Events in history

Match the following

• 1921

• Ireland becomes part of the United Kingdom

• 1916

• The Easter Rising

• 1801

• The Anglo-Irish Treaty

• 1840s

• The Troubles

• From the late 1960s

• The Potato Famine

Match the following

• 1066

• Anglo-Saxons

• From the middle of the 400s

• Celts

• The first invasion

• Normans

• From 793

• Romans

• From year 43

• Vikings

Match the following

• 4th

• Normans

• 1st

• Celts

• 3rd

• Anglo-Saxons

• 2nd

• Vikings

• 5th

• Romans

Match the following

• 1588

• The Victorian Age starts

• 1558

• Henry VIII introduces Protestantism

• 1534

• England beats the Spanish Armada

• Late 1700s

• Elizabeth becomes queen

• 1837

• The Industrial Revolution starts

Match the following

• 1901

• Queen Victoria dies

• 1973

• Britain joins the European Union

• 1947

• World War Two ends

• 1945

• Mass immigration to Britain starts

• The 1950s and 1960s

• India becomes independent

Match the following

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Killed Protestants

• Henry VIII

• Introduced Protestantism to England

• Queen Victoria

• Beat the Spanish Armada

• Queen Mary

• Invaded Britain in 1066

• The Normans

• Ruled over a quarter of the world

Reorder the following

• Early Modern English

• Old English

• Middle English

• Present Modern English