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Period: 50,000 BCE to 2000 BCE
Stone Age
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4750 BCE
Coming of the Iberians
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2000 BCE
the Beaker Folk
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Period: 2000 BCE to 700 BCE
Bronze Age
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Period: 700 BCE to 400 BCE
Hallstatt Celts
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Period: 700 BCE to 43 BCE
Iron Age
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Period: 400 BCE to 75 BCE
Latene Celts
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75 BCE
Coming of the Belgae Celts
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55 BCE
Roman Empire 1st arrival
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300
Emperor Nero burns down the city of Rome
Emperor Nero blamed the Christians for burning down the city of Rome. -
313
Edict of Milan
Tolerance to Christians.It becomes the official religion. -
325
Edict of Nicea
The Shaping of the Christian faith. Constantine summoned members of the church. -
410
End of Roman Britain
In 410 Roman Britain ended with Emperor Honorius commanding the troops to gather back in Rome. -
597
Augustine is the first Archbishop of Canterbury
Sent by Pope Gregory I -
601
Ethelberth of Kent is baptised
by St. Augustine. The king had married a christian princess from Ireland. -
654
King Oswy of Nurthumbria is baptised
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793
First Viking arrival
Vikings attacked a monastery in Lindisfarne. However, Viking invasions started 3 years earlier -
871
King Alfred succeeds to the throne
After King Aethelred dies in battle Alfred is crowned King of Wessex. -
878
Treaty of Wedmore
Viking leader Guthrum is defeated in the blattle of Edington and makes a peace treaty with King Alfred. Guthrum leaves Wessex and is baptised into the Christian faith. -
886
Seizing of London
King Alfred´s new army regains the city of London from Viking control. The treaty of Wedmore is renegotiated, England is divided into the "Danelaw", Vikings/Danes, and Wessex, Anglo-Saxons. -
890
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles/ Revival of literacy n learning
A contemporary source narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons.There were some manuscript copies delivered to different monasteries and updated independently. -
1066
Battle of Hastings
Beginning of the Norman Conquest. -
1096
Onset Crusades
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1167
Universities appear
Oxford is created after Henry II and Thomas Becket quarrel and force students to leave the University of Paris -
1215
Magna Carta
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1258
Provisions of Oxford
A baronial council is forced on Henry III. Parliament should meet 3 times a year -
1337
Hundred Years War
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1348
Black Death
The bubonic plague strikes England and swipes 1/3 of the population -
1381
Peasants Revolt
Frustration,changing economy and dissatisfaction with Statute of Labourers end up with insurgents marching on London and burning manor rolls,houses of landlords,opening prisons and murdering hated royal officials -
1415
Battle of Agincourt
King Henry V defeated the Normans on his road to Caleis