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Poniżej zamieszczam krótki dokument o kilku najważniejszych datach/wydarzeniach w historii Wielkiej Brytanii. Zachęcam do wirtualnej podróży po niezwykłych miejscach, datach i związanych z nimi wydarzeniach: )

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1. What is Stonehenge? When was it built?

Britain's most famous prehistoric monument, on Salisbury Plain in southern England. Nobody knows why it was built, but many people think it was built to study the stars and planets or to worship the sun.

2. What is Hadrian's Wall? When was it built?

A wall built in northern England by the Roman emperor Hadrian between ____ and ____ AD. It was the northern border of the Roman Empire from which the Romans could keep back the Picts (ancient British people who lived in Scotland between the first and the 9^th centuries AD, when they became united with the Scots). It was made a World Heritage Site in 1987.

3. Who was the first English king to convert into Christianity in 597?
4. Which year did the Vikings raid Britain for the first time? Where was it?
5. Which year was the Battle of Hastings in? Who became the King of England then?
6. What is Magna Carta? Which year was it signed in?

The document signed in ______ by King John, who was forced to do it by barons. The document restricted the king's power and gave new rights to the barons and the people. Four of the original copies of Magna Carta still exist, two in the British Library and one each in the cathedrals of Salisbury and Lincoln.

7. What happened in 1348?
8. 1455-1485 – Wars of the Roses. What was that?
9. Which year was the Great Fire of London in?
10. 1707 - The Act of Union. What was that?
11. 1837-1901 – The Victorian Era. What was that?
12. Charles Darwin published his book „On the Origin of Species” in 1859. What was the book about?
13. 1890-1922 – the British Empire is the largest empire in history. Why?
14. 1979-1990 – Margaret Thatcher. What can you say about her?

She was Britain's first female __________ and one of the longest serving British prime ministers of the 20^th century. She is often referred to as the Iron Lady.

15. 1997 – Diana, the Princess of ________, dies in a car accident in Paris.
16. 2019-2020 – Brexit.