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HistoryofBritain-timelineandfactsWoodlandsJuniorSchoolisinthesouth-eastcornerofEnglandTimelineoftheKingsandQueensHistoryofLondonHistoryoftheUnionFlagThousandsofyearsago,GreatBritainwasjoinedtoEuropeandwascoveredwithice.About15,000yearsago,theweatherbecamewarmer.Theicemeltedandthesealevelrose.GreatBritainbecameanislandabout8000yearsago.CelticpeoplecalledBritonssettlesinBritain.Theywerewarriorsandfarmerswhowereskilledmetalworkers.Theybuiltvillagesandhillforts,andusedironweaponsandtools.CeltscalledGaelslivedinIreland.PrehistoricBritainBCRomanBritain43ADAngloSaxonBritain450VikingBritain793MedievalBritain1066TudorBritain1485StuartBritain1603GeorgianBritain1714VictorianBritain1837ModernBritain1902+KingandQueensofEnglandRomansSaxonsVikingsNormansTudorsVictoriansWWll434507931066148518371939PrehistoricBritainThefirstmenandwomencametoBritainovertwoandahalfmillionyearsago.Theywerehuntersandgatherersoffoodwhousedsimplestonetoolsandweapons.BCBritainAbroad500,000PeoplemigratetoBritainfromEurope.6500ThelandbridgejoiningBritaintoEuropeisfloodedasthesealevelrises.BritainbecomesanIsland.3000NewStoneAgebegins:farmingpeoplearrivefromEurope.3000Firststonecircleserected.2100BronzeAgebegins2150Peoplelearntomakebronzeweaponsandtools2000Stonehengecompleted1650Traderoutesbegintoform1200SmallVillagesarefirstformed750IronAgebegins:ironreplacesbronzeasmostusefulmetal.Populationabout150,000.500TheCelticpeoplearrivefromCentralEurope.TheCeltswerefarmersandlivedinsmallvillagegroupsinthecentreoftheirarablefields.Theywerealsowarlikepeople.TheCeltsfoughtagainstthepeopleofBritainandotherCeltictribes.RomansSaxonsVikingsNormansTudorsVictoriansWWll434507931066148518371939RomanBritainTheRomanswerethefirsttoinvadeusandcametoBritainnearly2000yearsago.Theychangedourcountry.TheRomanEmpiremadeitsmarkonBritain,andeventoday,theruinsofRomanbuildings,forts,roads,andbathscanbefoundalloverBritain.BritainwaspartoftheRomanEmpireforalmost400years!BythetimetheRomanarmiesleftaround410AD,theyhadestablishedmedicalpractice,alanguageofadministrationandlawandhadcreatedgreatpublicbuildingsandroads.ManyEnglishwordsarederivedfromthelatinlanguageoftheRomans.ClickheretofindoutmoreabouttheRomansinBritain.BritainAbroad55BCJuliusCaesarheadsfirstRomanInvasionbutlaterwithdraws44BC44BCJuliusCaesarismurderedinRomeAD3030JesusCrucified43RomansinvadeandBritainbecomespartoftheRomanEmpire50LondonFounded61BoadicealeadstheIceniinrevoltagainsttheRomans70RomansconquerWalesandtheNorth76TheEmperorHadrianisborn8080TheColosseumofRomecompleted122-128EmperorHadrianbuildsawallontheScottishBorder140RomansconquerScotland209StAlbanbecomesthe1stChristianmartyr306ConstantinetheGreatdeclaredEmperoratYork350ThePictsandScotsattacktheborder401-410TheRomanswithdrawfromBritain:AngloSaxonsmigrantsbegintoSettleClickhereforInformationontheRomansRomansSaxonsVikingsNormansTudorsVictoriansWWll434507931066148518371939Anglo-SaxonBritainTheRomanarmyleftBritainaboutAD410.WhentheyhadgonetherewasnostrongarmytodefendBritain,andtribescalledtheAngle,Saxon,andJute(theAnglo-Saxons)invaded.TheylefttheirhomelandsinnorthernGermany,DenmarkandnorthernHollandandrowedacrosstheNorthSeainwoodenboats.TheAnglo-SaxonsruledmostofBritainbutneverconqueredCornwallinthesouth-west,Walesinthewest,orScotlandinthenorth.Theydividedthecountryintokingdoms.MissionariesfromRomanspreadChristianityacrosssouthernBritain.ReadmoreabouttheSaxonsonourHomeworkHelppages450-750InvasionoftheJutesfromJutland,AnglesfromSouthofDenmarkandSaxonsfromGermany.BritainisdividedupintotheSevenKingdomsofNorthumbria,Mercia,Wessex,Essex,SussexandKent.450SaxonsHengistandHorsasettleinKent.460StPatrickreturnstoconvertIreland510TheBattleofMountBadon:BritishvictoryovertheSaxons597StAugustinebringsChristianitytoBritainfromRomeandbecomesArchbishopofCanterbury617NorthumbriabecomestheSupremeKingdom779MerciabecomestheSupremeKingdomandKingOffabuildsaDykealongtheWelshBorderClickhereforInformationontheSaxonsRomansSaxonsVikingsNormansTudorsVictoriansWWll434507931066148518371939VikingBritainTheVikingAgeinBritainbeganabout1,200yearsagointhe8thCenturyADandlastedfor300years.Readmore....793FirstinvasionbytheVikings821WessexbecomestheSupremeKingdom866-InvasionoftheGreatDanish(Viking)Army.77867TheVikingstakeNorthumbria871KingAlfreddefeatstheVikingsbutallowsthemtosettleinEasternEngland886TheNorthsubjectedtotheDanelaw,therulesoftheVikings889TheAngloSaxonChroniclestarts926EasternEngland(Danelaw)isconqueredbytheSaxons1016KingCanuteofDenmarkcapturestheEnglishCrown1042EdwardtheConfessorbecomesKing1055WestminsterAbbeyiscompletedClickhereforInformationontheVikingsRomansSaxonsVikingsNormansTudorsVictoriansWWll434507931066148518371939TheMiddleAges-MedievalBritain(Normans)TheMiddleAgesinBritaincoverahugeperiod.TheytakeusfromtheshockoftheNormanConquest,whichbeganin1066,tothedevastingBlackDeathof1348,theHundredYears'WarwithFranceandtheWaroftheRoses,whichfinallyendedin1485.TheNormansbuiltimpressivecastles,imposedafeudalsystemandcarriedoutacensusofthecountry.1066TheBattleofStamfordBridge:Saxonvictoryoverinvad