EARLY HISTORY

1. Archeologists refer to the time from 40 CE to about 410 CE(vuodesta 40 jaa noin vuoteen 410 jaa) as Roman Britain.
2. The early medieval period saw a series of invasions by the Germanic-speaking Anglo-Saxons beginning in the 5th century(400-luvulla).
3. In the 9th century(800-luvulla), Vikings from Denmark and Norway conquered most of England.
4. Only the Kingdom of Wessex survived and managed to re-conquer and unify England before a new series of Danish raids in the late 10th century(900-luvun loppupuolella) and early 11th century(1000-luvun alkupuolella) made Danes the rulers of Britain.
5. Danish rule was overthrown and the local House of Wessex was restored to power under Edward the Confessor for about two decades(kaksi vuosikymmentä) until his death in (the year) 1066(vuonna 1066).
   
   

   FROM THE 1940S TO THE 21ST CENTURY

6. In the late 1940s (1940-luvun lopussa), the Cold War was underway, and it would dominate British foreign policy for another 40 years.
7. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s economic reforms made her unpopular, but the Falklands War in the early 1980s(1980-luvun alussa) changed her fortunes.
8. She won another election in the late 1980s(1980-luvun lopussa).
9. In 1997(Vuonna 1997), Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris, leading to a mass outpouring of grief across the United Kingdom and the world.
10. Prince Charles remarried in the early 21st century(2000-luvun alussa).