The invention of the wheel
Stonehenge stone circle started
Great pyramid built in Egypt
Fall of Troy
Iron Age fort at Malmesbury
Foundation of Rome
Birth of Buddha
Birth of Christ
England invaded by Romans
Fall of Rome
St Augustine brings Christianity to Anglo-Saxons
Birth of Muhammad
Maildulph establishes his hermitage
Foundation of the Abbey
Death of Aldhelm 639 – 709, Abbot of Malmesbury, Bishop of Sherborne
Alfred builds burhs, including Malmesbury
Athelstan became King of the Anglo Saxons
Athelstan King of All England died in Gloucester and buried in Malmesbury
Eilmer’s flight from a tower of Malmesbury Abbey
Norman conquest
William of Malmesbury born
Malmesbury attacked by future Henry II during the war of Anarchy between Stephen and Matilda
Norman Abbey at Malmesbury completed
Muslims capture Jerusalem
Genghis Khan and his hordes move out of Mongolia
Magna Carta signed at Runnymede
Salisbury Cathedral finished
Running water in Malmesbury Abbey lavatorium
Model parliament; Malmesbury has 2 members
Black death reaches England
Battle of Agincourt
Columbus discovers America
Dissolution of Malmesbury Abbey. William Stumpe buys Malmesbury Abbey from Henry VIII
Thomas Hobbes born
Spanish Armada
Death of Elizabeth I
Gunpowder plot
Malmesbury changes hands 6 times in Civil War
Thomas Hobbes publishes Leviathan
Great Fire of London
Thomas Hobbes died
Dodo becomes extinct
Foundation of physics today;
Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica
William III gives charter to Malmesbury following first charter of incorporation granted by Charles I
Cooke discovers Australia
Battle of Culloden. Last battle on British soil
American revolution
James Harris made first Earl of Malmesbury
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland formed
Battle of Trafalgar
Slave trade abolished
Battle of Waterloo
Great Reform Act reduces Malmesbury’s MPs from two to one
Queen Victoria ascends the throne
Great Exhibition
Malmesbury Railway line opened
Third Reform Act resulting in Malmesbury losing its MP in 1886
Einstein’s theory of relativity E = mc²
Start of World War I
Women get the vote
Start of World War II
Queen Elizabeth II crowned
Last train to Malmesbury (freight only)
Moon landing
Malmesbury loses independent Borough Status
Dyson comes to Malmesbury
Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh visit Malmesbury
Malmesbury Roman Coin Hoard found in a field in Milbourne, Malmesbury
Death of Queen Elizabeth II
Charles III proclaimed King
1100th anniversary of Athelstan becoming King of Anglo Saxons
Putting Malmesbury’s history into context, events shown with a blue icon are of national significance, those with a red icon relate specifically to Malmesbury and the rest have international relevance.