Timeline of prehistoric Britain facts for kids
Events from the prehistory of Britain (to 1 BC). The entries are backed by modern research in archaeology.
Events
- c. 950,000 or 840,000 BC
- 2010. Flints worked in south-eastern Britain.
- c. 800,000 BC
- Happisburgh early flint workings; footprints.
- c. 700,000 BC
- Pakefield early flint workings.
- c. 500,000 BC
- Eartham Pit, Boxgrove the oldest known human remains found in Britain.
- c. 250,000 BC
- Swanscombe Man (actually a woman), the second oldest known human remains found in Britain.
- c. 180,000 BC
- English Channel forms, separating Britain from the mainland.
- 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.
- Cheddar Man, the oldest complete human skeleton found in Britain (c 7150 BC)
- 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; Hallstatt Culture.
- c. 400 BC
- 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 coins introduced.
- c. 80 BC
- 55 BC
- 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
- 34 BC
- Emperor Octavian makes an alliance with the Atrebates and Trinovantes.
- c. 25 BC
- Tincommius, leader of the Atrebates, issues Roman-style coinage.
Images for kids
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A selection of stone tools from Eartham Pit, Boxgrove
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The upper body of the Cheddar Man a Mesolithic skeleton.
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Stonehenge, a neolithic stone monument constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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The Uffington White Horse, a Bronze Age hill figure.
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Old Oswestry, an Iron Age hillfort
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