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Period: 2000 BCE to 700 BCE
iberians
pre-Celtic people had already settled in Great
Britain. These were called the Iberians. They lived in wooden huts (capanne di legno) and were artisans. They built Stonehenge in the south of England, on Salisbury plain, a group of huge blue stone slabs placed in concentric circles. -
Period: 55 BCE to 410 BCE
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 B.C. but his first expedition was not successful as his army was too small. He therefore returned next year in 54 B.C. -
Period: 410 to 1066
The Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around 410 AD to 1066. They were a mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. The three biggest were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes -
Period: 700 to 450
celts
arrive from Northern Europe (Germany) They were organized into tribes. They worshipped the natural elements and the Druids were their priests; their temples were groves in the forest. At times, they performed human sacrifices. -
Period: 793 to 1066
vikings
At the end of the year one thousand a new wave of Vikings (Danes) attacked Britain under the leadership of Canute the Great. King Alfred beat the Viking army in battle but wasn't able to drive the Vikings out of Britain. After years of fighting the Vikings and Alfred made a peace agreement. -
Period: 1066 to 1200
William, duke of Normandy
William, duke of Normandy claimed the throne of England on the basis of a promise made by the late. On October 14 1066 William attacked and defeated Harold of Wessex near Hastings. The Normans introduced the feudal system and the Domesday Book which showed all the land and their owners. -
Period: 1154 to 1485
The Plantagenet’s
The Plantagenet’s were a huge powerful family not just in
England but throughout Europe and ruled England and half of France from 1154 to 1485. The dynasty produced such varied characters as the energetic Henry II his legendary son, Richard the Lionheart, who lead the Third Crusade against Saladin into the Holy Land. -
Period: 1455 to 1485
War of the Roses 1455 – 1485.
For thirty years, a bitter struggle for the English throne was waged between two branches on the same family, the House of York and the House of Lancaster, The War of the Roses ended when Henry Tudor, a Lancastrian, defeated King Richard III, a Yorkist at the battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485 -
Period: to
Stuart dynasty.
He tried to force Catholics to go to Protestant churches. A group of Catholics planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament when James was there (on 5th November 1605): this was known as the Gunpowder Plot. But the plan was discovered and one of the group called Guy Fawkes was caught and burnt alive. On the 5th November every year, people celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot by burning a straw man (known as a Guy) on a fire -
Period: to
Queen Anne
Anne the last of the Stuart dynasty had 17 children but they all died as babies or children. This is known as the Georgian period. During this time the Parliament in
Westminster became increasingly powerful. The
role of Prime Minister was established. The first
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Period: to
Victoria became Queen in 1837
when she was 18 years old, and married a German prince called Albert three years later. He was a great administrator and organized the Great Exhibition in 1851, a festival of science and industry in Hyde Park which attracted millions of visitors. There were many advances
in science during the Victorian period. He British empire
grew.