Heritage Guernsey
Timeline - Pre-1204


8000BC LINKS World Events
Changes in sea levels separate Guernsey from the European mainland Farming settlements near East and North Africa
6500BC LINKS World Events
Evidence of hunting and fishing in Guernsey
4500BC LINKS World Events 
Evidence of settlements and farming/Les Fouaullages burial mound built Earlier than Pyramids
2000BC LINKS World Events 
Earliest defence earthworks at Jerbourg Guernsey Museums
400BC LINKS World Events
Evidence of Iron Age tribes
150AD LINKS World Events
Evidence of Roman settlement in Guernsey. Romans in Britain
Sixth Century AD LINKS World Events
St Sampson visits Guernsey St Sampson's Church Rise of Maths in India; St Benedict regulates monasticism
867AD LINKS World Events
Channel Islands part of the territory ruled by Brittany
950AD LINKS World Events
Ducal control of the Channel Island by Duke of Normandy. Crusades
1050AD LINKS World Events 
Guernsey effectively part of Diocese of Countances (around the mid-11th century) Great age of Chinese painting and ceramics
1066AD LINKS World Events
England becomes associated with the Duchy of Normandy when William II of Normandy defeats King Harold of England Guernsey's History Battle of Hastings
1170AD LINKS World Events
A fortified structure exists on the site of the Chateau de Marais, possibly used as a refuge from pirates and local disputes. Crusades



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