Anglo saxon period

Anglo-Saxon Period

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  • 2000 BCE

    Late Stone Age

    Iberians from Spain and Portugal migrate to British Islands.
  • 2000 BCE

    2,000 BCE - 800-600 BCE

    Stonehenge built.
    Celts migrated to British Islands from Souther Europe. 2 Groups of Celts: 1-Brythons who settled in Britain. 2-Gaels who settled in Ireland.
  • Period: 400 BCE to 500 BCE

    Anglo-Saxon Period

  • 55 BCE

    55 BCE

    Julius Caesar invaded Britain and declared it province of Rome.
  • 43

    43 AD

    Claudius brought the Roman legions, along with progress and new amenities.
  • 407

    407 AD

    Romans ask for help to themercenaries from present-day Germany.
  • 432

    432 AD

    St. Patrick went to Ireland and spread Christianity.
  • 449

    449 AD

    The Old English Period begins. This date marks the beginning of the Anglo-Saxon Invasions.
  • 597

    597 AD

    St. Augustine founded a Christian monastery. He became 1st Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 750

    750 AD

    Beowulf is composed by an unknown author, (probably a monk).
  • 800

    800 AD

    The Danish invasions begins.The Vikings sack the monasteries
  • 871

    871 AD. & 892 AD

    Alfred the Great becomes king. Establishes public education.
    Alfred the Great begins the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle written in Old English.
  • 1042

    1042 AD

    Edward the Confessor becomes King of England. A devout Christian.
  • 1066

    1066 AD

    The Norman Invation. Willian the Conquerer comes from France and conquers the Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Hastings, end of the Old English Period and beginning of Middle English Period.