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TIMELINE Norwich England The World 60 720 The Boudicca revolt Small settlements on banks of River Wensum 879 Danes take control of East Anglia 892 First known reference to Northwic as a monetary centre 900 Evidence of Street Kilns Pottergate/ Bedford Street – Thetford Ware 920 Coins minted in Northwic to evidence of trade – Anglo-Danish 940 population c. 5,500 in 1066 1004 Sweyn Forkbeard completely burns and ravages the borough 430 Vortigen marshals tribes to resist invaders 520 Beginning of the Arthur legend possibly based on real Romano-British chieftain 597 St Augustine's Christian mission to England 730 Venerable Bede works on History of the English Church 782 Construction of Offa's Dyke started 886 Alfred and the Danes partition England 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard incorporates England into the Danish empire 1042 Edward the Confessor assumes the throne 79 1066 – 1194 1066 Norman Conquest – Norman zone created 1068 Creation of Castle 1975 Siege of Castle during rebellion led by Earl Ralph and his wide Emma 1094 Episcopal See moved from Thetford to Norwich 1096 Bishop Herbert De Losinga began to build Cathedral and Benedictine Priory founded 1120 Castle rebuilt of stone 1122 Norwich visited by Henry I 1144 Settled community of Jews. Founding of leper hospital 1066 Norman Conquest 1086 Domesday book complete 1100 William Rufus probably assassinated while hunting 1110 Earliest known miracle play performance 1133 St Bartholomew’s Hospital founded in London 1154 Nicholas Breakspeare is the first English man to become Pope 1170 Murder of Thomas a Becket 1050 1119 1142 1150 1155 1174 1189 13th Century 1194 1205 1216 1226 1249 1266 1272 1278 1294 1209 1215 1233 1238 1200 Arabic numerals appear in Europe 1204 Crusaders sack Constantinople 1210 Francis of Assissi founded the Franciscan order 1225 Cotton manufactured in Spain 1240 Mongols capture Moscow 1242 Alexander Nevsky defeats Tutonic Knights 1290 Spectacles invented in Italy 1275 Marco Polo enters service of Kublai Khan Pre 1066 Charter of Richard I City Arms first used Dauphin Louis occupies Norwich Establishment of Great Hospital Foundation of first Friary Disinherited Barons sack City The Norwich Riot Consecration of Cathedral Work starts on City Walls Beginnings of Cambridge University Magna Carta signed by King John Coal mined in Newcastle Henry VIII begins major extension of the Tower of London 1265 De Monffort Parliament: burgesses represent key towns in Parliament for first time 1283 Edward I conquers Wales 1290 Edward I expels Jews from England Page 1 of 4 150 300 622 789 850 940 Vesuvius erupts destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum Chinese invent paper The Maya invent a calendar The Prophet Mohammad flees from Mecca to Medina Charlemagne introduces his foot as a unit of measurement Great Zimbabwe is constructed Chinese astronomers produce a star map Chinese print books using moveable type Knights Templar found Books on Algebra translated from Arabic Chinese make first rockets Carmelites founded in Palestine Bell Tower in Pisa started First European Papermill built in France TIMELINE Norwich England The World 14th Century 1300 1307 1334 1345 1349 1370 1383 1384 1305 Edward I introduced standard units of measure 1314 Scots defeat English at Bannockburn 1327 Parliament deposes Edward II in favour of Edward III 1340 Parliament passes law that taxes can only be imposed by Parliament 1374 John of Gaunt rules England 1381 Peasants Revolt 1388 Chaucer writes the Canterbury Tales 1309 Construction of Alhambra, Grenada, Spain 1325 Aztecs founded Tenochitlan (Mexico City) 1333 Drought, famine and plagues kill 5 million in China 1363 Tamerlane begins conquest of Asia 1368 Foundation of Chinese Ming Dynasty 1391 Turks’ siege of Constantinople 15th Century 1395 Dame Julian writes first book in English by a woman 1409 Works starts on Guildhall 1411 Market Cross constructed 1430 Norwich School of Glass Painting at its peak 1435 Dragon Hall building begun 1443 Gladman’s Insurrection 1455 Completion of St Peter Mancroft 1480 Construction of Cathedral Spire 1467 Weavers’ Guild regulates Anglian Worsted industry 1399 Henry Bollingbroke seizes Richard II’s throne 1459 Jack Cades revolt: 40,000 rebels occupy London 1461 Battle of Towtown – bloodiest battle in England 1470 Henry VI regains throne for one year 1474 Caxton prints first book in English 1485 Battle of Bosworth. Henry VII founds Tudor Dynasty 1403 Yung Lo La Tien produces 22,937 volume Chinese encyclopedia 1410 Beginning of Italian Renaissance 1415 Battle of Agincourt 1430 City of Great Zimbabwe at its peak (population: 20,000) 1431 Joan of Arc burned in Rouen 1455 Gutenberg prints the first book in Europe 1471 Portuguese establish trading posts in Angola and Mozambique 1492 Columbus lands in the Americas 16th Century 1507 Fire destroys 40% of City’s houses 1523 City pays more taxes than any other provincial city 1531 Thomas Bilney burned at the stake 1540 St Andrews Hall bought by corporation from Henry VIII 1549 Kett’s Rebellion,20,000 rebels occupy