A historical time line

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The Timeline of Celtic History

10000-2000 BCE
A long, long, long, way long time ago

1200 BCE
Proto-Celts in Europe

1100 BCE
Hallstatt Period begins

600 BCE
Celts move over Alps into Italy

400 BCE
Main Migration of Celts into Po Valley

390 BCE
Celts Sack Rome

340 BCE
Roman's prohibit single combat to settle conlict with Celts

335 BCE
Alexander the Great heads toward the Danube Valley

298 BCE
Third Samnite War

285 BCE
The Battle of Vadimonian Lake

280 BCE
Belgios enters Macedonia

225 BCE
Celts march on Rome

125 BCE
Romans Annex Gallia

59 BCE
Caesar Delivers Final defeat To Celtiberians

58 BCE
Caesar Pits Gaulish Celts Against Each Other

55 BCE
Caesar Launches Armed Reconnaissance Mission To Britain

54 BCE
Caesar Returns To Britain

52 BCE
Vercingetorix defeated by Romans

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Breton Flag

46 CE
Romans Invade Britian

61 CE
Destruction of Mona,
Boudicca leads Revolt of the Iceni

84 CE
Calgacus unites the Celtic tribes

196 CE
Caledonni Overrun A Large Part Of What Is Now England

277 CE
The Expulsion of the Desi from Ireland

296 CE
First mention of Picts in Roman literature

367 CE
Celtic and Germani Tribes attack Romano-British Provinces

368 CE
Pict, Scot and Saxon tribes attack Romans in London

410 CE
Honorius Thrusts Britain Back into Independence

429 CE
Palladius is sent to Ireland as their first Bishop

430 CE
Estimated year of death of Niall of the Nine Hostages

432 CE
Lóegaire, son of Naill, hosts Patrick

449 CE
Vortigern Invites Saxons To Help Repel Attacks By Picts

450 CE
Estimated year of birth of Brigid of Kildare

498 CE
Birth of the Scottish Dal Riada

500's CE
British Refugees Emmigrate to Amorican Peninsula

577 CE
Death of King Aedh of Connacht
Waroch defeats Merovingians

622 CE
Battle of Canbo, Uí Briúin Ai defeat Uí Fiachrach

664-666 CE
Plague kills 1/3 of population of Ireland and Britian

680 CE
Book of Durrow

795 CE
Ireland invaded by the Norse

807 CE
Book of Armagh

810 CE
Book of Kells

824 CE
Nomenoë Becomes Duke over all Brittany

843 CE
Scots and Picts united under Kenneth MacAlpin

845 CE
Nomenoë Victorious Over King Charles of France

851 CE
Nomenoë Dies, Erispoë Takes Up Struggle Against Charles

890 CE
Norse Defeated In Battle for Breton Territory

1014 CE
Brian Boru wins Battle of Clontarf, Annals of Loch Cé begun

1018 CE
Battle of Carham, Saxons defeated by Malcolm II of Scotland,
Annals of Loch Cé report a comet this year

1034 CE
Malcolm II killed by grandson Duncan, who then rules Scotland

1040 CE
MacBeth kills Duncan and becomes king of Scotland

1057 CE
Malcolm III kills MacBeth and becomes king of Scotland

1066 CE
Bretons Help William At Battle Of Hastings

1079 CE
Kingdom of Sudreys, Godred Crovan

1093 CE
Magnus Barfod exerts control over Isle of Man

1098 CE
Civil War on Isle of Man

1102-1103 CE
Mangus returns to the Isle of Man

1105-52 CE
Olaf I The Dwarf is King of Isle of Man

1107 CE
Union of Scotland falls apart with death of Edgar

1124 CE
Scotland reunited under David, great expansion of borders

1131 CE
Annals of the Four Masters record the Battle of Curlews

1139 CE
St. Malachy's Complaint

1150 CE
Lebor Gabha'la Erenn, Book of Leinster

1151 CE
The Rape of Derbforgaill

1152 CE
King David of Scotland threatens Isle of Man
Synod of Kells

1155 CE
Adrian's Donation, the Bull Laudabiliter

1156 CE
Godred and Somerled fight for Isle of Man

1164 CE
Reginald Invades Isle of Man

1166 CE
Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn loses the Ard Rí to Ruadrí Ua Conchobair

1167 CE
Dairmait meets with Henry and Strongbow

1169 CE
Robert Fitzstephen lands at Bannow

1170 CE
Strongbow invades Ireland

1171 CE
Dairmait Mac Murchada dies, Strongbow's Seige of Dublin, Henry II invades Ireland

1172 CE
Synod at Cashel, Henry departs Ireland

1175 CE
Treaty of Windsor

1177 CE
Treaty of Windsor is abrogated

1185 CE
Prince John of England travels to Ireland

1187 CE
Reginald I becomes King of Isle of Man

1199 CE
John becomes King of England and Ireland

1207 CE
First time coinage struck in Ireland, incorporates the Irish Harp (cithara) in the design

1208 CE
Olaf II imprisoned by Reginald, Isle of Man

1210 CE
King John of Enlgand plunders Isle of Man,
and returns to Ireland

1213 CE
Reginald, King of Isle of Man, swears homage to King John of England, and is rewarded

1214 CE
Reginald I releases Olaf II

1218 CE
Reginald I, swears fealty to Henry III of England

1219 CE
Reginald I makes Isle of Man fief to Papal See

1224 CE
Olaf II and Reginald I fight over Isle of Man

1226 CE
