Henry VII married the Yorkist heiress and found new Tudor dynasty.
1509 Henry VIII's accession during his reign -England's break with Rome
(Act of Appeals - English jurisdiction is sprung from the king,
Act of Supremacy - the king is Protector and Supreme Head of English Church and Clergy)
1553 the reign of Bloody Mary(daughter of Henry VIII) tries to converse England back to Catholicism executed about 287 people
1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne
1588 great defeat of the Spanish armada establishes English supremacy of the seas
1603 accession of James I the Stuart - king of united England, Wales and Scotland
1605 Gunpowder Plot by Guy Fawkes
1607 Pilgrim's Fathers leave Plymouth
1629 Charles I (successor of James) squabbled with Parliament about the Divine Rights of Kings
1640-1649 civil war between Parliament(Oliver Cromwell) and Charles
1649 Charles beheaded, England is the Republic
-1660 Cromwell becomes Lord Protector
1660 Restoration of Monarchy by Charles II Rights of king lowered in parliament - "Whig" as Commons and "Tories" as Royalist
1666 Great Fire of London & Great Plague
1679 Habeas Corpus Act (before imprisoning a person there must be brought a writ)
1687 Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalist Principia Mathematica
1688 landing of William of Orange and James II flies to France
1689 Bill of Rights - no Catholic could ever be sovereign of England establishing Hannover dynasty(George I, II, III, IV and William IV)
1688 The Nine Years' War and The War of Spanish Succession Commander-in-Chief of Br.forces - Marlborough
1707 Act of Union between England and Scotland during queen Anne's reign, the last sovereign; Great Britain formed
1774 invention of James Watt's steam engine
1776 attempt of George III to impose taxes on American colonies results in rebellious war
1783 peace in Versailles grants American independence
1805 defeating French and Spanish fleet at Cape Trafalgar by Lord Nelson
1815 the end of Napoleonic wars at Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington
1837 Accession of Queen Victoria forming Commonwealth(New Zealand-1840,
Canada-1867 and Australia-1900); expansion in South Africa, Egypt, India, Burma and the Pacific
1875 Britain controls the Suez Canal
1860 the Liberal Party emerges
1867 Reform Act by Benjamin Disraeli gives franchise to all householders
1870 Married Women's Property Act extends rights of married women
1901 death of Queen Victoria
1911 National Insurance Bill gives insurance to certain workers for social benefits in times of sickness or unemployment.
28.6.1914 WWI breaks out after assassinating of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
11.11.1918 the end of WWI, the peace is negotiated at Paris
1920 the League of Nation established beginning of era of emancipation
1920 Ireland divided into 2 parts - part of The Commonwealth and Irish Free State
1926 The Great Strike breaks out - 9 days, loss of 160 million work hours
1929-31 The Great Depression - widespread unemployment in Britain
3.9.1939 WWII breaks out; summer 1940 The Battle of Britain - great air battle between
German Luftwaffe and British RAF
1942 turning-point at El Alamein - defeat of "Desert Fox" - Rommel
8.5.1945 the end of WWII in Europe
15.8.1945 after using nuclear weapons Japan surrenders.