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Life in the UK test dates to remember, in order

Dates are hard to learn because they blur together. The fix is to see where each one sits. Here are all 55 dates from our study notes and questions, on a timeline drawn to scale, then era by era, with a quick test at the end.

The eras to scaleEvery dateHenry VIII's wivesThe year's calendarTest yourself

The eras, to scale

The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings alone cover more of this timeline than everything from the Tudors to the year 2000. Yet 43 of these 55 dates come after 1485, in the last 26% of the line. That's why the later dates feel crowded: they are.

Roman Britain
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
Normans and the Middle Ages
434101066148516031714183719012000
A timeline from AD 43 to 2000, divided into eras, with a tick for each date on this page.
EraYearsDates

Roman Britain

43 to 410

2

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

410 to 1066

2

Normans and the Middle Ages

1066 to 1485

8

Tudors

1485 to 1603

5

Stuarts

1603 to 1714

10

Georgians

1714 to 1837

5

Victorians

1837 to 1901

4

Twentieth century

1901 to 2000

19

Every date, era by era

Roman Britain

43 to 410

  1. 55 BCJulius Caesar's invasion failsEarly Britain
  2. AD 43The Romans invade under the emperor ClaudiusEarly Britain

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

410 to 1066

  1. AD 410The Romans leave BritainEarly Britain
  2. AD 789Viking raids beginEarly Britain

Normans and the Middle Ages

1066 to 1485

  1. 1066Battle of Hastings: William of Normandy becomes kingEarly Britain
  2. 1086The Domesday Book records who owns what landEarly Britain
  3. 1215King John signs Magna CartaThe Middle Ages
  4. 1284The Statute of Rhuddlan annexes WalesThe Middle Ages
  5. 1314Robert the Bruce wins at BannockburnThe Middle Ages
  6. 1337The Hundred Years War begins, and lasts 116 yearsThe Middle Ages
  7. 1348The Black Death reaches BritainThe Middle Ages
  8. 1415Henry V wins at AgincourtThe Middle Ages

Tudors

1485 to 1603

  1. 1485Battle of Bosworth Field ends the Wars of the RosesThe Middle Ages
  2. 1536The Act for the Government of Wales unites Wales with EnglandThe Middle Ages
  3. 1558Elizabeth I becomes queen, reigning until 1603The Tudors and Stuarts
  4. 1564William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-upon-AvonThe Tudors and Stuarts
  5. 1588The Spanish Armada is defeatedThe Tudors and Stuarts

Stuarts

1603 to 1714

  1. 1603James VI of Scotland becomes James I of EnglandThe Tudors and Stuarts
  2. 1605The Gunpowder Plot failsThe Tudors and Stuarts
  3. 1642The English Civil War beginsThe Tudors and Stuarts
  4. 1649Charles I is executed and England becomes a republicThe Tudors and Stuarts
  5. 1660The monarchy is restored under Charles IIThe Tudors and Stuarts
  6. 1665The Great Plague strikes LondonThe Tudors and Stuarts
  7. 1666The Great Fire of LondonThe Tudors and Stuarts
  8. 1688The Glorious Revolution brings William and Mary to the throneThe Glorious Revolution and the Georgians
  9. 1689The Bill of Rights limits the monarch's powerThe Glorious Revolution and the Georgians
  10. 1707The Act of Union joins England and ScotlandThe Glorious Revolution and the Georgians

Georgians

1714 to 1837

  1. 1714George I becomes kingThe Glorious Revolution and the Georgians
  2. 1721Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first prime ministerThe Glorious Revolution and the Georgians
  3. 1746The Jacobites are defeated at CullodenThe Glorious Revolution and the Georgians
  4. 1807The slave trade is made illegalThe Industrial Revolution and the Empire
  5. 1833Slavery is abolished throughout the EmpireThe Industrial Revolution and the Empire

