Year Event Year Population
  850BC Bladuds mythical Birth 1086 890
  60 Romans arrive in Bath 1379 1025
  400 Romans Leave 1660 1200
  577 Saxons capture Bath at Battle of Dyrham 1699 3000
  676 Osric founds Monastry at Bath 1750 9000
  818 Arthur defeats Saxons at Battle of Badon 1799 34160
  973 King Edgar crowned in Bath Abbey 1851 43023
  1066 Normans invade England 1901 49839
  1086 Domesday book reveals Bath as largest town in Somerset 1911 69173
  1088 Bath is laid to waste 1931 68815
  1643 John De Villula buys City 1951 79294
  1702 "Beau" Richard Nash arrives in Bath 1971 84670
  1727 Minervas Head is found 1981 80771
  1754 Circus is complete 2000 approx 85000
  1791 Site of Roman temple discovered    
  1881 Great Bath and sacred spring unearthed    
  1942 Bath is bombed during World War 2    
  1964 Major excavation of Roman complex starts    
         

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