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* In Britain, Quintus Veranius Nepos becomes governor in place of Aulus Didius Gallus.
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Britain and Quintus
It was however in Britain that Antoninus decided to follow a new, more aggressive path, with the appointment of a new governor in 139, Quintus Lollius Urbicus.
* Battle of Stanwick: Quintus Petillius Cerialis, governor of Britain, puts down a revolt by the Brigantes.
* Hadrian also visits Britain in this year at the request of Governor of Britain Quintus Pompeius Falco.
In 79AD the two main Roman generals active in north Britain, Gnaeus Julius Agricola and Quintus Petillius Cerialis, advanced through the Solway area as they continued their campaign further north.
In 59 he was appointed governor of Britain, replacing Quintus Veranius, who had died in office.
In 70 AD, he was praetor, and five years later was sent into Britain to succeed Quintus Petillius Cerialis as governor of that island.
After the defeat of the rebels, II Adiutrix followed general Quintus Petillius Cerialis to Britain to deal with another rebellion led by Venutius.
After the accession of Vespasian, Quintus Petillius Cerialis was appointed governor of Britain and the conquest of the Brigantes was begun.
The next governor of Britain, Quintus Veranius, says on his tombstone that he took the job " although he did not seek it ", which has been interpreted as a barbed comment on Didius.
Quintus Lollius Urbicus was governor of Roman Britain between the years 139 and 142, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.
His wife Matella died while his son Quintus and his slave Clemens who escaped to Britain.
It is dedicated to Quintus Veranius Nepos, consul in AD 49, and legate of Britain.
Sextus Julius Frontinus was sent into Roman Britain in 74 AD to succeed Quintus Petillius Cerialis as governor of that island.
Sextus Julius Frontinus was sent into Roman Britain in 74 AD to succeed Quintus Petillius Cerialis as governor.
Britain and Nepos
Aulus, probably a play on Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Roman Britain between 122 and 125, was a rather delicate Roman, who was usually outwitted by the scheming Badvoc, who hadn't had a haircut for twenty-five years.
Britain and becomes
In this story, Romulus Augustus marries Igraine, and King Arthur is their son, and the sword of Julius Caesar becomes the legendary Excalibur in Britain.
* 1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.
* 1961 – Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
* 1840 – The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
* 1890 – The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later becomes King Edward VII.
* 1760 – George III becomes King of Great Britain.
* 25 November 1875 — Britain becomes a minority share holder in the Suez Company, acquiring 44 % of the Suez Canal Company, with the remainder being controlled by French business syndicates.
* George V becomes king in Britain.
* January 31 – Henry Benedict Stuart becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain as King Henry IX and the figurehead of Jacobitism.
* June 3 – Singapore becomes a self-governing crown colony of Britain with Lee Kuan Yew as Prime Minister.
* September 2 – British pilot William Leefe-Robinson becomes the first to shoot down a German airship over Britain.
* February 12 – John Carteret, 2nd Lord Carteret becomes Secretary of State for the Northern Department in Great Britain.
* February 16 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.
* Marcus Vettius Bolanus becomes the new governor of Britain and faced a second insurrection of Venutius, king of the Brigantes.
* May 1 – Macon's Bill Number 2 becomes law in the United States, intending to motivate Britain and France to stop seizing American vessels during the Napoleonic Wars.
* September – Robert Southey becomes Poet Laureate of Britain.
* February 6 – James Stuart, Duke of York becomes James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland in succession to his brother Charles II ( 1630 – 1685 ), King of Great Britain since 1660.
* Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain for Rome ; Eppillus becomes king.
* Publius Ostorius Scapula becomes governor of Britain, in place of Aulus Plautius.
* June 7 – The Reform Act becomes law in Britain.
* January 1 – Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain as King Charles III and figurehead for Jacobitism.
* George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain.
* June 11 – George, Prince of Wales, becomes King George II of Great Britain on the death of his father.
* April 4 – Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of Great Britain ( although this is more a term of disparagement at this time ).
Britain and governor
Agricola arrived c. 77 as governor of Roman Britain, immediately launching campaigns into Caledonia ( modern day Scotland ).
* 197 – Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain
* 1711-The British government, then in the hands of the Tories, covertly ordered the British Gibraltar governor, Thomas Stanwix, to expel any foreign ( not British ) troops ( to foster Great Britain's sole right to Gibraltar in the negotiations running up between Britain and France ).
The early colonial governors held an almost autocratic power due to the distance from and poor communications with Great Britain, until 1824 when the New South Wales Legislative Council, Australia's first legislative body, was appointed to advise the governor.
Each legion in Britain had a commander who answered to the governor and in time of war probably directly ruled troublesome districts.
Jefferson served as a wartime governor, as the united colonies continued the Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
* January 22, 1824 – The Ashanti crush British forces in the Gold Coast, killing the British governor Sir Charles MacCarthy ( see also Wars between Britain and Ashanti in Ghana and Ashanti Confederacy ).
* July 13 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor of Britain
* Publius Ostorius Scapula, governor of Britain, announces his intention to disarm all Britons south and east of the Trent and Severn.
* In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula founds a colonia for Roman veterans at Camulodunum ( Colchester ).
* In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula begins his campaign against the recalcitrant Silures of south Wales, who are led by the former Catuvellaunian prince Caratacus.
* In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula defeats Caratacus and the Silures in the territory of the Ordovices in central Wales.
* In Britain, governor Publius Ostorius Scapula dies while campaigning against the Silures of south Wales.
* Publius Ostorius Scapula, Roman governor of Britain
* Gnaeus Julius Agricola replaces Sextus Julius Frontinus as governor of Roman Britain which leads to the eventual taming of the Welsh tribes of Britain.
* August 23 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor of Britain
* Tiberius Avidius Quietus ' rule as governor of Roman Britain ends.
* Caerellius Priscus, governor of Roman Britain
* Sextus Julius Severus, governor of Britain, is sent to Judea ( from 136 renamed Syria Palaestina ) to quell a revolt.
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