the UK history By sara bua 4000 BCE A group of Neolithic immigrants arrived from Europe, settled down and started to cultivate the land. 2500 BCE The population began to divide into tribes 2000 BCE A group of people from central Europe, called Celts, started settling across much of Britain and Ireland. 55 BCE Juilius Caesar's arrival in Britain. 410 Departure of Romans and the Anglo-Saxon invaded and colonasied northwards and westwards of Britain 1066 The saxon kind Edward the confessor died and the throne passed to William, Duke of Normandy 1215 The Magna Charta was signing and the feudalism began its slow decline. Period: 1337 to 1453 The hundred years' war with France Period: 1455 to 1485 Wars of the roses between York and the Lancaster. Period: 1558 to 1603 the reign of Elizabeth first