| 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
tonqWWilliam 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 |
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 invadeHHenry 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 FP Philip 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 CConstruction 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 |
