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Battle of Hastings
Great Fire of London
Great Plague of London
Playwright William Shakespeare is born
Henry VIII initiates separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic church
Prime minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated
Beginning of the Hundred Years War
Battle of Trafalgar
London hosts Olympics for third time
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
The Beatles split up
Winston Churchill dies
The Falklands War
Charles I beheaded
Magna Carta signed by King John
Richard the Lionheart captured on return from Crusades
Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket murdered
William II killed by an arrow
England win football World Cup
Edward VIII abdicates
Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species' published
Slavery abolished
Sinking of the Mary Rose
Lady Jane Grey reigns for nine days
National Health Service formed
Dr. Johnson's dictionary first published
Guy Fawkes' gunpowder plot
Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' is published
Britain joins the European Economic Community
The Peasants' Revolt
Battle of Bosworth effectively ends Wars of the Roses
Black Death plague arrives in England
Oliver Cromwell dies
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