British+History+-+Timeline

**British history - timelines**

The British Isles have a rich history going many thousand years back in time. Britain was acknowledged as the leading world power for more than a whole century, and have always had an important role in the world society. In the time lines below, we have gathered important information about both eras in the Britain society, and important historical events in [|British history].

Important historical events from 500 BC-1066 AD




 * 500 BC || **[|The Celtic people] arrive from Central Europe. ** ||
 * 55 BC || Julius Caesar tries to invade Britain. ||
 * 43 AD || **[|The Romans] succeeded in invading Britain. ** ||
 * 50 AD || London Founded. ||
 * 450 AD || **[|The Anglo-Saxons] invade Britain. Britain is divided up into the Seven Kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Essex, Sussex and Kent. ** ||
 * 597 AD || **Christianity comes to Britain. St Augustine brings it from Rome, and is announced Archbishop of Canterbury.** ||
 * 793 AD || First invasion by the Vikings. ||
 * 866 AD || **Invasion of the[| Great Danish Vikings.] ** ||
 * 1055 AD || **Westminster Abbey is completed. ** ||
 * 1066 AD || **[|The Normans] invade Britain and defeats the Saxons. This is called The Battle of Hastings. ** ||

Important historical events from 1066 AD- 1807 AD




 * 1348-49 AD || [|The Black Death] arrived England and killed nearly half of the population ||
 * 1485 AD || Tudor Britain. Henry VII crowned king ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1509-47 AD || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Henry VII becomes king. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1534 AD || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Henry VII sets himself in charge of the Church of England. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1558 AD || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Elisabeth I is crowned queen. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1591 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">William Shakespeare – first play ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1603 AD || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Stuart Britain. The king of Scotland becomes the king of England, uniting the two kingdoms. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1620 AD || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The Pilgrim Fathers sails from England, aboard the Mayflower. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1652 AD || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Tea arrives ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1664-65 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">The Great Plague breaks out. About 100,000 die in London. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1666 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">[|Great Fire of London] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1689 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">[|English Bill of rights] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1714 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Georgian Britain. The British throne passed to the Hanoverians, a German family. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1776 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">America declares independence from Britain ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1780's AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Industrial revolution begins ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1807 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Abolition of slave trade ||

Important historical events from 1837 AD-1973 AD




 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1837 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Queen Victoria is crowned at the age of 18. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1845-49 AD || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Great potato famine in Ireland. About 800,000 people died. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1854 AD || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[|Crimean War] ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1870 AD || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Education Act – school for everyone ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1891 AD || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Everyone gets free education. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1901 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">The population in Britain reaches 40 million ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1902 AD || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Modern Britain ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1902 AD || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Britain wins the Boer war in South Africa. ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1914-18 AD || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">[|First World War] ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1920 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Republic of Ireland gains independence. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1939-45 AD || **<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">[|Second World War] ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1952 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Elisabeth II is crowned queen ||
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1973 AD || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Britain joins the EC ||