erm... ...the thing is Brits were here before the Romans got here.

60 AD was 1963 years ago and this is 2023 AD

JT, yes you definitely need to do a Horrible Histories reaction. They're really educational and hilarious in equal measure. Have a look at some of their Stupid Deaths shorts - morbid though it might sound, they always make me chuckle!

William the conqueror didn't invent the concept of a castle or fortress, but did create many castles in the 'Mott and Bailey' design that became very common.

Boudicca is still taught as a major folk hero in England. She burned several Roman cities to the ground and then drank poison when they finally captured her. Truly a badass to last the ages. Also. Yes, please react to some Horrible Histories. It was was the show i watched as a kid that got me so interested in history.

William the conqueror did not invent castles he created the motte and bailey style castle which became the new standard for castles.

I live in Tamworth which was originally the capital of Mercia and is now referred to as “that place near Birmingham where Drayton manor and the snowdome are”

England technically dates itself from 927 when Alfred The Great’s grandson went from King of Wessex to King of the English. King Charles III is a direct blood descendant of his younger brother and successor who was the 2nd King of the English, so he is a direct blood descendant of Alfred The Great of Wessex. King Charles is also a direct blood descendant of William The Conqueror.

The thing about castles is we had hill FORTS before the roman arrived and in Portsmouth we still have a roman Fort you can visit which was repaired and made into a castle by King John

Watching Danny Dyers' Who Do To Think To Are, would be an amusing way of doing some of the Royal family tree .😁

horrible histories was a kids show that would cover history in a fun engaging way plus the songs were so catchy they're really hard to forget, its a good resource for anyone wanting to learn our history in a more fun way or me when i was a kid doing history lessons with a bad memory the songs came in clutch

Hi. Just within the first few minutes of the video you’re reacting to there is a mistake where he shows the Union flag dated 1603. That should be 1707. That is when Scotland and England became one nation-state. In 1603 they had the same monarch but were still 2 completely separate independent nation-states. Also they used the Union flag from 1801 when Ireland was incorporated into the nation-state to become the UK. Between 1707 and 1801 a slightly different flag was used without the cross of St Patrick in it. I don’t have much hope for the accuracy of the rest of the video 😂

Check our Boudicca - they mentioned her so briefly, but she is an English icon

7:35 no that man didn't create castles, they were a thing since forever. 😂 the first ones date back to 3000BC

Horrible histories is a MUST so funny, abd educational and the kings/Queens song got updated last yr

Now you've done England you need to do Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland or you'll start a civil war 😂😂😂😂😂

Horrible Histories is brilliant 😊

"A little bit of Kentucky in him." Love it!

William, William, Henry, Stephen, Herny, Richard, Jon, Oi!

You may have to watch this in private due to it being BBC "ALL NEW Horrible Histories Song | The Monarch Song | CBBC"

OMG YES, PLEASE REACT TO SOME HORRIBLE HISTORIES. I love it so much and I love your channel so much.

Re French Influence on English. In 1940 Churchill gave a famous speech. "We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall never surrender'." One odd phrase is 'Landing Grounds' Churchill chose those words deliberately, because unlike the other words that he could have used, Landing and Grounds are Anglo-Saxon origin words and not French origin. In fact the entire sentence is Anglo-Saxon, save for one word. Surrender. He didn't do this to evoke some sort of Anglo-Saxon nationalism, British exceptionalism or to label Surrender as something only the French did; instead he used the simplest words available, not to make the message simple (he wasn't talking down to his audience) he did it to emphasis that the word Surrender was alien and did not belong. Simply it was something that we would not do. But due to the quirk of history the simple English words all have an Anglo-Saxon origin. Its true there are more French origin words in English than those of an Anglo-Saxon origin. But, the language at its basic remains Anglo-Saxon. The French words came in after Anglo-Saxon had developed. They offered nuance and complexity where the Anglo-Saxon words could not, but the basic words remain Anglo-Saxon. Thus when Churchill chose to write the words as simply as possible he wrote sentences nearly entirely in Anglo-Saxon words.

