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deridere in brits_americans

Important Historical Dates

Mar 22, 2007 17:03

A friend recently took the piss because I had no clue as to what the bloody hell "Custer's Last Stand" was. We have since decided to inform each other as to the ten most important historical dates/events in US and U.K. history. Thus far I've provided him with him, his list is here, although I'm currently requesting that it be made a public entry ( Read more... )

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piccali March 22 2007, 21:14:35 UTC

Off topic, but your icon reminded me of this:

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deridere March 22 2007, 21:15:49 UTC

My cousin went to school there for one year before transferring to UCF, I wonder why she neglected to mention it.

imluxionverdin March 23 2007, 01:52:17 UTC

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malvino March 22 2007, 21:34:18 UTC

55, 61, 306, 782, 878, 1066, 1295, 1314, 1381, 1688, the rest is into the modern age and not really history.. or let us have 10 more, because we've so much more history than you guys :P

deridere March 22 2007, 21:37:04 UTC

I'm British, and have roughly 4 of those dates you chose.

malvino March 22 2007, 21:41:58 UTC

I stopped at 10, because I could have added another 10 after them. Would you have any more of those if you chop off everything that came later, or different ones?

deridere March 22 2007, 21:44:08 UTC

Feel free to keep going, I'm trying for events that aren't widely known by Americans.

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lemurjoe March 22 2007, 21:46:29 UTC

My first thought was "Is the Battle of Trafalgar important enough for the top ten?" What's funny is I'm an American in America and it didn't even cross my mind to try to think of an American History date. Can you say 'anglophile', kids? :)

glendaglamazon March 22 2007, 21:52:41 UTC

His list is very good, though I'm not sure we have enough perspective to include 9/11 yet. (I don't doubt that it will qualify, but its impact is still rippling.)

I would find it so difficult to narrow it down to ten counting just dates. I could probably do 10 major events, 10 major documents, 10 major movements, etc.

As an American--even one who studied history--I'm fairly typical in knowing the major highlights of British history, your Norman invasions and your Magna Cartas and your Reformations and your Restorations.

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fyremoon March 23 2007, 20:23:06 UTC

1066 - Battle of Hastings

deridere March 23 2007, 20:26:38 UTC

That's been done, over and over, we're looking for off the beaten path dates that one wouldn't automatically think of.

fyremoon March 24 2007, 00:16:17 UTC

Okay, here are a few:

43 - Emperor Claudius orders the invasion of Britain
78 - Romans conquer Wales
449 - Angles and Saxons arrive in the South East
1040 - MacBeth becomes King of Scotland
1485 - Battle of Bosworth Field (Richard III dies, Henry VII seizes throne)
1509 - Henry VIII seizes throne
1580 - Sir Frances Drake arrives in Plymouth after circumnavigating the world
1603 - James VII of Scotland accedes the English throne
1605 - Gunpowder plot
1616 - William Shakespeare dies

And:
1721 - Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister
1746 - Battle of Culloden moor ends the Jacobite rebellion
1801 - Act of Union creates the United Kingdom
1825 - First steam passenger service
1838 - Slavery is abolished in the British Empire
1859 - Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of the species"
1901 - Birth of Labour Party and death of Queen Victoria
1908 - Parliament approves Old Age Pensions
1927 - Birth of the BBC
1928 - Ian Fleming discovers penicillin