Chronology of British historical events

55 BC: Julius Caesar invaded Britain for the first time.

AD 43: The Roman emperor Claudius led the army to conquer Britain.

5th century-9th century: Anglo-Saxons immigrated to Britain, bringing old English, and the southern part of England was renamed England, beginning the Seven Kingdoms period.

AD 597: saint augustinus arrived in England and converted the local people to Christianity.

AD 10 14: "North Sea Empire" Knut the Great of Denmark is also the king of England.

1066: William, Duke of Normandy, conquers England.

AD 65438: Henry II succeeded to the throne, and the Plantagenet Dynasty began.

/kloc-Early 3rd century: Oxford University and Cambridge University were founded.

1277~ 1288: England conquered Wales.

A.D. 1337~ 1453: Hundred Years' War between Britain and France.

A.D. 14 13: St Andrews University, the first university in Scotland, was founded.

A.D. 1455~ 1487: The Battle of the Roses by the York family and house of lancaster.

AD 1485: henry vii acceded to the throne.

1536: England and Wales merged.

A.D. 1529- 1536: The Protestant Episcopal Church was established as the state religion in the English Reformation.

1558: Queen Elizabeth I ascended the throne and ruled Britain for 45 years, thus creating the Elizabethan era.

AD 1588: Defeat the Spanish Armada.

1603: King James VI of Scotland was crowned James I of England, unifying England and Scotland.

1642~ 165 1: the British civil war broke out.

1649: Charles I was executed, and Cromwell declared * * * and political power.

1652- 1654: Britain won the first anglo-Dutch war.

A.D. 1660: Restoration of charles ii.

AD 1665- 1667: Britain was defeated in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

A.D. 1672: The third Anglo-Dutch war, the signing of a peace treaty to restore the pre-war state.

A.D. 1688: Glorious Revolution Britain established a monarchy.

1707: The parliaments of England and Scotland merge to form the "Kingdom of Great Britain".

A.D. 1754 turn 1763: During the Seven-Year War, Britain seized control of the United States, Canada and India from France.

A.D. 1757: Robert Robert Clive invaded the Battle of Plasi.

A.D. 1767: The British Parliament passed the East India Company Management Act, which stipulated that Britain directly ruled India.

A.D. 1760~ 1830: Industrial Revolution.

A.D. 1775~ 1783: American War of Independence.

A.D. 1793 to 18 15: Seven Anti-French Alliances and the Napoleonic Wars.

A.D. 180 1: Ireland merged and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was founded.

Ad1812-1815: Anglo-American War.

A.D. 1837: Queen Victoria ascended the throne and built Big Ben; Lower Canada rebellion.

A.D. 1840- 1842: Opium War.

Ad1914 ~1918: World War I.

A.D. 192 1: Irish War of Independence.

1939~ 1945: World War II.

A.D. 1948: London Olympic Games.

1952: Queen Elizabeth II is crowned.

A.D. 1966: England hosted the Football World Cup and won the championship.

20 12 AD: London Olympic Games.

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1. Introduction to the UK:

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, referred to as "the United Kingdom".

The British Isles, which originated in the northwest of continental Europe, are surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the celtic sea, the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

Britain is an island country in western Europe, consisting of England, Wales and Scotland on the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland in the northeast of Ireland and a series of affiliated islands.

In addition to the mainland, there are 14 overseas territories with a total population of more than 66 million, among which the English (Anglo-Saxons) are the main ethnic group, accounting for 83.9% of the total population of the country.

Britain is a highly developed capitalist country and one of the four largest economies in Europe. Its citizens have a very high standard of living and a good social security system.

As the head of the Commonwealth, a member of the Group of Seven and a founding member of NATO, Britain is also one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

2. Early civilization in Britain

There have been human activities in the British Isles for a long time. Around the 3rd century BC/Kloc-0, Iberians came from the European continent to settle in the southeast of the British Isles.

After about 700 BC, Celts living in western Europe continued to move into the British Isles, and one of them was called bretons, from which the name Britain probably came.

It is well known that the Celts used iron, and the technology of plows is constantly improving. They have already used money.

The development of productive forces has promoted the gradual differentiation of Carte society.

In 54 BC, Caesar led the Roman legions to invade Britain twice, both of which were repelled by the British.

In 43 AD, the Roman emperor Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus led an army to invade Britain.

After conquering Britain, it became a province of the Roman Empire.

By 409, all Roman troops were forced to leave Britain, and Roman rule over Britain ended.

At the beginning of the 5th century, after the Romans retreated, Anglo-Saxons living near the mouth of the Elbe River in southern Germany and Denmark and Jutes from the lower Rhine conquered Britain.

Angels call Britain "Angleland" (the origin of English name), which means the land of the Angles.

On the other hand, Old English inherited their language.

By the beginning of the 7th century, the invaders had successively established seven great powers: this period was called the "Seven-Nation Era".

When the Anglo-Saxons invaded, it was a clan and tribal organization.

During the invasion, the original clan organization collapsed. With the development of productive forces, land has gradually become private property, and nobles, big landlords, dependent farmers and slaves have emerged.

Village community has become a form of transition from clan commune land ownership to feudal land ownership, which is generally considered to be the beginning of feudal process in British society.

At the end of the 6th century, Christianity was introduced to Britain.

To this day, Americans still call the British and the British Anglo-Saxons.