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5000 BCE
Proto-Indo-Europeans
Proto-Indo-Europeans lived in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. -
500 BCE
Celts
Celts inhabited much of Europe, and began to colonise the British Isles. -
55 BCE
Roman Invasion
First Roman raided on Britain under Julius Caesar. -
450
Anglo-Saxon settlement
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain began (Angles, Frisians, Saxons, Jutes) -
792
Viking Invasion
Viking Invasion began -
800
Beowulf
800.The epic poem "Beowulf" is written in Old English.
1000. The oldest surviving manuscript of “Beowulf” dates from this period.