KidZone History: UK
Timeline
2200BC - Stonehenge is completed
55BC - Julius Ceasar invades Britain and then withdraws
43AD - Romans invade Britain and create a new Roman province
50AD - Romans found London, called Londinium at the time
122AD - Roman Emperor Hadrian orders a wall to be built between England and Scotland
410AD - Romans leave
450AD - Anglo Saxons settle in the UK
597AD - Christianity is introduced by St. Augustine
617AD - Regions establish themselves as kingdoms, with Northumbria dominating
793AD - Vikings arrive
878AD - Alfred the Great raises an army and defeats Viking invaders
1016AD - After the Saxons defeated the Vikings, Danes invade and Canute becomes King
1066AD - Norman conquest occurs and William the Conquerer becomes King
1078AD - Construction of the Tower of London begins
1215AD - King John is forced to sign the Magna Carta
1297AD - William Wallace leads Scots against the English
1337AD - The Hundred Years War begins against France
1349AD - Black Death hits England
1415AD - English defeat French at Battle of Agincourt
1453AD - Hundred Years War comes to an end
1455AD - War of the Roses begins
1485AD - War of the Roses ends as Henry Tudor becomes King
1536AD - England and Wales are joined in the Act of Union
1558AD - Elizabeth I begins her reign
1588AD - Sir Francis Drake leads the English Navy to defeat the Spainish Armada
1591AD - Shakespeare begins writing and performing
1602AD - James I united England and Scotland under his rule
1605AD - Guy Fawkes and his co conspirators attempt to blow up parliament
1620AD - Pilgrims sail for America aboard the Mayflower
1666AD - The Great Fire of London
1707AD - England and Scotland are officially united
1770AD - Industrial Revolution begins
1776AD - United States of America declares independence from the British Empire
1805AD - The British Navy defeats Napoleon at Trafalgar
1837AD - Queen Victoria ascends to the throne
1854AD - Crimean War begins
1914 to 1918AD - World War I
1921AD - Ireland is granted independence
1928AD - Women gain equal voting rights
1939 to 1945AD - World War II
1952AD - Queen Elizabeth II ascends to the throne
1979AD - Margaret Thatcher becomes the first femame prime minister
1982AD - The Falklands War
1991AD - UK joins the USA for the Gulf War
2003AD - The Iraq War begins
2016AD - The UK declares independence from the European Union