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 '''1113 BC Brutus of Troy '''conquered King Pandrasus of Greece, married his daughter and took a group of Trojans and Greeks to Gaul.&nbsp; Brutus conquered the King of Gaul and founded Tours.&nbsp; Brutus then brought his group of Trojans, Greeks and&nbsp;Celts to&nbsp;Britain.&nbsp; He conquered the indigenous race of giants who lived on the Islands.&nbsp; In this record Brutus claims naming the Islands Britain.&nbsp;Ref. "Victoria County History of Lancanshire pp. 1-20"&nbsp;
-In Camden's History of England, Britain was settled by the descendants of Japeth who went into Europe, Gaul and into Britain. Camden wrote his history 450 years after Jeffery of Monmouth, Archdeacon of Monmouth. By the&nbsp;time Camden wrote his history, the records from which Jeffery&nbsp;of Monmouth quoted were destroyed.&nbsp; However,&nbsp;Jeffery's&nbsp;written&nbsp;history of England survived and is quoted in&nbsp;VCH Lancanshire pp 1-20.&nbsp;
+In Camden's History of England, Britain was settled by the descendants of Japeth who went into Europe, Gaul and into Britain. Camden wrote his history 450 years after Jeffery of Monmouth, Archdeacon of Monmouth. By the&nbsp;time Camden wrote his history, the records from which Jeffery&nbsp;of Monmouth quoted were destroyed.&nbsp; However,&nbsp;Jeffery's&nbsp;written&nbsp;history of England survived and is quoted in&nbsp;Victoria County History for Lancashire pp 1-20.&nbsp;
 '''750&nbsp;BC''' '''The tribe of Judah '''invaded Ireland and the&nbsp;British Isles.&nbsp; They established their Kings and people in Ireland and Britain.&nbsp; The tribe of Judah is&nbsp;represented&nbsp; in the Royal Coat of Arms of England by the rampant lion.The Irish Kings decending from Judah&nbsp;through Ireland are printed out on the chart "One Royal Line" by Albert F. Schmuhl.&nbsp; They appear in Ireland about 750 BC.&nbsp;
 '''700-600 BC Celts from Gaul '''invaded Britain and took control of the country.&nbsp; The Druid priests presided in their culture, but were not warriors.&nbsp; The Druid priests educated their people and officated in the religious practices.&nbsp; The Druid priests were the ruling community officals and religious leaders.&nbsp; The commanding warriors were a part of the community council.&nbsp; The Celts were of the tribe of Ephraim and are represented in the Royal Coat of Arms of England by the white unicorn.
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 '''&nbsp;Parilament.&nbsp; '''The Lords of the shires established parilament as the House of the Lords.&nbsp; The House of Commons was established giving the gentry class two representatives from each shire.&nbsp; These representatives were usually knights or esquires.&nbsp; Pariliament would meet every twenty years or as needed with their elected counterparts.&nbsp; The Parliament building&nbsp;was eventually built from&nbsp;Coteswold stone in&nbsp;Westminister.
 '''1300 Wars.&nbsp;&nbsp;'''The English invaded Ireland and subjugated the country placing it under the English control.&nbsp; The English also invaded Wales&nbsp;and tricked their leader to give himself up' but killed him instead.&nbsp; After fighting for&nbsp;many years into the 1400's England conquerored Wales.&nbsp; On orders from the Pope, the English killed all the Knights templars on&nbsp;their soil and then made war with Scotland to&nbsp;destroy all the Knights Templars.&nbsp; The Scots fought fiercly and defeated the English in the Battle of Bannockburn.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Scots established their own kings and remained a seperate country from England until 1603.&nbsp;
 '''1400's.&nbsp; '''Parliament established classes of Gentry and Lords depending on how much land a person own.&nbsp; Knights who wer<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1237388635125_401" />e not actively serving, became esquires.
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 '''1733:&nbsp;English replaced Latin in official records.'''
 '''1752:&nbsp; England adopted the new Gregorian calendar.&nbsp; The first day of the year started on 1 January instead&nbsp;of March 25th.'''&nbsp;
 '''1756–1765<nowiki>:&nbsp; The first English navigation canals appeared.&nbsp; The Industrial Revolution began and cities grew with the invention of the steam engine and the spinning jenny.&nbsp;</nowiki>'''
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 '''1830<nowiki>:&nbsp; First railways appeared in England.</nowiki>'''
-'''1834:&nbsp; Poor law unions took poor relief responsibilities away from parishes.&nbsp; Workhouses established.'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; '''1837:&nbsp; Civil registration began on 1 July.&nbsp; Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901.'''
+'''1834:&nbsp; Poor law unions took poor relief responsibilities away from parishes.&nbsp; Workhouses established.'''&nbsp;
+'''1837:&nbsp; Civil registration began on 1 July.&nbsp; Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901.'''
 '''1841<nowiki>:&nbsp; The first genealogically useful census taken.&nbsp;</nowiki>'''
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 === '''Websites'''  ===
 *[http://www.google.com/archivesearch?q=england+census+records&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&scoring=t&ei=6CTeSeTzBY2OMt6z6VI&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&resnum=11&ct=title '''1000 AD-2009''']
 *'''http://www.historyofengland.net/'''
 *'''http://www.britainexpress.com/History/index.htm'''