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Discover more in the sections below. Explore all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline. The story behind the Battle of Hastings ...

It received trading rights to the South Seas in return for financing the British government's debt. Shares were issued and unrealistic expectations cultivated. A monopoly of the slave trade was ...

The Conservatives, benefiting from British success in the Boer War, and from splits in the Liberal Party, were returned to power. Lord Salisbury remained as prime minister and became the last ...

This includes The Black Curriculum, Black Cultural Archives, Mireille Cassandra Harper of DK Books’ Timelines From Black History, and illustrator of Black British Figures, Varadaizo. However ...