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Timeline of Events

Year	Month	Day	Event
1070	Aug	15	Benedictine Lanfranc Becomes Canterbury's Archbishop In England
1138	Aug	22	Battle Of The Standard: Scottland Fights England
1141	Apr	07	Matilda Was First Female Ruler Of England
1191	May	12	Richard I Marries Crowned Queen Consort
1214	Feb	15	King John Invades La Rochelle
1215	Jun	15	England's King John Accepts Magna Carta
1216	Oct	12	John King Of England Loses Crown Jewels
1216	Oct	19	King John Dies, Succeeded By Son
1284	Mar	03	Rhuddlan Statute Incorporates Wales Into England
1455	May	01	Black Douglas Defeated At Battle Of Arkinholm
1492	Nov	03	Henry VII And Charles VIII Declare Peace
1532	May	16	More Resigns As Chancellor Of England
1533	Jan	25	Henry VIII Marries Anne Boleyn
1536	May	02	Queen Anne Bolelyn Is Arrested For Adultery
1536	May	06	King Orders English Bibles In Church
1553	Jul	19	Henry Beheads Jane, Mary Becomes Queen
1555	Nov	12	English Parliament Re-establishes Catholicism
1581	Jan	16	The English Parliament Outlaws Roman Catholicism
1588	Jul	31	Spanish Armada Seen Off English Coast
1601	Feb	08	Revolt Against Queen Elizabeth I Crushed Down
1612	Aug	18	England: Pendle Witch Trial Begins
1620	Sep	16	English Mayflower Sets Sail
1629	Mar	10	Charles I Of England Dissolves Parliament
1632	Mar	29	Saint-Germain Treaty Returns Quebec To France
1640	May	05	King Charles Dissolves The Short Parliament
1644	Oct	27	Second Battle Of Newbury
1645	Jul	10	Battle Of Langport Takes Place
1658	Sep	03	Rcihard Cromwell Becomes Lord Protector, England
1660	Mar	16	English Long Parliament Dissolved For Convention Parliament
1665	Mar	04	King Charles Declares War On Netherlands
1665	Jun	12	Municipal Government Started In New York City
1671	May	09	Blood Attempts To Steal Jewels From London
1685	Feb	06	James II To Reign As King
1689	Apr	20	James II Lays Siege To Derry
1689	May	12	King William Joins The League Of Augsburg
1695	Dec	31	Window Tax: England: Householders Brick Windows
1707	May	01	England And Scotland Form Great Britain
1738	Apr	15	Handel Opera ""Serse"" Premiers In London
1745	Jul	26	First Women's Cricket Match Near Guildford, England
1755	Dec	02	Eddystone Was Destroyed By A Fire
1758	Dec	13	Over 360 Die When The Duke Williams Sinks
1772	Jan	01	First European Cheques Selling In London, England
1788	Jan	18	The First Ship Arrives From Britain To Australia
1830	Sep	15	Railway Opened From Liverpool To Manchester
1831	Apr	12	England's Broughton Bridge Collapses
1835	Nov	27	Pratt And Smith Executed For Sodomy
1837	Jul	01	Civil Registration Established In United Kingdom
1859	May	04	Cornwall Railway Opens
1869	Oct	16	Girton First College Founded For Women
1879	Feb	08	Sydney, Cricket Led By Lord Harris , Attacked
1902	Aug	04	Greenwich Foot Tunnel Under River Thames Opens
1907	Sep	07	Lustina Made First Voyage (Liverpool-Newyork)
1908	Jan	24	Baden-Powell Begins Boy Scouts In England
1909	Jun	15	England, Australia, South Africa Form Imperial Cricket Conference
1926	Aug	06	Ederle First Woman To Swim English Channel
1928	Sep	28	U.K. Parliament Outlaws Cannabis
1936	Sep	10	Wembley Stadium: Motorcycle Speedway Championship
1943	Jul	23	Bath Chair Murder In Essex
1946	Mar	09	Bolton Wanderers Stadium Disaster At Burnden Park
1953	Apr	24	Winston Churchill Is Knighted
1954	Mar	22	London Bullion Market Reopens
1954	Jul	05	BBC Broadcasts Its First Television News
1985	Aug	07	White House Farm Murders In England
2005	Apr	09	Charles Marries Camilla Parker Bowles
2007	Jul	01	England Bans Smoking In Public Buildings

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