AD 500 and before
AD 450
Anglo-Saxon invasion
1066
The Normans invade Britain and take over the country.
c. 1760
The Industrial Revolution begins!
1815
The Battle of Waterloo – Napoleon defeated
1939
World War II starts!
2005
Terror bombs in London.
AD 43
Roman occupation begins
793
Viking raids begin with attack on Lindisfarne Monastery.
1666
The Great Fire of London
1877
Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India
1914
World War I starts!
1997
Hong Kong returned to China.
c. 600 BC
The Celts arrive!
1535
Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic church because he wants to divorce his first wife.
1707
Britain and Scotland unite!
1837
Queen Victoria's reign starts - Victorian period begins
1947
India gains independence!
2003
British troops take part in the war in Iraq.
c. AD 400
The Romans leave the British Isles
1349
The Black Death (Bubonic Plague) strikes England.
1600
The East India Company is founded.
1801
Britain and Ireland unite!
1973
Britain joins EEC (EU)
1978
Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister.
55-54 BC
Julius Caesar's raids of Britain
1588
Start of the reign of Elizabeth I– The Spanish Armada is beaten.
1649
England is a REPUBLIC for 10 years under Oliver Cromwell.
1825
The first railway opens.
1921
Irish Free State-Ireland gains independence!
1998
The Good Friday Peace Agreement in Northern Ireland.