History of the UK

Like every old country on Earth the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland long and very interesting history. Since ancient times Celtic and Anglo-Saxon tribes inhabited these numerous islands, not far from Europe.

In the first century before Christi Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, came to Britain on purpose to make it a part of the Roman Empire. He managed it, and the Romans left the Britain only in the 5^th century A.D. Since that time several independent kingdoms existed and developed on the territory of the modern UK. They were of course often at war with each other. It the 9^th century the Scottish Kingdom was founded on the north of the Island of Great Britain.

In 1066 the Royal house of Norse came to England. Wilhelm the Conqueror defeated the king Harold II at the battle of Gastings. After that Wilhelm the Conqueror became the King of England.

There was always a serious confrontation between France and England because Kings of both countries wanted to rule them as a united state. In 1337 a war began which lasted more than one hundred years. That’s why it is called the Hundred-Years-War. During the war both English and French armies were victorious over each other. But soon after French troops leading by Jeanne D’Arc raised the siege of Orlean England lost all hard-won cities expect for the port of Kale which was won back by France in 1558.