Timeline of British history (Before 1000)
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This article presents a timeline of events in the history of Britain until 1000 AD. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of Britain.
Timeline of British history (1000 - 1499)
[edit] ? BC-1000 AD
[edit] BC
- 8th millennium BC Mesolithic Period begins
- c. 7th Millennium BC English Channel formed and separates Britain from mainland Europe.
- 2500 BC Neolithic Period begins
- 1600 BC Bronze Age Period begins
- 900 BC Immigration of Celtic-speaking peoples
- 900 BC Early Iron Age
- 55 BC Julius Caesar makes first visit to England
- 54 BC Julius Caesar makes second visit to England
[edit] AD
- 43 Roman invasion of Britain, ordered by Claudius, who dispatched Aulus Plautius and an army of some 40,000 men.
- 60 Revolt against the Roman occupation, led by Boudica of the Iceni, begins.
- c.122 Construction of Hadrian's Wall begins
- c. 383 Beginning of Roman withdrawal from Britain
- 410 Last Roman leaves Britain and tells the natives to defend themselves from other invaders over seas, as Rome is under attack from the Goths
- 449 Hengest, Saxon leader, arrives in England
- c.466 Battle of Wippedesfleot
- 793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne
- 802 Viking ransack monastery on Iona
- 878 Battle of Edington, defeat of Viking forces, results in the Treaty of Wedmore and the establishment of the Danelaw
- 895 Danish fleet captured by Alfred the Great
