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6000 B.C - 800 B.C.
In this era ancient
mysteries like
Stonehenge and the
stone ring at Avebury
were built Stonehenge
is believed to have
been built in about 2500
B.C. but the first works
at the site were
registered at about
3100 B.C. The stone
ring in Avebury is the
largest stone circle
which is near Silbury
Hill, the tallest man-
made hill in the whole
world.
800 B.C. - 43 A.C.
In the Iron Age lots of
crafting was made with iron
and it was a big trading
material. The Celts settled
down from the east at
britain at 800 B.C. until the
Romans came in the next
era. They had their religion
with their priests, called
druids, and they even
buried their dead in bogs
which now we can examine
to know more about them.
A famous body from the
bogs is the “Lindow Man”,
a man who was mudered
mysteriously in the first
century A.C.
43 A.C. - 410 A.C.
Roman Britain started in
43 A.C. when Emperor
Claudius conquered
Britain again from the
Celts but this time he
stayed because in 55
B.C. Caesar also
conquered it but he
didn’t take it as a land of
his own. Londinium was
the capital and most
cities that are ended in -
cester, -caster or -
chester were also
Roman cities. They built
roads to connect these
cities, like Watling
Street. They didn’t
control Scotland so they
built a wall to protect
themselves.
410 A.C - 1066 A.C.
The Anglo-saxons arrived
in Britain after the
Romans left and gave
roots to the land and
language. They divided
the country into five
different kingdoms:
Northumbria, Mercia,
Wessex, Kent and Anglia.
In 597 Chrstianity was
introduced and accepted
in the land. In the 800s
Vikings arrived and they
attacked Britain from the
north and got ahold of the
North-west of Scotland. At
that time Wessex became
the most important
kingdom.
1066 A.C. - 1154 A.C.
In 1066 a Duke in
Normandy said that
he was the true king
of Britain and he
invaded it. He
succeded and killed
the Saxon king
Harold in the battle
of Hastings. With this
change of kings new
castles and
cathedrals and
French became the
official language for
about 300 years.
They also introduced
the feudal system
that then was going
to be used all over
Europe.
1485 A.C. - 1603 A.C.
Henry Tudor was the first
Tudor king of England and
he created the “Tudor Rose”
that joined both the red and
white roses of Lancaster and
York. He had six wives and
because the Pope didn’t
want to give him another
divorce from Catherine of
Aragon he joined the
Protestant religion with other
countries that were also
rebelling against christian
church. Two of his
daughter’s reigned, Mary
and Elizabeth. Mary
changed the religion back to
Catholicism but when she
died Elizabeth changed it
again to Protestant. During
her reign the Golden Age
started.
1603 A.C. - 1714 A.C.
On the 4th of November
1605, in a plot to kill
King James I, 20 barrels
of gunpower were
hidden under parliament
but Guy Fawkes, the
criminal, got caught in
the act that night. The
Civil War started
because Charles I
wanted to rule alone
and wanted to abolish
the parliament and
eventually Charles I was
beheaded. A plague of
a disease and a great
fire terrified London in
1664 and 1666 and
parts of London had to
be rebuilt like St. Paul’s
Cathedral.
1714 A.C. - 1837 A.C.
King George I was the king
that started the Georgian Age
because of the loss of Queen
Anne. After him followed
George II, George III, and
George IV. During King
George III’s reign the British
Empire lost the colonies in
America because of the
American War of
Independence but they
colonized Australia and there
was rising British power in
India. The first Prime Minister
was Robert Walpole in 1727.
The Union Jack was created
because of the union of
Ireland to Britain and Britain
was in war with France for
the control of the sea. The
industrial revolution also
started in the Georgian Age.
1837 A.C. - 1901 A.C.
Queen Victoria started her
reign at the age of eighteen
in 1834. She fell in love with
Albert, a German prince who
died in 1861. She then
reigned by herself and did
many great things. She
prohibited child labour, she
extended the English railway
all the way through Britain
and parts of Africa and Asia
became part of the British
Empire. In spite of her good
deeds, she had many Irish
deaths because of the
“Great Potato Famine”, most
Irish people’s money
depended on their potato
harvesting but in 1845
through 1849 about one
million Irish died because of
a disease in potatoes that
killed them.
1901 A.C. - 2000 A.C.
During the 20th century
Britain has had many
kings and queens and
also many wars including
two world wars. The
population grew by 20
millions from 40 and the
life expectancy grew 30
more years. Ireland
became independent in
the Irish War of
Independence that
started in 1919 and
ended in 1929. Although
many Irish were Catholic
the Protestants in the
north stayed as part of
the UK. Margaret
Thatcher was the first
women Prime Minister in
history and she made
many changes in the
country.
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