Presentation on the history of Britain from prehistoric time to England today

1. 500 BC
CELTS
3100 BC
Pre-Roman Britain

2. IRON AGE

3. STONEHENGE

4. Stonehenge

5. CELTS

6. Keltoi
From the Greek
Celt
=Barbarian

7. IRON WEAPONS

8. CELTIC WARRIORS

9. CELTIC FARMERS

10. CELTIC VILLAGE
Buster Hill Iron Age Farm, Hampshire

11. CELTIC HOUSE

12. 500 BC AD 43
CELTS ROMANS
3100 BC AD 130
Roman Britain

13. 55 B.C
Julius Caesar try to invaded Britain but he returned to France.

14. 43 AD
Emperor Claudius organised the final and successful Roman invasion

15. CHANGES IN
ROMAN BRITAIN
● The language
● The calendar
● The legal system
● The roads and public building

17. Bath, Somerset,
South West England

18. RIVER THAMES

19. LONDINIUM

20. Londinium

21. Boudica
60 AD Boudica led a revolt against Romans

22. BOUDICA

23. Ibernia
(Ireland)
Caledonia
(Scotland)

24. HADRIAN'S WALL

25. Hadrian’s Wall

26. 500 BC AD 43 450 793
CELTS ROMANS SAXONS VIKINGS
3100 BC AD 130 1065
Anglo-Saxon Britain

27. Anglo-Saxon invasion
450 AD

30. The Anglo-Saxons were
pagans.
They worshiped
lots of different
gods and goddesses.

31. The Anglo-Saxons gradually converted to
Christianity from the 7th century

32. Anglo-Saxon
Kingdoms

33. Anglo-Saxon fierce warriors

34. Anglo - Saxons

35. West Stow, Suffolk, East of England

36. The Days of the Week
Monday The moon’s day
Tuesday The day of the Scandinavian
God of Sky “Tiw”
Wednesday Woden’s day, Chief God
Thursday
Thor’s day,
the god of thunders and lightenings
Friday Freyja’s day,
godess of love and beauty
Saturday Saturn’s day
Sunday The day of the Sun

37. Oxford
Oxford = The place where the oxen cross the river

38. Vikings
raided
English coasts
From 793
they stole treasure and attacked
and terrified local people.

40. In 865 a 'Great Army'
of Danish Vikings
invaded England.
There were fierce
battles for several years.
In the end the Vikings
conquered all of northern,
central and eastern England

41. King Alfred The Great (871 AD)
He defended Anglo-Saxon England (Wessex) from Viking invasion.

42. Although King Alfred saved
England,
he could not expel the Danes
who occupied an area known
as Danelaw in A.D. 874-920
The Vickings will be
in England until 1042

43. During the 10th Century
the English reconqueredBut in the 11th century1042 was the end of

44. Viking names in English cities
-by
-ham
-thrope
-borough
Nottingham
Whitby = white farm
By stands for village or farm
Selby =‘the village with willows’
Thorpe meant a ‘secondary village’
Scotton Thorpe = the small settlement near Scotton.
Hamstands for homestead, village or estate
Borough: originally Burgh meaning stronghold.
Peterborough

45. Edward the Confessor
He ruled England from 1042 to 1066
He restored the Anglo-Saxon House of Wessex
He was a pious king
He built Westminster Abbey

46. Westminster Abbey was built between 1045 and 1050

47. Harold Godwinson Edgar
The Aetheling
Edward
The Confesor
William
Duke of Normandy
(His Brother-in-law)
(A distant cousin)
Harald Hardrada
Who could succeed Edward on the throne?
King of Norway
related to English kings
(His nephew)
The Witan (a council of wise men) had to make the decision.

48. Harold Godwinson
King Harold II of England

49. Battle of Stamford Bridge
25 September 1066
Battle of Hasting
14 October 1066
Harald the Vicking
landed with a
massive army
William Duke of Normandy
landed on the South East

50. 500 BC AD 43 450 793 1066
CELTS ROMANS SAXONS VIKINGS NORMANS
3100 BC AD 130 1065 1078
Norman Britain

51. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS
The battle took place in Hastings, South-East of England

52. KING WILLIAM
“The Conqueror”

53. King Harold is killed by an arrow in his eye.

54. THE BAYEAUX TAPESTRY

55. THE TOWER OF LONDON

56. Beefeater

57. The BloodyTower

58. Tower of
LondonWhite Tower

61. THE RAVENS

63. THE DOMESDAY BOOK

64. LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE ISLAND
FRENCH
LATIN
ENGLISH
Norman Courtesans
Clergymen
Countrymen

