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Events
- c. 250,000 BC
- Swanscombe Man (actually a woman), the oldest known human remains in Britain.
- c. 26,000 BC
- Cave-dwelling Upper Paleolithic peoples in Britain.
- c. 10,000 BC
- Last Ice Age ends.
- c. 8300 BC
- Mesolithic period begins.
- c. 6500 BC
- English Channel forms, separating Britain from the mainland.
- c. 4000 BC
- Neolithic period begins in Britain, introducing the first agriculture
- c. 3000 BC
- First henge monuments.
- c. 2600 BC
- Main phase of construction at Stonehenge begins, replacing earlier wooden and earthen works.
- c. 2300 BC
- Arrival of the Beaker People in Britain.
- c. 1800 BC
- Wessex culture brings bronze working to Britain.
- c. 1600 BC
- Last construction at Stonehenge
- c. 1400 BC
- Wessex culture replaced by more agrarian peoples; stone circles and early hillforts produced.
- c. 800 BC
- Celts bring Iron Working to Britain
- c. 400 BC
- Parisi tribe from northern France settle in Yorkshire
- First brochs constructed.
- c. 330 BC
- Pytheas of Massilia circumnavigates Britain.
- c. 300 BC
- La Tene artwork introduced from northern France.
- c. 100 BC
- First wave of Belgic invaders settle in the south-east, establishing the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes.
- First coines introduced.
- c. 80 BC
- Second wave of Belgic invaders settle in Sussex, Berkshire and Hampshire, establishing the Attrebate and Regnenses tribes.
- 55 BC
- Commius chieftain of the Atrebates, captured by the British after serving as an envoy to Rome
- 26 August, Julias Caesar lands between Deal and Walmer, wins skirmishes against the British, and frees Commius.
- 31st August - Britons in war chariots defeat the Romans. Romans return to Gaul
- 54 BC
- July - Julius Caesar invades Britain and defeats the Catuvellauni under Cassivellaunus
- September - Tribute fixed, and peace agreed between the Catevellauni and the Trinovantes, allied with Rome. Romans return to Gaul
- 50 BC
- Fleeing to Britain after a failed revolt in Gaul, Commius becomes chieftain of the Attrebates
- 34 BC
- Emperor Octavian makes an alliance with the Atrebates and Trinovantes.
- c. 25 BC
- Tincommius leader of the Atrebates, issues Roman-style coinage.