The History of the British Isles: Every Year

[@OllieBye]

Thoughts on the new intro? Also, my friend Warsaw HD Graphics worked on parts of this video with me, and I also helped him with his new video about Denmark if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5PYhJqomauXaZo

[@Warsawke]

Great job my friend this is one of your best video, I propose you guys to watch my Denmark video ! Thanks for Ollie for helping me with it !

[@ThamesMapping]

Awesome video congratulations loved the intro

[@jordanhe7509]

Length of intro just about right unlike the old one that lasted half a minute

[@cagantaylanozgun7892]

Can you put 3rd part of 30 years wars to your channel(sorry for my bad english)

[@OllieBye]

@@jordanhe7509 Yeah, that's why I stopped using the old one.

[@ashwins.9146]

Astounding to see that at 5:50 you note the five-year occupation of Lundy by the Salé Rovers. The attention to detail is truly unbelievable.

[@CheezBoyz2009]

Thx

[@MeadowDay]

Noticed that too. Great production.

[@Hunter_Gr33n]

So THAT'S why Salé was briefly on there! I, as an American who knows nothing, was just sitting here wondering why a republic based in Morocco appeared for a split second for the past three years (Also can we just acknowledge the fact that 2020 was three years ago?).

[@alehaim]

@@Hunter_Gr33n It gets even better, the guy in charge of that whole operation was Jan Janszoon, who was originally a Dutch privateer captured by pirates from North Africa and after converting to Islam became a Muslim Corsair (pirate). The wiki page on him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Janszoon My video with crappy audio if you want a more story style summary based on the wiki page: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqCnaGqrgtunmdksi=1krgTfrMcT9BhXtV

[@wallrider4194]

Is it a Moroccan occupation? Because the script in the square was Arabic, the official language of Morocco.

[@micahistory]

I love how you also included the population

[@dawnof-the-triffids601]

I'm really not sure where they're getting the stats from; I suspect it is pure conjecture.

[@santiagogutierrez1052]

@@dawnof-the-triffids601 I Guess the population status are taked in streech relation with historical events like the rise an fall of the roman empire,the black death atc

[@jackdaw6095]

Honestly it’s horrifying to see half of Irelands population disappear while England sprints ahead

[@jackdaw6095]

@Daniel Crutcher with the current state of housing costs in London we could use a snap

[@gwynedd4023]

Song at 3:30?

[@Jefrings]

5:50 Never in my life I would have thought or believe that Moroccan pirates would occupied a piece of England...

[@hellodavey1902]

Solid trivia find. :)

[@smokeelbagdadi4670]

murat reis was turkish pirate

[@conorwhite2889]

Check out about the Barbary pirates.. the sack of Baltimore in cork Ireland and how they had an island in the Severn estuary as essentially their own country to launch attacks ...this was 350-400 years ago They triggered the development of the Royal Navy and the creation of the US navy

[@Freedom-ge4zf]

Sale Republic, ja bro

[@Oneirophrenic123]

What did he occupy? I couldn't see it. Google didn't help either

[@markhenley3097]

Quite nice touch on the population. Seeing how advanced the Romans, I would assume in agricultural and urban construction techniques, compared to what came afterwards. I never knew England and Ireland were similar in population, always thought Scotland and Ireland would be similar. Really goes to show what the famine and years of migration did.

[@dawnof-the-triffids601]

This video is widely misleading on that score. There was a massive population slump in the few decades following the Roman withdrawal.

[@jwadaow]

Britannia was struck by a plague prior to the invasion of Europeans who could not rebuild the infrastructure.

[@Zestrayswede]

I mean, Ireland is mainly farmland whereas Scotland is mainly mountains, so... It's a bit like comparing Norway and Sweden. Similar land Area, way different geography, half the population.

[@TheOghuz78]

genocide, massacres*

[@vistagreat9994]

@@TheOghuz78 *brutal, horrific famine

[@Warsawke]

Much upgrade from your previous presentation about the British isles loved the video !

[@radebogdanovic1048]

Good coment 🍀

[@CorollaLvr2000]

This is such an improvement over the first version! This must have taken AGES to put together... job well done and a massive thank you for the quality content! Cheers from Canada.

[@radebogdanovic1048]

Correct 100%🇷🇸🦄

[@Dagua]

It always hurts see the enormous decrease of population in Ireland...

[@SxVaNm345]

Some of the decrease was due to people emigrating to places like Australia and the US.

[@averagejacobinsubscriber]

@@SxVaNm345 Yeah, but they probably didn't want to leave, they were fighting for survivial.

[@SxVaNm345]

Evan B I know :(, most of them left because of the potato famine. A very sad time for the Irish, but luckily some of them were able to escape to safety and a new home.

[@Venetianmappingandanimations]

@@SxVaNm345 they emigrated because of the famine

[@bujin1977]

Hurts to see Wales disappear from the map and just be labelled as England.

[@yesthatbruce]

As an often confused American, I am amazed at what a long and complex history the British Isles have had. This is a very illuminating and well-done video.

