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Timeline of North East History

By David Simpson

The Timeline (below) is a chronicle of events written and researched by David Simpson and first appeared on this website in 1993. In 1999 it was published on a week by week basis in the pages of The Northern Echo. It has since been updated and forms the basis for The Millennium History of North East England, a book published by leighton in December 1999. For details of the book see the foot of this page. Click on the logo below to take you to the timeline. Please note that this will take you to a separate website.

USING THE TIMELINE CHOOSE A CENTURY

You can use the timeline in one of the three following ways

  • Chose a subject from the column on the left
  • Choose a century from the column on the right
  • Choose an era from below

Roman period

Anglo-Saxon period

Viking Period

Norman period

Medieval period

Tudor and Stuart period

Georgian period

Victorian period

The Twentieth Century

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROMAN PERIOD

ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD

VIKING PERIOD

NORMAN PERIOD

NORMAN AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD

TUDOR AND STIART PERIOD

INDUSTRIAL PERIODS

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY