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.