TABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS FROM The Battle of Hastings Shipwreck of Prince William Matilda declared Queen Ireland conquered Richard I. imprisoned in Germany Magna Charta signed Battle of Evesham Conquest of Wales Battle of Naseby Execution of Mary Queen of Scots Defeat of the Spanish Armada The Gunpowder Plot Expedition of Sir Walter Raleigh... Charles I. beheaded... Battle of Worcester... Defeat of the Dutch... 1587 1588 ... 1605 1612 1645 1649 1651 1653 Union with Scotland Treaty of Utrecht Invasion by the Pretender... Battle of Culloden ... American war commenced... Independence of America acknowledged 1683 1688 1690 1704 ... ... |