Victorians

1837 to 1901

  1. 1837Victoria becomes queen, reigning until 1901The Industrial Revolution and the Empire
  2. 1853The Crimean War begins, and the Victoria Cross followsThe Industrial Revolution and the Empire
  3. 1895The National Trust is foundedLeisure and places of interest
  4. 1899The Boer War begins, lasting until 1902The Industrial Revolution and the Empire

Twentieth century

1901 to 2000

  1. 1908London hosts the Olympic Games for the first timeSport in the UK
  2. 1914The First World War beginsBritain in the twentieth century
  3. 1918The war ends on 11 November, and women over 30 get the voteBritain in the twentieth century
  4. 1928Women get the vote at 21, and Fleming discovers penicillinBritain in the twentieth century
  5. 1939The Second World War beginsBritain in the twentieth century
  6. 1940Churchill becomes prime minister: Dunkirk and the Battle of BritainBritain in the twentieth century
  7. 1942The Beveridge Report sets out the welfare stateBritain since 1945
  8. 1944D-Day: Allied forces land in Normandy on 6 JuneBritain in the twentieth century
  9. 1945Germany is defeated in May, and the war ends in AugustBritain in the twentieth century
  10. 1948The NHS is founded, and London hosts the Olympics againBritain since 1945
  11. 1954Roger Bannister runs a mile in under four minutesSport in the UK
  12. 1973The UK joins the European Economic CommunityBritain since 1945
  13. 1979Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman prime ministerBritain since 1945
  14. 1982The Falklands WarBritain since 1945
  15. 1984The Turner Prize is set upArts and culture
  16. 1990Information is first sent across the World Wide WebBritain since 1945
  17. 1996Dolly the sheep is cloned in ScotlandBritain since 1945
  18. 1998The Good Friday AgreementBritain since 1945
  19. 1999The Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly openBritain since 1945

Henry VIII's six wives

They're easy to mix up. Learn them in order with the old rhyme, which gives you what happened to each one.

Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived.

  1. Wife 1

    Catherine of Aragon

    Divorced

    The divorce Rome refused led to the break with the Church of Rome.

  2. Wife 2

    Anne Boleyn

    Executed

    Mother of Elizabeth I.

  3. Wife 3

    Jane Seymour

    Died

    Died after giving birth to Edward VI.

  4. Wife 4

    Anne of Cleves

    Divorced

    The marriage was ended soon after it began.

  5. Wife 5

    Catherine Howard

    Executed

    The second wife to be executed.

  6. Wife 6

    Catherine Parr

    Survived

    Outlived Henry.

The year: saints' days and festivals

Three of the four patron saints fall in spring. St Andrew, in November, is the odd one out. Saints' days are in teal.

  1. January

    • 1New Year's DayPublic holiday
    • 2Extra holiday in ScotlandAfter Hogmanay

  2. February

    • 14Valentine's DayCards and gifts for someone you love

  3. March

    • 1St David's DayPatron saint of Wales
    • 17St Patrick's DayPatron saint of Northern Ireland
    • ~EasterMarch or April: Good Friday and Easter Sunday

  4. April

    • 1April Fool's DayJokes until midday
    • 23St George's DayPatron saint of England

  5. May

    Nothing to learn here

  6. June

    Nothing to learn here

  7. July

    Nothing to learn here

  8. August

    Nothing to learn here

  9. September

    Nothing to learn here

  10. October

    • 31HalloweenCostumes, pumpkins, trick or treat
    • ~DiwaliOctober or November, festival of lights

  11. November

    • 5Bonfire NightThe failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605
    • 11Remembrance DayPoppies, for those who died in war
    • 30St Andrew's DayPatron saint of Scotland

  12. December

    • 25Christmas DayPublic holiday
    • 26Boxing DayPublic holiday
    • 31HogmanayNew Year's Eve in Scotland

Test yourself on the dates

Ten events, with four years to choose from for each. The wrong answers are the dates closest to the right one, so it's harder than it sounds.

Practise the history chapter