I live in Essex and we have a Saxon built church in my town.Very beautiful inside ,

As an Englishmen, I am proud and appreciative of you reacting to our history. Much love JT

Elizabeth's death in 1603 and the succession of James I (James VI of Scotland,) to the English throne, didn't result in the union of Scotland & England, since James ruled both nations, not as a combined country, but as two individual countries, coincidentally with the same person being King of both. The Union of England and Scotland didn't happen until much later when the English Parliament passed the "Union with Scotland Act" in 1706 and the Scottish Parliament passed the "Union with England Act" in 1707. These laws were passed by each of the two countries for varying political and economic reasons, and Queen Anne, (James' great granddaughter,) ceased to be both 'the Queen of England', 'the Queen of Ireland AND 'the Queen of Scotland' and became 'the Queen of England & Scotland' (& also 'the Queen of Ireland' as a separate title, Later in 1707, she became 'the Queen of Great Britain & Ireland'.

it is 2023 AD now so you can judge the date now

Im in the UK and I'm just shocked at how much conflict our history has 😅

If you ever get to the UK, come visit, we are a mile from Wales. plus we have a copy of Magna Carta in Hereford cathedral.😆

I'm in my 40's I'm definitely not ashamed to say I love horrible history's they explain our history better than our old teachers did lol. School in the UK should do a 1 hour lesson with watching horrible history's then kids today will know more about our country then us oldies do lmao lol😊

You do know Prince Harry is actually really called Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor?

Brilliant as usual 👏

William the Conquer was not French,he was Norman immigrants from Norway and settled in a part of France and called it Normandy

You should check out the tv show the vikings and the last kingdom. Awesome storytelling of the vikings age in Britain.

I’m still waiting for him to watch the horrible histories monarchy song so he can learn almost all of the royals names

English history = Game of Thrones cosplay

You definitely need to watch the horrible history monarchs song.

If any of you Yanks come to England and stand at the end of Westminster Bridge and look up to see the Elizebeth Tower and Big Ben, when you have heard it chime 12 o'clock or whatever, turn around and look at the statue of a Chariot, adorned with the majestic effigy of the head of the Celtic Icen tribe, Boudicca and her Daughters. It truly is a magnificent bronze statue!

I really appreciated watching this condensed history of the UK and Britain, I’ve learned things that I wasn’t aware of from school history lessons or …Maybe I was ill that week, or just forgot somehow… But the recap was interesting, I enjoy watching the different kinds of content that you have, that includes Anna and the two Furries too, keep up the good content stay safe, well and Happy Christmas to All 🎄🎅🧑‍🎄🐕‍🦺🐕☮️💡❤

Tack så mycket för en bra reaktion!.

The Abbey at T/S4.50ish is Whitby Abbey and a major view where I live. While King William may have created the Mott and Bailey Castles, but they were not the first fortifications in the UK, going back before the Romans the Celts built fortified Villages as life was not so simple with a tribal system ruling in Britain before Julius Caesar. Britain has had a lot of rulers over the years with several families having claim to the Throne of England.

Please do the lineage and Horrible Histories

60AD = 60 Anno Domini ( In the year of our Lord). or 60CE if you prefer. 1963 years ago. We still use letters in years. we live in 2023AD or CE respectively.

No, the death of Elizabeth Tudor united the crown of Scotland and England, the political union didn’t happen until 1707, 104 years (that included a short time as a republic) later. The UK is only 69 years older than the US…though in it current formation it’s only 102 years old. It’s the individual countries of The Union that make it old, not the political union itself.

This is so funny 😂

Also, if u wanted to do a Horrible Histories reaction, it is a kids show made to be a bit funnier and more entertaining for kids, but it's beaten countless serious 'adult' history programmes for being factual and just an all round good historical show

I think back then there as only 10 names to choose from 😂 William, George, Henry etc 🤣

As far as the hundred years war goes, edward the third had a very strong claim to the French throne but the idea of an english king ruling france didnt sit well with the french so they skipped him. The english did technically win in the end but after the death of henry the fifth, france refused to honour the treaty and slowly began taking over the land taken by england over the previous century. They continued on after the bell essentially 😂

Hey JT. Thanks for doing a history video on my birthday. ❤😊❤

The number of times I see on these reviews with Americans saying we weren’t taught that I’ve lost count of. And I’m getting the impression that the kids don’t get taught much in American, especially history. In the 1950s & 60s in England history played an important part including American history. And yes review the horrible histories books/videos

JT look into Northumberland more a shiz loads of castles and heritage sites but because we are not near “south” London we are neglected! Up proper north we are amazing

I always wondered and played a scenario in my head what if Vikings stayed in Britain and never got pushed back.We would be speaking some form of Swedish or Norwegian XD.

