Timeline of British history (Before 1000)

This article presents a timeline of events in British history before 1000 AD.

Timeline of Prehistoric Britain
Timeline of British history (1000-1499)

To 999 AD

BC

* 700,000 BC Britain may have been inhabited by this date. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2025530.stm "Bone find may rewrite history"] , BBC, June 4, 2002]
* 8th millennium BC Mesolithic Period begins
* c. 7th Millennium BC English Channel formed and separates Britain from mainland Europe.
* 2500 BC Neolithic Period begins
* 1600 BC Bronze Age Period begins
* 900 BC Immigration of Celtic-speaking peoples
* 900 BC Early Iron Age
* 55 BC Julius Caesar makes first visit to England
* 54 BC Julius Caesar makes second visit to England

AD

*43 Roman invasion of Britain, ordered by Claudius, who dispatched Aulus Plautius and an army of some 40,000 men.
*60 Revolt against the Roman occupation, led by Boudica of the Iceni, begins.
*c.84 Romans defeat Caledonians at the battle of Mons Graupius
*c.122 Construction of Hadrian's Wall begins
*c. 383 Beginning of Roman withdrawal from Britain
*410 Last Roman leaves Britain and tells the natives to defend themselves from other invaders over seas, as Rome is under attack from the Goths
*449 Hengest, Saxon leader, arrives in England
*c.466 Battle of Wippedesfleot
*597 Arrival of St. Augustine
*793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne
*802 Viking ransack monastery on Iona
*843 The birth of the Kingdom of Scotland with the union of the Picts and the Scots
*878 Battle of Edington, defeat of Viking forces, results in the Treaty of Wedmore and the establishment of the Danelaw
*895 Danish fleet captured by Alfred the Great

See also

* British Iron Age
* Early Middle Ages
* Timeline of British history
* History of the British Isles
* History of England
* History of Ireland
* History of Northern Ireland
* History of Scotland
* History of Wales
* History of the United Kingdom
* Prehistory

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