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BRITISH CIVILIZATION

1.1 From the origins to 1801

The prehistoric period (5000 BC – 55 BC)

 5000. Neolitic period begins, first evidence of farming appears.

 4000. Construction of the sweet track begun.

 3500-3000. First appearance of long barrows and chambered tombs.

 3000-2500. Castlerigg Stone Circle (Cambria) begun.

 2500. Bronze Age begins; first appearance of henge "monuments“.

 2500-1500. Most stone circles in British Isles erected during this period.

Castlerigg Stone Circle Silbury Hill Beaker Folk

2000

 Metal objects are widely manufactured in England about this time.

 Woven cloth appears in Britain, evidenced by findings of pins and cloth fasteners in graves

 Construction begun on Stonehenge's inner ring

 1800-1200. Secular control of society passes from priests to those who control the manufacture of metal objects.

 1200-1000. Emergence of a warrior class who now begins to take a central role in society.

 1000. Hillforts begin to appear.

 600. Old Sarum construction begins.

 500. Evidence of the spread of Celtic customs and artifacts across Britain. There was no known invasion of Britain by the Celts.

 150. Metal coinage comes into use; widespread contact with continent

 55. Julius Caesar’s first invasion of Britain.

The Roman period

 55 BC. Julius Caesar’s first invasion of Britain.

 54 BC. Julius Caesar’s second invasion of Britain.

 5 AC. Rome acknowledges Cymbeline, King of the Catuvellauni, as king of Britain.

 43. Romans, under Aulus Plautius, land at Richborough (Kent) for a full-scale invasion of the island.

 75-77. The Roman conquest of Britain is complete, Wales is finally subdued.

 122. Hadrian’s wall construction begun.

 167. At the request of King Lucius, the missionaries, Phagan and Deruvian,were said to have been sent by Pope Eleutherius to convert the Britons to Christianity. This is, perhaps, the most widely believed of the legends of the founding of Christianity in Britain.

 167-306. Constant battles across Britain occur, Christians were persecuted.

 360. Series of attacks on Britain from the north by the Picts, the Attacotti and the Irish (Scots), requiring the intervention of Roman generals leading special legions.

 410. Britain gains independence from Rome.

Early british kingdoms

 410. Emperor Honorius of Rome tells Britain to attend to its own affairs. Zosmius reports Roman officials expelled and native government establishes "independence".

 448. British civil war.

 465. King Arthur was born.

 485-496. Period of Arthur's "twelve battles" during which he gains reputation for invincibility.

 537. Battle of Camlann, according to Annales Cambriae. Fought between the forces of Arthur and Mordred. Death (or unspecified other demise) of Arthur (according to Geoffrey of Monmouth). Saint and King Constantine ruling in Dumnonia.

 It is believed that King Arthur was buried in Avalon.

Medieval period

 1066. Harold II is crowned king the day after Edward the Confessor dies.

 1209. Cambridge University is founded in England.

 1272. Edward I crowned king of England.

 1295. Knights and burgesses from English shires and towns summoned. First representative parliament.

 1296 - Edward I of England deposes John Balliol from Scottish throne

 1297 - Battle of Cambuskenneth: Scottish patriot William Wallace defeats English army

 1298 - Edward I defeats Wallace at battle of Falkirk and reconquers Scotland

 1301 - Edward I of England invests his baby son Edward as Prince of Wales.

 1509 - Henry VIII becomes king.

 1533 - Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn and is excommunicated by Pope Clement VII.

 1534 - Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII declared supreme head of the Church of England.

 1544 - Henry VIII and Charles V invade France.

 1547 - Edward VI, King of England

 1553 - On death of Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey proclaimed queen of England.

 1553 - Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England.

 1555 - England returns to Roman Catholicism: Protestants are persecuted and about 300, including Cranmer, are burned at the stake.

 1558 - Death of Mary I; Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, becomes Queen; Repeal of Catholic legislation in England.

 1563 - The Thirty-nine Articles, which complete establishment of the Anglican Church.

 1685 - James II of England and VII of Scotland crowned king.

Age of Empire

 1689 - Parliament draws up the Declaration of Right detailing the unconstitutional acts of King James II. James' daughter and her husband, his nephew, become joint sovereigns of Britain as King William III and Queen Mary II.

 1694

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