Презентация на тему "10 interesting facts about history of great britain"

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  10 interesting facts about history of Great Britain

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  «England»

  The name of country - "England" - is derived from the name of one of the Germanic tribes - the Angles.

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  Romans

  The first settlement of the Romans in the modern City of London appeared about 2,000 years ago.

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  The Republic of Ireland

  The Republic of Ireland consists of 26 counties.

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  The interesting title

  In 1560 in England was a title of royal discoverer of ocean bottles with letters.

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  The ghosts

  The first official club of asylums ghosts were organized in England in 1665. This community was founded not crazy or psychopaths, but quite respectable scientists of the time, among them the famous physicist Robert Boyle. And the only task of the club is just interest was the phenomenon of ghosts.

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  The Great Fire

  In 1666 in London was the Great Fire. It is a tragedy, what started a fire at night, about 2 hours, 2 September at one of the bakery. During of 3-5 days half the city burned, fire destroyed more than 13 thousand houses, 6 people died. This tragedy began the history of the new city.

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  The first zoo in the world

  In 1826 in London opened the first zoo in the world. At the opening of the zoo the most prominent event was the African elephant.

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  Westminster Abbey

  Westminster Abbey - the main cathedral church of England, located in a central area of London, Westminster. The Cathedral is an architectural masterpiece of early Gothic. It was built in 11 century by the King Edward the Confessor.

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  «Queen is a man!!!»

  The readers of Time magazine called the Queen Elizabeth ІІ a man in 1952.

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  The «iron lady»

  Margaret Thatcher was appointed Queen prime minister in May 1979. She became the first woman prime minister in the history of Great Britain.

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