[@votesus9819]

bro its not long at all compared to China or the middle east

[@NguyenTran-mf9gj]

​@@votesus9819Yeah. China definately have the most complex and interesting history of all countries in the world. One of the oldest civilizations that still exist and better yet, the second most powerful civilization in the curent time 😊

[@TheDrumstickEmpire]

@@votesus9819No shit? An area 32 times the size has a bit more to it? I for one am amazed.

[@votesus9819]

@@TheDrumstickEmpire yes. Ur just agreeing

[@MusicismoreImportant]

​@@votesus9819but way more influential people from Britain 😊 All middle eastern countries aren't that great just Uzbekistan, UAE ,Qatar 😅 And Iran, Iraq , Lebanon ruined by Islam

[@user-rj2ju2pt1o]

Just saw a comment of yours from 5 years ago on an Epic War 2 OST video - you have a great taste!

[@VoidViper]

I was surprised too when I saw it.

[@mlgdigimon]

VoidViper Mapping Animation Production lol I am a huge fan of you

[@MikeyPaper]

I doubt anyone really cares though...

[@martanoconghaile]

Very, very impressive, well done! The population counter is very insightful. Demography is king. One point: the Vikings called their Danish state in Dublin, Dyflinarskiri ("Dublinshire"), whereas the Gaels referred to it as Duḃlinn.

[@Olilego]

Well the name dublin comes from the name Dubh Linn meaning black lake later on leading to the name Dublin

[@radebogdanovic1048]

Thanks for coment 🍀 for beutifull islands 🦄🇷🇸

[@mafiabrett]

Mad props to this time-lapse, the quality is the best I've seen for something like this. Would definitely like to see more in future of other locations

[@KayraAtakanQX]

Im glad for see again this video as upgraded . I saw your old british isles video before 2 years ago and i said wow it is impossible. How he can knows this little kingdoms and how he can make the long videos like this . I know now but im inserting you still. Great video ! Keep on !

[@SxVaNm345]

The fact that we have soo much historical and archeological information on these tiny states in general is amazing, small states tend to get forgotten, assimilated or lost to time. The only issue is the exact historic formation of advanced states within Scotland and Ireland between the 400s-600s, which is a tricky conclusion to decide upon. I’m a big fan of your channel btw, what upcoming projects do you have planned?

[@dawnof-the-triffids601]

@@SxVaNm345 We have next to no historical information (and only some archaeological evidence) about the petty kingdoms between 410 and c.560, (quite probably because they didn't exist).

[@Dunno1999]

Me expecting Queen Victoria to appear England : Prime Ministers Me : Wat

[@DavBlc7]

Prime minister is not the head of state of the UK, The monarch is the head of state so it should be the monarch first followed by the prime ministers above, not only the prime ministers.

[@Dunno1999]

@@DavBlc7 totally agreed

[@DavBlc7]

@@Dunno1999 Yep, that's why the Queen said in opening of Parliament "My government....etc" in her speech. He is officially called Her Majesty's Prime Minister and Labour leader is called Her Majesty's leader of the Opposition in Parliament. That's why Boris is not the head of state, only head of her Majesty's government.

[@IzzyaKatzenelnbogenn]

+

[@Gabsboy123]

Also it already counts as the UK by that period

[@samuelmc0123]

Great vid but one correction, you missed out the Glyndŵr Rising from 1400 until 1415 where Wales was de facto independent.

[@DavBlc7]

According to BBC news report yesterday, Welsh demanding for independence is growing!

[@Microtherion]

@@DavBlc7 It is. Really, it's hovered around one third for the last 500 years (!) The 'second third' are generally undecided - 'it'd be nice but is there really a chance?' Of course, we've always seen the English state as more of a suggestion than an actual government anywhere west of the Severn. It's like ball-lightning or spontaneous combustion. 'I know someone who saw it, it's real'. 'I don't know - did he have a few drinks in him?' :)

[@ealing456]

I'd have perhaps included representation of Devolution in 1997 as well. Not that momentous back then, but in hindsight I'd argue it has been.

[@stanleypines1026]

@@DavBlc7 Nah

[@eyuin5716]

The new intro looks fantastic.

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

The British Isles population density in 1776 is similar to that of the contiguous United States population density in 2020. Back then in the late 18th century the British Isles have around 13,221,047 people.

[@rainluna9765]

There was a drop in the English population around the time that the Vikings appeared, and again a drop in population because of the bubonic plague.

[@CookieMonster-hz5ry]

@@rainluna9765 and the black death, and ww1 and ww2 and the Spanish flu

[@ThatWhatIs393]

Interesting how the populations of England and Ireland were so close quite recently (look at 1800 (6:24) for example)

[@g-rexsaurus794]

It's because of Irish explosive growth in the 18th century.

[@bejoysen4468]

@@g-rexsaurus794 and the potato famine stopped that growth right?

[@Rydo416]

Bejoy Sen Indeed

[@brendanhickey2556]

@@g-rexsaurus794 the Irish migrants also helped Scotland and England's population grow.

