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By 1485 the kingdom had begun to recover from the demographic catastrophe of the Black Death and the agricultural depression of the late 14th century. As the 15th century came to a close, the rate of population growth began to increase and continued to rise throughout the following century.
Raids by Vikings became frequent after about AD 800, and the Norsemen settled in large parts of what is now England. During this period, several rulers attempted to unite the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, an effort that led to the emergence of the Kingdom of England by the 10th century.
The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, into a new unitary state called Great Britain. Of this new state, the historian Simon Schama said:
This page presents a timeline of events in the history of England and Scotland from 1500 until 1599. 1509 England – Henry VIII crowned and married to Catherine of Aragon. 1513 England and Scotland – James IV and thousands of Scots killed in defeat at Flodden.
1540. 1 January – King Henry VIII meets Anne of Cleves in person for the first time, informally at Rochester. 2 January – Gloucester Abbey is surrendered to the Crown as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 6 January – King Henry VIII marries German noblewoman Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort.
Learn about the history of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the reign of Elizabeth I, and U.K. entry in WW I and WW II
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Mobilising the combined expertise of nearly ninety historians, archaeologists and geog-raphers from Britain, continental Europe and North America, these volumes trace the complex and diverse evolution of British towns from the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements to the mid-twentieth century.
