History

3,000 BC Stonehenge built  43 AD - Romans invade Britain  61 - Boudica killed by the Romans 122 AD- Hadrian's Wall built  406 AD - Romans Expelled from Britain  500 - Mythical King Arthur  787 - Vikings start raiding Britain  871 - Alfred the Great fights off the Vikings 1066- William the Conqueror wins the Battle of Hastings 1066-1075 Norman Conquest 1078- Tower of London built  1215 - Magna Carta 1290 - Jewish Expulsion from UK 1297- Battle of Stirling Ridge with William Wallace 1346 - The Black Death 1455-1487 War of the Roses 1485 - Henry Tudor VII takes throne 1509 Henry Tudor VIII takes the throne 1536 - Anne Boleyn Beheaded  1536 - Henry VIII appoints himself head of the English Church 1542 - Catherine Howard Beheaded 1547 - Edward VI takes the throne age 9 1552 - Sir Walter Raleigh born 1553 - Mary Tudor I takes the throne 1558 - Elizabeth I Tudor takes the throne 1564 - William Shakespeare Born 1588 - Spanish Armada Defeated by Sir Francis Drake 1601 - Dutch Colonize South

  1492 - Christopher Columbus - Discovered the new world thinking it was India. 1501 -  Amerigo Vespucci recognizes America as a New Continent  1513 Ponce De Leon - First discovered La Florida Hernando De Soto - Explorer of Southern USA Fransisco Pizzaro - defeated the Inca to dominate South America Hernan Cortez - defeated the Aztec to dominate Central America 1585 Roanoke Colony (Sir Walter Raleigh) 1607 Jamestown 1607 -Thirteen Colonies 1620 - Pilgrims travel on the Mayflower 1621 First Thanksgiving 1655 - Anthony Johnson Suit - first slave held in servitude for life = first slave 1692 - Salem Witch Trials 1753 - Philadelphia Independence Hall finished 1763 – Britain defeats France in the Seven Years War 1773  - Boston Tea Party 1775-1783 - Revolutionary war 1776 – Declaration of independence signed 1777 – First American Flag 1783 – Treaty of Paris (British recognize USA) 1787 – Shay’s Rebellion (USA Tax protest) 1789 - Washington as first president 1791 – Whiskey Rebellion (USA Tax