[@daltonmiller5590]

@@brendanhickey2556 But mostly England. Like holy shit they grew fast

[@ThamesMapping]

This video is amazing. From the amazing maps to the awesome population graph, the effort is very notable. Congratulations and keep it up

[@D.A.99740]

Initially, the Anglo-Saxons were pretty much confined to the east coast. But in the sixth century, Britain was hit by a number of plagues and a climatic downturn, as can be seen in the population decline at around this time. It's possible that the Romano-Britons were hit worse by the plagues because they maintained their trading routes with the Romans, while the Anglo-Saxons mainly traded across the north sea. Either way, the latest genetic testing of ancient graves has suggested that the Anglo-Saxon migrations continued into the seventh century, which would have strengthened their numbers in the east and allowed them to expand westward more easily. The DNA of modern East Anglia is very close to that found in Anglo-Saxon era burials, while that of Wales and northwestern England is closer to that of Iron Age and Roman burials, which demonstrates that the impact of the Anglo-Saxon migrations differed a lot across England--in their core areas in the southeast they constituted a majority, but in more peripheral areas they ruled over the Britons.

[@mkelkar1]

English belongs to the West Germanic branch of the Indo European family. English Milk, Tocharian malke, Latin mulgeo Old Irish melg, Russian moloko, Greek amelgo and so forth. Linguistic, textual, genetic and archaeological evidence for the Out of India Theory of Indo European Languages Baghpat Chariots, Weapons and the Horse in the Harappan Civilization - Dr. BK Manjul kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIvZfKOgn7mjnck Findings from the latest genetic study conducted by ASI in collaboration withe Reich Lab at Harvard using the ancient DNA from Rakhigarhi slides at 29:00 mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/eprSZHimZdOfrJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGW6d55mnqp-a80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGGvmGSYlJ2Ba5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6ispmaaitigqrs Here are the tribes that spread the Indo European languages from South Asia to West Asia, Central Asia and to Europe Avestan) Afghanistan: Proto-Iranian: Sairima (Śimyu), Dahi (Dāsa). NE Afghanistan: Proto-Iranian: Nuristani/Piśācin (Viṣāṇin). Pakhtoonistan (NW Pakistan), South Afghanistan: Iranian: Pakhtoon/Pashtu (Paktha). Baluchistan (SW Pakistan), SE Iran: Iranian: Bolan/Baluchi (Bhalāna). NE Iran: Iranian: Parthian/Parthava (Pṛthu/Pārthava). SW Iran: Iranian: Parsua/Persian (Parśu/Parśava). NW Iran: Iranian: Madai/Mede (Madra). Uzbekistan: Iranian: Khiva/Khwarezmian (Śiva). W. Turkmenistan: Iranian: Dahae (Dāsa). Ukraine, S, Russia: Iranian: Alan (Alina), Sarmatian (Śimyu). Turkey: Thraco-Phrygian/Armenian: Phryge/Phrygian (Bhṛgu). Romania, Bulgaria: Thraco-Phrygian/Armenian: Dacian (Dāsa). Greece: Greek: Hellene (Alina). Albania: Albanian: Sirmio (Śimyu). Shrikant Gangadhar Talageri talageri.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-rigveda-and-aryan-theory-rational_27.html Five waves of Indo-European expansion: a preliminary model (2018) Igor A Tonoyan-Belyayev I. Tonoyan-Belyayev www.academia.edu/36998766/Five_waves_of_Indo-European_expansion_a_preliminary_model_2018_

[@anthonylennon9756]

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[@kubhlaikhan2015]

"English" is a language, not a nation or a race. The language spread on the east coast because it faces our new Germanic and Norse trading partners. It is a pidgin invented to facilitate trade, news and travel in the Baltic region. The earliest work in English is set in Sweden. The main eastern centre for centuries was Edinburgh. As it spreads (much later) it acquires Roman-British phonetics (because the British people who adopted it carried on pronouncing letters the way they were used to) and it turns into "Middle English". For centuries, anyone who could speak english WAS english, because that is all it meant. The "anglo saxon invasion" is a myth. "England" is a myth.

[@D.A.99740]

@@kubhlaikhan2015 That theory was insane to begin with and has been utterly discredited by ancient DNA research published a couple of months ago.

[@kubhlaikhan2015]

@@D.A.99740 Some people desperately want to believe in "race" where all that really exists is perpetual division and unification. Languages are invented by those who need to communicate with strangers, therefore they are evidence of our cultural diversity not uniformity. This is surely self-evident.

[@charlesball6519]

Its interesting to see that the Irish High Kingship lasted nearly 700 years.

[@britopia1341]

Charles Ball It lasted a lot longer then that. QE2 is the high king (queen) of Ireland. Of course that’s not recognised by the RoI though.

[@mcfcfan1870]

Ireland first unified roughly 4th century at the latest but the dates arent certain. Ireland had a strange government system with a High King at the top and beneath him there were 5 provinces with a petty king who controlled the land in their province. Then there was lots of small cheiftens inside these provincs who kept control of there small area of land. And there was no royal family either for the High King, if a small cheiften defeated other small cheiftens in infighting wars ( which often happened ), the chieftan could rise to petty king of the province and then High King if the 4 other petty kings submitted to him. Ireland at this time had the same langage, culture, laws across the country at this stage. Ireland became a very powerful country too around 5th-8th century as the Irish monasteries was the place for people across europe to go to be educated and this is why the Vikings raided the rich monastries so much in the 9th century. Ireland also invaded counties around this time like as you can see in the video western scotland and the Isle of man was Irish territory. Not included in the video was the Irish invasion of wales and cornwall in the 5th century. Ireland also owned Iceland at this time but due to the harsh conditions there it was primarily used for monks to hermit instead of people settling there.

