Timeline of British history (before 1000)

Updated on Dec 16, 2023

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This article presents a timeline of events in British history before 1000.

Timeline of Prehistoric Britain Timeline of British history (1000-1499)

43 Roman invasion of Britain, ordered by Claudius, who dispatched Aulus Plautius and an army of some 40,000 men.

60 Revolt against the Roman occupation, led by Boudica of the Iceni, begins.

c. 84 Romans defeat Caledonians at the battle of Mons Graupius

c. 122 Construction of Hadrian's Wall begins

c. 383 Beginning of Roman withdrawal from Britain

410 Last Roman leaves Britain and tells the natives to defend themselves from other invaders overseas, as Rome is under attack from the Goths

449 Hengest, Saxon leader, arrives in England

c. 466 Battle of Wippedesfleot

597 Arrival of St. Augustine

793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne

802 Viking ransack monastery on Iona

843 The birth of the Kingdom of Scotland with the union of the Picts and the Scots

878 Battle of Ethandun, defeat of Viking forces, results in the Treaty of Wedmore and the establishment of the Danelaw

895 Danish fleet captured by Alfred the Great

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