Short History of Immigrations

By jamjam
  • Period: 200 to 250

    Tribes in UK

    Celtic and pict tribes formed the first communities in Britian as they arrived.
  • The Roman Came
    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.
  • The English Becoming English
    500

    The English Becoming English

    In the fifth century it was clear to see that the Germanic tribes would become the english population.
  • The French Influence
    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.
  • The Black Musicians
    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.
  • John Hawkyns
    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.
  • The Black Slaves
    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 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..