Edexcel A Level History
Timelines relevant to the Edexcel A Level History specification are a useful way of learning about events, recognising cause and effect, seeing change over time as well as understanding things that are happening at the same time.
Across TheTimelineGeek we have a huge number of timelines relevant to UK exam topics. Some have been produced specifically for a particular exam while others offer relevant and/or background information.
Listed below each topic are the timelines that are relevant for that subject
Edexcel A Level History Timelines for Paper 1 Topics
1A – The Crusades, 1095–1204 King Richard I – 1157 – 1199
1B – England, 1509–1603: authority, nation and religion The Tudors 1485 – 1603 King Henry VIII Queen Elizabeth I
1C – Britain, 1625–1701: conflict, revolution and settlement The Stuarts 1603 – 1714
1D – Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform
1E – Russia, 1917–91: from Lenin to Yeltsin Tsarist Russia Stalin’s Russia
1F – In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96 The American Dream United States of America 1915 – 1988
1G – Germany and West Germany, 1918–89 Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918 – 1945
1H – Britain transformed, 1918–97 Britain 1930 – 1997
Edexcel A Level History Timelines for Paper 2
2A1 Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053–1106 The Norman Conquest 1064 – 1077 Harold Godwinson 1022 – 1066 King William I (Conqueror) 1027 – 1087 King William II (Rufus) 1057 – 1100
2A2 – England and the Angevin Empire in the reign of Henry II, 1154–89 King Henry II 1133 – 1189
2B1 – Luther and the German Reformation, c1515–55 The Reformation 1517 – 1648 Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
2B2 – The Dutch Revolt, c1563–1609
2C1 – France in Revolution, 1774–99 The French Revolution Causes and Events
2C2 – Russia in revolution, 1894–1924 The Russian Revolution 1905 Causes and Events The Russian Revolution 1917 Causes and Events Tsarist Russia 1855 – 1922 Tsar Nicholas II 1868 – 1918 Vladimir Lenin 1870 – 1924
2D1 – The unification of Italy, c1830–70
2D2 – The unification of Germany, c1840–71
2E1 – Mao’s China 1949–76 Mao Zedong 1893 – 1976
2E2 – The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90
2F1 – India, c1914–48: the road to independence
2F2 – South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’
2G1 – The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46
2G2 – Spain, 1930–78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment of democracy
2H1 – The USA, c1920–55: boom, bust and recovery The American Dream 1915 – 1988
2H2 – The USA, 1955–92: conformity and challenge The American Dream 1915 – 1988
Edexcel A Level History Timelines for Paper 3
30 – Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 The Wars of the Roses Causes and Events King Henry VII 1457 – 1509
31 – Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485–1603 The Tudors 1485 – 1603 King Henry VIII 1491 – 1603 The Pilgrimage of Grace 1536 – 1537 Queen Elizabeth I 1558 – 1603
32 – The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598 King Philip II 1527 – 1598
33 -The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750
34 1 – Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society The Industrial Revolution 1708 – 1918
34 2 – Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939
35 1 The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918
35 2 – Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914
36 1 – Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928
36 2 – Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 The Irish Rebellion 1798 Causes and Events
37 1 – The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality
37 2 – Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918 – 1945
38 1 – The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991 Tsarist Russia Stalin’s Russia
38 2 – The making of modern China, 1860–1997 Mao Zedong 1893 – 1976
39 1 – Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 American Civil Rights Movement 1865 – 1968
39 2 – Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004
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