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  1. <attn>ENGLAND'S HISTORY TIME LINE</attn>
  2.  
  3. <article>
  4. <timeline type=line>
  5. <start><date>700 BC</date></start>
  6. <end><date>1980</date></end>
  7. <timebar fid="scale001">
  8.  
  9. <range>
  10. <from>700 BC</from><to>601 BC</to>
  11. <slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
  12. </range>
  13. <range>
  14. <from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to>
  15. <slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
  16. </range>
  17. <range>
  18. <from>500 BC</from><to>401 BC</to>
  19. <slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
  20. </range>
  21. <range>
  22. <from>400 BC</from><to>301 BC</to>
  23. <slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
  24. </range>
  25. <range>
  26. <from>300 BC</from><to>201 BC</to>
  27. <slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
  28. </range>
  29. <range>
  30. <from>200 BC</from><to>101 BC</to>
  31. <slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
  32. </range>
  33. <range>
  34. <from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to>
  35. <slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
  36. </range>
  37. <range>
  38. <from>1</from><to>100 </to>
  39. <slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
  40. </range>
  41. <range>
  42. <from>101</from><to>200 </to>
  43. <slider>Roman Province</slider>
  44. </range>
  45. <range>
  46. <from>201</from><to>300</to>
  47. <slider>Roman Province</slider>
  48. </range>
  49. <range>
  50. <from>301</from><to>400</to>
  51. <slider>Roman Province</slider>
  52. </range>
  53. <range>
  54. <from>401</from><to>500</to>
  55. <slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
  56. </range>
  57. <range><from>501</from><to>600</to>
  58. <slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
  59. </range>
  60. <range>
  61. <from>601</from><to>700</to>
  62. <slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
  63. </range>
  64. <range>
  65. <from>701</from><to>800</to>
  66. <slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
  67. </range>
  68. <range>
  69. <from>801</from><to>900</to>
  70. <slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
  71. </range>
  72. <range>
  73. <from>901</from><to>1000</to>
  74. <slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
  75. </range>
  76. <range>
  77. <from>1001</from><to>1100</to>
  78. <slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
  79. </range>
  80. <range>
  81. <from>1101</from><to>1200</to>
  82. <slider>Middle Ages</slider>
  83. </range>
  84. <range>
  85. <from>1201</from><to>1300</to>
  86. <slider>Middle Ages</slider>
  87. </range>
  88. <range>
  89. <from>1301</from><to>1400</to>
  90. <slider>Middle Ages</slider>
  91. </range>
  92. <range>
  93. <from>1401</from><to>1500</to>
  94. <slider>Middle Ages</slider>
  95. </range>
  96. <range>
  97. <from>1501</from><to>1600</to>
  98. <slider>Tudors</slider>
  99. </range>
  100. <range>
  101. <from>1601</from><to>1700</to>
  102. <slider>Stuarts</slider>
  103. </range>
  104. <range>
  105. <from>1701</from><to>1800</to>
  106. <slider>Georgians</slider>
  107. </range>
  108. <range>
  109. <from>1801</from><to>1900</to>
  110. <slider>Victorians</slider>
  111. </range>
  112. <range>
  113. <from>1901</from><to>2000</to>
  114. <slider>20th Century</slider>
  115. </range>
  116.  
  117.  
  118. <event>
  119. <vague></vague>
  120. <time><from>700 BC</from><to>601 BC</to></time>
  121. <p>Celtic invaders using iron weapons conquer prehistoric peoples</p>
  122. </event>
  123.  
  124. <event>
  125. <vague></vague> 
  126. <time><from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to></time>
  127. <p>Hillforts built</p>
  128. </event>
  129.  
  130. <event>
  131. <vague></vague>
  132. <time><from>500 BC</from><to>101 BC</to></time>
  133. <p>Extensive trade develops between Britain and the continent of Europe</p>
  134. </event>
  135.  
  136. <event>
  137. <vague></vague>
  138. <time><from>400 BC</from><to>201 BC</to></time>
  139. <p>New farmlands cleared and cultivated</p>
  140. </event>
  141.  
