Fifty Things You Need To Know About British History. Hugh Williams

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      Fifty Things You Need to Know About British History

      Hugh Williams

      Contents

       Title Page

Introduction

Chronology

PART 1 Roots: The Origins of Britain

Introduction

1 Stonehenge 3100 to 2200 BC

2 The Roman Invasion of Britain 43 AD

3 Saint Augustine Arrives in Britain 597 AD

4 Alfred the Great Becomes King of Wessex 871 AD

5 The Battle of Hastings 1066

6 The Dissolution of the Monasteries 1536

7 The Birth of William Shakespeare 1564

8 The Act of Union 1707

9 The Irish Home Rule Bill 1886

10 Britain Signs the Treaty of Rome 1973

PART 2 Struggle: The Battles for Britain

Introduction

1 The Battle of Agincourt 1415

2 The Battle of Bosworth 1485

       3 The Spanish Armada 1588

       4 The Battle of Naseby 1645

       5 The Battle of Blenheim 1704

       6 The Battle of Trafalgar 1805

       7 The Battle of Waterloo 1815

       8 The Battle of the Somme 1916

       9 The Battle of Britain 1940

       10 The Battle of Goose Green 1982

       PART 3 The Sea: Britain at Home and Abroad

       Introduction

       1 Sir Francis Drake and the Circumnavigation of the Globe 1577–1580

       2 The Voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers 1620

       3 The South Sea Bubble 1711–1720

       4 The Battle of Plassey 1757

       5 The Surrender of the British Army at Yorktown, Virginia 1781

       6 The Abolition of Slavery 1833

       7 The Afghanistan Massacre 1842

       8 The Discovery of the Victoria Falls by David Livingstone 1855

       9 The Partition of India 1947

       10 The Arrival of the ss Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks 1948

       PART 4 Freedom: The Pursuit of Liberty

       Introduction

       1 Magna Carta 1215

       2 The Peasants’ Revolt 1381

       3 The Gunpowder Plot 1605

       4 The Execution of Charles I 1649

       5 The Glorious Revolution and the Bill of Rights 1688–1689

       6 Sir Robert Walpole Becomes Prime Minister 1721

       7 The Publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations 1776

       8 The Great Reform Act 1832

       9 The Foundation of the Women’s Social and Political Union 1903

       10 The Creation of the National Health Service 1948 305

      PART 5 Ingenuity: Britain’s Innovations

       Introduction

       1 Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales 1387

       2 The Authorised Version of the Bible 1611