THIS
page lists
events and other information related to the time line from 8050 BC to
1490 AD. Pages we have reference material on have been
listed with the in extra information column of this table.
Year
Event
Area
Extra material page or link
-8050
Mesolithic Hunter/gatherers settle in the area, which will become Merseyside.
-50
Celtic settlers, probably in the area. The only real evidence of this is some place names, like Ince which in Gealic means island, in this case in the marsh.
650
Saxons settle in the area, after the retreat of the Romans. Place names are the main evidence of this with Sefton and
Marton.
902
The first official
authenticated evidence of Viking settlement in the
area, this is from an Irish manuscript detailing the
wish to settle in lands and not have to fight
anymore, the area given to the Vikings was the
Wirral peninsula, supposedly uninhabited and
therefore uninhabitable, for anyone but Vikings.
There is still some tenuous evidence that the
Vikings may have settled here earlier, and that the
902 Vikings wanted to join the already small but
established Viking settlement there, but there is no
written evidence to back this up, just some dates
from relics which cover a slightly earlier time
frame. The Viking mentioned in the manuscript were
all Norsemen meaning they came from Norway as
opposed to the Danes which came from Denmark. The
Danes settled most of the eastern side of England
where the Norsemen settled this NW side of England.
The settlement if any that was here before them
could have been Danes who had migrated across the
country from York to set up trade with the Irish.
Thus establishing why the Norsemen would know about
a settlement on the NW coast of England.
907
Attacks on Chester by the Vikings in an attempt o gain richer lands than their own for their use. The Wirral peninsula being a bit wet and largely unsuitable for farming.
908
Settlement in the south of Chester by the conquering Vikings leads to a Viking quarter in the city. Recommended book
Viking Mersey,
by Stephen Harding. ISBN 1901231 34 8
Published by A Countryvise Publication, Wirral UK in
2002.
937
The Battle of Brunanburh probably at Brombourgh fought between the forces of Aethelred and the Vikings.
1002
Massacre of St. Brice's day, an attempt by Ethelred to exterminate the Danes in England.
1014
The last official expulsion of Vikings from Ireland after the Battle of the Clontarf.
1016
King Canute becomes King of England, start of the Danish Empire.
1066
Norman invasion of England.
1086
Doomsday book compiled by the order of William the I
1086
Woolton Village recorded in the Doomsday book.
1099
First Crusade, under Godfrey of Bouilton, takes Jerusalem.
1119
Knights Templer Order founded. They are the origins of the Masons.
1135
Stephen takes the Crown and throne of England and starts a civil war with Matilda and creates chaos in England.
1148
Second Crusade fails it's objectives.
1150
Birkenhead Priory, founded by the Benedictines.
1154
Henry of Anjou succeeds Stephen and is the first of the Plantagenet kings of England.
1189
The third Crusade is launched, the leaders are Richard the Lionheart of England, Frederick
Barbarossa, and Philip Augustus of France.
1192
The end of the Third Crusade, without ever regaining Jerusalem, Ricjard the First is captured on his way through Austria and ransomed.
1202
Fourth Crusade starts, but fails to do anything.
1207
King John makes Liverpool a royal borough.
1252
The Stanleys build their townhouse on the Liverpool shore.
1284
Edward the First finishes his conquest of Wales, and looks towards Scotland.
1290
Expulsion of Jews from England.
1314
Battle of Bannockburn, Robert the Bruce secures Scottish Independence.
1330
Benedictine Monks of Birkenhead Priory granted the right of ferry cross the Mersey, by King Edward the III even though ferries had already been running across the Mersey for a long time.
1338
Start of the Hundred Years War between England and France.
1349
Black Death reaches England, only took a year from the rest of Europe, and it will take a further year to reach
Scotland.
1362
English becomes the official language in the Law Courts and parliament.
1381
Peasant revolt led by Wat Tyler.
1399
Richard the Second deposed by Henry IV, first of the Lancastrian Kings.
1404
Sir John Stanley has the Liverpool Tower built, this was actually his home, which he was allowed to fortify by order of Henry the IV. He used stones from his older town house to do this.
1415
Battle of Agincourt.
1455
Start of the War of the Roses.
1470
Warwick 'the kingmaker'
turns Lancastrian and dethrones Edward the IV.
1471
Return of Edward the IV and the crushing defeat of the Lancastrians at Barnet and Tewkesbury.
1485
Battle of Bosworth field and the start of the Tudor Period.
1490
Speke Hall building work
started.
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