500,000 BP		First humans in Britain.
6500 BC		Britain separated from mainland Europe by rising sea levels.
4200 BC		First farms established.
2950 BC		Stonehenge built.
2500 BC		Start of Bronze Age.
750 BC		Start of Iron Age.
150 BC		Large tribal kingdoms become dominant.
43 AD		Roman Empire invades and occupies much of Britain.
60-61 AD		Revolt by native tribes under Boudica.
409 AD		End of Roman rule in Britain.
450 AD		Saxon migration into Britain begins.
878		Danelaw established in Eastern England.
October 1066		Duke William of Normandy invades England and soon becomes king.
1534		Henry VIII breaks with Catholic Church and founds Church of England.
1588		Defeat of the Spanish Armada.
1607		Settlement of Virginia in America founded.
1642		Civil War begins.
1649		King Charles I executed. England becomes a Republic.
1660		Monarchy restored under Charles II.
1688		William of Orange invited to become king.
1707		Union of England and Scotland.
1776		Declaration of American Independence.
1801		Union with Ireland.
1803		War with Napoleonic France begins.
1815		Napoleon defeated.
1854-56		Crimean War - Anglo-French alliance attacks Russia.
1858		Indian Mutiny.
1899-1902		Boer War in South Africa
1904		Alliance with France signed
1907		Alliance with Russia signed
4 August 1914		British Empire joins the First World War
11 November 1918		Armistice ends the First World War
1921		Irish Free State leaves the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland remains part of the UK
1938		Munich Crisis - Britain abandons Czechoslovakia to German occupation
3 September 1939		UK declares war on Germany. Britain joins the Second World War
July-September 1940		Battle of Britain - Britain fights alone against Germany
8 December 1941		Britain responds to Japanese attacks by declaring war
6 June 1944		Allies launch D-Day invasion of German-occupied France from Britain
8 May 1945		Germany surrenders - war in Europe ends
14 August 1945		Japan surrenders - Pacific war ends
1945		The UK becomes a permanent member of the UN Security Council
1947		India and Pakistan given independence
July 1947-Sept 1949		Berlin Airlift keeps the city from Soviet control
4 April 1949		Britain becomes a founder member of NATO
1950-1953		British forces committed to Korean War under the UN
November 1956		Britain intervenes militarily in Suez Canal Zone, but withdraws under US pressure
1969		British troops sent into Northern Ireland to restore peace
1973		UK joins the European Economic Community (later known as the EU)
1982		Argentina invades the Falklands Islands. British task force retakes the islands.
1990-1991		First Gulf War to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation
1995		NATO Operation 'Determined Force' in Bosnia
September 1997		Referendums in Wales and Scotland back the creation of national assemblies
1998		Good Friday Agreement on political settlement in Northern Ireland
March-June 1999		NATO Operation 'Allied Force' - ending the ethnic killing in Kosovo
1999		Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly established
2000		British forces intervene in Sierra Leone to restore peace
2001-2002		Invasion of Afghanistan
March 2003		Invasion of Iraq - Second Gulf War
July 2005		Suicide bomb attacks in London