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Il y a 21 heures · London’s founding can be traced to 43 CE, when the Roman armies began their occupation of Britain under Emperor Claudius. At a point just north of the marshy valley of the River Thames, where two low hills were sited, they established a settlement they called Londinium.
- Tudor London
London - Tudor, Population, Trade: By 1520 London was again...
- History
London - Capital, Roman, Medieval: Although excavations west...
- Evolution of the Modern City
London - History, Culture, Economy: By 1820, when George IV...
- City Layout
London - Urban Planning, History, Culture: London’s...
- The Multiethnic Metropolis
London - Multicultural, History, Economy: London, always a...
- Climate
London - Climate, Rainfall, Fog: Continuous records of...
- Tudor London
Il y a 4 jours · South-eastern Britain was overrun by the troops of the Roman emperor Claudius in A.D. 43. Whether London was founded under the new régime, or whether the Roman city developed round a pre-Claudian nucleus, is an old problem which is still a new one.
Il y a 5 jours · Established on May 14, 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World, which had been dominated by the Spanish since the voyages of Christopher Columbus in the late 15th century. Origins (1606–07) The colony was a private venture, financed and organized by the Virginia Company of London.
Il y a 2 jours · Scotland, ruled from London since 1603, formally was joined with England and Wales in 1707 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain. (The adjective “British” came into use at this time to refer to all the kingdom’s peoples.) Ireland came under English control during the 1600s and was formally united with Great Britain ...
Il y a 1 jour · Although today principally a museum of cultural art objects and antiquities, the British Museum was founded as a "universal museum". Its foundations lie in the will of the Anglo-Irish physician and naturalist Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), a London-based doctor and scientist from Ulster.
Il y a 1 jour · Established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker and debt manager, and still one of the bankers for the Government of the United Kingdom, it is the world's eighth-oldest bank. The bank was privately owned by stockholders from its foundation in 1694 until it was nationalised in 1946 by the Attlee ministry . [3]
Il y a 1 jour · The Jews and the Lombards—The Goldsmiths the first London Bankers—William Paterson, Founder of the Bank of England—Difficult Parturition, of the Bank Bill—Whig Principles of the Bank of England—The Great Company described by Addison—A Crisis at the Bank—Effects of a Silver Re-coinage—Paterson quits the Bank of England—The Ministry resolves that ...
