History of Britain

10000BC Britain became permanently separated from the continent by the channel

6000 BC First farmers arrived in Britain

50 BC Failed Roman invasion led by Julius Caesar

44 CE Successful Roman invasion led by Claudius

110 CE Construction of Hadrian's Wall started

410 CE End of Roman occupation

600 CE Anglo-Saxon kingdom established

789 CE First visit of Vikings

1066 CE Norman invasion by William Duke of Normandy

1017 CE Coronation of Cnut as King of the England

1284 CE King Edward I of England annexed Wales with the Statute of Rhuddlan

1415 CE Welsh rebellions defeated English laws and language introduced

1314 CE English defeated by Robert the Bruce and Scotland remained unconquered

1200 CE The English ruled an area in Ireland known as The Pale around Dublin

1415 CE Battle of Agincourt (Hundred Years' War)

1450 CE English largely left France

1348 CE Arrival of the Black Death in Britain

1215 CE Magna Carta established that Kings are subject to the Law

1400 CE English language dominated court, parliament and literature in England

1485 Battle of Bosworth Field ended the War of the Roses with Henry Tudor as King Henry VII

1534 Protestant Church of England was stablished

1536 Act of Union Wales formally united with England

1588 England defeated Spanish Armada

1560 Protestant Church of Scotland was stablished

1640 King Charles I asks Parliament for funds to fight Scottish army

1649 Execution of Charles I

1650 Battle of Dunbar

1651 Battle of Worcester

1658 Oliver Cromwell's Death

1660 Restoration of the Crown with King Charles II

1665 Plague outbreak in London

1679 Habeas Corpus Act

1688 The Glorious Revolution of King William III

1690 Battle of Boyne William III retook Ireland from James II

1666 Great Fire of London

1689 Bill of Rights

1695 Newspapers allowed to operate without a government licence

1656 Arrival of first Jews migrants since the Middle Ages to London

1707 Act of Union created Kingdom of Great Britain

1714 Parliament chose a German, George I, to be the next King

1745 Battle of Culloden King George II vs Bonnie Prince Charlie

Early 19th century Evictions of Scottish tenants made people leave to North America

Early 18th century Slave trade was a fully established overseas industry

1807 Trading slaves in British ships is outlawed

1833 Emancipation Act abolishes slavery throughout the British Empire

1776 American colonies declare their independence

1783 Britain recognises american independence

Stone Age 2.7M BC - 4000 BC First people to live in Britain were hunter-gatherers

Bronze Age 4000 BC - 1200 BC People lived in roundhouses and were metalworkers

Iron Age 1200 BC - 50 BC People built settlements on hill forts such as Maiden Castle in Dorset

First Christian communities began to appear in Britain

Hundred Years' War 1337 CE - 1453 CE

War of the Roses 1455 - 1485 Civil war between houses of Lancaster and York over crown of England

1509 - 1547 Rule of King Henry VIII

1558 - 1603 Rule of Queen Elizabeth I

1564 - 1616 Lifetime of William Shakespeare

1603 - 1625 Rule of King James VI and I

1642 - 1646 English Civil War between King Charles I and Parliament

1641 - 1653 Ireland's Confederate Wars

1649 - 1660 Commonwealth of England

1643 - 1727 Lifetime of Sir Isaac Newton

Rule of King Charles II

1685 - 1688 Rule of King James VII and II

1680 - 1720 Migration of Huguenots from France

1759 - 1796 Lifetime of Robert 'The Bard' Burns (Scottish poet)

1732 - 1792 Lifetime of Richard Arkwright Improved the original carding machine

1759 - 1851 Lifetime of Sake Dean Mahomet opened first curry house in Britain

1721 - 1742 Robert Walpole as Prime Minister