This is a timeline of English history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in
England and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see
History of England.
Emperor
Hadrian orders a 73-mile (117 km) wall to mark the Northern Roman Empire's province on the British Isle.
Hadrian's Wall,[6] as it comes to be known, is intended to keep the
Caledonians,
Picts, and other tribes at bay.
King James VI of Scotland ascends to the English throne, becoming James I of England and uniting the crowns – but not the parliaments – of the two kingdoms.
The
Treaty of Paris (1763) is signed, formally ending the Seven Years' War. France renounces a large portion of North American land to Great Britain.[27]
Battle of Trafalgar:
Horatio Nelson defeats the French at Trafalgar, establishing British naval supremacy over the world's oceans for approximately 140 years.
1819
16 August
Peterloo Massacre: about 18 people killed and several hundred injured in Manchester when cavalry charge a large demonstration demanding parliamentary representation reform[29]
^The
Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825, but sections of this line employed
cable haulage, and only the coal trains were hauled by locomotives. The
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, opened in May 1830, was also mostly cable hauled.
Horse-drawn traffic, including passenger services, used the railway upon payment of a toll.
^Birley, Anthony R. (1981). The Fasti of Roman Britain. p. 39.
^Sheppard Frere, Britannia: A history of Roman Britain, revised edition (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978), p. 82
^Hingley, Richard (9 August 2018). Londinium : a biography : Roman London from its origins to the fifth century. London. pp. 27–32.
ISBN978-1-350-04730-3.
OCLC1042078915.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link)
^Cross, Frank Leslie; Livingstone, Elizabeth A. (2005).
"Great Schism". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford: University Press. p. 706.
ISBN978-0-19-280290-3.
^Wolmar, Christian (2004). The Subterranean Railway: how the London Underground was built and how it changed the city forever. Atlantic. p. 135.
ISBN978-1-84354-023-6.
^Frances Lannon (30 October 2008).
"Her Oxford". Times Higher Education.
Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
^"A non-rusting steel". The New York Times. 31 January 1915.
^Wendell Lewis, "Raising the Mary Rose" in Marsden (2003), pp. 53–59; Rule (1983), pp. 206–27.
^Bowden, George; Jackson, Marie; Coughlan, Sean (8 September 2022).
"Queen Elizabeth II has died". BBC News. Archived from
the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
Marsden, Peter, Sealed by Time: The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose. The Archaeology of the Mary Rose, Volume 1. The Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth. 2003.
ISBN0-9544029-0-1
This is a timeline of English history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in
England and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see
History of England.
Emperor
Hadrian orders a 73-mile (117 km) wall to mark the Northern Roman Empire's province on the British Isle.
Hadrian's Wall,[6] as it comes to be known, is intended to keep the
Caledonians,
Picts, and other tribes at bay.
King James VI of Scotland ascends to the English throne, becoming James I of England and uniting the crowns – but not the parliaments – of the two kingdoms.
The
Treaty of Paris (1763) is signed, formally ending the Seven Years' War. France renounces a large portion of North American land to Great Britain.[27]
Battle of Trafalgar:
Horatio Nelson defeats the French at Trafalgar, establishing British naval supremacy over the world's oceans for approximately 140 years.
1819
16 August
Peterloo Massacre: about 18 people killed and several hundred injured in Manchester when cavalry charge a large demonstration demanding parliamentary representation reform[29]
^The
Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825, but sections of this line employed
cable haulage, and only the coal trains were hauled by locomotives. The
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, opened in May 1830, was also mostly cable hauled.
Horse-drawn traffic, including passenger services, used the railway upon payment of a toll.
^Birley, Anthony R. (1981). The Fasti of Roman Britain. p. 39.
^Sheppard Frere, Britannia: A history of Roman Britain, revised edition (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978), p. 82
^Hingley, Richard (9 August 2018). Londinium : a biography : Roman London from its origins to the fifth century. London. pp. 27–32.
ISBN978-1-350-04730-3.
OCLC1042078915.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link)
^Cross, Frank Leslie; Livingstone, Elizabeth A. (2005).
"Great Schism". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford: University Press. p. 706.
ISBN978-0-19-280290-3.
^Wolmar, Christian (2004). The Subterranean Railway: how the London Underground was built and how it changed the city forever. Atlantic. p. 135.
ISBN978-1-84354-023-6.
^Frances Lannon (30 October 2008).
"Her Oxford". Times Higher Education.
Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
^"A non-rusting steel". The New York Times. 31 January 1915.
^Wendell Lewis, "Raising the Mary Rose" in Marsden (2003), pp. 53–59; Rule (1983), pp. 206–27.
^Bowden, George; Jackson, Marie; Coughlan, Sean (8 September 2022).
"Queen Elizabeth II has died". BBC News. Archived from
the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
Marsden, Peter, Sealed by Time: The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose. The Archaeology of the Mary Rose, Volume 1. The Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth. 2003.
ISBN0-9544029-0-1