The idea of the Timeline is as a stepping-stone to learning about the amazing history of this tiny island. Reading the timeline will provide a rapid way of getting started, indeed after only half an hour you will know the important milestones that shaped the development of the country and the people in it.

I have written it this way because, even those with a formal education that has included a study of history, have generally not had the opportunity to get the broad picture before narrowing down to study a single period in isolation.

I have also written the timeline via the novel route of starting from today and going backwards. This enables the student to get a simple picture of what it was like 150 or 1500 years ago eliminating the complication of BC and AD.

Please select a Period from below or click on the Introduction to begin and step through each period.