Period of British History 55BCE – 410CE Romans Saxons and Vikings CE (Common Era) Century Dates 1st 0-99 100 – 199 2nd 200 - 299 3rd 300 – 399 4th 400 – 499 5th 500 - 599 6th 600 - 699 7th - 700 - 799 8th 800 - 899 9th 900 - 999 10th 1000-1099 11th 1100 - 1199 12th 1200 - 1299 13th 1300 - 1399 14th 1400 - 1499 15th 1500 - 1599 16th 1600 – 1699 17th 1700 - 1799 18th 1800 -1899 19th 1900 - 1999 20th 2000 - 2099 21st Period of British History 55BCE – 410CE Romans Saxons and Vikings 410 – 1066 1066 – 1485 Medieval 1485 – 1603 Tudors 1603-1714 Stuarts Georgians 1714-1837 Victorians 1837-1901 Living history Key events in Nottingham 1941 – Nottingham bombed by German planes 8th Century – The Danes fortify Nottingham 1642 – King Charles starts Civill War at Nottingham Castle 1865 – Nottingham Forest Football Club founded 6th century – Nottingham began as a small Anglo-Saxon settlement called Snottingham 1067 – Nottingham Castle built 918 – Market Square founded 1348 – Half of Nottingham’s population die from the Black Death 1474 – St Mary’s Church built 2004 – Trams begin operating 900 – Caves first mentioned 1284 – Goose Fair first held 1588 – Wollaton Hall built 1796 – Nottingham Canal opens   Key events in Britain 61 – Bouddica leads Iceni revolt against the Romans 55 – Julius Caeser’s army first invade Britain 410 - The Romans withdraw from Britain: Anglo Saxons migrants begin to settle. Britain is divided up into the Seven Kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, Anglia, Wessex, Essex, Sussex and Kent. 867 – The Danes make York the Viking capital of England 954 - Eric Bloodaxe, the last Viking king in England, is forced out of Yorvik (York) 1066 - The Normans invade Britain and build castles to protect their land. 1485 – Henry Tudor defeats Richard III 1534 – Henry VIII forms the Church of England 1347 – Black Death arrives in Britain 793 – First Viking raid happens in Dorset 1215 – The Magna Carta is signed 1780s – The Industrial Revolution begins 1642 – The English Civil War 1651 – Charles I is executed 1880 – Education becomes compulsory 1914 – World war One 1939 – World War Two