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- EARLY HISTORY. Among the first Britons (people who live in the United Kingdom) were the Picts, who arrived some 10,000 years ago likely from mainland Europe.
- UNITING THE KINGDOM. In the 13th century, England took control of Wales. About 200 years later, in 1485, Welsh noble Henry Tudor claimed the English crown and became Henry VII, the first of five Tudor monarchs.
- COLONIZATION. Eager to find the wealth that Portugaland Spainhad found after taking control of other lands, the U.K. began establishing colonies in what would eventually become the United States.
- THE EARLY 20th CENTURY. In the late 19th century, Germanybegan competing with the U.K. and other European countries to set up colonies in Africa and Asia.
- Prehistory
- Roman Britain
- The Anglo-Saxon Invasion
- Christianization
- Viking Challenge and The Rise of Wessex
- England Under The Danes and The Norman Conquest
- Norman England
- England Under The Plantagenets
- 14th Century
- 15th Century – Henry V and The Wars of The Roses
Stone Age
The Stone Age has been divided into three time periods: 1. The Old Stone Age, or Palaeolithic, is said to have had inhabitants who were hunter-gatherers. These people survived by hunting game (wild animals) and gathering edible (able to be eaten) plants. It is thought that because of low sea levels, Britain was still attached to the main continent of Europefor much of this time. 2. The Middle Stone Age, or Mesolithic, is thought to have been a bit more advanced. Simple weapons such as the jav...
Later prehistory
The Bronze Age began around 2500 BC. Bronze was used to make various objects that have since been found by archaeologists. Evidence suggests that the Bronze Age was a time when people began to live more for the good of themselves rather than for the good of the community. Some people became powerful and controlled the flow of the precious resources of the time. More weapons were forged and fine metalwork has been discovered from this time period as well. England also became involved in trade,...
After Julius Caesar, the Roman Emperor Claudius began to conquer Britain in 43 AD. By 60 AD, when Rome had conquered much of England, the warrior-queen Boudicca led a revolt against the Romans. A few of the cities that had been conquered by Rome were burned to the ground. In the end, Boudicca was defeated and over the next 20 years the Roman border...
After the breakdown of Roman rule in Britain from the middle of the fourth century, present-day England was gradually settled by Germanic groups. The Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes made up the people who were called "Anglo-Saxons." The entire region was referred to as "Hwicce" and settlements throughout the south were called Gewisse. The Battle ...
The Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England began around AD 600, influenced by Celtic Christianity from the northwest and by the Roman Catholic Church from the southeast. Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, took office in 597. In 601, he baptized the first Christian Anglo-Saxon king, Aethelbert of Kent. The last pagan Anglo-Saxon and Jut...
Vikings began attacking in the late 700s. The arrival of the Vikings (in particular the Danish Great Heathen Army) made life difficult for the people of Britain and Ireland. In 867 Northumbria fell to the Danes; East Anglia fell in 869. Wessex defeated the Vikings at Ashdown in 871, but a second invading army landed. Around the same time, Æthelred,...
Cnut was succeeded by his sons, but in 1042, the English native Edward the Confessor rose to the throne. Because Edward did not have a son to be an heir, a furious argument began over who would be king after his death in 1066. Edward had been protected for a time in Normandyby his cousin, Duke William, and Edward had promised William the throne. Go...
After he was crowned, William immediately began reinforcing his power. By 1067, he faced revolts on all sides and spent four years crushing each one. He then forced Scotland and Wales to recognize him as their overlord. The Norman Conquest led to a large change in the history of the English state. William ordered that a report called the Domesday B...
Empress Matilda and Geoffroy's son, Henry of Anjou, who was the Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and Duke of Aquitaine, invaded England and succeeded Stephen as king. Henry became called Henry IIand destroyed the rest of the adulterine castles. He grew his power into Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Flanders, Nantes, Brittany, Quercy, Toulouse, Bourges, ...
Edward I (reigned 1272–1307) strengthened the powers of his government, and he brought together the Parliaments of England (such as his Model Parliament). He conquered Wales and tried to conquer the Kingdom of Scotland. William Wallace, a Scottish knight, rallied troops to fight Edward. He was eventually defeated, but not before he inspired other S...
Henry V came to the throne in 1413. He continued a new phase of the Hundred Years War, referred to as the Lancastrian War. In the Treaty of Troyes, Henry V was given the power to succeed the current ruler of France, Charles VI of France and to marry Charles IV's daughter. Henry V and Catherine of Valoismarried in 1421, but Henry V died of dysentery...
Oct 1, 2024 · The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, into a new unitary state called Great Britain.
Oct 1, 2024 · This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
Key points. The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British...
The United Kingdom is a country of western Europe. It is made up of four parts: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The country’s full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sometimes the country is called Great Britain, or just Britain.
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