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 Longbow in Wales |
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c. 1200 |
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| Sketch of a Welsh archer still shown with a short bow, 13th century
National Archives, Kew
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 Longbow too much for Scots |
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1298 |
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| Longbow outshoots crossbow at Crécy |
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1346 |
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| Agincourt on St Crispin's day |
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1415 |
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| Indenture committing an English gentleman to fight with Henry V in France
National Archives, Kew
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| Drake singes king's beard |
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1587 |
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| Spanish Armada defeated |
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1588 |
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| Drawing of 16th-century Spanish warship
National Archives, Kew
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| Treaty ends long conflict between England and Spain |
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c. 1605 |
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| Anglo-Spanish Treaty in 1605
National Archives, Kew
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| First Continental Congress |
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1774 |
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| Signatures on the petition of the Continental Congress
National Archives, Kew
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| Shot fired at Lexington |
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1775 |
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| American colonies vote for independence |
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1776 |
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| Jefferson's Declaration adopted |
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1776 |
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| Hancock signs first |
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1776 |
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| The American Declaration of Independence in 1776
National Archives, Kew
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| Cornwallis surrender ends war |
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1781 |
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| Relations back to normal between Britain and USA |
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c. 1794 |
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| Treaty of Amity signed by George Washington in 1794
National Archives, Kew
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| Nelson dies at Trafalgar |
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1805 |
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| The boat carrying Nelson's coffin
National Archives, Kew
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| Napoleon defeated at Leipzig |
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1813 |
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| France's enemies parade in Paris |
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1814 |
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| Napoleon escapes from Elba |
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1815 |
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| Napoleon back in Paris |
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1815 |
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| Battle of Waterloo |
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1815 |
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| Waterloo Campaign medal
National Archives, Kew
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| Napoleon hopes to live in Britain |
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1815 |
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| Napoleon sent to St Helena |
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1815 |
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| Britain and France join Crimean War |
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1854 |
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| Charge of the Light Brigade |
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1854 |
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| End of Crimean War |
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1856 |
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| Victoria Cross |
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c. 1857 |
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| Crimean War heroes, 1857
National Archives, Kew
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1914 |
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| Recruitment poster, 1914
National Archives, Kew
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| World War I begins |
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1914 |
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| Armies dig in for long spell |
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1914 |
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| Battle of the Somme |
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1916 |
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| British battalion diary for first day of Somme offensive
National Archives, Kew
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| Wilfred Owen invalided home |
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1917 |
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| Record of the injuries of Wilfred Owen in 1917
National Archives, Kew
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| World War I ends |
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1918 |
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| Hitler openly rearms Germany |
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1935 |
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| World War II begins |
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1939 |
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