Events in history

Match the following

• 1840s

• The Troubles

• 1801

• The Potato Famine

• From the late 1960s

• The Easter Rising

• 1916

• Ireland becomes part of the United Kingdom

• 1921

• The Anglo-Irish Treaty

Match the following

• From 793

• Anglo-Saxons

• The first invasion

• Celts

• From the middle of the 400s

• Vikings

• From year 43

• Romans

• 1066

• Normans

Match the following

• 3rd

• Anglo-Saxons

• 1st

• Romans

• 2nd

• Celts

• 4th

• Normans

• 5th

• Vikings

Match the following

• 1588

• England beats the Spanish Armada

• 1558

• Elizabeth becomes queen

• Late 1700s

• Henry VIII introduces Protestantism

• 1837

• The Victorian Age starts

• 1534

• The Industrial Revolution starts

Match the following

• 1901

• Mass immigration to Britain starts

• 1947

• India becomes independent

• 1973

• World War Two ends

• 1945

• Queen Victoria dies

• The 1950s and 1960s

• Britain joins the European Union

Match the following

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Killed Protestants

• Queen Victoria

• Introduced Protestantism to England

• Henry VIII

• Ruled over a quarter of the world

• Queen Mary

• Invaded Britain in 1066

• The Normans

• Beat the Spanish Armada

Reorder the following

• Old English

• Present Modern English

• Middle English

• Early Modern English