| A | B |
| 1603 | James I becomes King |
| 1621 | Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock |
| 1625 | Charles I becomes ruler |
| 1628 | Petition of Right |
| 1642 | English Civil War began |
| 1642 | death of Charles I |
| 1658 | Cromwell dies |
| 1660 | Restoration of Charles II |
| 1688 | The Glorious Revolution |
| 1763 | Seven Years' War ends |
| 1774 | Louis XVI becomes king |
| 1776 | American Declaration of Independence |
| 1789 | The Estates General summoned |
| 1791 | Flight to Varennes |
| 1792 | Monarchy overthrown |
| 1793 | Louis XVI executed |
| 1794 | FAll of Robespierre |
| 1795 | Directory meets |
| 1799 | Napoleon appointed First Consul |
| 1802 | Death of Toussaint L'Overture |
| 1804 | Civil Code becomes law of France |
| 1805 | Battles of Trafalgar and Austerlitz |
| 1806 | Prussians defeated at the Battle of Jena |
| 1808 | The Spanish Campaign begins |
| 1812 | Napolean defeated in Russia |
| 1814 | Napoleon abdicates |
| 1815 | Battle of Waterloo |
| 1701 | Jethro Tull invents the Seed Drill |
| 1712 | Newcomen invents the Steam Engine |
| 1733 | Kay invents the Flying Shuttle |
| 1750 | Darby develops Cast Iron process |
| 1760 | First canal built |
| 1764 | Hargreaves - Spinning Jenny |
| 1769 | Watt improves the Steam Engine |
| 1785 | Steam powered textile mills |
| 1802 | First English Factory Acts |
| 1830 | Liverpool Manchester Railway |
| 1834 | The Poor Law reformed |
| 1000 | Leif the Lucky in Vinland |
| 1014 | Freydis Eriksdottir leads expedition to Vinland |
| 1497 | Cabot sails to Newfoundland |
| 1534 | Jacques Cartier makes first voyage to Canada |
| 1583 | Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland |
| 1608 | Champlain founds Habitation at Quebec |
| 1649 | Destruction of the Huronia Missions |
| 1687 | Assassination of La Salle |
| 1692 | Madelein de Vercheres defends her Seigneury |
| 1713 | Treaty of Utrecht |
| 1731 First westward journey | by LaVerendrye |
| 1755 | Expulsion of the Acadians |
| 1759 | Battle of the Plains of Abraham |
| 1763 | Scottish and American fur traders |
| 1770 Samuel Hearne and | Matonabbee search for copper |
| 1778 | Cook lands at Nootka |
| 1808 | Simon Fraser travels the Fraser |
| Selkirk | Founds Red River Colony |
| 1816 | Pemmican War breaks out |
| 1821 | HBC and NW Company merge |
| 1760 | Treaty of Paris |
| 1763 Royal Proclamation | limits growth of American colonies |
| 1765 | Stamp Act passed |
| 1766 | Stamp Act repealed |
| 1768 | Birth of Tecumseh |
| 1774` | Quebec Act passed |
| 1775 | American Revolution begins |
| 1776 | American Declaration of Independence |
| 1783 | American Revolution ends |
| 1789 | French Revolution begins |
| 1791 | Constitutional Act - Upper and Lower Canada |
| 1793 | British at war with Revolutionary France |
| 1812 | War between British N.A. and the U.S. |
| 1815 | end of the war of 1812 |
| 1832 | Susanna Moodie arrives in Canada |