Can you name the 50 most important events in British history? by dumelow

Can you name the 50 most important events in British history?

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Source: The History Channel (via The Telegraph)
I have attempted to place each event into a general category to make it a bit easier. Let me know if I have missed any alternatives or have got my categories completely wrong.
The categories: ENGINEERING - inventions, construction. MILITARY - battles etc. GOVERNMENT - anything involving how the country is run, including monarchs LAW - A broad category covering any acts or decisions made by parliament or other authorities CULTURE - important cultural works SOCIETY - changes in society, including important immigrations and human rights events SCIENCE - important events from any branch of science
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Year	Event	Category
2200 BC		Engineering
AD 43		Military
597		Government
871		Government
1066		Military
1215		Law
1320		Law
1370		Culture
1381		Military
1415		Military
1559		Society
1588		Military
1605		Government
1610		Culture
1611		Society
1649		Government
1688		Government
1694		Law
1707		Law
1721		Government
1729		Law
1757		Military
1759		Engineering
1769		Engineering
1771		Engineering

Year	Event	Category
1776		Science
1781		Military
1805		Military
1807		Law
1815		Military
1829		Law
1850		Law
1856		Science
1859		Culture
1859		Science
1863		Culture
1913		Society
1916		Military
1927		Culture
1931		Society
1940		Military
1941		Engineering
1948		Society
1948		Science
1964		Culture
1971		Culture
1973		Government
1984		Society
1991		Engineering
1998		Society

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	betraisefold:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 16:09 GMT		4 points
	Good idea and an interesting list for sure. It seems obvious that you have put a considerable amount of effort into coming up with alternate answers but so many more are needed, Battle of Britain was the most obvious omission I noticed.

	dumelow:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 17:03 GMT		1 point
	Thanks betraisefold. I have added Battle of Britain and a few others that I have thought of. There must be more that I have missed, please let me know them.

	johnlk:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 17:12 GMT		1 point
	Not the poster's fault, but this is just a terrible list in a lot of ways. So many major events are missing - the Act of Supremacy and the dissolution of the monasteries should be on here. The King James Bible. Probably the Hanoverian Succession and/or Culloden, both of which are more important than Walpole. Something having to do with the Seven Years War. Catholic Emancipation and the Great Reform Act. Something to do with Irish home rule. Probably the 1911 Parliament Act. Indian independence.

	newton:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 19:20 GMT		4 points
	It's a good idea, but so very subjective a concept.

	stl100:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 20:50 GMT		1 point
	Not a bad quiz, but I had terrible troubles with one answer - I was sure I knew what "1859 - science" was, but I tried "Darwin", "evolution", "On the Origin of Species", "The Origin of Species" and "Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species", none of which work :(

	dumelow:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 21:20 GMT		1 point
	Doh! I had forgotten to put alternatives in for that answer. Should work better now. Thanks

	abanazerb:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 23:03 GMT		1 point
	A very strange list - I agree with all of johnlk's points. 1832, Catholic Emancipation, womens suffrage etc very odd omissions, and how can Gandhi's visit to Britain (on the list) be more significant than Indian independence (not on the list)? But fun to guess them nonetheless. Suggestions of alternative answers which should work: 'US independence', 'cotton'.

	SirMarcus:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 00:08 GMT		1 point
	i would maybe put in thatcher getting elected and princess diana's crash, both of which were fairly important, as i'm sure you would agree. i also agree whole heartedly with newton.

	Rico_ferico:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 12:24 GMT		2 points
	abanazerb-maybe they felt gnadhis visit to england was the catalist for future events? agree though quite an odd list. very fun though and its all free so can't complain to heartily :O)

	dumelow:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 09:44 GMT		1 point
	Maybe they were looking at the future implications like Rico_ferico, but some events still seem pretty strange. I will leave it with what the source says. I have added some more alts (including abanazerb's), cheers.

	Catherine_F:	Jan 26th, 2010 at 11:15 GMT		2 points
	The only ones where I had trouble with the wording were 1984 ("Miners strike" should definitely be an answer) and 1850, because I didn't know it was called the Factory Act (I tried various combinations of "children" "work" etc.) Very good quiz.

	carbon_rod:	Jun 7th, 2010 at 00:49 GMT		1 point
	For 1757, allow just "Clive" as an answer, and for 1381, more variants, or even just "Peasant".

	windyhead:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 09:36 GMT		3 points
	absolutely brilliant. great idea. there's always going to people asking for more inclusions and i think youve done a grand job. i'm sorry but putting Diana in there would be insane. you might as well put Aston Villa winning the European Cup in 82... actually on a serious note England winning the world Cup in 66 wouldn't be a crazy inclusion would it? hmmmmmm.

	windyhead:	Jun 21st, 2010 at 18:24 GMT		0 points
	and let's be fair, calling for the Battle of Britain in there is a little silly - the blitz was part of the BoB: It was after operation Eagle's objectives changed from achieving aerial dominance over England/Britain to mass aerial bombardment that the blitz commenced, but this was all part of the BoB.