| 1066 | Normans invade Britain. House of Normandy. William I, reigned 11 years |
| 1086 | Compilation of Doomsday Book. |
| 1087 | William II, reigned 13 years | |
| 1096 | Stephen, reigned 60 years | |
| 1099 | First Crusade under Godfrey of Bouillon takes Jerusalem. |
| 1100 | Henry I, reigned 33 years | |
| 1154 | House of Plantagenet. Henry II, reigned 35 years | |
| 1161 | Explosives used in warfare in China. |
| 1170 | Murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury. |
| 1189 | Richard I, reigned 10 years | |
| 1199 | John, reigned 17 years | |
| 1216 | Henry III, reigned 56 years | |
| 1272 | Edward I, reigned 35 years | |
| 1307 | Edward II, reigned 20 years | |
| 1314 | Battle of Bannockburn. Bruce secures Scottish independance. |
| 1327 | Edward III, reigned 50 years | |
| 1338 | Beginning of 100 years War between Britain & France. |
| 1348 | Black Death reaches Europe (England 1349). |
| 1377 | Richard II, reigned 22 years | |
| 1381 | Peasants Revolt under Watt Tyler. |
| 1399 | House of Lancaster. Henry IV, reigned 14 years | |
| 1400 | Death of Chaucer. |
| 1413 | Henry V, reigned 9 years | |
| 1415 | Battle of Agincourt. Henry V the victor. |
| 1422 | Henry VI, reigned 39 years | |
| 1454 | First printing from movable types in Europe. |
| 1461 | House of York. Edward IV, reigned 22 years | |
| 1476 | Caxton sets up his press at Westminster. |
| 1483 | Edward V, reigned 1 year. Richard III, reigned 2 years | |
| 1484 | Inquisition becomes active in Castille. |
| 1485 | Battle of Bosworth Field. House of Tudor. Henry VII, reigned 24 years | |
| 1492 | Columbus discovers the West Indies. |
| 1498 | Vasco do Gama finds sea route to India. |
| 1509 | Henry VIII, reigned 38 years | |
| 1517 | Luther nails up his 95 Theses - beginning of the Reformation. |
| 1534 | Act of Supremecy: Henry V asserts ccontrol over English Church. |
| 1535 | Execution of Thomas More & John Fisher. |
| 1536 | Ann Boleyn executed. Dissolution of smaller monastries. |
| 1543 | Death of Copernicus. |
| 1547 | Edward VI, reigned 6 years. | |
| 1549 | First English Book of Common Prayer. |
| 1553 | Mary I, reigned 5 years. | |
| 1555 | Latimer & Ridley burned at stake by Mary. |
| 1556 | Cranmer burned at stake. |
| 1558 | Elizabeth I, reigned 45 years. | |
| 1564 | Birth of Shakespeare. |
| 1588 | Spanish Armada defeated. |
| 1603 | House of Stuart. James I, reigned 12 years. | |
| 1611 | Authorised Version of the Bible in England. |
| 1614 | Napier publishes his explanation of logaritms. |
| 1642 | Outbreak of English Civil War. Death of Galileo |
| 1649 | Charles I executed. England governed as Commonwealth for 4 years. |
| 1653 | Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, lasted 5 years. | |
| 1658 | Protectorate of Richard Cromwell, lasted 1 year. | |
| 1660 | Restoration of the Monarchy. Charles II, reigned 25 years. |
| 1668 | Great Fire of London. |
| 1669 | Death of Rembrandt. |
| 1685 | James II, reigned 3 years. | |
| 1687 | Isaac Newton sets out Laws of Motion. |
| 1689 | William and Mary (jointly), reigned 5 years. | |
| 1692 | Massacre of Glencoe. |
| 1694 | William III (sole ruler), reigned 8 years. | |
| 1702 | Anne, reigned 12 years. | |
| 1714 | House of Hanover. George I, reigned 13 years. | |
| 1715 | Jacobite rising defeated at Preston & Sheriffmuir. |
| 1727 | George II, reigned 33 years. | |
| 1743 | John Kay invent Flying Shuttle Loom. Industrial Revolution begins |
| 1746 | Culloden: Jacobites destroyed by Cumberland. |
| 1760 | George III, reigned 60 years. | |
| 1774 | Watt & Boulton in partnership in Birmingham. Priestley discovers oxygen. |
| 1775 | American Declaration of Independance. |
| 1777 | Battle of Saratoga: surrender of Britsh army to Americans. |
| 1779 | Crompton invents Spinning Mule. |
| 1783 | Montgolfier (hot air) and Charles (hydrogen) balloon flights. |
| 1789 | Outbreak of French Revolution. |
| 1793 | Louis XVI beheaded. |
| 1796 | Edward Jenner develops small-pox vaccination. |
| 1805 | Battle of Trafalgar. British navy defeats French and Spanish fleets. |
| 1807 | Slave trade abolished in British Empire. |
| 1808 | Peninular War begins. |
| 1812 | Retreat from Moscow: destruction of Napolean's Grand Army. |
| 1815 | Napolean escapes from Elba: defeated by Wellington at Waterloo. |
| 1820 | George IV, reigned 10 years. | |
| 1825 | First passenger rail service opens - Stockton to Darlington. |
| 1826 | First crossing of Atlantic under steam by the Dutch ship Curacao. |
| 1827 | Death of Beethoven. |
| 1830 | William IV, reigned 37 years. | |
| 1836 | Kent Police Constabulary begins. |
| 1837 | Victoria, reigned 64 years. | |
| 1840 | First postage stamp issued. |
| 1841 | Hong Kong acquired by British. |
| 1859 | Darwin publishes 'On the Origin of the Species by Natural Selection'. |
| 1878 | Grey squirrel introduced to Britain starting decline of red. |
| 1885 | Khartoum captured: General Gordon slain. |
| 1895 | Marconi sends first wireless signals. |
