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3000 BCE
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Construction of Stonehenge I
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2100 BCE
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Construction of Stonehenge II
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2000 BCE
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Construction of Stonehenge III
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55 BCE
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Julius Caesar unsuccessfully invades Britain
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43 CE
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Romans invade Britain
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c. 47-c. 50 CE
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Founding of the Roman settlement of Londinium, the capital of Roman Britain
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122 CE
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Construction of Hadrian's Wall
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c. 230-c. 270
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Civil wars and barbarian invasions destroy structure of the Roman army and break ties between Roman provinces and Rome
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597
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St. Augustine of Canterbury baptizes King Ethelbert of Kent
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700
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Composition of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf
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731
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The Venerable Bede completes his Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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28 Dec 1065
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Consecration of Westminster Abbey church
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14 Oct 1066
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Battle of Hastings
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1069
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William the Conqueror suppresses rebellions in England
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Dec 1085
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William the Conqueror orders the Domesday Book at Gloucester
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9 May 1092
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Consecration of Lincoln Cathedral
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1094
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Consecration of Norman church at Battle Abbey
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29 Dec 1170
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Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket
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1174
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Penance of King Henry II
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1185
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Earthquake damages Lincoln Cathedral
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1186
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St. Hugh is Bishop of Lincoln
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1192
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St. Hugh introduces Gothic style in his reconstruction of Lincoln Cathedral
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1207
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Exile of Canterbury Cathedral Clergy
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15 Jun 1215
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Signing of the Magna Carta
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1216
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Henry III crowned at Gloucester Abbey
