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In 383, the Roman general then assigned to Britain, Magnus Maximus, launched his successful bid for imperial power, [1] crossing to Gaul with his troops. He killed the Western Roman Emperor Gratian and ruled Gaul and Britain as Caesar (i.e., as a "sub-emperor" under Theodosius I). 383 is the last date for any evidence of a Roman presence in the north and west of Britain, [2] perhaps excepting ...
nearly triggering war between Britain and the U.S. 1811 Nov 4 prelude 12th United States Congress convened. 1811 Nov 7 prelude Battle of Tippecanoe: Tecumseh's confederacy defeated. 1812 Apr 4 prelude American Trade Embargo: 1812 May 11 prelude UK Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated. Pro-war sentiment in Britain decreased,
Timelines of War: A Chronology of Warfare from 100,000 BC to the Present (1996), Global coverage. Cannon, John, ed. The Oxford Companion to British History (2003) Carlton, Charles. This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485–1746 (Yale UP; 2011) 332 pages; studies the impact of near unceasing war from the individual to the national levels.
Caesar's invasions of Britain: England Roman tributaries set up in a limited area. [1] 49–96 [A.D.] Roman conquest of Britain: Great Britain Roman Empire conquers Britain from the native Celts [2] 208–10 Severan invasion of Caledonia: Scotland Part of the Roman occupation of Britain: Roman failure- withdrawal to Hadrian's Wall [3] 286–96 ...
Conflict in Anglo-Saxon England covers the battles and other incidents of mediæval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 5th century until the conquest by the Normans in 1066.
Roman Britain had an estimated population between 2.8 million and 3 million people at the end of the second century. At the end of the fourth century, it had an estimated population of 3.6 million people, of whom 125,000 consisted of the Roman army and their families and dependents. [82]
18 June – The War of 1812 begins between the United States and the United Kingdom. 18 July – The Treaty of Orebro brings an end to the Anglo-Russian War and the Anglo-Swedish War. 22 July – Peninsular War: at the Battle of Salamanca, British forces led by Lord Wellington defeat French troops near Salamanca in Spain. [2]
End of Roman rule in Britain: The last Roman forces left Britain. 421: 8 February: Honorius appointed his brother-in-law and Magister militum Constantius III co-ruler of the Western Roman Empire with himself. 2 September: Constantius III died. 423: 15 August: Honorius died. The Western Roman patrician Castinus declared the primicerius Joannes ...