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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
Events such as the Suez Crisis showed that the UK's status had fallen in the world. The 1950s and 1960s were, however, relatively prosperous times after the Second World War, and saw the beginning of a modernisation of the UK, with the construction of its first motorways for example, and also during the 1960s a great cultural movement began ...
1415 – Henry V is welcomed back to England after a major victory at the Battle of Agincourt, France; 1422 – Henry V dies and is succeeded by his son, Henry VI; 1471 – Henry VI is murdered and Edward IV is restored to the English throne; 1453 – Hundred Years' War ended; 1455 – Wars of the Roses began in May
The UK officially withdraws from the European Union three years after it voted to leave during a referendum in 2016. [41] 2020 31 January The first patient with COVID-19 is confirmed in York. [42] 2022 8 September Queen Elizabeth II dies of after a reign of 70 years and 214 days. She is succeeded by King Charles III. [43] [44]
This page presents a timeline of events in English and Scottish history from 1600 until 1699. 1603 – Death of Queen Elizabeth I on 24 March; 1603 England – James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England) 1603 England – Plague
For a full timeline overview, see timeline of British history. There was no concept of "British history" in the 1500s, except that the word "British" was used to refer to the ancient Britons and the Welsh. This page presents a timeline of events in the history of England and Scotland from 1500 until 1599. 1509 England – Henry VIII crowned and married to Catherine of Aragon 1513 England and ...
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1990 until the present. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles.
Assassination attempt against King George III, 15 May 1800.. January – Maria Edgeworth's first extended work of fiction, the pioneering historical novel Castle Rackrent, is published anonymously in London.