Category: Timelines of History

By Tim Lambert 80 The Romans build a wooden fort on the site of Manchester 200 The wooden fort is replaced by a stone one. A little town has grown up by the fort. 407 The Roman army leaves Britain and Roman forts and towns are abandoned 1227 Manchester is granted an annual fair. The… Continue reading A Timeline of Manchester

By Tim Lambert 50 The Romans build a fort on the site of Exeter 75 The Romans move on but a town is built on the site of the fort c. 150 The Romans build stone walls around Exeter 407 The Roman army leaves Britain. Roman civilisation collapses and towns are abandoned. 680 The Saxons… Continue reading A Timeline of Exeter

By Tim Lambert The great railway engineer George Stephenson was born on 9 August 1781. On 21 February 1804, the first-ever steam locomotive made its first journey. It hauled 10 tons of iron and 70 people nearly 10 miles from Penydarren Ironworks to the Merthyr-Cardiff Canal in Wales. The first passenger railway in the world… Continue reading A Timeline of Railways

By Tim Lambert 30,000 BC Stone Age hunters live in Portugal 5,000 BC Farming is introduced to Portugal 2,000 BC Bronze is introduced into Portugal 700 BC Celts enter Portugal bringing iron with them. Meanwhile, the Phoenicians trade with Portugal. 600 BC The Greeks trade with Portugal 210 BC The Romans invade the Iberian Peninsula… Continue reading A Timeline of Portugal

By Tim Lambert The Ancient World c. 2,400 BC Kubaba is the first recorded female ruler in history. She is the queen of Sumer, in what is now Iraq. 2285 to 2250 BC Enheduanna lives in what is now Iraq. She is a priestess and writer. C. 1800 BC Sobekneferu is the ruler of Egypt… Continue reading A Timeline of Women’s History

By Tim Lambert There were many famous women artists from the Middle Ages to the present day. Here is a timeline of some of them. Women Artists in the Middle Ages Ende In the Middle Ages books were often beautifully decorated. This art was called illumination. Ende was a famous illuminator. Guda 12th century Guda… Continue reading A Timeline of Women Artists

By Tim Lambert 19th Century Melbourne 1835 The city of Melbourne is founded 1837 Williamstown is laid out 1842 St James Cathedral is built. Melbourne is incorporated. 1848 Melbourne Royal Hospital is founded 1851 Melbourne has a population of 29,000 1853 Melbourne University is founded 1854 A railway is built between Melbourne and Port Melbourne… Continue reading A Timeline of Melbourne

By Tim Lambert Ancient Spain 900 BC The Phoenicians trade with Spain 227 BC The Carthaginians from North Africa found Cartagena 218 BC The Romans send an army to Spain and they gradually drive out the Carthaginians 197 BC The Romans divide the Iberian Peninsula into 2 areas, Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior 171-73 AD… Continue reading A Timeline of Spain

By Tim Lambert Early Zambia 1st Century AD Bushmen live in Zambia 4th Century AD Bantu speaking immigrants arrive in Zambia 12 Century The Iron Age Luanga culture exists in Zambia 1500 Organised kingdoms arise in Zambia 1851 David Livingstone is the first European to reach Zambia 1889 Cecil Rhodes sets up the South African… Continue reading A Timeline of Zambia

By Tim Lambert Ancient Houses 20,000 BC People live in caves or in tents made of mammoth skins 6,000 BC People in Catal Huyuk in Turkey live in houses made of mud brick. Walls are plastered and sometimes painted. 2,000 BC Rich people in Iraq live two story houses arranged around a courtyard. Poor people… Continue reading A Timeline of Houses