Timeline of prehistoric Britain

Timeline of Prehistoric Britain:
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Prehistory \| 1st century

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

Events

c. 950,000 or 840,000 BC
- Flints worked in south-eastern Britain.^[1]
c. 250,000 BC
- Swanscombe Man (actually a woman), the oldest known human remains in Britain.^[2]
c. 180,000 BC
- English Channel forms, separating Britain from the mainland.^[3]
c. 26,000 BC
- Cave-dwelling Upper Paleolithic peoples in Britain.^[2]
c. 10,000 BC
- Last Ice Age ends.^[2]
c. 8300 BC
- Mesolithic period begins.^[2]
c. 4000 BC
- Neolithic period begins in Britain, introducing the first agriculture.^[2]
c. 3000 BC
- First henge monuments.^[2]
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.^[2]
c. 1800 BC
- Wessex culture brings bronze-working to Britain.^[2]
c. 1600 BC
- Last construction at Stonehenge.
c. 1400 BC
- Wessex culture replaced by more agrarian peoples; stone circles and early hillforts produced.^[2]
c. 800 BC
- Celts bring iron working to Britain; Hallstatt Culture.^[2]
c. 400 BC
- Parisi tribe from northern France settle in Yorkshire.^[2]
- First brochs constructed.^[2]
c. 330 BC
- Pytheas of Massilia circumnavigates Britain.^[2]
c. 300 BC
- La Tene artwork introduced from northern France.^[2]
c. 100 BC
- First wave of Belgic invaders settle in the south-east, establishing the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes.^[2]
- First coins introduced.^[2]
c. 80 BC
- Second wave of Belgic invaders settle in Sussex, Berkshire, and Hampshire, establishing the Atrebates and Regnenses tribes.^[2]
55 BC
- Commius, chieftain of the Atrebates, captured by the British after serving as an envoy to Rome.^[2]
- 26 August - Julius Caesar lands between Deal and Walmer, wins skirmishes against the British, and frees Commius.^[2]
- 31 August - Britons in war-chariots defeat the Romans. Romans return to Gaul.^[2]
54 BC
- July - Julius Caesar invades Britain and defeats the Catuvellauni under Cassivellaunus.^[2]
- September - Tribute fixed, and peace agreed between the Catevellauni and the Trinovantes, allied with Rome. Romans return to Gaul.^[2]
50 BC
- Fleeing to Britain after a failed revolt in Gaul, Commius becomes chieftain of the Atrebates.^[2]
34 BC
- Emperor Octavian makes an alliance with the Atrebates and Trinovantes.^[2]
c. 25 BC
- Tincommius, leader of the Atrebates, issues Roman-style coinage.^[2]

References

^ http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7303/fig_tab/nature09117_F5.html
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Gupta, Sanjeev; Jenny S. Collier, Andy Palmer-Felgate & Graeme Potter (2007). "Catastrophic flooding origin of shelf valley systems in the English Channel". Nature 448 (7151): 342–345. Bibcode 2007Natur.448..342G. doi:10.1038/nature06018. PMID 17637667. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7151/full/nature06018.html. Retrieved 2007-07-18. Lay summary – msnbc.com (2007-07-18).

Timeline of prehistoric Britain

Events

References

See also