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History of Great Britain (Key Dates (Caesar's first expedition 55 BC,…
History of Great Britain
Cultural and ethnic changes
Celt Migrations 1000 BCE
Roman occupation 43 AD-410 CE
Germanic Settlements 400s
Norman Invasions 1000-1154
Viking Invasions 787-1000s
Rennaissance 1400s-1600s
Br. Empire 1700- UK present
Development of English language
Old English (500-1100)
Beowulf
Middle English (1100-1500)
Chauser "Canterbury Tales"
Early Modern English (1500-1800)
Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Modern English (1800-present)
Key Dates
Caesar's first expedition 55 BC
Roman Conquest of Britain 43 AD
End of Roman occupation 406
Invasions by Jutes, Angles and Saxons 449
Battle of Hastings 1066
DomesDay Book 1086
Magna Carta Charter 1215
The hundred years war 1337-1453
The Plague arrives in England 1346
Wars of the Roses 1455-1485
The Gunpowder Plot (G. Fawkes) 1605
The Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901
V-E day May 8 1945
Famous Kings and Queens
Alfred the Great
Resistance against Viking invasion
William the Conqueror
Edward I
Henry V
Henry VIII
Church of England
Elizabeth I
Defeat of Spanish Armada
James I
East India Company
Victoria
The British Empire -1/4 of the earth's land
Richard I Lionheart
Useful phrases
overthrow the king
vindictive temper
have the final say
intervene directly
heavy taxes
question one's authority
impose one's opinion
be instrumental (in)
set the bar high
sign armstice with
suffer first deafeats
Oustanding people
Robert Burns - Scottish poet
Isambard K. Brunel - ingenious civil engineer
Winston Churchill - politician and writer
William Shakespeare - poet and playwright
Charles Darwin - biologist
Sir Isaac Newton - physicist
John Lennon - singer
James Cook - explorer
David Bowie - musician