Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods
The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, also known as the Old and Middle Stone Ages, were characterised by a hunter-gatherer society and a reliance on stone tool technologies.
Palaeolithic See more

Major historical events in the early modern period include the English Renaissance, the English Reformation and Scottish Reformation, the English Civil War, the Restoration of See more

1900–1945
Queen Victoria, who had reigned since 1837, died in 1901 and was succeeded by her son, Edward VII, who, in turn, was succeeded by his son, George V, when he died in 1910. The British Empire flourished but there was a … See more

In 55 and 54 BC, the Roman general Gaius Julius Caesar launched two separate invasions of the British Isles, though neither resulted in a full Roman occupation of the … See more

Early medieval
The Early medieval period saw a series of invasions of Britain by the Germanic-speaking See more

1801 to 1837
Union of Great Britain and Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland was a settler state; the monarch … See more

• Prehistoric Britain (Prehistory–AD 43)
• Roman Britain (44–407)
• Sub-Roman Britain (407–597)
• Britain in the Middle Ages (597–1485) See more