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Výukový materiál zpracován v rámci projektu EU peníze školám Registrační číslo projektu: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0208. BRITISH HISTORY. BASIC FACTS IMPORTANT EVENTS. FIRST SETTLERS. 3,000 BC settlers from Europe They introduced farming , pottery and stone tools Stonehenge Avebury.
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Výukový materiál zpracován v rámci projektu EU peníze školám Registrační číslo projektu: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0208
BRITISH HISTORY BASIC FACTS IMPORTANT EVENTS
FIRST SETTLERS • 3,000 BC settlersfrom Europe • Theyintroducedfarming, pottery and stone tools • Stonehenge • Avebury
FIRST SETTLERS • 10thcentury BC the Celts • One of theirtribeswascalledBritons • 55 BC – 5thcentury AD the Romans • Britannia
ANGLES AND SAXONS • 5thcentury AD – the Angles and Saxons • TheycamefromGermany, Denmark and theNetherlands • Angle - land
THE NORMANS • 9thcentury AD – the Vikings • The Normansinvadedfrom France • 1066 The battle of Hastings • William the Conqueror
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR • Onlyfourvisits to England • DomesdayBook • landholdingswerelisted, described and assessed for tax and value
MEDIEVAL ENGLAND • Civil wars • International conflicts • Politicalplotsbetween nobles and kings • Richard I (the Lion heart) - Crusades
13th CENTURY • John Lackland (1199-1216) • In 1204 he lostcontrol of Normandy • Mockingname „soft sword“ • Magna Carta (king´srightswere limited)
13th CENTURY • Henry III (1216-1272) • Henry III became king at the age of 9 • A lot of uprising and civil warsduring his reign
13th CENTURY • Edward I (1272-1307) • Hammer of the Scots • CalledfirstParliament • 1298 defeated the Scotsat the Battle of Falkirk • William Wallace, Robert Bruce
14th CENTURY • Edward II (1307-1327) • He married Isabela, the daughter of King Philip IV of France • Affected for Gavestone, a Gasconknight • 1314 Robert BrucecrushedEnglisharmy
14th CENTURY • Edward III (1327-1377) • 1340 he proclaimedhimself King of France whichstartedHundredYears´ War • 1346 – the Battle of Crécy (Calais Englishcolony) • 1348 – 1349 Black Death
14th CENTURY • Richard II (1377-1399) • The youngest son of Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent • 1382 – Ann of Bohemia • Fightsagainst the Lancasters • Imprisoned, died in 1400
14th CENTURY • Henry IV (1399-1413) • Debatableclaim to the throne • 1405 – uprising in Wales • Fearful of assasination, ill and troubled but rathersuccessful
15th CENTURY • Henry V (1413-1422) • Inteligent, musical, able to read and write in English • He led twogreatexpeditions to France • 1420 – the Treaty of Troyesrecognisedhim as King of France
15th CENTURY • Henry VI (1422-1461 and 1470-1471) • FoundedEtonCollege and King´sCollege in Cambridge • Lost his father´sconquests in France • Wars of Roses
WARS OF ROSES • The House of Yorks • The House of Lancasters • 1455 – 1485 • 1485 - The Battle of Bosworth
15th CENTURY • Edward IV (1461-1470 and 1471-1483) • Supported by Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick • 1470 – flee to Burgundy • 1471 – The Battle of Tewkesbury (Bloody Meadow)
15th CENTURY • Edward V (1483) • Nevercrowned, isremembered as one of the two „Princes in the Tower“ • Richard III (1483-1485) • 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth
15th CENTURY • Henry VII (1485-1509) • Henry Tudor • No adventures in foreignpolicy • 24 years of peace
16th CENTURY • Henry VIII (1509-1547) • Sixwives • His breakwith Rome paved the way for England to become a Protestant country • Sir Thomas Moore
SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII • Catherine of Aragon • Anne Boleyn • Jane Seymour • Anne of Cleves • Catherine Howard • Catherine Parr
16th CENTURY • Edward VI (1547-1553) • Became King at the age of 10, died of tuberculousis in 1553 • Lady Jane Grey (1553) nine-days´queen, then beheaded
16th CENTURY • Mary I (1553-1558) • The most severe Catholicrulercalled „Bloody Mary“ • Shebelieved her taskwas to restoreEngland to Catholicism
16th CENTURY • Elizabeth I (1558-1603) • „VirginQueen“ • Overseasexplorations • 1587 Mary Stuartbeheaded • Francis Drake, Robert Cecil, the Armada
17th CENTURY • James I (1603-1625) • Son of Henry Stuart and Mary, Queen of Scots • He became King of England and Scotland • 1605 GuyFawkes
17th CENTURY • Charles I (1625-1649) • Fightswith the parliament • Expensivewarswith France and Spain • Civil war in England • 1649 beheaded
17th CENTURY • Oliver Cromwell • 1649 – Execution of Charles I • 1653 – Cromwell became Lord Protector • 1660 – Monarchy wasrestored
17th CENTURY • Charles II (1660-1685) • Founded Greenwich Observatory and Royal Society • 1665 – Great Plague (100,000 peopledied) • 1666 – Great Fire of London
17th CENTURY • James II (1685-1688) • During Civil War, in 1648 he escaped to Hollanddressed as a girl • NeitherEnglishpeople nor the Parliamentlikedhim • The throneoffered to William of Orange
17th CENTURY • William III (1689-1702)(jointly Mary II (1689-1694) • Son of William II, Prince of Orange and Mary, daughter of Charles I • Dutchruler • GloriousRevolution
18th CENTURY • Anne (1702-1714) • duly inheritedthroneat the age of 36 • married Prince George of Denmark • had 17 children, alldied in infancyor early childhood
18th CENTURY • George I (1714-1727) • Protestant of Germanorigin • Hannover dynasty • put his trust in Walpole´s Whig Party
18th CENTURY • George II (1727-1760) • Calledself-important, fussy, hardworking, skirt-chasing • 1743 – the Battle of Dettingen • 1745 - Jacobiterebellion
18th CENTURY • George III (1760-1820) • 1776 – Declaration of Independence (USA) • 1789 – Frenchrevolution • 1805 – The Battle of Trafalgar • 1815 – The Battle of Waterloo
19th CENTURY • George IV (1821-1830) • Likedfashionableclothes and company • Made Brighton and Bathplaces to see and beseen • William IV (1830-1837) • „Silly Billy“, the sailor King
19th CENTURY • Victoria (1837-1901) • Victorianera • Big political and economical role of Britain • Australia, Egypt, SouthAfrica, Cyprus, Hongkong • Prince Albert
20th CENTURY • Edward VII (1901-1910) • had to waitalmost 60 years to become King • firstold-agepensions and NationalInsuranceSystem • got the title „Peacemaker“
20th CENTURY • George V (1910-1936) • his reignwasovershadowed by WorldWar I • 1911 - firstBritishemperor to visit India • 1912 - Titanic
20th CENTURY • Edward VIII (1936) • the onlyBritish sovereign to resign the throne of his ownwill (he decided for twice-divorcedMrsWallisSimpson) • he was made Duke of Windsor and livedabroad
20th CENTURY • George VI (1936-1952) • George V´s second son Albert („Bertie“) • WorldWar II • Stayed in London duringBlitz • a trustedally for Churchil
20th CENTURY • Elizabeth II (1952- ) • born in 1926 • in the WorldWar I shejoined the Auxiliary Transport Service • married Philip in 1947 • first son Prince Charles
Použitá literatura: • Williams B., Williams B. 2004. Kings and Queens, Pitkin Publishing • http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Děijny_Anglie Obrázky: http://search.creativecommons.org/