The Manx invite Olaf II to become King

1228 CE
Second Civil War

1235
Olaf III swears fealty to Henry III of England,
Connacht invaded by Richard de Burgo & Maurice Fitzgerald

1237 CE
Harald II becomes King

1249 CE
Reginald II becomes King

1250 CE
Mangus attempts to become King

1253-65 CE
Mangus returns to Man and rules as Magnus III of the Sudreys

1256 CE
Mangus pays homage to Henry III of England

1263 CE
Alexander III of Scotland fights for control of the Hebrides

1266 CE
Scotland acquires Isle of Man in treaty with Norway

1267 CE
Scotland puts down Manx rebellion

1275 CE
Manx Rebel again against Scottish rule

1291 CE
Lady Maria (Scandinavian) unsuccessfully bids to become Queen of Man

1293 CE
Edward orders surrender of Isle of Man

1295 CE
Auld Alliance between Scotland and France

1296 CE
Scotland "annexed" by England, Stone of Destiny removed from Scotland

1297 CE
William Wallace becomes an "outlaw"

1305 CE
William Wallace is captured

1311 CE
Edward II gives Isle of Man to Piers Gaveston

1312 CE
Piers Gaveston loses his head, and the Isle of Man as well

1313 CE
Robert the Bruce invades Isle of Man

1314 CE
Battle of Bannockburn

1315 CE
Edward Bruce becomes King of Ireland

1316 CE
Richard de Mandeville plunders Isle of Man

1328 CE
Scottish independence recognized in treaty with England

1329 CE
Richard de Mandeville plunders Isle of Man, again

1333 CE
Edward gives custody of Man to de Montecute

1484 CE
Great Book of Lecan

1494 CE
Poyning's Law enforced in Ireland

1532 CE
Brittany bound to France by treaty

1537 CE
Irish Supremacy Act asserts the English king's power over Irish churches

1603 CE
Brehon Law is abolished by England

1632-6 CE
Annals of the Four Masters compiled

1654 CE
Sir James Ware publishes Antiquities

1690-1 CE
Irish Jacobites defeated at Boyne and Aughrim

1699 CE
Edward Lhuyd arrives in Ireland,
Act of Restriction of woolen exports, Ireland

1704 CE
Irish Catholics restricted from holding public office or owning land

1707 CE
Act of Union, Scotland

1719 CE
Toleration Act passes for protestant dissentors

1720 CE
Westminster Parliament gains legistlative power over Ireland with passing of Declaratory Act

1726 CE
Filimor redesigned into the Filibeg by an English iron magnate

1731 CE
Royal Dublin Society established

1740 CE
Black Watch formed from independant military companies

1746 CE
Bagpipes outlawed, Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated

1747 CE
Dress Act passed

1772 CE
Relief Act allows Catholics to lease bogland

1778 CE
Relief Act gives Catholics right to enheritence and lease-hold

1782 CE
Catholic colleges re-open, but must teach in English

1783 CE
Dress Act repealed

1785 CE
Irish Royal Academy (Humanities and Sciences) established

1789 CE
Breton Autonomy Lost As A Result Of The French Revolution

1792 CE
Relief Act allows Catholics to practice law

1795 CE
Orange Order founded

1801 CE
Act of Union

1823 CE
Ordinance Survey, Royal Hiberninan Academy established

1829 CE
Irish National School System

1845 CE
The Great Hunger

1848 CE
Royal Irish Academy of Music established

1882 CE
James Joyce is born (d. 1902)

1916 CE
Proclamation of The Republic

1919 CE
Sinn Féin convenes Dáil Éireann

1920 CE
Better Government of Ireland Act

1921 CE
Establishment of Irish Free State

1930 CE
The people of Ireland vote to adopt a constitution

1937 CE
National Monuments Act

1948 CE
Republic of Ireland Act

1950 CE
Stone of Destiny (Coronation Stone) temporarily returned to Scotland

1996 CE
Stone of Destiny permanently returned to Scotland

1998 CE
President Clinton declares March to be Irish-American Heritage Month

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Sources for Timeline

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6. Encyclopedia Brittanica, 15th Edition, Vol. 2, 6, 8, 21, ISBN 0-85229-591X

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27. The Celts, Jean Markale, Inner Traditions Intl. (c)1978, ISBN 0-89281-413-6

28. The People of Ireland,, ed. Patrick Loughery, New Amsterdam Books, N.Y., (c)1989, ISBN: 0-941533-55-7

29. The IRA: A History, Tim Pat Coogan, Roberts Rheinhart Publishers, (c)1993, ISBN: 0-941533-55-7ISBN1-879373-67-X

30. Irish Mythology, Peter Beresford Ellis, Oxford University Press, (c)1987, ISBN 0-19-282871-1

31. The Celts, Duncan Norton-Taylor, Time-Life Books, New York (c)1974, L. of C. # 74-17779

32. The Course of Irish History; ed. T.W.Moody and F.X. Martin, Roberts Rinehart Publishers, (c)1994, ISBN # 1-57098-015-2

33. The Celts: Europe's People of Iron, ed. Dale M. Brown, Time-Life Books, 1994, ISBN: 0-8094-9029-3

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