The British Isles Historic Society Heritage, History, Traditions & Customs OUR BRITISH ISLES HERITAGE houses the countries of England, Scotland and Wales within its shores. The British Isles The British Isles is the name of a group of islands situated off the north western corner of mainland Europe. It is made up of Great Britain, Ireland, The Isle of Man, The Isles of Sicily, The Channel Islands (including Guernsey, Jersey, Sark Dear Readers: and Alderney), as well as over 6,000 other smaller I know some of the articles in this Issue may islands. England just like Wales (Capital - Cardiff) and seem like common sense and I am researching facts Scotland (Capital - Edinburgh), North Ireland (Capital known by everyone already. But this newsletter has - Belfast) England is commonly referred to as a a wider distribution than just Ex-Pats. country, but it is not a sovereign state. It is the largest country within the United Kingdom both by Many believe Britain or Great Britain to be all landmass and population, has taken a role in the the islands in the British Isles. When we held the two creation of the UK, and its capital London is also the Heritage Festivals we could not call it a British capital of the UK. Festival because it included, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. The Republic of Ireland (EIRE) Republic of What is the Difference between Britain and the Ireland is part of the British Isles, its people are not United Kingdom? British, they are distinctly Irish. It’s capital is Dublin. NOTE: For further clarification to those readers The United Kingdom (U.K.) The U.K. is that are not from the British Isles, those from short for The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Scotland are Scottish, those from Ireland are Irish, Northern Ireland… It is a sovereign state but is made those from Wales are Welsh, those from England are up of four countries; England, Scotland, Wales and English, those from Cornwall are Cornish and those Northern Ireland. from the Isle of Man are Manx. They are not called Great Britain (‘Britain’) Great Britain is not British, nor do they like being asked “are you a Brit” a country; it’s a landmass. It is known as ‘Great’ just because you come from the British Isles. because it is the largest island in the British Isles, and We Hear From Readers 2020-11-02 3:17 AM Hi Steve, Steve, For your reference, Bonfire Night is taken very seriously around Sussex where I live. Most villages Thanks for the Toad in the Hole. around us (including our own) have bonfire societies What’s death of Charles VI of France have to do with that organise the annual ‘celebrations’, with Henry VI ascending to English throne? exception of this year due to the Covid lockdown! The best “English” style pub outside of the UK , is The The major ones are centred around Lewes Crow and Gate , in Cedar, Vancouver Island, IMHO. where thousands of people turn up to watch. The Cheers Cliffe Bonfire Society burns an effigy of Guy Fawkes, the Pope and usually an infamous personality from John Hickson the previous year (i.e. Donald Trump – see below) … - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - see this link for more John: details: https:// en.wikipedia.org/ Sometimes my editing leaves out some wiki/Lewes_Bonfire important data Best regards, Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again Nick from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English throne at the age of nine months upon his father's death, and succeeded to 2020-11-02 1:12 PM the French throne on the death of his maternal Hi Steve, grandfather, Charles VI, shortly afterwards. I apologize for not letting you know sooner that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England the RSCDS Vancouver Branch 2021 Burns Supper has Regards, been cancelled. It is indeed an unfortunate loss but Steve c’est la vie. I’m certainly enjoying reading your publication. 2020-10-30 8:43 AM Thank you so much for all you do. Thank you. So much interesting information. Carolyn Stephens-Farrell Susan Johnsen 2021 Chair, Burns Supper Bloody Foreland, County Donegal The north-west corner of county Donegal did not, as maybe Billy the Kid, born Henry McCarty, expected, get its name from a bloody was the son of Irish immigrants, Michael battle but actually because of the intense red hue of and Catherine McCarty. the rocks by sunset. WORLD WIDE WEB Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS FREng FRSA FBCS, also known as TimBL, Born: June 8, 1955 (age 65 years), London, United Kingdom is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He is a Professorial Fellow of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, FRS Born: February 5, 1788, Bury, United Kingdom was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and twice as Home Secretary. He is regarded as John Logie Baird FRSE (/ the father of modern British policing, owing to his ˈloʊɡi bɛərd/; Born: 13 August founding of the Metropolitan Police Service. 1888, Helensburgh, Died: July 2, 1850, Westminster, London, United Dunbartonshire Scotland, Died: Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel 14 June 1946 (aged 57) Bexhill, Sussex, England was a Scottish The East India Company inventor, electrical engineer, and 1 Nov. 1858 Following the bloody innovator, demonstrating the events of the Indian Mutiny Queen world's first working television system on 26 January Victoria is proclaimed ruler of India, 1926. He also invented the first publicly replacing the reign of the East India demonstrated colour television system, and the first Company. Originally chartered as the "Governor and purely electronic colour television picture tube. Company of Merchants of London Trading into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird East-Indies", the company rose 1809: Milk of Magnesia to account for half of the world's discovered by Sir James Murray (1788– trade. The company also ruled 1871) was an Irish physician, born in the beginnings of the British County Londonderry, whose research into Empire in India. digestion led to his discovery of the stomach aid Milk November 14, 1666 - The first experimental of Magnesia in 1809. Murray died at his home in blood transfusion took place in Britain. Dublin on 8 December 1871. The United Kingdom The Hypodermic Needle (UK) “CoronaVirus 2020?” The UK is short for The Sir Christopher Wren PRS United Kingdom of Great FRS (/rɛn/;[2] 30 October 1632 [O.S. Britain and Northern 20 October] – 8 March 1723 [O.S. 25 Ireland… It is a sovereign state and is made up of four February]) was one of the most highly countries; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern acclaimed English architects in Ireland. history, as well as an anatomist, There is a long and complicated history that astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. follows the formation of the United Kingdom, here He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 are the highlights: churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in c. 925 – The Kingdom of England. Established by the 1666, including what is regarded as his masterpiece, unification of Anglo-Saxon tribes across modern day St Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in England. 1710. Christopher Wren performed the earliest 1536 – Kingdom of England and Wales. A bill enacted confirmed experiments with crude hypodermic by King Henry VIII which effectively made England needles, performing intravenous injection into dogs and Wales the same country, governed by the same in 1656 laws. Francis Rynd AM, MRCS, MRIA 1707 – Kingdom of Great Britain. The Kingdom of (1801–1861) was an Irish physician, England (which includes Wales) joined with the known for inventing the hollow needle Kingdom of Scotland to form The Kingdom of Great used in hypodermic syringes. Britain. 1801 – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Alexander Wood FRSE PRCPE Ireland joins the union, and once again the name (10 December 1817 – 26 February changes. 1884), was a Scottish physician. He 1922 – United Kingdom of Great Britain and invented the first true hypodermic Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland (Eire, or syringe. He served as President of the ‘Southern Ireland’) withdraws from the union, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh leaving just the northern counties of Ireland. This is from 1858 to 1861. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ the UK that remains to this day. Sir Thomas Sean Connery When was the UK established? Although some “James Bond” was a Scottish people argue that the UK was formed in 1707 by actor. Born: on 25 August 1930, the Act of Union between England, Wales and Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, the name United Kingdom wasn’t adopted Scotland He gained recognition as until 1801 when North Ireland was brought into the the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent union. https://www.historic-uk.com/History James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Historical Dates David Thompson was born in Westminster, Middlesex, to in the history of British Columbia Welsh migrants Our British Heritage 1808 Simon Fraser, was a fur 1778 Great Britain's explorer, trader and explorer of Scottish ancestry Captain James Cook, reached Nootka who charted much of what is now the Sound and became the first white man Canadian province of British Columbia.