jan 1, 450 - Anglo-Saxon settlement
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c, 450, Invasions of the Germanic Tribes:
* Jutish people (from Jutland in modern-day
Denmark) settled on the east coast of Britain.
* The Angles (from Angeln, spur of land that
connects modern-day Denmark and Germany)
settled on the east coast.
* Frisian people (from marshes and islands of
northern Holland and western Germany)
settled in Britain.
* Saxons (from Lower Saxony, an area of north-
western Germany) settled in the southern part
of British
mainland.
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