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Events from the prehistory of Britain (to 1 BC). ==Events== * c. 950,000 or 840,000 BC * * Flints worked in south-eastern Britain. 〔http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7303/fig_tab/nature09117_F5.html〕 * c. 250,000 BC * * Swanscombe Man (actually a woman), the oldest known human remains 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.〔 * 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 * * 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 coins introduced.〔 * c. 80 BC * * Second wave of Belgic invaders settle in Sussex, Berkshire, and Hampshire, establishing the Atrebates and Regnenses tribes.〔 * 55 BC * * Commius, chieftain of the Atrebates, captured by the British after serving as an envoy to Rome.〔 * * 26 August - Julius Caesar lands between Deal and Walmer, wins skirmishes against the British, and frees Commius.〔 * * 31 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 Atrebates.〔 * 34 BC * * Emperor Octavian makes an alliance with the Atrebates and Trinovantes.〔 * c. 25 BC * * Tincommius, leader of the Atrebates, issues Roman-style coinage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of prehistoric Britain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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