Course:HIST317/Empire Abroad Chronology
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Backround Chronology
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 927 | Wessex conquers Northumbria, establishing the kingdom of England |
| 1016-1042 | Personal union between England and Denmark. Ended by Edward the Confessor. |
| 1066 | Norman conquest |
| 1204 | John I (from Robin Hood) looses Normandy to Phillip II of France |
| 1215 | Same John forced to sign the Magna Carta, England becomes a Constitutional Monarchy |
| 1282 | Wales conquered by Edward I |
| 1301 | Custom of heir being Prince of Wales instituted |
| 1337-1453 | Hundred Years War. Ends with England only holding Calais |
| 1455-1487 | Wars of the Roses. Tudor Dynasty results, beginning with Henry VII (Lancaster) and his wife, Elizabeth (York) |
| 1535-1542 | Laws of Wales Acts merges Wales fully with England |
| 1541 | Henry VIII Proclaimed King of Ireland by Parliament of Ireland |
| 1558 | Calais lost to France by Mary I. |
| 1558-1603 | Elizabeth I |
| 1600 | British East India Company Founded |
| 1603 | James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England, Personal Union between England and Scotland. End of Tudor Dynasty and Beginning of Stuart. |
| 1642-1651 | English Civil War |
| 1649 | Charles I Executed by parliament. His son Charles flees to Europe. |
| 1649-1660 | Interregnum |
| 1660 | Restoration - Charles II returns to England |
| 1688 | Glorious Revolution ends Stuart Dynasty |
| 1707 | Act of Union formally unifies Scotland and England into The Kingdom of Great Britain under one Parliament |
| 1775-1783 | American War of independence, 1st empire lost. |
| 1780's | Industrial Revolution begins in Britain |
| 1801 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland formed by the Act of Union (1800) |
| 1815 | Battle of Waterloo ends Napoleonic period, with Britain taking a leading role |
| 1823-1914 | Monroe Doctrine Allows Britain to informally dominate the Americas economically |
| 1837 | Victoria ascends the throne |
| 1839-1842 | First Anglo-Afghan war -extremely unsuccessful |
| 1846 | Repeal of the Corn Laws institutes the era of British Free Trade policy. |
Start of our Period
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1851 March | A census shows Welsh support for a non-conformist church. |
| 1854-56 | Crimean War |
| 1856-1860 | Second Opium War with China leads to the unequal Treaty of Tianjin, which gave Britain , among other powers, greater access to Chinese markets, and legalized the opium trade in China. |
| 1858 | Indian Mutiny leads to the British absorption of the lands of the British East India Co. directly under governmental control. |
| 1859 | Origin of the species is published |
| 1867, August 15 | The Second Reform Act doubles the franchise. |
| 1868,
1874-1880 |
Disraeli's two terms as Prime Minister. Disraeli was staunchly Imperialist |
| 1868-74,
1880-85, 1886, 1892-94 |
 William Gladstone Gladstone's four terms as Prime minister |
| 1867 | Dominion of Canada Created |
| 1869, July | Gladstone disestablishes the Church of Ireland |
| 1873-96 | The Long Depression, a period of deflation in the industrializing world during which Britain was hardest hit, allowing the other great powers to catch up economically. |
| 1870 | Franco-Prussian War. At this time Great Britain is producing 30% of the world's industrial output. With the Fall of Paris, London becomes the financial capital of the world. |
| 1875 | Conservative government (Disraeli) purchases Suez Canal from Egypt for £4,000,000. This is the date commonly taken to be the beginning of Britain's involvement in 'New Imperialism.' |
| 1876 | Victoria is named Empress of India |
| 1877 | Transvaal republic reluctantly agrees to annexation by the British in return for protection from the Zulu |
| 1878 | Britain takes control of Cyprus |
| 1879 | Germany cancels free trade agreement with Britain |
| 1879-1880 | Second Anglo-Afghan War. Again quite unsuccessful. |
| 1880 | Britain controls 1/4 of all world trade |
| 1880-1881 | First Boer War, concludes in British defeat and granting of home rule to the South African republic (Transvaal and Orange Free State) as a (somewhat un-co-operative)British dominion. |
| 1881 | France cancels free trade agreement with Britain |
| 1882 | British occupation of Egypt secures full control of Suez Canal |
| May | 2 British Government officials are murdered in Dublin |
| 1885 | Rumours circulate that Gladstone supports Irish home rule |
| 1896-86 | Conquest of the Sudan |
| 1899-1902 | Second Boer War secures British control of South Africa |
| 1901 | Death of Victoria, Creation of the Dominion of Australia |
| 1904 | British mission to Tibet |
| 1904 | Entente Cordiale is signed |
| 1906, February | The Dreadnought Battleship is tested |
| 1907 | Creation of the Dominions of New Zealand and Newfoundland |
| 1907, August | Britain and Russia agree to spheres of influence in Asia. |
| 1910 | Creation of the Dominion of South Africa |
| 1911, August | The House of Lords loses its ability to veto legislation |
| 1912, April | Liberals propose Irish Home Rule |
| 1913 | Britain controls 1/6 of world trade |
| 1914 | Outbreak of WW1 |
| 1916 | Easter Rising rebellion in Dublin |
| 1918 | End of WW1 |
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