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LONDO HISTORY:
The first major settlement was established in 43 AD by the Romans during the time of their conquest of Britain and was named Londinium. After an assault by the tribe of the "Iceni"led by Queen Boudica in 61 AD, the city was rebuilt and prospered greatly, replacing Colchester as the capital of the province in 100 AD Britannia Romanade During its heyday in the second century, theRoman London had a population of over 60,000 inhabitants.
In the seventh century, the Anglo-Saxons had created a new settlement was called Lundenwic, about 900 meters upstream of the Roman city at thesite of Covent Garden, now. There was a port at the mouth of the River Fleet for fishing and trade used and this trade grew until the city was invaded by Vikings who insisted that the city moved toits original location of the Roman Londinium to use its walls for protect themselves. The original Anglo-Saxon town was Oldwic Lundenwic ("Old Town"), a name which still exists as Oldwych, which is thecurrent region of Westminster.
The Plague cuas many problems in the early seventeenth century, which resulted as the Great Plague of London in 1665-1666, which killed over 100,000 people, one fifthof the total population of the city. It was the last major outbreak of plague in England, perhaps thanks to the disastrous Great Fire of London in 1666. The fire started in the original city andrapidly swept through the wooden buildings of London, destroying large parts of the city. The reconstruction lasted more than ten years, led by a commission appointed by King Charles II of England, chairedby Sir Christopher Wren.
Most of London was destroyed during the bombing campaigns of World War II, killing over 30,000 people. Despite much damage, the city is up pretty well. Therefore, most ofthe architecture of the 1940 and 1950 was replaced by more modern buildings and good taste.
In the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson, author of the first dictionary of the English language, noted...