[@britopia1341]

MCFC Fan Yes Ireland had a strange union. It was united but at the same time not united. Hence why Diarmait Mac Murchadha solicited help from the King Henry II of England who refused and then from Earl of Pembroke (Strongbow) who accepted without Henry’s permission.

[@mcfcfan1870]

@@britopia1341 Diarmait didnt do that to unite Ireland, he did it only to regain his throne as king of Leinster. Interesting that king henry II, rejected the request from Diarmait, though. The High-King of Ireland at the time, Ruidarí O'Conchubair, was a very good high-king as well and was undisputed high king of Ireland, like brian boru. He ruled all of connacht and had Lienster, breifne, ossory and meath, strongly part of his High-Kingship. Submissions from thommond and desmond ment he was high-king of all of Ireland except for a portion of ulster but since they did not reject Ruaidarí's Ruaidarí's High-Kingship or put forward their own candidate for high-king this ment Ruaidarí was completly undisputed as high-king bu the time of the english/anglo-norman invasion and he even led an army of 60,000 men to push the english from west-meath back to dublin. He was the last high-king of Ireland and abdicated his position to become a monk.

[@britopia1341]

MCFC Fan You’ve misinterpreted me. I’m not saying he did it to unite Ireland. I’m saying Ireland was already shaky (i.e united but not totally united). Yes King Henry II refused. He had too much on his plate. This opened the door for Strongbow who pretty much went to Ireland behind Henrys back. Once Strongbow plans were kicking in Henry II sanctioned it. But then that meant Henry had to then send his own force. Henry couldn’t afford to let Strongbow gain too much power and influence as it meant there’d be a new kid on the block and a new rival. Thus began the troubles.

[@paolosischustia8067]

one of the best history channels on youtube, congrats from an italian history nerd!

[@user-ql1jv1dw8s]

Small note, but some may argue that Owain Glyndŵr reclaimed a significant amount of Wales c. 1400, which would perhaps merit a different dynastic colour and attribution in the key?

[@zzehyboy753]

He included the Glyndŵr Rising in his first version of this video, I don't know why there's no evidence of it here

[@ge3neva]

That regal scottish blue looks magnificent over our fair isles :)

[@DavBlc7]

and it may soon turn blue again in next few years if SNP win election this year and then win a yes vote for independance.

[@jamesgood1058]

@@DavBlc7 🇬🇧

[@Laevateinn98]

i wonder how many times are the Scottish going to hold a referendum that always fails

[@Sgt.chickens]

@@DavBlc7 Pretty unlikely. i think most people in scotland are educated enough to realise leaving the UK wont give them any more freedom. they will just be even more at the beck and call of london because they wont be able to do anything without them. a huge portion of scottish trade comes through mainland england and you really dont want to be leaving the union because all that will happen is london will start to completely ignore scotland and cover it in Tarriffs untill its economy is dead. scotland just doesn't have the population figures to establish its own trade networks.

[@UntarLaManteca]

England and Scotland: Fighting against each other all the time Gwynedd: 👀

[@geoffreyzhehaoli9994]

Some minor errors: Macbeth was a member of the House of Moray, not the House of Dunkeld. Carrick was part of Galloway during parts of Dunkeld period. Queen Anne was a member of House of Stuart. Both rulers should be shown during times of co-rule, so both Mary II and William III should be shown between 1689 and 1694.

[@kristophershepard2563]

Yeah, I noticed Mary II’s absence as well.

[@Extermideath]

I really like these videos. the informational graphic and music is so well done. i love it

[@StephenCowley001]

You could have had a splash for the 1715 and 1745-46 Jacobite rebellions and the 1916 rebellion in Ireland.

[@fictionsmith3688]

It's really impressive to see the amount of work put into this video! Great work!

[@josephbrown1153]

Really great video. My only criticism would be the population estimates for medieval England - there's a lot of scholarly dispute (almost all contemporary records for population only record heads of household, and family sizes would have varied widely), but its generally agreed that between 1086 (Domesday Book) and 1279 (the Hundred Rolls - which some might say was a kind of second Domesday Book) the population of England increased from about 1.75 million to somewhere between 4.4 million (most conservative estimate) and 6 million (most liberal). So over the course of the twelfth and 13th centuries the population more than doubled, if not trebled, with the most rapid growth taking place in the 13th century as that was when peak agricultural expansion/ intensification was reached. Recent scholarship has also generally shown that the Black Death was deadlier and more demographically disruptive than a fair number of 20th century scholars thought, killing at least half the population of England and, with the changed economic situation that followed it (higher wages, decline of villeinage that sort of thing) led to people marrying later and having fewer children and so England's demographic recovery was very slow. Though we really do lack concrete figures, its generally agreed that the population of England in 1500 was around 2.1 million, not 3 million as shown in the video, with population growth not really kicking until the 1520s, after which it happened very rapidly - by 1600, the population had almost doubled to around 4.1 million.

