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The romans came to London
London is one of the oldest cities in the world, it was founded by the romans in the year 43 and it was called Londinium. Its name is derived from the Celtic word Londinios, which means the place of the bold one. The city was settled next to the river Thames. -
407
London was abandonated
London was probably abandoned. The romans returned to Rome. -
597
Saxons
The Saxons were a Germanic people.
In 597 monks from Rome began the task of converting the Saxons to Christianity. -
842
The Danes
the Danes looted London and it wouldn't be the last time. -
1066
New king
England had a new king. William the Conqueror from France reining from 1066 until his death in 1087. He was the first king to be crowned in Westminster Abbey and started building The Tower of London. He was important because he began to build castles and fortresses. -
1509
Henry VIII
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He was also well known for dissolved religious orders and took away his fortune. The consequences were profound: the royal power augured, and the wealth obtained helped the industrialization and development of the English navy, augmenting the military and commercial power that would manifest itself in the Elizabethan era, that is, in the reign of Elizabeth I from England. -
Elizabeth I
Henry’s daughter Elizabeth the First was queen. In the Elizabethan era augmenting the military and commercial power. -
The great plague
It was the worst year of all. The great plague came to London and between 75,000 and 100,000 people died.Lawyers and merchants, fled the city. The poorest people remained in London with the rats and those people who had the plague. Parish officials provided food. Searchers looked for dead bodies and took them at night to plague pits for burial. -
The great fire
After the catastrophic year before, the great fire arrives. How the houses are made by wood and the fire like wood, many houses were destroyed. Many important buildings were burned, like St Paul's Cathedral and the Ancient roman wall. -
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A new st Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London. In 1666 with the great fire that struck the city, the temple was reduced to rubble, remains and ashes ...That is why they rebuilt it. -
Queen Victoria
After Elizabeth II, its reign, the longest in the history of the British Isles, marked an epoch in the daily life of the population and throughout the entire 19th century British, Victorianism. It was a period that changed the economy and technology. -
Railway
The London railway opens the first railway station in the city of London. That brought a lot of progress to the city, it was a great advance and everyone wanted to go. -
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The Blitz
The strongest bombardment took place during The Blitz between September 7, 1940 and May 10, 1941. During this period, London underwent 71 separate incursions. Many historical buildings were destroyed.
