The beginning of the London dated Roman London - in 43 AD with the invasion of the Romans. Before the invasion, there was no permanent settlement sign London visit. Recently, the original "London Bridge" was excavated and it was located just metres from current London Bridge. 18 Years after the invasion, Boudica Queen of the Iceni tribe started an aggressive rebellion against the Government of the United Kingdom – the city was almost completely destroyed. The city was rebuilt but quickly wooden with a cluster of timber-frame buildings. London continue growing in the late Roman Empire and reached reached an impressive population of approximately 45,000. Unfortunately the city in a decline in went, when the Roman Empire creaked its way into a fluctuating age, especially, because the young troops defending the London trade routes over the channel were reallocated.
Anglo Saxon London - 604 AD of original St. Paul's Cathedral was built. Century London was a very successful trading center that eventually led many attacks by the Danes in 851 came with 350 long boats and basically eliminated London. In the next century, the city kings ruled the German, Danish and Norman. 1065 If Harold Edward successor was crowned, he founded London as the most important city in London.
Medieval London - began on Christmas day 1066 if the famous William of the Conqueror was crowned the King of London. 1097 Began Wilhelm II building Westminster Hall close to the Abbey that has the same name. At the beginning of the twelfth century London had a population of about 18,000, which was very low in comparison with the height of Roman Britain. 1176-London Bridge was built and started 1245 Henry II (destroyed after the battle between Stephen and Maud for the Crown) Westminster Abby reconstruct. 1381 The city was conquered while of peasant's Wat Tyler revolt by the peasant.
Tudor-London - London's population was approximately 75,000 1485 when Henry VII was crowned. In 1600, it reaches 200,000 under the Tudors when the city was very wealthy. An international exchange 1566 Thomas Gresham, founded in London to compete for financial power with Amsterdam to enable. 1560, It became the Royal Exchange.
Stuart ruined development London - during this period, a period of extensive building but unfortunately two great catastrophes (the great plague and the great fire) in the city rolled the city. The first began in 1665 and 70,000 to 100,000 people killed. Began the second on September 2. 1666 and destroyed 13,000 buildings, 52 company halls, 89 churches and old Saint Paul's Cathedral.
Victorian London - the first railway in 1836 was built during this period from London Bridge to Greenwich. 1834 Both burned the Westminster Palace and the houses of Parliament, and were triumphant mock the - Gothic houses of Parliament designed by Charles Barry replaced. Big Ben was built in 1859 and 1863 that was first underground from Paddington to Farringdon road ends.
20Th century - in 1904 of the first motor bus service in London its operational and was the first electric u-Bahn was followed two years later. 1921, London had a population of approximately 7,500,000. During the second world war the city æ became as the London docks by German bombing. Total 32,000 people were killed and more than 50,000 were seriously injured. Heathrow opened its doors in 1946 and the first biplane red buses on London streets appeared in 1956. The last impressive building project was the Millennium Dome - an exhibition centre next to the River Thames in the northern part of Greenwich.
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