Timeline Civilisation

  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Barons rebelled against King John’s taxes and abuses of power.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther, a German monk, published the Ninety-Five Theses

    He criticised indulgences and the corruption of the Church.
  • 1534

    King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church

    He reformed the Church of England and asked for a divorce.
  • Period: 1536 to 1543

    Acts of Union with Wales

    Through laws, England integrated Wales.
  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Edward VI

    England was officially Protestant.
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Mary I

    She restored Catholicism; Protestants were persecuted (“Bloody Mary”).
  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabeth I

    Compromise between the Church of England and the Anglican Church; new legislation and the Anglican compromise (the via media).
  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    England defeated Spain under Elizabeth I.
  • Creation of British colonies

    First permanent English colony in America.
  • Period: to

    The “Starving Time”

    Where 60 out of 500 colonists survived.
  • Plymouth Colony

    Puritans left England on the arrival of James I.
  • Period: to

    Civil War

    Civil war that ended with the beheading of King Charles I (Stuart).
  • Period: to

    Overthrow of King James II / Bill of Rights

    The Glorious Revolution and the Bill of Rights by Mary II and William III.
  • Creation of Great Britain

    Uniting England and Scotland.
  • Period: to

    American War of Independence

    The end of a large part of the British Empire.
  • Partition of Ireland

    Creation of Northern Ireland.
  • Devolution in Scotland and Wales

    Referendums approved the creation of devolved institutions.
  • Creation of local parliaments

    Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly.
  • Good Friday Agreement / Devolution in Northern Ireland

    Peace agreement and power-sharing institutions in Northern Ireland.
  • Brexit

    The United Kingdom officially left the European Union.