Timeline of prehistoric Britain
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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
- c. 8300 BC
- Mesolithic period begins.[2]
- c. 4000 BC
- Neolithic period begins in Britain, introducing the first agriculture.[2]
- c. 3000 BC
- 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
- c. 330 BC
- Pytheas of Massilia circumnavigates Britain.[2]
- c. 300 BC
- 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
- 55 BC
- 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
- 34 BC
- 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 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. Retrieved 2007-07-18. Lay summary – msnbc.com (2007-07-18).
See also
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