Timeline of Prehistoric Britain

Timeline of Prehistoric Britain

Events from the prehistory of Britain (to 1 BC).

Events

* c. 250,000 BC
** Swanscombe Man (actually a woman), the oldest known human remains in Britain.
* c. 26,000 BC
** Cave-dwelling Upper Paleolithic peoples in Britain.
* c. 10,000 BC
** Last Ice Age ends.
* c. 8300 BC
** Mesolithic period begins.
* c. 6500 BC
** English Channel forms, separating Britain from the mainland.
* c. 4000 BC
** Neolithic period begins in Britain, introducing the first agriculture.
* c. 3000 BC
** First henge monuments.
* c. 2600 BC
** Main phase of construction at Stonehenge begins, replacing earlier wooden and earthen works.
* c. 2300 BC
** Arrival of the Beaker People in Britain.
* c. 1800 BC
** Wessex culture brings bronze-working to Britain.
* c. 1600 BC
** Last construction at Stonehenge.
* c. 1400 BC
** Wessex culture replaced by more agrarian peoples; stone circles and early hillforts produced.
* c. 800 BC
** Celts bring iron working to Britain; Hallstatt Culture.
* c. 400 BC
** Parisi tribe from northern France settle in Yorkshire.
** First brochs constructed.
* c. 330 BC
** Pytheas of Massilia circumnavigates Britain.
* c. 300 BC
** La Tene artwork introduced from northern France.
* c. 100 BC
** First wave of Belgic invaders settle in the south-east, establishing the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes.
** First coins introduced.
* c. 80 BC
** Second wave of Belgic invaders settle in Sussex, Berkshire, and Hampshire, establishing the Atrebates and Regnenses tribes.
* 55 BC
** Commius, chieftain of the Atrebates, captured by the British after serving as an envoy to Rome.
** 26 August - Julius Caesar lands between Deal and Walmer, wins skirmishes against the British, and frees Commius.
** 31 August - Britons in war-chariots defeat the Romans. Romans return to Gaul.
* 54 BC
** July - Julius Caesar invades Britain and defeats the Catuvellauni under Cassivellaunus.
** September - Tribute fixed, and peace agreed between the Catevellauni and the Trinovantes, allied with Rome. Romans return to Gaul.
* 50 BC
** Fleeing to Britain after a failed revolt in Gaul, Commius becomes chieftain of the Atrebates.
* 34 BC
** Emperor Octavian makes an alliance with the Atrebates and Trinovantes.
* c. 25 BC
** Tincommius, leader of the Atrebates, issues Roman-style coinage.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 13-16|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

References

ee also

* Timeline of prehistoric Scotland


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