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Period: 200 to 250
Tribes in UK
Celtic and pict tribes formed the first communities in Britian as they arrived. -
250
The Roman Came
Roman black legionnaires came to Britain to stand guard on Hadrian's wall, to keep the tribes seperated from the romans. -
500
The English Becoming English
In the fifth century it was clear to see that the Germanic tribes would become the english population. -
Jan 19, 1066
The French Influence
In 1066 the vikings who had been settled in France and brought with them a lot of traditions.
A lot of these traditions is still alived today and can be traced all the way back to Franco-Norman era.
The things that was influenced the most was the language, government and law. -
Jan 19, 1505
The Black Musicians
The few black people who were living in Britain were mostly musicians and entertainers for the royal people, among other a man called John Blanke who was a trumpeter. -
Jan 19, 1562
John Hawkyns
John Hawkyns Introduced the idea of selling black people as workers in 1562, when he sold 300 West African to planters in Haiti. -
Jan 19, 1565
The Black Slaves
A few years after the event in 1562, a few households in England began holding slaves. The slaves came to england when plantage owners sent their kids to school in england! -
Period: to
The Irish
Tens of Thousands of Irish came to England, they were fleeing from poverty. -
The first non-white Member of parliament
The first non-white (indian dababhai naoroji) was elected to the house of commons. -
MP
Four non-white MP's where elected at the General Election..
