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Reading Timeline

The timeline links with each historical period and with major events in the history of Reading. Eventually there will be a timeline for each of the themes.
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195020th Century
1900
1850Victorian1840 Great Western Railway opens
1841 Huntley and Palmers founded
1800Georgian
1750
17001723 Kennet Navigation opened
1650Stuart1688 Battle of Reading
16001643 Siege of Reading
1550Tudor
15001539 Abbey dissolved
1450
1400Middle Ages
1350
1300
1250
1200
1150
11001121 Founding of Reading Abbey
1050Saxons and Vikings1086 Domesday Book
1000
950978 Nunnery founded
900
850870 Danes attack Reading
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500c530 Founding of Reading
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