TIME LINE
for
England
6500BC   Britain seperates from Continent
5000BC   Neolithic
4500BC   Megalthic Tombs
3200BC   Megalthic Circles
2500BC   Bronze Age
2000BC   Stonenge
1000BC   Hill Forts
750BC     Greek Alahabet

600BC     Latin Script and Greek Coins
300BC     Celtic Coins
27BC       Augustus Ruler of Rome
AD125     Hadrians Wall
AD449     Angles, Saxons & Jutes invade Britain
AD500     Germanic People settle in East England
AD542     Bubonic Plague in Europe
AD625     Sutton Hoo Boat burial in Suffolk
AD787     Vikings.   First viking raids
AD800     Charlemange Crowned Holy Roman Emp.
AD1016 -  AD1035    Cnut Emires include England
AD1066    Norman conquest of England
AD1150    Paper making spread from Muslim world
AD1275    Marco Polo reaches China
AD1348    Black Death from Asia reaches Europe
AD1455    Gutenberg prints first book in Europe
AD1498    World Sea Routes discovered (Columbus and De Gama)
AD1509    Watch invented by Peter Henle, ( Nuremberg)
AD1525     Potato introduced from South America
AD1588     Spanish Armada Shipwrecks in England
AD1712     Thomas Newcomen invented Steam Engine
AD1779     First Iron Bridge, on River Severn
AD1835     First Telegraph
AD1840     First Postage Stamp









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