Assignment:Glorious moment in the history of Britain.

[Traptenoid]

I'd say the Battle of Ethandun. Alfred was after all, the only Limey king to be proclaimed 'the Great'...

 

[Aethelbert]

I guess you could say maybe Britain and the enlightenment, lots of key thinkers.

 

[FrisianDude]

Battle of Hastings. Without the Normans Engerland'd never have become anything.

 

[vadermath]

Battle of Hastings. Without the Normans Engerland'd never have become anything.

What? **** no, without the Normans, England would actually have been much more awesome.

 

[Aethelbert]

The saxons had it down. The normans were thugs

 

[Austupaio]

How about one of the many days the English were bombed all to hell by the Germans but their morale and resolve held strong?

 

[Tibertus]

How about the reign of Henry VIII?

 

[Almalexia]

How about one of the many days the English were bombed all to hell by the Germans but their morale and resolve held strong?

Yeah, I prefer the British when they are cowering in their basements. 

 

[Selothi]

And the Yanks are sipping Coke because they're too far away from anything to be attacked.

Anyway, I don't know ... How about Newton for establishing the basis for modern physics ?

 

[Archonsod]

Waterloo?! If it wasn't for the unexpected visitors(Prussians) ... there wouln't have been any victory to England, only a massive defeat!

'Cept Napoleon was already defeated before the Prussians turned up. Slight issue with Ney losing the French cavalry in a ditch.

For the OP - a few less obvious ones:

Stephenson's Rocket
Watt's Steam Engine
Captain Cook
Newton
Darwin
Charles Babbage
Bow Street Runners
Tolpuddle Martyrs
Discovery of penicillin
Discovery of chloroform

 

[your nightmare]

Thanks for all the replies everyone ! I'm gonna sift true all of them now.
I'll post what I'm going with tomorrow.

 

[Aqtai]

The Putney debates.

Had they were doomed to fail, but had they succeeded, they would have England one the first true democracies since Classical times.

 

[Heafodban]

Eadƿeard the Elder and the return of much of the land controlled by the Danes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Elder

 

[Buxton]

How about one of the many days the English were bombed all to hell by the Germans but their morale and resolve held strong?

Yeah, I prefer the British when they are cowering in their basements. 

That's strange, I prefer the Germans when we utterly destroy Dresden 

 

[Tuckles]

James Clerk Maxwell and his electromagnetic waves as well.

 

[Phonemelter]

How about the War of Jenkins' Ear?

 

[Suspicous Pilgrim]

Hmm.... England is a boring **** country, can't think of anything. Nothing of historical importance happened.

 

[Redcoat-Mic]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Catapult

 

[Buxton]

When in doubt, kill everything.

 

[Traptenoid]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Catapult

Isn't that a british maxim, f*ck the frogs?