Just before Queen Elizabeth I died she nominated James VI of Scotland, son of Mary Stuart, to succeed her and become King James I, the first King of Great Britain. James was the great-grandson of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He married Anne of Denmark and their son, Charles, ...
With Edward as the king,London became the most important city in England.Edward had many nobles,and he let them become very powerful.He had no children,so when he died,one of his nobles,Harold,became the king. But Edward's cousin William,a Norman(from the north of France),beliecved th...
One important tradition is the State Opening of Parliament.On this day,the Queen gose from her home at Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament in a gold carriage and then reads'the Queen's speech'.This tells people what the government wants to do in the next year. Another important ...
Czar Alexis. Later in the century, a trade treaty between Russia and China allowed caravans to cross back and forth freely between the two countries. Still, the journey was not easy. The average caravan consisted of 200 to 300 camels, ...
1124 - David I becomes king and introduces the feudal system of landholding to much of Scotland.1138 - David I of Scotland invades England in support of his niece, Matilda wife of King Stephen of England, but is defeated at the Battle of the Standard in Yorkshire.1139 - Treaty of Durham...
He was the first one in the history of Britain who called himself as the king of England, and he had many achievements. He defeated Danish attempts to expand "the Danelaw" [2], and regained land, including London; he built a navy and established strong garrisons for protection; he also...
The domestic transactions of England were at present so interesting to the king, that they chiefly engaged his attention; and he regarded foreign affairs only in subordination to them. He had declared war against the emperor; but the mutual advantages reaped by the commerce between England and th...
[33]andYaganaround Perth. Bennelong and a companion became the first Australians to sail to Europe, where they metKing George III. Bungaree accompanied the explorerMatthew Flinderson the first circumnavigation of Australia. Pemulwuy was accused of the first killing of a white settler in 1790, ...
After the Second World War,many of the UK's colonies殖民地 wanted to rule themselves. The south of Ireland had already become independent from the UK in 1921,so the country had now become the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and NOrthern Ireland. ...
Living in Sherwood Forest at a time when the king of England is a dishonest man,he takes money from the rich to give it to the poor. Florence Nightingale was famous for helping people too - but she was a real person.Florence Nightingale is thought of by many as the first real nurse....