[@g-rexsaurus794]

Yes under 4 million is untenable for England in 1300-1350. I also have doubts that the Dark age demographic decline continued into the Christian Anglo-Saxon and Viking period. United England in 1000 BCE having less/roughly the same population as divided and largely chiefdom-dominated Celtic England? BTW, shouldn't higher wages mean people marry earlier? Also I imagine the war of the roses also slowed growth.

[@atbing2425]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_England

[@dawnof-the-triffids601]

@@g-rexsaurus794 I agree with most of what you said, except that the War of the Roses had a negligible effect on the population. Four or five large pitched battles (and half-a-dozen smaller ones) spread across a quarter of a century, resulting in well under 100,000 deaths, isn't going to make much difference.

[@stsk1061]

I wonder what figures were used for this video. I believe Russell estimated 3.7 million pre black death.

[@gravygravyjosh]

what I didn't understand was why the population of England was falling during the Anglo-Saxon migration/invasion?

[@alexdelvecchio1879]

Damn, the detail on these gets better every time. This mad lad even kept track of all the Welsh and Irish states

[@ImperialStreak]

Beautiful video, absolutely loved the improved version of the History of the British Isles!!

[@iratepirate3896]

All those lost post-Roman kingdoms...

[@abloodorange5233]

Sakkra101 then maybe if a power out of them had united ireland and Britain they would truly be a United Kingdom, with their Common Celtic culture.

[@markhenley3097]

@Basil II A British Charlemagne?

[@markhenley3097]

And so much chaos, Anglo-Saxons who replaced most of the original Celtic populations, Vikings who were much more brutal, and finally Normans. I can imagine the constant warfare in a rainy medieval Realm.

[@太守苏定交趾]

Prins van Oranje the Anglo saxons ,vikings and Norman were actually the same people, all from the Germanic tribes, but arrived to England in different times.

[@jadenstar1038]

@@markhenley3097 How the fuck were the vikings MORE brutal then the Anglo-Saxons? The DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC of the Anglo-Saxons is their massacres and genocide of the local celtic population to completely replace them! Even the vikings werent this cruel! A Celtic person in Anglo-Saxon kingdoms was equivalent to a Jew in Nazi Germany!

[@vattghern257]

Amazing intro and whole video! Greetings from Poland

[@rilonius2865]

1:46 Brexit from the Roman Empire

[@Ali-bu6lo]

5:51 What is the Republic of Salé doing here? it was a city state built in Northern Morocco by exiled Spanish Moors. How is it related to England?

[@bruhsoundeffect2882]

It looks like a small island just below wales was invaded by them and then occupied for a year... weird. wonder if people from that isle have any Arab blood leftover from Morroccan settlers.... there needs to be more research done on this.

[@elijah111]

Also curious about that.

[@MrJohnnyBQuick]

@@elijah111 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundy#Piracy

[@ahmetmuratakalin]

Moroccan pirates who fought for ottomans captured lundy island

[@plumebrisee6206]

@@bruhsoundeffect2882 Only 0,04% of the Maghreb population have Arab blood so ...

[@tommy-er6hh]

wow! Kudos! information dense! Well presented!

[@edwincancelii2917]

This is one of my favorite KZbin videos of all time.

[@jamahiriya7528]

5:45 *happy Scottish noises*

[@Tod_x]

1:06 what an ambitious emperor

[@EdricoftheWeald]

2:25 "Goodbye nobles ones, and remember: the Metatron has spread its wings"

[@iamantonio6110]

Idk this reference Can someone tell me plz?

[@cymrocymraeg5352]

You forgot Owain Glyndwr's rebellion 1399 - 1415

[@xotbirdox]

That's what I was thinking. I was wondering where that representation was. And also, I don't think it's fair to just label it all as "United Kingdom" because we are separate countries and that should be represented imo.

[@andrewmccloud8581]

@@xotbirdox it is fair. that's what we are called on the world stage

[@xotbirdox]

@@andrewmccloud8581 When talking about the history of the British Isles, it's important to make a distinction. We have different histories that yes, sometimes overlap, but if you want to do a timelapse video like this justice, you need to make distinctions between the different countries in order to give every country's history the attention it deserves. Forgetting Owain is just one example of how lumping us together in this video isn't helpful.

[@andrewmccloud8581]

​@@xotbirdox Except the overlap here is that we are currently one nation and have been for three hundred years. The Glyndwr's Rising is a separate matter, it was a rebellion; not a constituent state of a nation being represented. Colouring in the map differently doesn't qualify as doing justice to different people or cultures. "Forgetting Owain is just one example of how lumping us together in this video isn't helpful". The rebellion took place three hundred years prior to the Acts of the Union, so I'm not sure if we were really 'lumped together' at this time. You say it is not helpful, but I imagine a considerable amount of confusion would be caused if the Principality of Wales was a different colour to England, who held the area at the time. That is not how these videos are made. The reason the United Kingdom is in this video and not the constituent states is because we share a royal family, a government, laws, and piles of legislation corroborating the inception of the United Kingdom. Everyone watching this knows from the video that these countries came together to form the UK, we don't need to separate them, it'd be more confusing.

