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Look at the timeline below carefully – it shows some of the big events, ideas and discoveries of the Middle Ages.
1215 The Magna Carta is agreed and signed
1265 The first Parliament meets
1170 1095 Thomas Becket murdered
1450 1314
The Wars of the Roses begin
Scots defeat the English invaders
Work begins on the Tower of London, one of Britain’s most famous castles
Sample content taken from the Invasion, Plague and Murder: Britain 1066–1509 Student Book 978 019 839318 4
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The Hundred Years War ends, after 116 years
Wales finally conquered by the English
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Battle of Hastings: William of Normandy becomes King of England
1283
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Henry Tudor becomes King of England after beating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field
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1337 The Hundred Years War begins
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1381 The Peasants’ Revolt
1492 Christopher Columbus (an Italian) discovers America. A new continent… and a new age!
Black Death arrives in Britain
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Crusades begin
1453
1485
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