The etymology of London remains a mystery today. The first etymological explanation can be attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his book Historia Regum Britanniae. It describes the name as originating from King Lud, who had allegedly taken the city and called her Kaerlud. From this name, the word was transformed to Kaerludein and finally in London. Other theories explain that the name may have derived from British or Welsh or Anglo-Saxon or even Hebrew.
Although there is evidence of British settlements scattered throughout the area, the first major settlement was founded by the Romans in AD 43 under the name Londinium, following the Roman invasion of Britain. The settlement lasted only seventeen. Around 61, the Iceni tribe led by Queen Boudica stormed the settlement completely destroying it. The next plan to rebuild the city prospered and became a substitute for Colchester as the capital of the Roman province of Britannia in 100 . At its peak during the second century, the Roman London had a population of approximately 60,000.
By 600, the Anglo-Saxons had created a new settlement called Lundenwic, approximately 900 meters upstream of the ancient Roman city, around what is now Covent Garden. You may have a port at the mouth of the river Fleet to promote fishing and trade. This trade grew until the city was captured by the Vikings and forced to move back to the location of Roman Londinium, to use its walls for protection. Viking attacks continued to rise for the rest of southeast England to 886 when Alfred the Great reconquered London and agreed to peace with the Danish leader, Guthrum. The city became Lundenwic Saxon Ealdwic ( 'old city'), a name which survives today as Aldwych, which is in the modern City of Westminster.
In the Medieval period, establishes the importance of London Westminster Abbey. In this abbey (not to be confused with the Westminster Cathedral) are to be crowned the kings of England. The residence of English royalty was, until the end of the Norman period, the castle fortress of the Tower of London, where today guard the Crown Jewels. With the passing of the years on the Roman London developed what is now the financial district (City).
London expanded in all directions, attaching steppes, forests, villages. Since the eighteenth century until the first half of the twentieth century has been the capital of the British Empire.
In the year 1666 a great fire destroyed much of the city. The reconstruction lasted ten years and was the work of the great architect Christopher Wren, who rebuilt many of the churches destroyed, including St Paul's Cathedral, where lie today's heroes of the British nation. The city sees a big acceleration in the eighteenth century and early twentieth century, when London was the largest city in the world.
The local administration sought to harness this huge expansion, especially to bring infrastructure to the city. With this goal in 1855 created the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889 the MBW was obsolete and in its place was established the County of London, ruled from the first assembly chosen from all London "stretched", the London County Council.
During World War II, London was bombed by the Luftwaffe, with the onslaught of the bombing during the Battle of Britain. The raid wiped out some 30,000 Londoners and destroyed several areas of the city, built in various architectural styles in the following decades. London's expansion was slowed from the end of the Second World War with various annexation of land, together with the care of a green ring around the city (Green Belt).
Until the cease-fire in 1997 and 1998, London was a daily target for IRA bombings in this way to frighten the British government sought to negotiate with Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland.
On 6 July 2005, the International Olympic Committee chose London to host the modern Olympic Games XXX 2012. London's surely the world's first city to host three editions of games after the fourth edition of 1908 and the XIV in 1948, after the thirteenth edition, which also was to be held in London, was suspended due to World War II.
On 7 July 2005, with the start of the G8 summit in Gleneagles (Scotland), a coordinated series of terrorist attacks at the hands of Islamic extremists beat the passengers of three subway lines and a bus. That morning, four men blew themselves up pump, starting at 08:50. One in the Aldgate subway in the city, one on a passenger train that ran a gallery on the Piccadilly Line and one on a train inside the Edgware Road station. About an hour later at 09:47, a man blew himself up on a bus.
Although there is evidence of British settlements scattered throughout the area, the first major settlement was founded by the Romans in AD 43 under the name Londinium, following the Roman invasion of Britain. The settlement lasted only seventeen. Around 61, the Iceni tribe led by Queen Boudica stormed the settlement completely destroying it. The next plan to rebuild the city prospered and became a substitute for Colchester as the capital of the Roman province of Britannia in 100 . At its peak during the second century, the Roman London had a population of approximately 60,000.
By 600, the Anglo-Saxons had created a new settlement called Lundenwic, approximately 900 meters upstream of the ancient Roman city, around what is now Covent Garden. You may have a port at the mouth of the river Fleet to promote fishing and trade. This trade grew until the city was captured by the Vikings and forced to move back to the location of Roman Londinium, to use its walls for protection. Viking attacks continued to rise for the rest of southeast England to 886 when Alfred the Great reconquered London and agreed to peace with the Danish leader, Guthrum. The city became Lundenwic Saxon Ealdwic ( 'old city'), a name which survives today as Aldwych, which is in the modern City of Westminster.
In the Medieval period, establishes the importance of London Westminster Abbey. In this abbey (not to be confused with the Westminster Cathedral) are to be crowned the kings of England. The residence of English royalty was, until the end of the Norman period, the castle fortress of the Tower of London, where today guard the Crown Jewels. With the passing of the years on the Roman London developed what is now the financial district (City).
London expanded in all directions, attaching steppes, forests, villages. Since the eighteenth century until the first half of the twentieth century has been the capital of the British Empire.
In the year 1666 a great fire destroyed much of the city. The reconstruction lasted ten years and was the work of the great architect Christopher Wren, who rebuilt many of the churches destroyed, including St Paul's Cathedral, where lie today's heroes of the British nation. The city sees a big acceleration in the eighteenth century and early twentieth century, when London was the largest city in the world.
The local administration sought to harness this huge expansion, especially to bring infrastructure to the city. With this goal in 1855 created the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1889 the MBW was obsolete and in its place was established the County of London, ruled from the first assembly chosen from all London "stretched", the London County Council.
During World War II, London was bombed by the Luftwaffe, with the onslaught of the bombing during the Battle of Britain. The raid wiped out some 30,000 Londoners and destroyed several areas of the city, built in various architectural styles in the following decades. London's expansion was slowed from the end of the Second World War with various annexation of land, together with the care of a green ring around the city (Green Belt).
Until the cease-fire in 1997 and 1998, London was a daily target for IRA bombings in this way to frighten the British government sought to negotiate with Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland.
On 6 July 2005, the International Olympic Committee chose London to host the modern Olympic Games XXX 2012. London's surely the world's first city to host three editions of games after the fourth edition of 1908 and the XIV in 1948, after the thirteenth edition, which also was to be held in London, was suspended due to World War II.
On 7 July 2005, with the start of the G8 summit in Gleneagles (Scotland), a coordinated series of terrorist attacks at the hands of Islamic extremists beat the passengers of three subway lines and a bus. That morning, four men blew themselves up pump, starting at 08:50. One in the Aldgate subway in the city, one on a passenger train that ran a gallery on the Piccadilly Line and one on a train inside the Edgware Road station. About an hour later at 09:47, a man blew himself up on a bus.