Albion was the name before the Romans arrived. They named it Britannia, hence Britain and the Anglo-Saxons named it England. Named after Angeln, Germany. The Eng part comes from the German word for Angel "Engel." England means "land of the angels, " but before all that it, Albion is the oldesr recorded name. King Henry VIII started the Church Of England. What is a Protestant religion. This is a reason why Ireland has Loyalist. Loyal to the British who are mainly Protestant, and the Catholics (unionist) who were against the Church of England and the Royal family and wanted a united Ireland. I can not fully say it was because of King Henry VIII starting the Church or if it was another reason, or a mixure. But before that. England was mainly ruled by The Roman Catholic Church.

Henry had syphilis,so the reason his first wife had so many miscarriages was because of that. He blamed his wife when in fact it was his fault.

love !!! the intro!!!!🐄💕

Impossible to keep track of? Can you count to 5? 😂

The Romans built castles too. There’s one near me that was built in 66AD. It was called Anderida. The Normans extended it and called it Pevensey Castle. It’s in East Sussex

Definitely watch Horrible Histories

They a film called Boudica.Queen.of.War.2023. So if you have time go and watch it tell you a lot about the roman times

Yeah you do realise we still have letters in the year. We just don't always say it and don't need to say it for most years in more recent history as it should be obvious if it's AD or BC

dont forget the first tudor king was also techcally welsh after being born in Pembrokeshire

The Normans were not French. Nobody even claimed to be “King of France” until half a century after the Norman invasion. Even after the establishment of the Kingdom of France, most of its inhabitants did not speak French, until Napoleon imposed the language on them. Today's standard French is based on the dialect predominant in Paris at the time this happened. In 1066, the Normans spoke Norman French, which differed significantly from the dialects elsewhere.

Nottingham is always involved!! Rebel city! We even burnt our castle down ...

English is a mashup from Latin, French, German, Scandinavian and old English.

so sorry for your tooth and don't worry I've never understood a word you've said! LOL

Technically the AD after the year is still used now. Prior to that it was BC(before christ) that was before the year. The switch to AD was any year after the birth of Christ. It stands for Ano Domini, which basically means after christ. So 60AD was 1963 years ago.

British history explained by an American: this happened and then other stuff happened

1066 when William became king we call him -William the conqueror because her conquered England.

The succession of James I of England (James VI of Scotland) in 1603 did not unite England and Scotland, although james did want that to happen, neither did it lead to the creation of the Union flag. The Union of England and Scotland did not occur until over a century later when, in the rule of Queen Ann, the Acts of Union were signed in 1707, this lead to the creation of the United Kingdom.

Charles is the most dangerous name for a King, before the current one they only had a 50% survival rate... Still, gave us a good name to call pubs I suppose, so that's nice.

Jt love ya videos mate and as for years with AD in them technically your in the year 2023AD 😅

Hi jt was the Highland cow vid part of reactmas?

It was so long ago they had letters in the years. We still have letters in the years. We are in the year 2023 AD

Americans teaching geography/history, is never a good thing.

I'm Scottish, and descended from Picts and celts mostly, but one of my eight great grandparents was from Bamburgh (far north of England, although it switched countries a dozen times during the middle ages) and we can trace his ancestry back in that specific region to the 14th century. I did one of those DNA things for a laugh recently and I was surprised by how accurate it was. The only surprise was the amount of Danish in me. The vikings invaded Scotland and North England during the 9-11th centuries so it's not a surprise that there would be some traces left in many of us, but apparently they found 15% Danish in me and none of my recent family is from there. So it's likely that 15% is from the Norse invasions a thousand years ago. Rest of me came back as 79% Scottish, 4% Irish 2% English

The names before Harold were interesting - Alfred is normal even today, but the Æthered, Ætheflaeds etc were a bit more unusual!

Henry 8 created Church of England religion, which is a form of Anglicanism protestant

I think this is quite a good summary of a very complicated story. I'm a bit strange, since from small childhood I have loved Royal Family trees. ( In spite of being very left-wing.) I can recite them all off pat. But, boy, are they complicated! The picture of Whitby Abbey is misleading. The remains of the Whitby monastery of the period are mere foundations; this is a picture of a structure made in the 1200s-1300s. However, we do have churches built back in the period he was talking about, such as a church I know, Deerhurst in Gloucestershire, built about 780 AD. A commenter is a bit harsh about Henry VIII's settlement in Wales. True, English was made the language of the courts; but he expanded Wales back to what it had originally been, and our Protestant Reformation - in a time when you had to use the official forms of services - made official a Welsh Prayer Book and a Welsh translation of the Bible. Basically, we have had one line of Kings from 927 onward. Charles III holds the throne because he is the direct descendant of Aethelstan's brother, King Edmund the Magnificent. And his Coronation Service was originally written for King Edmund's son, Edgar the Peaceful, in 973...

