Timeline: British History | Timetoast

3000 BCE

Stonehenge BC

Before Christ. Remains of a stone circle in Wiltshire, England,
55 BCE

Julius Caesar invaded Great Britain

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/caesar_julius.shtml
43 BCE

Emperor Claudius makes Britain a part of the Roman Empire

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/claudius.shtml
368

A year-long series of raids by the Picts and Saxons began, which forced the Roman abandonment of Hadrian's Wall

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/anglo_saxons/saxons.shtml
597

Saint Augustine of Canterbury arrived in England to begin the conversion of the English.

http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/pages/augustine-1st-archbishop-of-canterbury.html
Apr 5, 730

The venerable Bede produced the ecclesiastical history of the English people.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bede_st.shtml
Oct 14, 1066

Battle of Hastings

England's remaining forces were defeated by invaders from Normandy. This was known as the Norman Conquest, which caused William the Conqueror to be crowned king of England and permanently changed the English language and culture.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-hastings
Dec 29, 1170

Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was assassinated.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/becket_thomas.shtml
Jan 1, 1529

King Henry VIII severed ties with the Catholic Church and declared himself head of the church in England.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/henry_viii/
Jan 1, 1558

Elizabeth I

http://www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/kingsandqueensofengland/thetudors/elizabethi.aspx
Jan 1, 1688

Glorious Revolution

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/glorious_revolution_01.shtml
Period: Jan 1, 1688 to Jan 1, 1689

Glorious Revolution
Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 1800

Industrial Revolution

http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
Jan 1, 1780

Industrial Revolution

http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution
Jan 1, 1914

World War I

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/overview_britain_ww1_01.shtml
Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1918

World War I

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/overview_britain_ww1_01.shtml
Jan 1, 1939

World War II

http://www.historyofengland.net/world-war-ii
Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Jan 1, 1945

World War II

http://www.historyofengland.net/world-war-ii
Period: Mar 20, 2003 to May 1, 2003

Invasion of Iraq
Jan 1, 2009

Financial Crisis

http://www.theguardian.com/business/financial-crisis
Mar 20, 2016

Invasion of Iraq

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14546763