900 BCE - Goidelic-speaking people in England 700 BCE - Hallstatt Era 600
BCE - Goidelic-speaking Celts from Spain arrive in Ireland 500 BCE -
Brythonic Celts reach Britain 450 BCE - End of Halstatt Era, Beginning of
La Tθne 400 BCE - Celts Invade Italy 390 BCE - First encounter with the
Romans 387 BCE - Celtic Gauls defeat Rome at Alia 387 BCE - Brennus' Sack
of Rome 335 BCE - Alexander the Great encounters Celts on the Danube 279
BCE - Celts invade Greece 264-241 BCE - 1st Punic War 225 BCE - Celts
advance on Rome again 197 BCE - First Celtiberian revolt 113 BCE - War
between Rome and Celtiberians 61 BCE - Caesar conquers Brigantium , breaks
Celtiberian resistance 58 BCE - Caesar arrives in Gaul 55 BCE - Caesar
crosses the Channel for first time 54 BCE - Caesar defeats King
Casivellaunus. Death of Dumnorix 52 BCE - Vercingetorix' guerilla war. 51
BCE - Caesar pacifies Gaul 46 BCE - Vercingetorix is executed 44 BCE -
Caesar is executed 40 CE - Caligula's attempt to conquer Britain 51 CE -
Queen Cartimandua allies with Rome 61 CE - Suetonius Paulinus defeats Iceni
(Boudiccea's Rebellion) 122 CE - Hadrian's Wall erected 140 CE - Antoninus
Pius erects another wall, north of Hadrian's 286 CE - Bacaudae rebell in
Northern Gaul 360 CE - St. Martin founds first Gallic monastery near Tours
367 CE - Magnus Maximus becomes a hero 383 CE - Magnus Maximus proclaimed
emperor 388 CE - Magnus Maximus is beheaded 400 CE - Doctrine of Grace
contested by Pelagius 410 CE - Emperor Honorius tells the British they're
on their own 412 CE - Pelagians outlawed 417 CE - *Constantius' legions
defeat Saxons in Hallelujah Battle 431 CE - Pope Celestine sends Palladius
to Ireland 440 CE - *Ambrosius Aurelianus comes to power in Britain 450 CE
- *Saxon incursion stemmed by King Arthur in 12 battles 450 CE - Capitol of
Kings of Ulster destroyed 450 CE - The Uν Nιill and Eσganachta form an
alliance 500 CE - St. Patrick comes to Ireland 563 CE - St. Columba begins
the Dαl Riata 635 CE - St. Aidan replaces Paulinius.Celtic Church at odds with
Rome
663 CE - Council of Whitby decides for Roman over Celtic Church 793 CE -
Viking invasions 1000 CE - Irish defeat invaders, Irish culture flourishes
again.
Book of Kells, Book of Durrow
1066 CE - Battle of Hastings
*denotes traditional
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