Timeline p. 148-149

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  • 12,000 BCE

    From Stone age to the Tudor dynasty

    Stone age marks a period of prehistory in which humans used primitive stone tools.
  • 4000 BCE

    Neolithic migration

    A group of neolithic immigrants arrived from Europe , settled down and started to cultivate the land.
  • 2500 BCE

    Iron age

    During Iron age , people across much of Europe , Asia and parts of Africa , began making tools and weapons from iron and steel.
  • 2000 BCE

    The Celts

    The Celts were a collection of tribes with origins in central Europe that shared a similar language , religious beliefs, traditions and culture.
  • 1300 BCE

    The Celts, Focus

    a new extraordinary people entered the history of the western world.
  • 900 BCE

    The Celts, Focus 2

    Between about 900 and 500 BC The Celts crossed the narrow English Channel and settled in peace in many parts of Britain.
  • 55 BCE

    Julius Ceasar

    His first landed in Britain on August 26th , 55 BCE , Ceasar took with him only two legions , and achieved little beyond a landing on the coast of Kent.
  • 128

    Hadrian's Wall

    was the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years , it was built by the Romans army on the oders of the emperor Hadrian.
  • 410

    The departure of the Romans

    The departure of the Romans in 410 AD left the island undefended against the invasions of the Angles and Saxons from Germany
  • 449

    The Anglo-Saxon invaders

    The Anglo-Saxon invaders colonised northwards and westwards, pushing the celts to the fringes of Britain, mainly to Cornwall, Wales and Scottland .
  • 1066

    Saxon king Edward the Confessor

    Saxon king Edward the Confessor died.
  • 1066

    William , Duke of Normandy

    Harold Godwinson was chosen , but the throne was also claimed by his cousin William , Duke of Normandy , who defeated Harold at the battle of Hastings and was crowned king of England with the name of William I.
  • 1066

    Feudal System

    in the same year, the Normans unifield England , gradually took control of Wales and Ireland and introduced the feudal system of nobles , knights and serfs.
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    With the signing o the Magna Carta in 1215 feudalism began its slow decline .
  • 1337

    From the XIV to the XV centuries

    The Hundred Years War with France (1337/1453)
  • 1348

    From the XIV to the XV centuries (2)

    England experienced the terrible Black Death , struggles for power and a series of wars.
  • 1455

    From the XIV to the XV centuries (3)

    The Wars of the Roses , (1455-1485), between the York and the Lancaster, which resulted in a new royal house - The Tudors
  • 1485

    The Tudors, Henry

    Henry Tudor , Duke of Richmond, won the final battle at Bosworth (1485) , and ascended the throne as Henry VII
  • 1509

    The Tudors, Henry VIII

    Henry VIII , gained fame for his six marriages in search of male heir. When the Pope did not allow him to divorce and remarry , Henry split with the Catholic church and had Parliament appoint him Head of the Protestant Church of England , he dissolved Catholic monasteries and confiscated their lands and possessions.
  • 1558

    The Tudors, Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I , Henry VIII's daughter, ascended the throne in 1558 and reigned untill 1603. Her reign was perhaps the most glorious era for Britain , with explorations, colonisation, victory in war and growing world importance as a trading nation.