Template talk:Timeline history of the British Isles

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Suggested events[edit]

Man vyi 06:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Will add, thanks. (... Magna Carta, doh! I could I forget that!) --sony-youth^pléigh 07:35, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brythons straight to Scotland?[edit]

The Brythonic Kingdom of Strathclyde was arguably never fully integrated as a Roman province and went straight to being incorporated in Alba under joint Gaelic / Pictish rule, similarly Brythonic Gododdin came under the Angles then Alba, and of course the Picts may well have been Brythonic. Could the line between Brythons and Picts be moved over to indicate a direct Brythonic connection to Scotland (and part of England) via Hen Ogledd from the Roman departure, and perhaps be made broken to indicate doubts about how separate they were? The Picts and Gaels would logically come together by 900 in a box as Kingdom of Alba which expands to include the Scottish part of the Hen Ogledd by 1020, after 1286 coming under the Kingdom of Scotland. Hope that's not too complex, but even without the names, that's the way the diagram should look.

It would be good have a mention of the event(s) of the Anglo-saxon invasions. Also, the box for Kingdom of Norway is presumably a reference to their overlordship of the isles until the Treaty of Perth in 1266 and the northern isles until 1468, but as it's a redirect to Norway that link doesn't help much. Anyway, good work, .. dave souza, talk 10:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Order of events[edit]

I suppose that it's difficult to adjust the events to the timeline, but there are at least two things that should be adjusted. Most important, it now seems the norman invasion of England (1066) took place before the Battle of Clontarf (1014). (I'm not sure whether Clontarf really was an event of such importance that it merit a place here anyway, the less known Battle of Tara was probably more important in halting Norse expansion in Ireland). Secondly, Vikingraids now appear to have started around AD 400, shortly before 800 is more accurate. Shortly after the appearence of raiding Vikings, there was also norse settlements in present day Scotland and Ireland. Agree with Dave about the not very relevant link to Kingdom of Norway, but I don't know what link would be relevant for this. Keep up the good work, Finnrind 11:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]