the city 1558 Cunninghams Map: first detailed plan of city 1565 The Strangers: 40% of population Dutch, Flemish or French 1578 Elizabeth I visits Norwich 1599 Will Kemp dances from London to Norwich 1509 Henry VIII becomes King 1510 Mary Rose launched in Portsmouth 1534 Henry becomes Head of Church of England 1536 Beginning of dissolution of the Monasteries 1555 Raleigh brings tobacco from America 1558 Elizabeth I becomes Queen 1588 Spanish Armada defeated by Drake 1590 Shakespeare writes his first play in London 1502 1510 1517 1519 1531 St Ethelbert Gate built Dominican Friary started at St Andrews Boom Towers built Castle Bailey passes to City Council Black Death Bridewell building begins Visit by Anne of Bohemia Cloth Seld established Page 2 of 4 Leonardo paints the Mona Lisa First African slaves taken to the Caribbean Martin Luther begins the reformation Cotes conquers Mexico Copernicus shows the earth revolves around the sun 1542 Portuguese visit Japan 1547 Ivan the Terrible introduces serfdom to Russia 1566 Ottoman Empire reaches from Persian Gulf to Balkans and North Africa TIMELINE Norwich England The World 1602 3000 die of the plague 1617 Cattle market moves to Castle ditches 1643 Norwich Maiden Troop fights in Civil War for Parliament 1660 Norwich is England’s Second City 1671 Charles II knights Thomas Browne in St Andrew’s Hall 1693 Old Meeting House constructed 1697 New Mint established 1605 1619 1642 1649 1600 Dutch opticians invent telescope 1616 Schouten rounds Cape Horn 1620 Pilgrim Fathers establish Plymouth Colony (Boston) 1632 Work begins on Taj Mahal 1642 Abel Tasman discovers Tasmania 1652 Boers establish Cape Colony 1682 French establish Louisiana Colony 1697 French conquer Dutch Senegal 18th Century 1701 ‘Norwich Post’ is first provincial newspaper in England 1714 Bethel is England’s first mental hospital 1745 Assembly House built by Thomas Ivory 1756 Octagon Chapel built 1771 Norfolk & Norwich Hospital constructed 1775 Gurney Bank (later Barclays) founded 1790 Demolition of City Gates begins 1707 Act of Union between England & Scotland 1719 Daniel Defoe writes Robinson Crusoe 1721 Sir Robert Walpole first British Prime Minister 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Rebellion 1755 Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary 1767 Hargreaves invents spinning machine 1785 The Times newspaper is first printed 1796 Jenner introduces smallpox vaccination 1707 Disintegration of Moghal Empire in India 1714 Fahrenheit invents mercury thermometer 1721 Edo (Tokyo) is world’s largest city (800,000) 1768 Australia discovered by Cook 1776 American War of Independence begins 1783 Montgolfier Brothers make ascent in hot air balloon 1789 Parisians storm the Bastille, starting the French Revolution 1791 Slave revolt in Haiti 19th Century 1803 Norwich School of Painters founded 1813 Davey Place built: first street since Middle Ages 1822 Shirehall constructed 1836 27 breweries within City Walls 1839 St. James Mill built 1844 City’s first railway station 1857 Free Library first in England 1867 Last public execution 1870 First major housing outside City Walls 1872 Colmans get first industrial nurse 1825 1832 1833 1834 1800 1804 1815 1829 1839 1848 17th Century 1660 1665 1666 1688 1698 Guy Fawkes: the Gunpowder Plot Harvey discovers blood circulation system Beginning for the English Civil War Execution of Charles I and start of English Commonwealth Restoration of Charles II Newton discovers principles of gravity Great Fire of London William of Orange succeeds to the throne Savery invents the steam engine First passenger train: Stockton-Darlington Reform Act: votes for Middle Class men Slavery abolished Tolpuddle Martyrs transported for forming a trade union 1840 Introduction of the Penny Post 1851 Great Exhibition opens at Crystal Palace 1876 Bell invents the telephone Page 3 of 4 Volta invents the battery Haiti: first independent slave state Napoleon loses at Waterloo Braille invents touch reading for blind First Opium War China v. Britain Revolutions in France, Italy, Hungary & Poland, Marx writes the Communist Manifesto 1857 Indian Mutiny 1885 Benz invents petrol driven car 1861 American Civil War starts TIMELINE 20th Century Norwich England The World 1900 1902 1912 1918 1927 1928 1930 1938 1942 1959 1963 1994 1908 1918 1923 1926 1928 1930 1945 1973 1994 1903 1914 1917 1939 1945 1957 1969 1979 1989 1994 Tram Network built Royal Arcade completed Floods Mile Cross: first Council Estate in England First meeting of Round Table Eaton Park completed Boulton & Paul build R101 airship City Hall constructed Baedeker Air Raids Anglia TV opens UEA opens Canaries in Europe Old Age Pensions Women get the vote First Labour (minority) government General Strike Fleming discovers Penicillin Whittle invents jet engine Welfare State begins Britain joins EEC Channel Tunnel opens Page 4 of 4 Wright Brothers first powered flight First World War begins Russian Revolution Second World War begins First Atomic bomb explodes European Community founded First Moon landing by human Iran: Islamic Revolution Iron Curtain falls Free Elections in South Africa
