durning King John's rule

1284

Edward I of England introduces Statue of Rhuddlan, annexing Wales to Crown of England

1450

English leave France

1485

Richard III is killed and Henry Tudor becomes Hanry VI

21 April 1509

Hanry VIII becomes king

28 January 1547

Henry VIII dies. Edward VI, a protestant, becomes king.

1553

Edward VI dies at the age of 15, having ruled for 6 years. 'Bloody' Mary, a Catholic decomes Queen

1603

Elizabeth I dies, James I of england, Wales and Ireland and James VI of Scotland, Elizabeth's cousin, becomes king

1646

Roundheads defeat Charles I and take him prisoner

1649

Charles I is executed

1658

Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell dies. His sn, Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector

1 May 1660

Charles II invited back from exile in the Netherlands

1685

Charles II dies with no legitimate heir. His Catholic brother, James II of England, Wales and Ireland and James VII of Scotland becomes king

1688

William of Orange is asked to invide by important Protestants. This is the Glorious Revolution becouse is non-violent. He becomes William III of England, Wales and Ireland and William II of Scotland and rules jointly with Mary, James's II elder daughter

1714

Queen Anne dies. George I (a German Protestant) becomes king

1837

Victoria becomes queen at the age of 18

1901

Victoria dies after almost 64 years on the throne. As of 2013 this is the longest reign of British monarch

1 May 1940

Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister

1945

Clement Attlee becomes Prime Minister of a Labour goverment after Winston Churchill loses General Election

1951

Winston Churchill returns as Prime Minister after defeating Clement Attlee

1951-64

Conservative goverment in the UK

1952

Elizabeth II becomes Queen

1964

Winston Churchill stands down at the General Election

1979

Margaret Thatcher, a Consorvative MP, becomes Prime Minister

1979-1997

Tatcher's Conservative government lead the UK

1997

Tony Blair, a Labour MP, is elected as Prime Minister

1997

Power devolved from central government to give Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland more control over domestic matters.

1999

Northern Ireland Assembly elected

1999

Welsh Assembly and Scottish Government are are established

2002-2007

Northern Ireland Assembly suspended

2007

Gordon Brown, a Labour MP, becomes Prime Minister

1 May 2010

The first coalition government since February 1974 is elected. David Cameron, a Conservative MP, becomes Prime Minister

2012

Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee (60 years on the throne)