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British peoples are the people of the British Isles: Great Britain, Ireland, and various smaller islands. Great Britain is the name of the largest of the islands, and includes three main political-cultural divisions: England, Scotland and Wales. These collectively form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (UK for short) Ireland is the smaller of the two main islands. The much larger southern part is presently governed by the Republic of Ireland, while the smaller northern part is part of the United Kingdom. |
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This site is divided into five sections: English people, Scottish people, Welsh people, Irish people, and other British. |
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No attempt will be made at the present to create subdivisions for the English people. Instead, important events are grouped by category below.
1765 - 1794. Watt developed the steam engine
1776 Adam Smith published "Wealth of Nations", an examination of free market-based economics.
Maxwell who in c. 1870-73 published his works on electromagnetic theory and thermodynamics, was born and raised in Scotland
Bell, who in c. 1875 invented the telephone, was born and raised in Scotland.
1928 Alexander Fleming, who in discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic, was born and raised in Scotland.
1953 Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was born and raised in Scotland.
No information is yet available on historical contributions of Welsh people.
No information is yet available on historical contributions of Irish people.
This heading includes mention of early or small groups related to British people.
c. 2000 -1500 BC Approximate period of spread of Indo-European speaking peoples into Europe, Northern Middle Eeat, and India.
HistoryThe sketch given here of the history of the British peoples is seriously incomplete, since it includes mainly those people and events of worldwide significance. |
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Prehistory including early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory can be connected. Antiquity including the 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, 3rd millennium BC, 2nd millennium BC, and early 1st millennium BC can be connected. Until the very end of classical and medieval history with the discovery of Canada, these are not are distinguished from the Anglic peoples, and most developments of their history are included under that category. Developments of early classical, late classical, and early medieval history are mostly not yet discussed in detail. Late medieval history including the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, and 15th century can be connected.
Modern historyThese peoples are much more prominent in modern history than previously. The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected. The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be connected.
The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be connected.
The 19th century including the early 19th century, early mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late mid 19th century, and late 19th century is especially significant. The British people were heavily involved in the early 20th century in World War I. The early 1900s, late 1900s, early 1910s, and late 1910s can be connected.
They were affected by the Depression of the early mid 20th century and were stretched to maintain their colonial posessions. The early 1920s, late 1920s, early 1930s, and late 1930s can be connected. They were again involved in World war II in the mid 20th century, and divested themselves of major colonial posessions. The early 1940s, late 1940s, early 1950s, and late 1950s can be connected.
During the late-mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s they were allied with the United States in the Cold War. They were occupied with economics struggles in the late 20th century. Details of the early 1980s,late 1980s, early 1990s and late 1990s are still being collected. The early 2000s can be connected. The late 2000s including 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 can be connected. 2010 including the first quarter 2010, second quarter 2010, and third quarter 2010 can be connected. The fourth quarter 2010 including October 2010, November 2010, and December 2010 can be connected. The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 can be connected. The first quarter 2011 can be connected. January 2011 including 2011 week 1, 2011 week 2, 2011 week 3, 2011 week 4, 2011 week 5, and 2011 week 6 can be connected. February 2011 including 2011 week 6, 2011 week 7, 2011 week 8, 2011 week 9, and 2011 week 10 can be connected. March 2011 can be connected. The second quarter 2011 including April 2011, and May 2011 can be connected. June 2011 including 2011 week 23, 2011 week 24, 2011 week 25, 2011 week 26, and 2011 week 27 can be connected. The third quarter 2011 including July 2011 can be connected. No projections for the future have been made. Other SociologyOther Peoples of the WolrdParticular british nations can be considered. Other nations including France, UK, Italy, South Korea, Burma, Ukraine, Colombia, South Africa, Argentina, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania can be connected. Other Western Civilization. Germany can be connected. Other Anglic peoples including the United States can be connected. The modern american and australian peoples originated with the British peoples and have continued their association. The british people are also influenced by the latin peoples, including those of ,Mexico particularly the French, and Lusitanic peoples such as those of Brazil. They are also connected to by the germanic peoples, particularly the germans, and with northeast Europe including Russia. They have had extensive contact with asiatic peoples including Thailand. They have ruled over South Asian peoples including those India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. There is connection to Southeast asian peoples including those of Vietnam. Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including the Philippines can be connected. Indonesia can be connected. There is some connection to Middle Eastern peoples including those of Iran. Egypt can be connected. Turkey can be connected. They have exercised some influence on Oriental peoples including those of Japan China can be connected. Central Asian peoples can be connected. There are also connections with African peoples including those of Congo DR. Western African peoples such as those of Nigeria can be connected. Eastern African peoples such as those of Ethiopia can be connected. There is fairly little with native American Indian peoples including those of Mexico. There has been some connection with North American Indian peoples including those of United States and Middle American Indian peoples including those of the southwestern United States. South American Indian peoples including those of Brazil can be connected. Communities can be connected. Social structure and change including social structure can be connected. Social change including social change factors and social change processes can be connected. Particular changes and movements including the agricultural revolution, agrarian revolution, and industrial revolution can be connected. Social types including industrial society, agrarian society, horticultural society, and hunting and gathering society can be connected. British institutions can also be explored. Families and education are significant. Religion is also important. Abrahamic religion is most significant, then secularism, pagan religion, and asiatic religion. The government have been different in many respects from those of continental europeans. Particular governments, government activities, government structure, and law are all significant. Economics is also important.
Some of the major contributions to world culture are included here.
Connections with anthropology include social psychology, human geography and ecology, physical anthropology, and particular groups.
In applying personal studies to the british peoples, studies of the human body and psychology are less useful than biography. Major contributions of British scientists can be mentioned. Physics and chemistry are otherwise not so significant as astronomy, earth science, and biology.
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