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Battles of Lewes 1264, Eve-
sham 1265; 7th Crusade,
in which Prince Edward
joined.†

Conquest of Wales; battle
of Falkirk, 1298.
The battle of Bannockburn
1314; disputes with the
Barons.
French Wars - Battles of
Sluys 1340, Crecy 1346,
Poictiers 1356; Neville's
Cross 1346; Navaretta,
or Najara, 1367.

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Spread of Lollardism; deposal of Richard.

(House of Lancaster.— Red Rose.)

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Simon de Montfort; Roger
(Friar) Bacon; Grostête,
Bishop of Lincoln.

William Wallace; Robert
Bruce; Duns Scotus.

The Black Prince; John
Wycliffe; Chaucer; Wm.
Wykeham, Bp. of Win-
chester.

WatTyler; Walworth;John
of Gaunt; Froissart.

Henry Percy (Hotspur);
Richard Whittington.
Talbot,Earl of Shrewsbury.

Queen Margaret; Cardinal
Beaufort; Duke of Bed-
ford; Earl of Warwick
(Kingmaker); Joan of
Arc; Waynflete, Bp. of
Winchester.

* Edward I.'s reign was probably the real date of this popular hero; but tradition and "Ivanhoe" have so closely connected him with King Richard that it has been thought advisable to place him in this reign.

† See list of Crusades, p. 71.

See list of battles p. 71.

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- FIVE MONARCHS.

Discovery of America 1492; | Perkin Warbeck; Colum

rise of the Star Cham

ber; marriage of Henry
with Elizabeth of York.
The Reformation.

Prayer Book drawn up.
Religious Persecutions.

Execution of Mary, Queen
of Scots; growth of mari-
time enterprise.

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ELIZABETH

1558

LINE OF STUART. SIX MONARCHS.

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The Great Rebellion.*

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The Bible translated; Gun- | Lord Bacon; Cecil. powder Plot; growth of the Puritans. Petition of Rights; beheading of Charles, 1649.

Protectorate of Cromwell;
Dissolution of the Long
Parliament.
Plague of London, 1665;

Fire of London 1666; Ha-
beas Corpus Act, 1679.
Acquittal of the Seven
Bishops; the Revolution.

(Orange and Stuart united.)

Battles of Killiecrankie,
1689; the Boyne, 1690;
La Hogue, 1692.

(Stuart

War of the Spanish Suc-
cession-Battles of Blen-
heim, 1704; Ramilies,
1706; Oudenarde, 1708;
Malplaquet, 1709.

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* See list of battles, p. 71.

Lord Strafford; Archbishop
Laud; John Hampden;
Lord Falkland; Oliver
Cromwell;Prince Rupert.
Marquis of Montrose; Ad-
miral Blake; Milton.

General Monk; Earl Cla-
rendon; Dryden; Wren;
Jeremy Taylor.
Duke of Monmouth; Bishop
Ken;Judge Jefferies;Jno.
Bunyan; Wm. Penn.

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LINE OF HANOVER OR BRUNSWICK.

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Military Events.
Rising of "The Fifteen,"
1715, Battles of Sheriff-
muir and Preston 1715.
Battle of Dettingen 1743;
rising of "the Forty-five,"
1745; Battles of Preston
Pans and Culloden 1745;
Battle of Plassy, 1757;
Capture of Quebec, 1759.
Battle of Saratoga, 1777;
War with Napoleon: bat-
tles by Sea: the Nile,
1798; Copenhagen, 1801;
Trafalgar, 1805: battles
by Land:
Salamanca,
1812; Vittoria 1813; Wa-
terloo, 1815.
Battle of Navarino, 1827.

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Civil Events.
South Sea Scheme; Quad-
ruple Alliance.

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle,
1748.

Independence of the United
States, 1782; Trial of
Warren Hastings; French
Revolution, 1789; Union
of Ireland, 1801; Treaty
of Vienna, 1815.

Roman Catholic Emancipa-
tion Bill.

Reform Bill, 1832; Aboli

tion of Slavery, 1833;
First Railway, 1830.
Hanover reverts to the male
line; Chartist Agitation;
repeal of the Corn Laws;
Volunteers organised.

Famous Persons.
Sir Isaac Newton.

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Sir Robert Walpole; Wil-
liam Pitt, Earl of Chat-
ham; Lord Clive; General
Wolfe; John Wesley.

William Pitt; Warren Has

tings; Edmund Burke;
Sheridan; Fox; Lord
Nelson; Duke of Wel-
lington; Burns; James
Watt.

Wellington; Sir Robert
Peel; Canning; Sir Wal-
ter Scott; Lord Byron.

Wellington; Peel; Ld. Pal

merston; General Have-
lock; Lord Clyde; George
Stephenson; John Keble,

GEORGE IV.

1820

WILLIAM IV.

1830

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VICTORIA

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THE THIRTEEN BATTLES OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES.

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