  142. <event>
  143. <vague></vague>
  144. <time><from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to></time>
  145. <p>Belgae settle in southern Britain</p>
  146. </event>
  147. <specific>
  148. <date>55 BC</date>
  149. <p>Julius Caesar invades 55 BC</p>
  150. </specific>
  151.  
  152. <specific>
  153. <date>43</date>
  154. <p>Emperor Claudius conquers AD 43</p>
  155. </specific>
  156. <specific>
  157. <date>122</date>
  158. <p>Hadrian's Wall built 122</p>
  159. </specific>
  160.  
  161.  
  162. <event>
  163. <vague></vague>
  164. <time><from>201 </from><to>300</to></time>
  165. <p>Villas built all over southern Britain</p>
  166. </event>
  167.  
  168. <event>
  169. <vague></vague>
  170. <time><from>401 </from><to>500</to></time>
  171. <p>Anglo Saxons raid and settle</p>
  172. </event>
  173. <event>
  174. <vague></vague>
  175. <time><from>401 </from><to>500</to></time>
  176. <p>Celts retreat to Wales and Cornwall</p>
  177. </event>
  178. <event>
  179. <vague></vague>
  180. <time><from>401 </from><to>500</to></time>
  181. <p>Dark Ages</p>
  182. </event>
  183. </article>
  184.  
  185. <event>
  186. <vague></vague>
  187. <time><from>501</from><to>600</to></time>
  188. <p>Christian missionaries from Ireland and Rome</p>
  189. </event>
  190.  
  191. <event>
  192. <specific>
  193. <date>664</date>
  194. <p>English Church accepts authority of Rome at Synod of Whitby</p>
  195. </specific>
  196. </event>
  197.  
  198. <event>
  199. <vague></vague>
  200. <time><from>701</from><to>800</to></time>
  201. <p>King Offa of Mercia builds dyke</p>
  202. </event>
  203. <event>
  204. <specific>
  205. <date>793</date>
  206. <p>First Viking invaders</p>
  207. </specific>
  208. </event>
  209.  
  210. <event>
  211. <vague></vague>
  212. <time><from>801</from><to>900</to></time>
  213. <p>Danish army invades eastern England, defeated in Wessex</p>
  214. </event>
  215. <event>
  216. <specific>
  217. <date>878</date>
  218. <p>Alfred defeats Danes</p>
  219. </specific>
  220. </event>
  221.  
  222.  
  223. <event>
  224. <vague></vague>
  225. <time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
  226. <p>Athelstan King of all England</p>
  227. </event>
  228. <event>
  229. <vague></vague>
  230. <time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
  231. <p>Danes attack again and settle in the east and north</p>
  232. </event>
  233.  
  234. <event>
  235. <specific>
  236. <date>1014</date>
  237. <p>Cnut, a Dane, declared King of England</p>
  238. </specific>
  239. </event>
  240. <event>
  241. <specific>
  242. <date>1066</date>
  243. <p>Norman conquest</p>
  244. </specific>
  245. </event>
  246. <event>
  247. <vague></vague>
  248. <time><from>1066</from><to>1100</to></time>
  249. <p>Norman Kings</p>
  250. </event>
  251.  
  252. <event>
  253. <vague></vague>
  254. <time><from>1101</from><to>1154</to></time>
  255. <p>Norman Kings</p>
  256. </event>
  257. <event>
  258. <vague></vague>
  259. <time><from>1101</from><to>1200</to></time>
  260. <p>Norman castles, cathedrals and churches built</p>
  261. </event>
  262.  
  263. <event>
  264. <vague></vague>
  265. <time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
  266. <p>Gothic churches and cathedrals</p>
  267. </event>
  268. <event>
  269. <vague></vague>
  270. <time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
  271. <p>Early parliaments</p>
  272. </event>
  273. <event>
  274. <vague></vague>
  275. <time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
  276. <p>Wales conquered</p>
  277. </event>
  278. <event>
  279. <specific>
  280. <date>1215</date>
  281. <p>Magna Carta</p>
  282. </specific>
  283. </event>
  284.  
  285.  
