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Invasion by Julius Caesar.

Britain becomes a trading outpost of the

Roman Empire.

AD 43

Under Emperor Claudius, Britain comes

under full Roman political and military

domination.

410

Roman forces withdrawn.

449

Angles, Saxons and Jutes descend on Britain.

597

St Augustine brings Roman Christianity to Britain.

793

Norwegian sea-raiders sack the monastery at Lindisfarne

?800-?1000

Danish raids.

871-899

Reign of King Alfred the Great.

1066

Britain conquered by the Normans.

Norman monarchs

1066-1087

William I.

1087-1100

William II.

1100-1135

Henry I.

1135-1154

Stephen.

Plantagenet

(Anjou) monarchs

1154-1189

Henry II. Efficient ruler who carried out

much legal reform. Conquest of Ireland.

Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury,

assassinated by king's knights (1170).

1189-1199

Richard I.

1199-1216

John. Forced to sign the Magna Carta (1215)

guaranteeing such rights as freedom from

arbitrary imprisonment.

1216-1272

Henry III. Rebellion by Simon de Montfort

led to establishment of Great Council, from

which Parliament later developed.

1272-1307

Edward I. Conquest of Wales.

1307-1327

Edward II. Defeated by Scots (1314).

1327-1377

Edward III. Hundred Years War with France

began (1338). Black Death struck England

(1348-1349), reducing the population by

between one-third and a half.

1377-1399

Richard II. Neglect of war with France.

Period of disorder. Peasants' revolt, led by

Wat Tyler (1381).

The House

of Lancaster

1399-1413

Henry IV.

1413-1422

Henry V. After great victory over French at

Agincourt (1415), recognised as heir to the

throne of France. Great national hero.

1422-1461

Henry VI. Defeat in France to end Hundred

Years War (1453). Wars of Roses began (1455).