65. 500 BC AD 43 450 793 1066 1485
CELTS ROMANS SAXONS VIKINGS NORMANS TUDORS
3100 BC AD 130 1065 1078 1599
The Tudors

66. The War of the Roses (1455 – 1487)
The Red Rose of Lancaster The White Rose of York

67. Henry VII
Henry VIII
Elizabeth IMary IEdward VI

68. Henry VII
(1485-1509)

69. Henry VIII
(1509-1547)

71. Catherine of Aragon Jane SeymourAnne Boleyn
Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr

72. England was a catholic nation under the rule of
Henry VII and during much of Henry VIII's reign

73. Henry VIII
He split the Church in Rome
Creating the Church of England
Henry was the
Supreme Head of
the New Church of England

74. 70,000 executions

75. SPORTS

76. Edward
(1547-1553)

77. Queen Mary I
(1554-1558)
Bloody Mary

78. Queen ElizabethI
(1558-1603)
The VirginQueen

80. Shakespeare’s plays were performed

81. 500 BC AD 43 450 793 1066 1485 1603
CELTS ROMANS SAXONS VIKINGS NORMANS TUDORS STUARTS
3100 BC AD 130 1065 1078 1599 1605 1637 1675
Early Modern England

82. Queens and Kings
Elizabeth I
James I of England
VI of Scotland

83. Original Union Flag (1606)

84. King James I of England and VI of Scotland

85. The Gun Powder Plot , November 5th 1606

86. Who was Guy Fawkes?
Guy Fawkes was in charge of lighting the fuse.
36 barrels of gunpowder were placed in the cellars.
The plan was to blow up the House of Lords.
He was betrayed and captured. He is tortured until he speaks.
He and the other plotters are hanged.

87. November 5th

88. The Great Fire of London (1666)
The stuarts broought disaster to the Nation
A Civil war (1642-1651)
The Great Plague (1665)

90. St. Paul Cathedral

91. St. Paul's
Cathedral
It was built between 1675 and 1711

92. Hyde park

94. George I
(1660 – 1727)
The Hanovers.

95. Buckingham Palace

96. The Changing of the Guard
11:30 AM

97. Battle of Trafalgar. 1805

98. The Battle of Trafalgar

99. Admiral Horatio Nelson was the British commander

101. .

102. The Statue of Lord Nelson

104. 500 BC AD 43 450 793 1066 1485 1603 1714 1877
CELTS ROMANS SAXONS VIKINGS NORMANS TUDORS STUARTS HANOVERS VICTORIANS
3100 BC AD 130 1065 1078 1599 1605 1637 1675 1714 1805 1860 1869 1894
Modern England

105. Queen Victoria
June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901

106. British Empire 1899

111. Victorian England
Elizabethan Tower London Underground Tower Bridge
1858 1860 1894

112. Big Ben
Elizabeth Tower
1858 - 1859
Latin inscription,
“O Lord, keep Our Queen Victoria the First”

113. The Tube
Since 1860

114. The tube

115. Tower Bridge 1894

116. Tower Bridge Glass Walkway

117. Cutty Sark

118. The cutty sark

119. Cutty Sark Museum

120. King Edward VII
1901 -1910

121. King George V
1910 - 1936
House of Windsor

122. Titanic

123. On April 10, 1912
the Titanic set sail from Southampton to New york
carrying 891 crew and 1317 passengers.

124. 14 April
Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the ocean
1517 people died and 706 survived

125. World War I 1914-1918

126. World War II 1939 -1945

127. Trenches warfare
World War I 1914-1918

128. The Blitz
London was bombed every night
from September 1940 to May 1941

130. Anderson Shelter
The Tube

131. 500 BC AD 43 450 793 1066 1485 1603 1714 1877 1953
CELTS ROMANS SAXONS VIKINGS NORMANS TUDORS STUARTS HANOVERS VICTORIANS MODERN
3100 BC AD 130 1065 1078 1599 1605 1637 1675 1714 1805 1860 1869 1894 1974 1999 2015
Today England

132. TODAY ENGLAND

133. GREAT BRITAIN
UNITED
KINGDOM
BRITAIN

134. QUEEN ELISABETH II

135. Queen Elizabeth I
was crowned on Februry 6 , 1952

136. CURRENCY
Pound Sterling

137. Before 1971
1 = 240 p. = 20 Shillings

138. Banknotes

139. 1 = One Quid
SLANG
5 = A Fiver
10 = A Tenner

140. Takeaway Restaurants

141. The traditional
food in England
is...
FISH AND CHIPS

142. Sandwhich

143. Sandwich is a popular lunch among workers

144. Sandwich, South England

145. John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich

146. PUBlic House

147. 60.000 pubs in UK

148. London floods

149. Thames Barriers, 1982

152. Happy
New Millenium!

153. London Eye

154. O2 Millenium Dome

155. Millenium Bridge

156. Canary Wharf

157. The Gherkin

159. THE SHARD

160. The Shard is 309,4 metres high