Timeline of Prehistoric Britain

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Timeline of Prehistoric Britain:

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Prehistory | 1st century

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

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• c. 250,000 BC
  • Swanscombe Man (actually a woman), the oldest known human remains in Britain.^[1]
• c. 26,000 BC
  • Cave-dwelling Upper Paleolithic peoples in Britain.^[1]
• c. 10,000 BC
  • Last Ice Age ends.^[1]
• c. 8300 BC
  • Mesolithic period begins.^[1]
• c. 6500 BC
  • English Channel forms, separating Britain from the mainland.^[1]
• c. 4000 BC
  • Neolithic period begins in Britain, introducing the first agriculture.^[1]
• c. 3000 BC
  • First henge monuments.^[1]
• 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.^[1]
• c. 1800 BC
  • Wessex culture brings bronze-working to Britain.^[1]
• c. 1600 BC
  • Last construction at Stonehenge.
• c. 1400 BC
  • Wessex culture replaced by more agrarian peoples; stone circles and early hillforts produced.^[1]
• c. 800 BC
  • Celts bring iron working to Britain; Hallstatt Culture.^[1]
• c. 400 BC
  • Parisi tribe from northern France settle in Yorkshire.^[1]
  • First brochs constructed.^[1]
• c. 330 BC
  • Pytheas of Massilia circumnavigates Britain.^[1]
• c. 300 BC
  • La Tene artwork introduced from northern France.^[1]
• c. 100 BC
  • First wave of Belgic invaders settle in the south-east, establishing the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes.^[1]
  • First coins introduced.^[1]
• c. 80 BC
  • Second wave of Belgic invaders settle in Sussex, Berkshire, and Hampshire, establishing the Atrebates and Regnenses tribes.^[1]
• 55 BC
  • Commius, chieftain of the Atrebates, captured by the British after serving as an envoy to Rome.^[1]
  • 26 August - Julius Caesar lands between Deal and Walmer, wins skirmishes against the British, and frees Commius.^[1]
  • 31 August - Britons in war-chariots defeat the Romans. Romans return to Gaul.^[1]
• 54 BC
  • July - Julius Caesar invades Britain and defeats the Catuvellauni under Cassivellaunus.^[1]
  • September - Tribute fixed, and peace agreed between the Catevellauni and the Trinovantes, allied with Rome. Romans return to Gaul.^[1]
• 50 BC
  • Fleeing to Britain after a failed revolt in Gaul, Commius becomes chieftain of the Atrebates.^[1]
• 34 BC
  • Emperor Octavian makes an alliance with the Atrebates and Trinovantes.^[1]
• c. 25 BC
  • Tincommius, leader of the Atrebates, issues Roman-style coinage.^[1]

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