Timeline of English history

Pre-History[]

c.500 BC: Celts inhabit much of Europe, and beginning to colonize the British Isles
55 BC : First Roman raids on Britain under Julius Caesar
43 AD : Roman occupation of Britain under Emperor Claudius (beginning of Roman rule of Britain)
122-128 : Construction of Hadrian's Wall
410-436 : Roman withdrawal from Britain

c.450 : Anglo-Saxon settlement (Angles, Frisians, Saxons, Jutes) of Britain begins
450-480 : Earliest Old English inscriptions
597 : St. Augustine arrives in Britain (beginning of Christian conversion of the Anglo-Saxons)
c.600 : Anglo-Saxon language covers most of modern-day England
c.660 : “Cædmon's Hymn” composed in Old English
731 : The Venerable Bede writes “The Ecclesiastical History of the English People” (in Latin)
792 : Viking raids of Britain begin "Viking Era"

1066 : Norman Conquest - Battle of Hastings - Victory of William the Conqueror.
1086 : Domesday Book - commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror (1027-1087), who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the 40 old English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time). (See Category: Domesday Book landholder)

1106 : Battle of Tinchebray (Normandy)
1120 : White Ship Disaster - Heir apparent of King Henry I of England (1068-1135) drowns - causing major succession crisis.
- 1123-24 : Battle of Bourgtheroulde - Barons in Normandy revolt against King Henry I.
1135-53 : The Anarchy - Civil war in England and Normandy creating a great breakdown in law and order. The conflict was a war of succession precipitated by the accidental death of William Adelin, the only legitimate son of King Henry I, who drowned in the sinking of the White Ship in 1120.

1173-74 : Revolt of 1173-1174 - a rebellion against King Henry II of England by three of his sons, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their rebel supporters.

1095-1303 The Crusades (See Category:Crusader knights)

See Also Timeline of Crusades Major Events
1061-1091 : Christian forces under the Normans invade and defeat Muslim ruled Sicily, but retain Muslim cultural influence under Norman rule.
1095 : Pope Urban II preaches the first crusade, urging the Christians of Europe to march east to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims.
1096 : Start of People's Crusade (ends in Hungary)
1096 : Start of First Crusade
1147-1149 : Second Crusade
1189-1192 : Third Crusade brings famous Crusader leaders Richard I of England, Philip II of France, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I
1202-1204 : Fourth Crusade
1212 : Children's Crusade begins and ends in tragedy
1217-1221 : Fifth Crusade
1248-1254 : Sixth Crusade
1270 : Seventh Crusade
1291 : Effective end of the Great Crusades