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==The succession of British states== | ==The succession of British states== | ||
According to Norman Davies<ref>Norman Davies: ''The Isles", pagexxxix, Macmillan 1999</ref> the following states have existed during different periods of the history of the "British Isles" of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. | According to Norman Davies<ref>Norman Davies: ''The Isles", pagexxxix, Macmillan 1999</ref> the following states have existed during different periods of the history of the "British Isles" of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.<br> | ||
(the early dates are speculative} | (the early dates are speculative} | ||
* The High Kingships of Ireland[http://www.heraldry.ws/info/article12.html] (c1700 BCE - 1315 AD) | * The High Kingships of Ireland[http://www.heraldry.ws/info/article12.html] (c1700 BCE - 1315 AD) | ||
* British tribal principalities[http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/nation08.htm] (c1100 BCE - c700 AD) | * British tribal principalities[http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/nation08.htm] (c1100 BCE - c700 AD) | ||
* Independent Welsh, Cornish, Cumbrian and Strathclyde principalities. | * Independent "Pictland"[http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/GaelsPictland.htm] (c70 - 850 AD) | ||
* Roman Britannia | |||
* Independent British[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/gem/gem02.htm#page_3]/ Welsh[http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id142.html], Cornish, Cumbrian and Strathclyde principalities.(5th century to 1283) | |||
* The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (5th to 10th century AD) | |||
* The Kingdom of the Scots (9th century to 1707) | |||
* The Kingdom of England and its dependencies(10th century to 1536) | |||
* The Kingdom of Englnd and Wales (1536-1649, 1660-1707) | |||
* The Kingdom of Ireland (1541-1649, 1660-1800) | |||
* The Commonwealth of England, Wales and Ireland (1649-1654) | |||
* The Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland (1654-1660) | |||
* The United Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1800) | |||
* The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1922) | |||
* The Irish Free State, Eire and The Republic of Ireland (1922) | |||
* The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922) | |||
==Population growth== | ==Population growth== | ||
Revision as of 04:53, 3 September 2010
The succession of British states
According to Norman Davies[1] the following states have existed during different periods of the history of the "British Isles" of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
(the early dates are speculative}
- The High Kingships of Ireland[1] (c1700 BCE - 1315 AD)
- British tribal principalities[2] (c1100 BCE - c700 AD)
- Independent "Pictland"[3] (c70 - 850 AD)
- Roman Britannia
- Independent British[4]/ Welsh[5], Cornish, Cumbrian and Strathclyde principalities.(5th century to 1283)
- The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (5th to 10th century AD)
- The Kingdom of the Scots (9th century to 1707)
- The Kingdom of England and its dependencies(10th century to 1536)
- The Kingdom of Englnd and Wales (1536-1649, 1660-1707)
- The Kingdom of Ireland (1541-1649, 1660-1800)
- The Commonwealth of England, Wales and Ireland (1649-1654)
- The Commonwealth of Great Britain and Ireland (1654-1660)
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1800)
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1922)
- The Irish Free State, Eire and The Republic of Ireland (1922)
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922)
Population growth
(estimated population of England and Wales (millions))
1401 1521 1601 1701 1801 1851 1901 1999 2.1 2.3 4.1 5.1 8.9 17.9 35.5 49.0
(source: The History Today Companion to British History, Collins ad Brown, first published 1995)
References
- ↑ Norman Davies: The Isles", pagexxxix, Macmillan 1999