Celtic culture and tribal kingdoms start to emerge
43 BCE
Emperor Claudius orders the invasion of Britain
1 CE
Anno Dómini
50
Foundation of Londinium
61
The Iceni Rebellion. Roman army defeats a major revolt under Boudicca
122
Emperor Hadrian orders the construction of wall accros northern Britain.
432
Patrick begins his missionary work in Ireland
449
Angles and Saxon Arrive in South east Britain.
476
Fall of the Roman emperie
789
First recorded Viking attac happens in Dorset.
793
Viking attack the monastery of Lindsfarne, Northumbria
829
Egbert, King of the west Saxons conquers Mercia
851
Athelstan, son of the King of Wessex, defeats a Viking fleets in batle.
867
Viking army kills rival King of Nothumbria, Capturing York.
954
Erik Bloodaxe, the last Vikin King, is forced out of York.
973
Edgar is crowned King of England at Bath
1000
Feudalism
1040
Macbeth defeats Duncan I of Scotland and makes himself King
1042
Edward the confessor becomes King of England
1066
William of Normandy (William the conqueror) defeats and kill Harold II in Batle of Hastings.
Dec 25, 1066
William of Normandy is crowned king of England
1086
Domesday Book is instituted to survey the English lands of William the Conqueror
1087
William the Conqueror dies at Rouen, Normandy
1095
The First Crusade
1096
Oxford University is founded
1154
Henry II, the first 'Plantagenet' king, accedes to the throne
1167
Henry II visits Ireland to assert his overlordship
1170
Henry II's soldiers murder Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
1184
Inquisition
1189
Richard I becames King
1190
Richard I joins the Third Crusade
1209
Migrant scholars establish a university at Cambridge
1214
John loses Normandy and other French possessions after the Battle of Bouvines
1215
John and his barons sign Magna Carta
1295
Edward I summons his 'Model Parliament
1305
Scottish rebel William Wallace is executed by the English
1328
Scotland is recognized as an independent kingdom
1328
Black Death' enters Britain
1337
Hundred Years' War between England and France begins
1455
Wars of the Roses begin with first Battle of St Albans
1477
William Caxton publishes the first printed book in England
1485
Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. The Tudor Dinasty begins
1492
Arrival of Christopher Colombus to America
1509
Henry VIII is crowned king
1534
Act of Supremacy makes Henry head of the English church
1538
An English language version of the bible replaced latin bibles in every church in the land
1547
England becomes Protestant under Edward VI
1558
Elizabeth I’s long reign begins
First English colony in America
Elizabeth's Catholic cousin Mary, Queen of Scots is in exile in England and poses a threat to Elizabeth.
Queen Elizabeth I executes Mary, Queen of Scots
Defeat of Spanish Armada inspires England
End of the Tudor dynasty
James VI of Scotland accede to the English trone. The Stuart Dinasty begins
Gunpowder Plot to assassinate James I is discovered
William Shakespeare dies
Pilgrim Fathers' sail for America in the 'Mayflower'
Charles I is executed at Whitehall, London
Civil War begins as Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham
Oliver Cromwell makes himself Lord Protector
Restoration of the monarchy and the Angelican religion. Charles II is restored to the throne
Great Plague of London begins
Great Fire of London destroys two-thirds of the city
'Bill of Rights' is confirmed by an act of parliament
William III defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
Act of Settlement places the House of Hanover in line for the English throne
Act of Union of England and Scotland is ratified
Thomas Newcomen invents the steam engine
The first of the Hanoverian monarchs was proclaimed as George I.
Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister
George Anson sails around the world
Jacobites are defeated at Culloden, the last battle on British soil
'Factory Age' begins with the opening of Britain's first cotton mill
American War of Independence begins
First fleet of convicts sails to Australia
French Revolution
Act of Union creates the United Kingdom
Napoleon became emperor
Royal Navy defeats a French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar
Jane Austen published Pride and Prejuice
Mary Shelly published Frankestein
Robert Peel sets up the Metropolitan Police
Parliament passes a bill to abolish slavery in the British empire
Victoria comes to the throne after the death of William IV
Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is published
Charles dikens publised Great Expectations
Married women obtain the right to acquire their own property
Karl Benz invents the car
Artur Conan Doyle published his first book. A Study in Scarlet.
Victoria dies and is succeeded by Edward VII
Parliament approves old age pensions
George V becames king. The Windsor dynasty begins
House of Lords loses its power of veto over legislation
Britain declares war on Germany in response to the invasion of Belgium
World War I
Russian Revolution
Limited numbers of women are given the vote for the first time
Massive flu epidemic reaches Britain
Lady Astor becomes the first woman to take her seat in parliament
Anglo-Irish Peace Treaty is signed, resulting in partition of the island
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is created
All women over the age of 21 get the vote
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Adolf Hitler's rise to power
George V dies and is succeeded by Edward VIII
Edward VIII abdicates in order to marry Wallace Simpson
George VI is crowned king
World War II
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of the coalition government
Alan Turing devised a technique termed Turingery
United Nations comes into existence with Britain as a founder member
Cold War
The National Health Service, established by the post-war Labour government, represented a fundamental change in the provision of medical services.
Republic of Ireland comes into being
Elizabeth II succeeds her father, George VI
Death penalty is abolished
Conservative Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister
England win the football World Cup
Abortion and homosexuality are legalised
First man on the moon
Economic recession leads to high unemployment
Malvinas War
Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is re-elected by a landslide
Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
The Fall of the Wall of Berlin.
Channel Tunnel opens, linking London and Paris by rail
Britain hands Hong Kong back to China
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris
Islamic terrorists crash aircraft on targets in New York and Washington
A serie of terrorist attacks with bombs in the transport network caused 52 dead and 700 wounded.
In London, leaders of the G-20 and Spain reach an agreement to overcome the global economic crisis. They establish supervision norms on markets and taxes on the banking sector.
With the record participation of 204 countries, the XXVIII Olympiad is inaugurated in London. For the first time, all delegations have female athletes.
