Historical Period Timelines ROMANS
150 0 43AD
55 – 54 B.C. – Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion
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61 A.D. – Romans defeat a major revolt led by Boudicca
100 200 300
212 A.D. – Britain is divided into two separate provinces, York - capital of Britannia Inferior and London - capital of Britannia Superior
306 A.D. – Constantine is hailed as emperor by the army in Britain
Boudicca
43 A.D. – Successful invasion by Clauduis and conquest
122 A.D. – Emperor Hadrian orders the construction of Hadrian’s Wall
Emperor Hadrian
250 A.D. – The Picts first appear on record
314 A.D. – The Edict of Milan ends persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
12000BC STONE AGE
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age 12000 - 9000 B.C.
The last Ice Age ends. Britain is connected to continental Europe, and the English Channel is a vast plain. Animals and people migrate from Europe to Britain. Hunter-
gatherers, they live hunting animals, including deer, any surviving
mammoths and reindeer. They build no permanent shelters but live in caves and temporary camps. Tools are crude stone spears and knives
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age 9000 - 4200 B.C.
Weather is warm and dry. Hunting continues. At around 8500 B.C. Britain separates from continental Europe, channel fills in with seawater. Decorated bones begin to appear
Neolithic or New Stone Age 4200 - 2200 B.C.
2900 B.C. – Beginning of grooved ware pottery; henges become more complex involving timber and stone circles
Decorated Bones 4500 B.C. –
Introduction of farming, pottery, stone axe
Stone Tools Portal Dolmen
heads; construction of monumental tombs, portal dolmens and megalith tombs
3500 B.C. – Earliest henges - circular or semicircular ditches
3600 B.C. – Stone
quarrying, arrowheads, passage graves and megalith tombs
2100 B.C. – Stonehenge bluestone circles are erected
2000 B.C. – Stonehenge sarsen circle is erected
1550 B.C. – Stonehenge in present form
9000 4200 3200 2200
Early Bronze Age 2200 - 1500 B.C.
2200 B.C. – Copper and tin mining, standing stones, ring cairns, stone circles, round barrows
2000 B.C. – Bronze flat axe introduced
Rotary Quern Stone
1250 B.C. – Socketed axes introduced
1000 B.C. – Earliest hillforts
400 B.C. – Thrown pottery, salt trade, iron industry, standing stones
700 B.C. – Iron used in weaponry 1 NEW KS2 Timeline 449AD
449 A.D. – Anglo-Saxon invaders arrive in Britain
600 ANGLO-SAXONS & VIKINGS
600 A.D. – Five Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms established; Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent and East Anglia
597 A.D. – St Augustine is sent by the Pope to convert the Saxons to Christianity
NORTHUMBERLAND
597 A.D. – Ethelberht, the King of Kent gives Augustine land in Canterbury to build a church
Edwin of Northumbria
627 A.D. – Edwin of Northumbria becomes the first Christian king in the north of England
MERCIA EAST ANGLIA KENT WESSEX Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
St Martin Church in Canterbury, first church founded in England
Lindisfarne
633 A.D. – The Irish missionary Aidan founds the monastery of Lindisfarne
789 A.D. – First recorded Viking attack happens in Dorset
851 A.D. – Resistance against the Vikings by Alfred the Great
886 A.D. – Alfred, King of Wessex, agrees a treaty with the Vikings to divide England
899 A.D. – Alfred, now known as ‘The Great’ dies
Athelstan, first king of England
806 A.D. – Vikings attack the island monastery of Iona, Scotland – 68 monks were killed and the rest fled to safety in the monastery of Kells (Ireland). They took with them the gospel book now known as the ‘Book of Kells’
927 A.D. – Athelstan, King of Wessex, pushed the boundaries of his kingdom until he could rightfully be described as the King of England, taking York (Yorvik) from the Vikings
Monastery of Kells 939 A.D. – Athelstan dies
1013 A.D. – Swein Forkbeard leads an invasion and receives the submission of the men of the Danelaw (an area in the east of England where Vikings and English had equality under law) and then of the South. When London submitted to Swein, Ethelred fled to Normandy, leaving the whole country under Danish control
1014 A.D. – Swein Forkbeard dies
1016 A.D. – Ethelred, King of England dies
Rochester Castle, one of many Norman influenced buildings
1042 A.D. – Edward the Confessor becomes king of England. Edward introduced more regular cultural and political contact with the continent and the Norman influence in the English court increased during this period
1016 A.D. – Edmund Ironside (son of Ethelred) makes a truce with Cnut (son of Swein) to divide the kingdom between them. Edmund dies shortly after and Cnut becomes king of the whole country
1066 A.D. – Edward the Confessor dies and is succeeded by Harold Godwinson
700 800 900 1000 1066AD
A beautifully illustrated timeline that covers the entire period studied in KS2 (ages 7-11yrs). Starting with the Stone Age this detailed and easy-to- read timeline follows Ancient Britain all the way through to 1066. The perfect tool for understanding the chronology of Britain and studying the new UK Curriculum. Supplied in 3 pieces, each 1m in length.
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Visualise 5,500 years of civilisation. This timeline shows how all the periods traditionally studied at KS2 (ages 7-11yrs) fi t together chronologically.
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Call Customer Services on +44 (0)1623 887 068 or fax 0808 252 9694 (UK Only) and +44 (0)1623 887 062 1850 BRONZE AGE
Late Bronze Age 1500 - 800 B.C.
1200 B.C. – Gold mining
1500 1150
800 IRON AGE
700
Iron Age 800 B.C. - 43 A.D.
750 B.C. – Hillforts NEW 500 300 500 B.C. – Iron tools become widespread Chisel & Saw
100 B.C. – Coins are used and produced for the first time
Iron Age House
350
400
400 A.D. – Roman troops are withdrawn from Britain to defend Italy
410
410 A.D. – End of Roman Britain
476AD
409 A.D. – Britons throw off their allegiance to Rome
476 A.D. – The fall of the Western Roman Empire
RULE BRITANNIA!
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