| ?-12,000BC | THE ICE AGE |
| 300,000BC | Colonization of Britain by Homo Erectus Britain is attached to the European continent during an interglacial period of the Ice Age. Using simple wooden spears, primitive humans hunt the mammoth and hippopotamus that are prevalent in southeast England. |
| 70,000BC | Neanderthals settle in England These humans live in caves and hunt wild animals for food and clothing. |
| 35,000BC | Homo Sapiens begin to settle in Britain Displacing the Neanderthals and becoming ancient Britons. |
| 7,500BC | Britain becomes an island Mainland Britain is seperated from the continent of Europe, when the sea covers the land-bridge that joined them. |
| 4,300BC-2,750BC | THE STONE AGE |
| 2,800BC | The construction of Stonehenge in Wiltshire begins. |
| 2,750BC-750BC | THE BRONZE AGE |
| 2,600BC | Development of Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire. |
| 2,000BC | The construction of Stonehenge is completed. |
| 750BC-55BC | THE IRON AGE |
| 750BC | New Celtic migrations into Britain The arrival of these Germanic people coincides with the beginning of iron displacing bronze as the principal metal used for tool and weapon making in Britain. |
| 55BC-450AD | ROMAN BRITAIN |
| 45AD | Most of southern England under Roman control |
| 60AD | King Prasutagus dies The death of the Iceni king sees Boudicca leading the Iceni and Trinovantes in a brutal revolt, slaughtering inhabitants of Cumulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London) and Verulamium (St Albans). Boudicca’s army was devastated near Mancetter (Warwickshire) and the revolt ended with the alleged self-poisoning of Boudicca and her daughters. |
| 122AD | Construction of Hadrian’s wall begins |
| 139AD | Construction of the Antonine wall begins Though the wall is abandoned in 163 and 207. |
| 450AD-800AD | THE CREATION OF ANLGO-SAXON ENGLAND |
| c.500AD | Seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms Succesive invasions by the Jutes (from southern Scandinavia), Saxons and Angles (from northern Germany) begin in earnest shortly after the withdrawal of the Romans. The Heptarchy (seven kingdoms) is established over time by the settlement of the invaders, with Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria vying for supremacy over Sussex, Kent, East Anglia and Essex. |
| 600-800AD | Conversion of England to Christianity |
| c.790AD | Four major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria and East Anglia now vie for supremacy and the ruler’s title of Bretwalda (overking). |
| 800AD-1066AD | THE VIKING INVASIONS AND THE EXPANSION OF WESSEX |
www.yorksj.ac.uk/dialect/ Scanset.htm and The Rough Guide History of England by Robin Eagles