JT we still have letters in the year 60AD in the video - we are now in 2023AD

the whitby abbey was built in 1200ish not 600ad

you need to learn about Boudicca, she was brutal in her revenge for what the Romans did. She is from my part of the world, we also had a viking or two come through our town, nevermind the reglious abbeys all around here. Normans are decended from North men or vikings to you and me, so we ended up ruled by them in the end. Oh and talking of Robin Hood and Richard the Lionheart and the crusades, look up the Knights Templar and find out why friday 13th is unlucky

the town i live in just outside London is one of the oldest inhabited in Europe dating to 10,000 bc and it was on the edge of the dane law territory and we had a Viking settlement here and my family history goes all the way back to those Vikings pretty cool stuff when i was researching it.

English is Greek, Latin, Celtic (Kel-tic aka old English), pre-French, Germanic influences due to royal ties. English is far from French but have noticeable inheritance like all the other influences. American is closer to french due to their heavy influence at a more modern time during and after their independence.

Some one show JT the Pyramids xD @4.30

Fun fact. You get a good amount of this information from the anime vinland saga 👍 (even if there's the odd addition or name change here and there)

"I'm going to go over English history but ignore the Royal Family as much as possible, even though it's a huge part of the history" - the guy who made the original video

The Normans were absolutely NOT French. Although they had adopted Old French as a ... well ... *lingua franca*, the Normans were a distinct people descended from Danish & Norse Vikings.

When James the sixth of Scotland became James the first of England 1603 that was the union of the crowns, the acutal political union did not happen till 1701, and was in part a financial bail out by England of the Scots, who had all invested in the Darien Scheme, a plan to plant a colony in the Panama isthmus, which lost 2000 lives and £500,000 scottish pounds, who knows what that would be today, but it almost bankrupted the country.

What the Romans and Seutonius did to the druids and Boudicca (and her poor daughters) was disgusting. Its no wonder Boudicca and the Iceni said "F*** this!" and burned them out. Also, weve been here for 11,000 years and migrated from sunken Doggerland. The Romans arrived, like, 5 minutes ago.

Wales next JT 😏😉 do love your interest in the uk and your concentration whilst watching 👍

Theres a few points there that werent quite right....😂

There is a castle site near Kingston upon Hull that was a castle from at least the Bronze Age so William the Bastard didn’t invent or create the 1st castles but did start making some from stone

I would love to see you react to the Roman Empire

English passeports still have two phrases in French on them : "Dieu et mon droit" (meaning "God and my right"), motto of the monarchy since 15th century. And "Honi soit qui mal y pense" (meaning "Shame on he who thinks evil of it", hoing back to King Edward III, when Norman French was a common language in the UK.). Certain English words have Norman French origins like meat : when cooked : pork, mutton, atvthe table of Lords and pig, sheep when still alive at the farm. Poor farmers were speeking English, while leading people were speaking French

Do Horrible Histories! The King Charles II The King of Bling is a banger

For my money, the best poem (ie mnemonic) to help you remember the Kings and Queens of England/Britain (albeit only from the recent Norman Conquest) is as follows: " "Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee, Harry, Dick, John, Harry three; One two three Neds, Richard two, Harrys four five six, ... then who? Edwards four five, Dick the bad, Harrys (twain),VII VIII Ned six (the lad); Mary, Bessie, James you ken, Then Charlie, Charlie, James again; Will and Mary, Anna Gloria, Georges four,I II III IV Will four, Victoria; Edward seven, George and Ted, George the sixth, now Liz instead." (Written of course, before the sad demise of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II) Easy!

I'm shocked you got an appointment so quick for the dentist!!!!! I had toothache 4weeks ago and I'm still waiting to see the dentist 😭

glossing over the roman takeover like that misses out on alot of important history -.- im an almost completely decended from welsh and scottic celts

Yeah you need to watch Horrible Histories :)

Please react to The Charles II song from horrible histories!!!! “My name is… my name is… my name is…

He's wrong from the very first thing he says! It's not the island of Britain 😆