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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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