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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