Julius Caesar heads first Roman Invasion but later withdraws
43
Romans invade and Britain becomes part of the Roman Empire
50
London Founded
61
Boadicea leads the Iceni in revolt against the Romans
70
Romans conquer Wales and the North
122
Emperor Hadrian builds a wall on the Scottish Border
140
Romans conquer Scotland
209
St Alban becomes the 1st Christian martyr
306
Constantine the Great declared Emperor at York
350
The Picts and Scots attack the border
410
The Romans withdraw from Britain: Anglo Saxons migrants begin to Settle
450
Invasion of the Jutes from Jutland, Angles from South of Denmark and Saxons from Germany. Britain is divided up into the Seven Kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Essex, Sussex and Kent.
460
St Patrick returns to convert Ireland
510
The Battle of Mount Badon: British victory over the Saxons
597
St Augustine brings Christianity to Britain from Rome and becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Dec 24, 617
Northumbria becomes the Supreme Kingdom
Dec 24, 779
Mercia becomes the Supreme Kingdom and King Offa builds a Dyke along the Welsh Border
Dec 24, 793
First invasion by the Vikings
Dec 24, 821
Wessex becomes the Supreme Kingdom
Dec 24, 866
Invasion of the Great danish flag Danish (Viking) Army
Dec 24, 867
Invasion of the Great danish flag Danish (Viking) Army
Dec 24, 871
King Alfred defeats the Vikings but allows them to settle in Eastern England
Dec 24, 886
The North subjected to the Danelaw, the rules of the Vikings
Dec 24, 889
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle starts
Dec 24, 926
Eastern England (Danelaw) is conquered by the Saxons