In terms of changing the World, probably battle of Trafalgar as it allowed us to build the British Empire...........don't know if that was good or bad, but certainly important !!!
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I'd find it hard to define one event as the most important.
However, if I chose one, I'd spell it correctly
However, if I chose one, I'd spell it correctly
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I'm still waiting for Brucie to come in and tell us it was his birth
But mere mortals are born. Brucie must have been forged from the very quinessence of the Universe.
Quote by Kaznkev
An interesting debate on newsnight last night set me thinking.
It is a small c conservative view of history but for me it would be the signing of the Magna Carta.
Putting into writing the basic liberties of free men in England was revolutionary,enshrining the right to trial,to belongings and curtailing the absolute power of the monarch was centuries ahead of most European countries.
Fab text of the actual document here.
The only arguement i have against the MC is that without it we would have probably had a revolution,but then you cant have everything.
On newsnight there were arguements for the abolition of slavery and the 1904 Act limiting the power of the Lords.
Cameron argued for 1940,(in India,nice one Dave ):dry:
What would you argue for?
Withdrawal of the Romans in the early fifth century - without their money the Saxons could no longer be paid and the decline and pillge of Britain at the hands of the mercenaries became almost inevitable, even as the British ruling class tired to use their remaining resources to buy the Saxons off.
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yea what did the romans ever do for us
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I'd find it hard to define one event as the most important.
However, if I chose one, I'd spell it correctly
i dont know what you mean,
neither do i cause i have read it over n over n its deff spelt right unless i'm being rediculously blonde today
or i got hold of wrong end of the stick n the dig wasn't at kaz after all
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I'd find it hard to define one event as the most important.
However, if I chose one, I'd spell it correctly
i dont know what you mean,
neither do i cause i have read it over n over n its deff spelt right unless i'm being rediculously blonde today
or i got hold of wrong end of the stick n the dig wasn't at kaz after all
Or Kaz may have edited her post to spare her blushes
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An interesting debate on newsnight last night set me thinking.
It is a small c conservative view of history but for me it would be the signing of the Magna Carta.
Putting into writing the basic liberties of free men in England was revolutionary,enshrining the right to trial,to belongings and curtailing the absolute power of the monarch was centuries ahead of most European countries.
Fab text of the actual document here.
The only arguement i have against the MC is that without it we would have probably had a revolution,but then you cant have everything.
On newsnight there were arguements for the abolition of slavery and the 1904 Act limiting the power of the Lords.
Cameron argued for 1940,(in India,nice one Dave ):dry:
What would you argue for?
Withdrawal of the Romans in the early fifth century - without their money the Saxons could no longer be paid and the decline and pillge of Britain at the hands of the mercenaries became almost inevitable, even as the British ruling class tired to use their remaining resources to buy the Saxons off.
I bet your a real hoot at dinner parties!:sleeping:
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You missed this bit at the bottom of her opening thread
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Cave man makes fire, not sure its just a British thing though
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I'd find it hard to define one event as the most important.
However, if I chose one, I'd spell it correctly
i dont know what you mean,
neither do i cause i have read it over n over n its deff spelt right unless i'm being rediculously blonde today
or i got hold of wrong end of the stick n the dig wasn't at kaz after all
Or Kaz may have edited her post to spare her blushes
okies fairy snuff at least now i'm not goin loony tunes
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Quote by kentswingers777
The most important thing in British history was Churchill defeating the Nazis.
We would all be leading completely different lives now had we of lost the war.
A man of our times...for the right times.
Quite a force in the First World War also
Churchill became First Lord of the Admiralty in October 1911 where he helped modernize the navy. Churchill was one of the first people to grasp the military potential of aircraft and in 1912 he set up the Royal Naval Air Service. He also established an Air Department at the Admiralty so as to make full use of this new technology. Churchill was so enthusiastic about these new developments that he took flying lessons.
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Cheers Blue.....it just sums up the mans greatness in British history.
For me I am not really interested in history that goes way back, as I am more interested in recent history.
I'm the other way round. Recent history influences whare we are now, true. But I feel far more related to England (as it was then) after the Romans left and as it was developing the legal and social structures, many of which still hold sway over us now. And I have far more respect for the Vikings (my own bloodline) than the blood-suckers in Westminster.
There have been a large number of key moments (tipping points?) in British History. I often wonder what this country would have been like if Harold had beaten william the Bastard and given us a Scandanavian monarchy/government.
I'd love to see a well made film based on that premise.
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Birth of Thomas Paine
Birth of the Trades Unions
Publication of the Communist manifesto
And apparently the 1966 victory in the world cup....or at least the papers seem to think so
But the single most significant moment in human history happened in Birmingham on Mothers day in 1964 at about noon
Birth of the Trades Unions
Publication of the Communist manifesto
And apparently the 1966 victory in the world cup....or at least the papers seem to think so
But the single most significant moment in human history happened in Birmingham on Mothers day in 1964 at about noon
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Birth of Thomas Paine who?
Birth of the Trades Unions
Publication of the Communist manifesto
And apparently the 1966 victory in the world cup....or at least the papers seem to think so
But the single most significant moment in human history happened in Birmingham on Mothers day in 1964 at about noon
I have to agrre - 1964 was a good year - but September was the peak month.
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Blimey - what a troublemaker! LOL
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Cheers Blue.....it just sums up the mans greatness in British history.
For me I am not really interested in history that goes way back, as I am more interested in recent history.
I'm the other way round. Recent history influences whare we are now, true. But I feel far more related to England (as it was then) after the Romans left and as it was developing the legal and social structures, many of which still hold sway over us now. And I have far more respect for the Vikings (my own bloodline) than the blood-suckers in Westminster.
There have been a large number of key moments (tipping points?) in British History. I often wonder what this country would have been like if Harold had beaten william the Bastard and given us a Scandanavian monarchy/government.
I'd love to see a well made film based on that premise.
I am very interested in recent history
It would seam my ancestors only arrived here in England in 1066, we feel we have settled in rather well
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Cheers Blue.....it just sums up the mans greatness in British history.
For me I am not really interested in history that goes way back, as I am more interested in recent history.
I have a great interest my familys history, and in particular from the first World War onwards
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I could say the 'Death Warrant' of Charles I, it reminded Kings of England that they were the servants of the people, not their masters.
I could say the second unification of England and Scotland, when James of Scotland became King of England.
I could say the Anglo French wars, that turned a trading network turn into the British Empire.
It is hard to say as so much happened to make it all possible.
Travis
I could say the second unification of England and Scotland, when James of Scotland became King of England.
I could say the Anglo French wars, that turned a trading network turn into the British Empire.
It is hard to say as so much happened to make it all possible.
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