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Massacre of the Irish
There were several clashes with the Irish, and after a brutal massacre in the 1640's, the Irish were finally defeated in 1690. The Great Plague (1665) killed almost 70.000 of Londons inhabitants, and a year later the Great Fire destroyed most of the city. Out of the ashes emerged several beautiful churches and buildings, among them St. Paul's Cathedral. -
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The Transformation of Britain
In the latter part of the 18th century, the trnasformation of Britain from an agricultural to an industrial nation started. Inventions in the coal, iron and textile industries drastically changed the landscape of Britain, doubling the population from 7 million to 14 million between 1760 and 1830 and turning the country into the workshop of the world in less than a hundred years. -
Transformation of Britain
In the latter part of the century 18th century, the transformation of Britain from an agricultural to an industrial nation started. Inventions in the coal, iron and textile industries drastically changed the landscape of Britain, doubling the population from 7 million to 14 million between 1760 and 1830 and turning the country into the workshop of the world in less than a hundred years. -
19th Century Britain
France lost or gave away most of North America shortly before and during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars (1789-1815). France and Napoleon were finally defeated at Waterloo on the outskirts of Brussels in Belgium, and there is a railway terminus in London to remind the British of the victory in 1815. -
Increase of Immigrants
The 1950s and 1960s saw a drastic increase in immigration to Britain from former colonies . India was given independence in 1947 and divided into India and Pakistan. -
Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic tribes from northwestern Europe. Present-day English has developed from the language of the Anglo-Saxons. Christianity was established in Britain in the first centuries after the Anglo-Saxon invasion.
