| 6500BC |
Channel
Islands became separated from the continental mainland following the
ending of the Ice Age
|
| 4000BC |
Neolithic man starts to settle in the islands |
| 500BC |
Evidence of Iron Age man found in all islands
|
| 550AD |
St Sampson brings Christianity to Guernsey and St Helier to
Jersey |
| 900 |
Viking raids are likely to have started |
| 911 |
Rollo takes control and the Duchy of Normandy is formed |
| 933 |
The
Contentin peninsular is added to the Duchy, including Les Isles
Normandes.
|
| 1020 |
Duke Richard of Normandy divides Guernsey into two Fiefs. |
| 1057 |
Duke William gives Alderney to Geoffroi de Montbrai |
| 1066 |
Norman
forces including Channel Islanders defeat Harold at Hastings and England
becomes part of the enlarged Duchy.
|
| 1087 |
Norman tonqWilliam the Conqueror dies and his estate is
split. William Rufus took the throne of England whilst
Robert took control of Normandy, including Jersey (but not Guernsey
which remained loyal to the Guernsey Crown) |
| 1091 |
Willia William II and Duke Robert agree to reunite the
Duchy on the last surviving of the two. However when William was killed
in 1100, their younger brother Henry seized the Throne of England, to
become Henry I. |
| 1093 |
Guernsey and Sark are claimed by the English Crown.
|
| 1104 |
Henry invadeHenry invaded Normandy and defeated Robert at
Tinchebrai in 1106. Robert was imprisoned for the remainder of his life.
Jersey was therefore back under the English Crown and Henry went on to
claim Brittany and Maine from Louis the Fat of France. |
| 1102 |
Henry’s son and only heir dies in a shipwreck off
Alderney
|
| 1135 |
Henry dies of a fever and his nephew Stephen claimed the
English Crown. Normandy and the Channel Islands turned to Henry’s
daughter Matilda as the true heir and she and her husband Geoffrey of
Anjou had a son Henry, later to become Henry II of England. |
| 1189 |
Henry
II died and and his son Richard of Aquitaine became Richard I, the
Lionheart and was killed by soldiers of Phillip II of France |
| 1198 |
John,
Count of Montrain becomes first Lord of the Islands
|
| 1199 |
Richard’s brother John Lackland became King of England
and Duke of Normandy.
|
| 1204 |
Phillip
II of FPhilip II of France snatched back Normandy, but left the Isles
Normandes in English hands, to become known as Les Isles Anglo-Normandes.
The islanders in return for certain privileges and protection opted to
remain loyal to the English Crown and remained so ever since. Geoffrey
de Lucy becomes Warden of the islands. |
| 1206 |
Construction Construction of Castle Cornet began in
Guernsey under the guidance of Pierre de Preaux |
| 1214 |
Raid
on Guernsey by the French with Castle Cornet still under construction
but by was further strengthened under the Governorship of Geoffrey de
Lucy and by 1224, the castle had eight towers and had cost over £66 19s
in improvements.
|
|
1215 |
King
John grants formal Rights and Privileges to the Channel Islands. |
| 1217 |
French
seize French seize the islands and hold onto them until 1254 when Henry
III claims title. |
| 1274 |
Henry
III drops his claim to Alderney |
| 1294
|
French
raid kill a large percentage of Guernsey's population |