[@xotbirdox]

@@andrewmccloud8581 We're not one country. We're 4, 5 if you count Cornwall but they unfortunately are not officially recognised in the way that everyone else is. There's a reason it's called the *United* Kingdom because it's meant to be a union of countries, not one country. Wales isn't a principality, it's a country. England had illegally annexed us at the time of Owain and Owain and his followers' uprising should have been portrayed because it was Wales attempting to gain independence. It's important to a history video. We haven't been unbreakably the UK for hundreds of years like you might think, there has been plenty of back and forth, rebellions, close calls, etc. Wales hasn't been a principality since the 1500s but nowhere is that represented either. Wales had no say in the Acts of Union of Scotland and England either because England had illegal control of us without our consent. As for today, we have different governments, different laws, etc. We are a union of 4-5 countries, not one country called the UK. For example, England stupidly lifted all COVID restrictions today but a mask and social distancing are still required in Wales. Wales' vaccine drive is miles ahead of the rest of the UK bc our NHS is an entirely different organisation to the NHSes of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. We are all different, we are all countries in our own right, and that should be represented. As I'm sure you've guessed, I'm a supporter of Welsh independence but despite the bias, my point still stands. England is not Wales, Wales is not England, and the same goes for Scotland and NI too. We all differ and, especially when showing the history of these isles, that should be made clear, and EVERY uprising, riot, and/or bid for independence should be shown bc otherwise, I don't see it as accurate tbh.

[@aurothelarper]

Britain has such a rich story, last kingdoms resisting with all their efforts, unity against a common enemy, heroes and villains.... I admire it so much.

[@reinerbraun5369]

Sounds like a anime

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

Its a fascinating history , many do not understand or appreciate how Parliament , the right to vote, which was gradually expanded to whole population and individual liberies such as common law improved overtime to promote equality and innovation that benefitted the world

[@Ankit-d9f4u]

@@Foxtrottangoabc this voting concept is from greece

[@Armed-Forever]

@@Foxtrottangoabc uk democracy is rigged, the parties pick the candidates, most western democracy is sham, only the US let's ppl pick candidates

[@muscovymapping8896]

Really awesome video! I can't get the music out of my head though

[@nadima.d812]

Looking at the change in the irish population and map is so depressing and I am not even Irish.😣

[@vattghern257]

I'm Pole so i can feel that a lot .

[@grahammullen3870]

The English bring turmoil wherever they go. They split Ireland and they split (Israel/Palestine).Not to mention, the millions they murdered and raped all over the world. May God bring peace and balance to the whole world.

[@noyes5153]

Graham Mullen yeah.... god...

[@werewolf2969]

Taping rebellion killed 150 million the Irish famine is nothing

[@Yusni-bc2cm]

Crazy, if the great famine did not happen in the 19th century, will Ireland have like, 30 million people now?

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Hitler showed up in the key very briefly but not on the map that I could see. Was it some island or part of France?

[@OllieBye]

It was the Channel Islands (in the inset map).

[@5MadMovieMakers]

@@OllieBye aha!

[@Manutez2009]

A very accurate video, I also really apreciate the effort you put into this video adding demographic data. Great Job.

[@historicalmapanimator6106]

Awesome video Ollie !

[@Frandaero]

What happened at 542 CE? A million people from the region of England just vanished 2:13

[@king_halcyon]

Anglo-Saxon massacres

[@PandoraKyss]

Watch the documentary 536 - The Worst Year in History. The first outbreak of the bubonic plague, known also as the Plague of Justinian, hit the British Isles via Wales and Cornwall as they were still trading with the Roman/Byzantine Empire. It's considered a factor in how the Anglo-Saxons were able to defeat the Celts.

[@noodlyappendage6729]

⁠@@PandoraKyssamazing. Is the documentary literally just called 536?

[@davidcarcamo5010]

The amount of research into this is amazing!

[@BloxxterT]

Wow, years of improvements, im so proud of this, even your content is impressive!

[@fred3rick300]

1:44 Mom... I dropped the plate...

[@NishimuraKensei]

XD

[@Anwwoo]

Great work!

[@Anwwoo]

But, I have a one question. Where did you had investigated the population?

[@andrefarfan4372]

@@Anwwoo yes thanks!. #Rosalina

[@fntatn]

One of the best mapping videos ever!

[@dodolulupepe]

Could you do Oceania like you did the Caribbean? You don't have any Oceania videos and the Caribbean one was honestly one of your best imo it was so detailed with every tiny island and everything. I would love an Oceania one in the style of the Caribbean video and it wouldn't even be that hard probably the easiest continent to map since nothing really happened up until the late 1800s.

[@tonyanderton3521]

This is a fascinating video. Thanks to Ollie Bye and Warsaw HD Graphics. Kept my eyes pealed on Northumberland for the whole length of it.

