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This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
The start of the Wars of the Roses a civil war for control of the throne of England between the House of York in Yorkshire and House of Lancaster in Lancashire. 1457 28 January Henry VII, the future king of England (r. 1385-1509), is born to parents Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. 1485: 22 August
24 March – for the only time in history, the Boat Race between the Cambridge University and Oxford University Boat Clubs is declared a "dead heat" (i.e. a draw). 10 April – the first human cannonball act in the British Isles (and perhaps the world) is performed by 17-year-old Rossa Matilda Richter ("Zazel") at the London Royal Aquarium. [3]
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24 June: The Grand Lodge of London and Westminster, the first Freemasonic Grand Lodge (modern-day United Grand Lodge of England), is founded. [50] 17 July: George Frideric Handel's Water Music is performed on a barge on the Thames for King George I. [23] In August, Handel becomes the house composer at Cannons.
April 24: Start of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar , the 1877th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 877th year of the 2nd millennium , the 77th year of the 19th ...
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These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history