United Kingdom
Cameron StewartJanuary 19, 2010
HISTORY
Before Christ (4000bc to 1AD)
• 4000 B.C – Stone age begins
• 2200 B.C – Stonehenge is created by the Bleaker People
• 750 – iron age, population; 15,000
• 500 B.C- Celts arrive in Britain
Stonehenge is a historical landmark and its origins were unknown for decades until recently. Its uses are still unknown.
Romans, Saxons & Vikings1 AD To 1066
• 55 B.C – Julius Caesar tries to invade Britain. Unsuccessful
• 44 – Julius Caesar is assassinated.
• AD• 43 – Rome invades
Britain successfully• 50 – City of London is
founded
Downfall of Roman Rule
• 140 – Romans conquer Scotland
• 410 - Romans withdraw from England Britain left with no army
• 410- Anglo-Saxons invade Britain . Did not conquer fully
• 793 – Vikings invade• 1055 – Westminster Abby
is completed
Middle ages• 1066 – Battle of
Hastings Normans defeat Saxons
• 1086 – Doomsday book is compiled
• 1167 – Oxford university is founded
• 1170 – population exceeds 30000
• 1215 – Magnacarta signed by king john
• 1337 – 1453 hundred year war
• 1348 – bubonic plague England's population is down by more than 50%
• 1485 – 1603 – Tudors rule england
The Beginning of America, Colonialism, and rule of King George
• 1497 John Cabbot discovers N. America
• 1509 – 1547 – King George rules• 1534 – church of England is
founded• 1591 – first Shakespeare
performance• Francis Drake sets sail to indies• 1600 – Colonialism starts in India
with East India Company• 1606 – Scotland and England
unify• 1620 – pilgrims leave for America
aboard the mayflower
Colonialism and the birth of the industrial revolution
• 1652 – Tea arrives in Britain• 1664 – 2nd plague• 1666 – great fire• 1649 – 1652 – Cromwell conquers
Ireland and Scotland• 1757 – first canal in Britain is
completed• 1776 – America declares
independence• 1780s – Steam power starts along
with the industrial revolution• 1804 – Steam locomotives are
created• 1805 – Lord Nelson defeats
Napoleon at the battle of Trafalgar
Victorian period and WWI
• 1825 – first railway system• 1837 – 1901 – Queen Victoria’s
reign• 1838 – Charles dickens writes
Oliver Twist• 1840 – first postage stamp• 1860 – first public toilet• 1863 – London underground opens• 1861 – prince Albert dies• 1871 – Royal Albert hall is opened• 1877 – electric lighting in every
home• 1914 – 1918 - WWI
1920 – Present Day
• 1920 – Ireland gains independence
• 1939 – 1945 – WWII• 1994 – channel tunnel
link Europe to united kingdom
London Today
• On the left, this is Carnaby St. Around Christmas. On the bottom right,
• this is the Millennium bridge with St. Paul's Cathedral
• This is the Abby wall. It is legal to do street graffiti on this wall on Abby road.
This is British street art on the left
• This is the London underground logo
• This is Big Ben. One of the more famous landmarks of London.
• This is Piccadilly circus at night.
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