Events Tagged: "migration"

14 events with tag "migration"

1100 BC ID: 3645
Dorian migrations - Greek-speaking peoples move south, new dialect groups emerge
ID: 3645
Greece (general)
500 BC ID: 2619
Celtic peoples established in Britain - Iron Age culture brings hillforts, artistic metalwork, druidism
ID: 2619
Britain
500 BC ID: 3661
Celtic expansion at height - Celts spread from Ireland to Turkey, distinctive art and culture
ID: 3661
Ireland
400 BC ID: 269
La Tène culture spreads - Celtic art and culture across Europe, skilled metalwork
ID: 269
278 BC ID: 3664
Celts settle Galatia - Celtic tribes establish kingdom in central Anatolia (modern Turkey)
ID: 3664
Galatia
113 BC ID: 5927
Cimbri and Teutones appear from north - massive Germanic tribes fleeing floods, Romans describe them as giants with pale skin and blue eyes, terrifying appearance
ID: 5927
Arausio
90 ID: 5362
Gold rush in Dacia - discovery of new veins at Roșia Montană triggers migration, boom town develops
ID: 5362
Roșia Montană
370 ID: 4727
Huns appear in Europe - cross Volga River, destroy Alans, trigger Great Migration of Germanic tribes
ID: 4727
Volga River
376 ID: 4728
Huns drive Goths across Danube - terrified Visigoths seek Roman protection, beginning end of Western Empire
ID: 4728
Danube River
568 ID: 4809
Lombards invade Italy - Alboin leads entire nation across Alps, 200,000+ people, April 2, 568
ID: 4809
Alps
758 ID: 4697
Parsis reach India - Zoroastrian refugees establish community in Gujarat, preserve religion
ID: 4697
Gujarat
895 ID: 5542
Magyar tribes led by Árpád arrive in Carpathian Basin, beginning Hungarian conquest of the homeland
ID: 5542
Pannonia
1685 ID: 2230
Revocation of Edict of Nantes - Huguenot refugees bring commercial law expertise to England and Netherlands
ID: 2230
1845 ID: 5680
September 1845
Irish Potato Famine begins - Phytophthora infestans destroys crops, one million die, two million emigrate
ID: 5680
Ireland