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  4000 BC Neolithic immigrants arrived from Europe
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  2500 BC the population began to divide into tribes
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  2000 BC The Celts started settling across much of Britain and Ireland
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  The Celts crossed the narrow English Channel and settled in peace in many parts of Britain
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  55 BC Julius Caesar's arrival in Britain
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  410 the island undefended
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  1066 the Saxon king Edward the Confessor died
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  1215 the signing of the Magna Carta
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  1485 he won the final battle at Bosworth
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  Ascended the throne