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This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
c.10–c.40: Reign of Cunobelinus, an influential king of southern England before the Roman occupation; son of Tasciovanus [2] 43: Aulus Plautius leads an army of forty thousand to invade Great Britain; [3] Emperor Claudius makes Britain a part of the Roman Empire [4] C. 47 – 50 London settled by the Romans, known as Londinium [5]
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History of Great Britain by period (10 C) ... Contemporary British history (10 C, 11 P) D. Decades in the United Kingdom (42 C) E. Edwardian era (2 C, 34 P) G.
The categorisation of the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time is called periodization. [1] This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields of study. These can be divided broadly into prehistorical periods and historical periods (when written records began to be kept).
Timeline of British history (before 1000) Timeline of British history (1000–1499) Timeline of British history (1500–1599) Timeline of British history (1600–1699) Timeline of British history (1700–1799) Timeline of British history (1800–1899) Timeline of British history (1900–1929) Timeline of British history (1930–1949)
For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles. For narratives covering this time period, see Political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present) and Social history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)
This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with those of the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.