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700 BCE
The Celts begin to arrive in Britain
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55 BCE
Julius Caesar’s expedition to Britain
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43
Roman occupation begins
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122
Construction of Hadrian’s Wall begins
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368
The Romans start to leave Britain
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450
The Angles, Saxons and Jutes begin the conquest and settlement of Britain
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597
The Christian missionary Augustine arrives in Kent
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793
Viking attack on the monastery of Lindisfarne
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878
King Alfred of Wessex defeats the Vikings
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1066
Norman invasion and conquest of Britain
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1086
Domsday Book
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Period: 1154 to 1189
Henry II, the first Plantagent king
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1170
Murder of Thomas Becket
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1215
King John signs Magna Carta
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1295
Edward I summons the Model Parliament
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Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred Years’War
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Period: 1348 to 1350
Black Death
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1381
Peasants’Revolt
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Period: 1455 to 1485
Wars of the Roses
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1485
Battle of Bosworth and end of the Wars of the Roses