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Just a rough outline of some important events
600000-10000BC saw the first settlers arrive from Europe on foot
12,000BC End of the Palaeolithic era
12,000-4500BC was the Mesolithic Period
8000BC the wild dog was domesticated
7500BC the English Channel appeared
4500-2500 the Neolithic Era
2800-1550BC Stonehenge was built during this period
2750BC the first Beaker People arrive
2600BC Silbury was created and Avebury too
2500BC saw the first sea-faring invasions to reach Britain
2500-750BC was the Bronze Age
750BC was the start of the Iron Age
600-33BC was when the Celtic invasions really took hold
55AD was the time that Julius Caesar invaded
407AD most of the Roman's had left by now
300AD saw the Saxons arrive
871-901 we were at war against the Danes led by Alfred the Great (he who burnt the cakes)
973 King Edgar crowned as the first king of all England
1016-1035 King Canute, the Dane, in charge
1066 William the Conqueror defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings
1086 the Domesday Book created which was basically the first census of how many people lived where and owned what, for taxation purposes.
1215 The Magna Carta was signed between King John and the barons
1337-1485 saw the 100 years war
1348-1350 was the time when the Black Death wiped out half the population
1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America (although this is disputed)
1588 Drake defeated the Spanish Armada
1620 the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for America
1642-1645 the English Civil War, when Cromwell took over from the Monarchy
1660 the monarchy was restored with Charles II
1685 the Bloody Assizes presided over by the notorious Judge Jeffries
1707 saw the uniting of Scotland with England
1769 was the first trip to Australia by Captain Cook
1775-1783 the American war of Independence
1800 Ireland united with England
1807 abolition of the slave trade
