Life in the UK test cheat sheet
The dates, numbers, names and look-alike facts that come up most, on one page. Print it or save it as a PDF.
The test
- 24
- questions
- 45 min
- time allowed
- 18
- correct to pass (75%)
- £50
- fee, book 3+ days ahead
Key dates
- 55 BC
- Julius Caesar's invasion fails
- AD 43
- Claudius invades
- AD 410
- Romans leave
- AD 789
- First Viking raids
- 1066
- Battle of Hastings
- 1215
- Magna Carta
- 1284
- Edward I rules Wales
- 1314
- Bannockburn
- 1348
- Black Death
- 1415
- Agincourt
- 1455–85
- Wars of the Roses
- 1588
- Spanish Armada
- 1603
- James VI becomes James I
- 1606
- First Union Flag
- 1642
- Civil War begins
- 1649
- Charles I executed
- 1660
- Restoration
- 1666
- Great Fire of London
- 1679
- Habeas Corpus Act
- 1688–89
- Glorious Revolution, Bill of Rights
- 1707
- Act of Union: Great Britain
- 1746
- Culloden
- 1776
- American independence
- 1801
- Ireland joins the union
- 1805
- Trafalgar
- 1807
- Slave trade abolished
- 1815
- Waterloo
- 1832
- Reform Act
- 1833
- Slavery abolished in the Empire
- 1918
- WWI ends; women over 30 vote
- 1922
- Ireland splits; BBC radio
- 1928
- Equal voting age (21)
- 1944
- D-Day; Butler Act
- 1947
- India independent
- 1948
- NHS founded
- 1998
- Good Friday Agreement
- 1999
- Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly
The four nations
| Nation | Saint | Day | Flower | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | George | 23 Apr | Rose | London |
| Scotland | Andrew | 30 Nov | Thistle | Edinburgh |
| Wales | David | 1 Mar | Daffodil | Cardiff |
| N. Ireland | Patrick | 17 Mar | Shamrock | Belfast |
Numbers to know
- 650
- MPs in the House of Commons
- 129
- Members of the Scottish Parliament
- 90
- Members of the NI Assembly
- 5 years
- Longest gap between general elections
- 18
- Age to vote or stand for election
- 12 / 15
- Jurors: England, Wales, NI / Scotland
- 7am–10pm
- Polling stations open
- 3
- Times the UK has hosted the Olympics
People
- Boudicca
- Queen of the Iceni, fought the Romans
- Alfred the Great
- United Anglo-Saxons, beat the Vikings
- Robert the Bruce
- Won at Bannockburn
- Henry VIII
- Founded the Church of England
- Elizabeth I
- Armada defeated in her reign
- Oliver Cromwell
- Lord Protector
- Robert Walpole
- First Prime Minister
- Admiral Nelson
- Killed at Trafalgar
- Duke of Wellington
- Beat Napoleon at Waterloo
- Emmeline Pankhurst
- Led the suffragettes
- Winston Churchill
- WWII Prime Minister
- Clement Attlee
- PM from 1945, welfare state
- Aneurin Bevan
- Founded the NHS
- Margaret Thatcher
- First woman PM, 1979
Inventions
- Jet engine
- Frank Whittle
- Radar
- Robert Watson-Watt
- Television
- John Logie Baird
- Penicillin
- Alexander Fleming
- DNA structure
- Francis Crick and James Watson
- World Wide Web
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Hovercraft
- Christopher Cockerell
- Cash machine
- James Goodfellow
Special days
- 1 March
- St David's Day
- 17 March
- St Patrick's Day
- 23 April
- St George's Day
- 30 November
- St Andrew's Day
- 14 February
- Valentine's Day
- 1 April
- April Fool's Day
- 31 October
- Halloween
- 5 November
- Bonfire Night
- 11 November
- Remembrance Day
- 25 / 26 December
- Christmas Day / Boxing Day
- 31 December
- Hogmanay (Scotland)
Don't mix these up
- 1918 vs 1928
- Women over 30 vote / equal at 21
- Crown dependency
- Channel Islands, Isle of Man
- Overseas territory
- St Helena, Falklands
- Head of the Church
- The monarch
- Spiritual leader
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Great Britain
- England, Scotland, Wales only
- 1807 vs 1833
- Slave trade / slavery abolished
- Trafalgar vs Waterloo
- Nelson at sea / Wellington on land
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