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.