History timeline

UK

17 periods and events, 3001 BCE – 1945.

Periods and events

When	Period or event	Kind	Source
3001–1601 BCE	Neolithic Britain (Stonehenge)新石器时代不列颠（巨石阵） Approximate; Stonehenge and other monuments are built by Neolithic Britons.	Other	Source
801 BCE – 43	Celtic Britons (Iron Age)凯尔特不列颠人（铁器时代） Iron Age Celtic culture across Britain before the Roman invasion.	Other	Source
43 – 410	Roman Britain罗马不列颠 Province of Britannia from the Claudian invasion until Rome withdraws around 410.	Dynasty or era	Source
410 – 1066	Anglo-Saxon England盎格鲁-撒克逊英格兰 Germanic settlement and the kingdoms that unify into England by the 10th century.	Dynasty or era	Source
793 – 1066	Viking invasions and the Danelaw维京入侵与丹麦法区 Norse raids and settlement; much of eastern England falls under the Danelaw.	War	Source
1066	Norman Conquest诺曼征服 William of Normandy defeats Harold at Hastings, reshaping English rule and language.	War	Source
1500 – 1660	The Scientific Revolution科学革命	Movement
1564 – 1616	Shakespeare莎士比亚 English playwright and poet, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.	Literature	Source
1637 – 1789	The Enlightenment (Age of Reason)启蒙运动（理性时代）	Movement
1760 – 1830	The First Industrial Revolution第一次工业革命	Economy
1769	Watt's steam engine瓦特蒸汽机 James Watt's improved steam engine, a cornerstone of the Industrial Revolution.	Technology	Source
1801	Union with Ireland与爱尔兰合并	Politics
1803 – 1815	Napoleonic Wars拿破仑战争	War
1825	First public steam railway首条公共蒸汽铁路 The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, launching the railway age.	Technology	Source
1837 – 1901	Victorian era维多利亚时代	Dynasty or era
1882 – 1941	Virginia Woolf弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫 A central modernist known for stream-of-consciousness narration and lyrical interior monologue; a foundational figure of feminist literary criticism. Example: To the Lighthouse (1927).	Literature	Source
1939 – 1945	World War II第二次世界大战	War

Side by side

China vs Europe: Comparative History Timeline5001 BCE – today

Also in Europe

Netherlands101 BCE – 1795
France501 BCE – 1815
Germany501 BCE – 1990
Russia701 BCE – today
Ukraine1199 – today
Italy753 BCE – 1957
Greece3001 BCE – today
Portugal218 BCE – 1986
Spain1101 BCE – 1986
Ireland432 – today
Belgium57 BCE – 1993
Luxembourg963 – 1974
Austria1200 BCE – 1955
Denmark793 – 1992
Norway872 – 1990
Iceland874 – 1986
Poland960 – 1989
Czechia833 – 1993
Slovakia623 – 1993
Hungary895 – 1989
Estonia1208 – 1996
Latvia1201 – 1991
Lithuania1236 – 1991
Belarus987 – today
Moldova1346 – 1994
Romania82 BCE – 1989
Bulgaria480 BCE – 1990
Croatia305 – 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina1154 – 1996
Serbia1166 – 2001
Montenegro1040 – 2003
North Macedonia886 – 2019
Albania400 BCE – 1997
Kosovo1346 – 2008
Malta3600 BCE – 1989
Cyprus7000 BCE – 1983