Презентація "Великобританія в датах"

British Historical Calendar Gymnasium- School 1 2016

1. January (1801) Union Jack official British flag – The Kingdom of Ireland merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain, adding St. Patrick's saltire to the Union Flag

15. January (1759) British Museum opens to the public in London

16. January (1957)International Day of “The Beatles”

20. January (1265) First elected English parliament (De Montfort's Parliament) conducts its first meeting, in the Palace of Westminster

23. February (1455) Johannes Gutenberg starts printing the bible, using movable type [some say 1450, 1453 or 1454]

26. April (1564)William Shakespeare baptised 

1. May (1707)The Kingdom of Great Britain came into being.

6. May (1994)The Channel Tunnel opened.

24. May (1902) Empire Day (later Commonwealth Day) first celebrated

29. March (1461) (Palm Sunday): Battle of Towton – probably the bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil.

22. May (1455) Battle of St Albans, first in Wars of the Roses (1455–87)

July 2 (1800) Parliamentary union of Great Britain and Ireland

19. July (1553) Mary Tudor ('Bloody Mary') comes to the throne

4. August (1914)World War I: Great Britain declares war on Germany.

4 August (1704)Gibraltar was captured by a combined Dutch and English fleet under the command of Admiral of the Fleet George Rooke.

August 27 (BC 55) Caesar's first British expedition 

2-6. September (1666) Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June.

3. September (1939)British entry into World War II.

9. September (2015)Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest-reigning UK monarch.

21. October 21 (1805) Admiral Nelson's victory at Trafalgar

24. October (1857) Sheffield FC founded – claim to be the world's first football team

5. November (1605) Gunpowder plot at Westminster (Guy Fawkes, etc)

2. December (1697) Official opening of rebuilt St Paul's Cathedral

25. December (1176) First Eisteddfod, at Cardigan Castle