The United Kingdom LONDON
Houses of Parliament Population: 8. 174. 100 Province: England The first mentioning: 43
The Roman time – Londonium Queen Boudicca lat. : Boadicea rus. : Боудикка Revolt (60 -61) Burning down Londonuim Londonium reconstruction
The Middle Ages Sæberht – the king of Essex 604 – adoption of Christianity 604 – St. Paul’s Cathedral
730 – belonging to Mercia controlled by Vikings during 12 years making peace (Alfred the Great) 1013 -1042 – occupancy (the Vikings) 527 -918
William I the Conqueror (William the Bastard) (1027/1028 – 1087)
privileges The Tower of London The Westminster Hall
The last occupancy – 1216 Louis VIII of France 1187 -1226
Plague (the black death) – 1348 about 40 -50 thousand people died Painted by Pieter Bruegel (Brueghel) the Elder
XVI-XVIII Tudor dynasty (1485 -1604) Absolute monarchy time Reformation Henry VIII (1491 -1547) enacting a decree about the domination of the king over the church
XVI-XVIII 1717 – London becomes the capital of Great Britain The new building of the St Paul’s Cathedral Buckingham Palace The London population increases up to 1 million
The XIXth century – industrialization and urbanization East End
1863
1851 – The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations 1900 – the population equals to 6 million
The XXth century World War I 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918
The XXth century Great Depression The black Thursday (24 October 1929) – the Wall Street Crash Unemployment Famine Falling of the living standards
The XXth century 1948 Summer Olympics 29 July – 14 August 1948
The XXth century Great Smog 5 -9 December 1952
The XXth century Woodstock ‘ 69 Subcultures
2000 Millennium Dome London Eye (135 m)
Sights St Pancras railway station 1868
Sights Double-deckers since 1956
Sights Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences 1871
Sights London cabs
Sights The Buckingham Palace
Sights The Tower Bridge 1894
Sights The London Eye
Sights Relieving the guard
Sights The Wembley Stadium 2007
Sights The Westminster Abbey 1245 -1745
Sights The British Museum 1753
Sights The Tate Britain (the Tate Gallery 1897 -2000) 1897
Sights The London Tower 1074
Sights Theatre Royal, Covent Garden 1732
Sights The Westminster Cathedral 1895 -1903
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