Timeline of British history (before 1000)

For a full timeline overview, see timeline of British history.

This article presents a timeline of events in British history before 1000.

Timeline of Prehistoric Britain Timeline of British history (1000-1499)

To 999

AD

• 43 Roman invasion of Britain, ordered by Claudius, who dispatches Aulus Plautius and an army of some 40,000 men
• 60 Revolt against the Roman occupation, led by Boudica of the Iceni, begins
• c. 84 Romans defeat Caledonians at the battle of Mons Graupius
• 122 Construction of Hadrian's Wall begins
• 142 Construction of Antonine Wall in Scotland begins
• c. 383 Beginning of Roman withdrawal from Britain
• 410 Last Roman leaves Britain and tells the natives to defend themselves from other invaders overseas, as Rome is under attack from the Goths
• 449 Hengest, Saxon leader, arrives in England
• c. 466 Battle of Wippedesfleot
• 597 Arrival of St. Augustine
• 793 Vikings raid Lindisfarne
• 802 Vikings ransack monastery on Iona
• 843 Birth of Kingdom of Scotland with union of the Picts and the Scots
• 878 Battle of Ethandun, defeat of Viking forces, results in Treaty of Wedmore and establishment of the Danelaw
• 895 Danish fleet captured by Alfred the Great

See also

• British Iron Age
• Early Middle Ages
• Timeline of British history
• History of the British Isles
• History of England
• History of Ireland
• History of Northern Ireland
• History of Scotland
• History of Wales
• History of the United Kingdom
• Prehistory