  286. <event>
  287. <vague></vague>
  288. <time><from>1301</from><to>1400</to></time>
  289. <p>Hundred Years War with France</p>
  290. </event>
  291. <event>
  292. <specific>
  293. <from>1347</from><to>1351</to>
  294. <p>Black Death</p>
  295. </specific>
  296. </event>
  297. <event>
  298. <specific>
  299. <date>1381</date>
  300. <p>Peasants' Revolt</p>
  301. </specific>
  302. </event>
  303.  
  304.  
  305. <event>
  306. <vague></vague>
  307. <time><from>1401</from><to>1500</to></time>
  308. <p>Hundred Years War with France</p>
  309. </event>
  310. <event>
  311. <specific>
  312. <from>1455</from><to>1485</to>
  313. <p>Wars of the Roses</p>
  314. </specific>
  315. </event>
  316.  
  317. <event>
  318. <vague></vague>
  319. <time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
  320. <p>Reformation</p>
  321. </event>
  322. <event>
  323. <vague></vague>
  324. <time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
  325. <p>Printed books available</p>
  326. </event>
  327. <event>
  328. <specific>
  329. <date>1588</date>
  330. <p>Spanish Armada</p>
  331. </specific>
  332. </event>
  333.  
  334. <event>
  335. <vague></vague>
  336. <time><from>1601</from><to>1700</to></time>
  337. <p>Ireland conquered, Protestants settle Ulster</p>
  338. </event>
  339. <event>
  340. <vague></vague>
  341. <time><from>1601 </from><to>1700</to></time>
  342. <p>Colonists in America and the Caribbean</p>
  343. </event>
  344. <event>
  345. <specific>
  346. <from>1642</from><to>1649</to>
  347. <p>Civil War</p>
  348. </specific>
  349. </event>
  350. <event>
  351. <specific>
  352. <date>1649</date>
  353. <p>Charles I beheaded</p>
  354. </specific>
  355. </event>
  356.  
  357. <event>
  358. <vague></vague>
  359. <time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
  360. <p>Colonies grow overseas</p>
  361. </event>
  362. <event>
  363. <vague></vague>
  364. <time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
  365. <p>Industrial Revolution</p>
  366. </event>
  367. <event>
  368. <specific>
  369. <date>1707</date>
  370. <p>Act of Union with Scotland</p>
  371. </specific>
  372. </event>
  373. <event>
  374. <specific>
  375. <date>1783</date>
  376. <p>Thirteen American colonies become USA</p>
  377. </specific>
  378. </event>
  379.  
  380. <event>
  381. <vague></vague>
  382. <time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
  383. <p>Railways built</p>
  384. </event>
  385. <event>
  386. <vague></vague>
  387. <time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
  388. <p>British empire grows, Emigration to empire and USA</p>
  389. </event>
  390. <event>
  391. <vague></vague>
  392. <time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
  393. <p>Population growth</p>
  394. </event>
  395. <event>
  396. <specific>
  397. <date>1851</date>
  398. <p>Great Exhibition</p>
  399. </specific>
  400. </event>
  401. <event>
  402. <specific>
  403. <from>1854</from><to>1856</to>
  404. <p>Crimean War</p>
  405. </specific>
  406. </event>
  407. <event>
  408. <specific>
  409. <from>1899</from><to>1902</to>
  410. <p>Boer War</p>
  411. </specific>
  412. </event>
  413.  
  414. <event>
  415. <vague></vague>
  416. <time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
  417. <p>Growth of cities</p>
  418. </event>
  419. <event>
  420. <vague></vague>
  421. <time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
  422. <p>Empire becomes Commonwealth, United Kingdom joins the European Union</p>
  423. </event>
  424. <event>
  425. <vague></vague>
  426. <time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
  427. <p>Communications revolution</p>
  428. </event>
  429. <event>
  430. <specific>
  431. <from>1901</from><to>1910</to>
  432. <p>Edwardian era</p>
  433. </specific>
  434. </event>
  435. <event>
  436. <specific>
  437. <from>1914</from><to>1918</to>
  438. <p>World War I</p>
  439. </specific>
  440. </event>
  441. <event>
  442. <specific>
  443. <from>1939</from><to>1945</to>
  444. <p>World War II</p>
  445. </specific>
  446. </event>
  447. </article>
  448.