[@brandtconor1]

Hey Ollie, what happened to the Thirty Years War series?

[@OllieBye]

I've lost the motivation to continue with it. From now on I'll try not to do series of more than a couple of episodes.

[@xaph5575]

Ollie Bye will you ever go back to it?

[@jamesdettmann94]

@@xaph5575 probably in another thirty years

[@ronanmahaffey2996]

Your work is beautiful and epic

[@georgenorris882]

What I find fascinating is that in 554CE looking at the southwest of England, compare those borders the that of the Modern Day Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset. It’s unbelievably similar almost 1500 years later!

[@micahistory]

Amaizng video as always Ollie

[@신중용]

0:36 RIP Boudica

[@ABorderPrince]

Amazing work man cheers

[@glitchboy100]

Very rarely comment on youtube vids but just wanted to know I think thats very well done.

[@GandalfGreyhame]

My god this deserves so much more views. I think the music fits very well with the video

[@danielealbaghdadi4705]

Mercia: exists Alfred The Great: it's free real estate

[@thomasrinschler6783]

I mean, the Vikings had shattered Anglo-Saxon rule in Mercia, and there were no recognized kings there at that point. Alfred just married off his daughter to the most powerful person he could find in the region to stabilize things.

[@VologdaMapping]

This is some sweet sweet mapping

[@Lumpy970253]

6:33 Poor Ireland......

[@portelm3137]

2:11 poor england

[@lomstair7546]

@@portelm3137 England lost 1.2 million, because a lot of them emigrated to Britanny due to the invading Anglo Saxons. Ireland lost almost 4 million, and 1 million of them actually died, the rest emigrated. I fail to see the "poor England" here.

[@noyes5153]

PortElm31 THIS IS SOME QUALITY BAIT FELLAS

[@jwadaow]

@@lomstair7546 losing 1.2 million deceased out of a population of 2.6M is a lot worse than 4 million emigrating in the industrial era during a historical peak of population density.

[@lomstair7546]

@@jwadaow 1 million died in the famine alone, many more in the entire history of Ireland under English rule, but keep in mind that the 1.2 million figure comes from Britonnic Celts, and is highly disputed as the impact of Celtic DNA on England is around 50%, making the likelihood of so many people dying a lot less. Nonetheless, I don't think it's reasonable to ever compare these sort of tragedies, they were both caused by invaders.

[@idolhand6468]

Great video. Amazing how long Gwenavia stood strong and was only ever assimilated and not conquered. Is also equally amazing how quickly power has changed hands in the las 200 years

[@Juggernaut909]

2:26 "Hello noble ones, welcome back to a new video."

[@NIDELLANEUM]

This is the Metatron speaking

[@Rationalific]

Thanks for another super-informative video!

[@alexangelo1998]

Why list of prime ministers starts with William Pitt if first primer minister was Robert Walpole?

[@xaph5575]

Because in 1801 the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland combined into one, which is why William Pitt pops up in 1801 and not 1783, when he actually became prime minister.

[@jack46491]

In the 18th century, Prime Ministers merely served as spokesmen for the monarch. They didn't really have much power until the 19th century.

[@Alex-h3y5o]

I think the best video he created is this!

[@Ifoundnohappinesshere]

This is really an intriguing and incredible mapping skills

[@hellohellohistory7727]

Great concept. I salute the research you did and execution of it 😍

[@Kuriko777]

love the new introduction video though!

[@eddietuite732]

This was a huge improvement to a already great video I could never imitate good job my guy

[@pojokantas]

Wow. Nice intro and good video concept as well. Keep it up, Ollie Bye! I can see how the Irish population fell down in 6:34 because of Great Famine.

[@galaxyred7]

As an Irishman it hurt to see it fall like that....

[@danlawrence19]

Very interesting and informative. But you're missing a couple of things in my opinion. From a Welsh point of view it skips the Glyndwr rebellion/war during the period 1400 to 1415, during which period (roughly 1402 to 1407) Wales was defacto independent. Also seeing as this is a territorial history I think it would be great to show a recognition of devolution from 1999 with maybe a different shade of colour for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and showing the First Ministers of each over the last 24 years as it does for the UK and Irish Prime Ministers. Just a suggestion. Keep up the good work!

[@callummcgregorenthusiast5545]

Such a fascinating history for such a small area of the world

[@RichARock]

Do you want Scottish independence?

[@callummcgregorenthusiast5545]

Beetlejuice at the moment I'm neither in favour of against. I just want honesty from the SNP and Tories regarding it, after that I would make my mind up. If there was a referendum tomorrow I probably would vote yes.

[@itzimperiumxvi2620]

Callum McGregor Enthusiast true, there’s stuff being promised which won’t happen should independence happen

[@mcalkis5771]

Your videos are always the best.

[@qoraq1]

A very good video, although I was disappointed not to see any recognition of Owain Glyndwr in Wales.

[@Olilego]

He was there

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

When you think about it, England was basically part of a French empire, a Scandinavian empire, a Scottish empire, a Dutch empire, and the empire of a German duchy all as the junior partner at some point in their history. They were really weird about inheritance back then. Thank god the concept of national identity showed up eventually.

[@takshashila2995]

This is nice!The new population counter is nice as well.

[@kailanthecartographer2627]

Nice video! Glad you added more detail in it, as well as your intro!

[@abloodorange5233]

I have a question as a person who has a grasp of irish myself, the names of the tribes of ireland and britain before and during the romans do not sound celtic at all, is that what they reallly called themselves or is it a latinised version?

[@SporeMurph]

Those are the Latin and Greek forms of the tribals names (many of them are taken from Roman accounts or Greek geographers' writings). Although the Celtic forms would not have been very different. Just the ending really would be changed in most cases. If you search around you can find some reconstructions of what the tribal names would have been in Proto-Celtic (or Brythonic and Goidelic).

[@abloodorange5233]

Spore Murph 👍

[@Sgt.chickens]

Also worth mentioning given the time period its possible some Non-celtic words were in place still. the prior inhabitants of ireland and great britain were pre-celtic peoples who spoke a language we dont really know much about. the oldest surviving versions of language are the welsh and cornish who, are considered celts today but its not really correct.

[@Void_Dweller7]

You always choose the best music for these tbh.

[@micahistory]

I love how you didn't simplify tings and you added all the small countries and vassals as well

[@J.Pear8]

as always great job!

[@StevenMorford]

Your work is impressive. I am a graduate student and would like to include this in my research paper but I would need to know your sources for all the maps that you use. Are your sources listed anywhere?

[@knownothing5518]

Doing the PMs of 2022, idk if there are enough frames in the video for it. Let's see if Rishi sticks around until January.

[@Arthur_Hastings]

Who’s here after Queen Elizabeth II passed away?

[@skaemusic]

Why each territory has a dark and a light colour? What do they represent?

[@eireball]

Dark means part of the country and light means it’s a client state of a country

[@skaemusic]

@@eireball thank you

[@micahistory]

I'm surprised Ireland almost had as many people as England for a long time

[@denismawe4394]

Not for lack of England's trying.

[@JJaqn05]

@@denismawe4394 England trying what? Under British rule both England and Ireland's populations were booming until the famine hit

[@DaDARKPass]

Almost? England was still far bigger before the famine.

[@micahistory]

@@DaDARKPass yes but it really exploded after the industrial revolution

[@DaDARKPass]

@@micahistory And England would've still exploded far more than Ireland during the Industrial revolution.

[@BolterTUBE]

Loved the new intro and the new video. Good job!

[@rhinarium3984]

_- Kingdom of Ytene (410)_ _- Kingdom of Wessex (519)_ _- Kingdom of England (927)_ _- Kingdom of Great Britain (1707)_ _- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801)_ *_- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922)_* _- United Kingdom of Southern Great Britain and Northern Ireland (????)_

[@olidojosephd.9054]

You forgot the Angevin Empire and North Sea Empire. Also, if you include the colonies, there would be also "English Empire" and later British Empire. Another thing was although Southern Great Britain is accepted, "South Britain" is more appropriate since there's already a term like that in the Internet. You use southERN on a provincial/regional level (ex. Southern United States) while it's only north, east, west, and south on country level (North/South Korea, North/South Vietnam, West/East Pakistan, South Africa, South Sudan, South Ossetia, West/East Germany, etc.)

[@rhinarium3984]

​@@olidojosephd.9054 "Angevin Empire" is a term that did not exist at that time, it is actually a neologism that historians sometimes use, so it was never an official name for the sovereign state in question. Furthermore, the so-called "Angevin Empire" was a personal union of which the Kingdom of England was a part, not a real union, meaning that the House of Anjou ruled not only over the Kingdom of England, but over other states as well, the point being that the identity of the state referred to in my original comment at that time was still the Kingdom of England, which had never ceased to exist. In other words, "Angevin Empire" is a term applied by historians to the territories pertaining to the House of Anjou that were not the Kingdom of England alone, and not all historians agree with the term. The same happens with the North Sea Empire, it was a personal union, which means that the Kingdom of England did not cease to exist when it was a part of it, it was still the Kingdom of England. Under the argument that a personal union has the status of a sovereign state, then all current Commonwealth realms would necessarily be one sovereign state because they share the same monarch and it would need to be included in the list of my original comment too, which is absurd of course. "English Colonial Empire" and "British Empire" are informal terms applied to the English and British territories throughout history and, even though those terms did exist at that time, they were never used as official names either. The purpose of my comment is to illustrate the evolution of the official name of the state in question, not its territories. If I had used the term "British Empire", then the names of "Kingdom of Great Britain", "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" and "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" would be suppressed, because they all existed simultaneously with one form or another of the "British Empire". That was not the point obviously. The Internet is not necessarily source of accuracy, in fact, the vox populi is most of the time ignorant, they may prefer "South Britain" instead of "Southern Great Britain" just because it is more esthetic than the former. The most appropriate thing to do is to be consistent in the naming. You say that the terminology of "northern, southern, western and eastern" is applied on a regional level and that of "north, south, west and east" are applied on the national level. This is not always true, but it is most of the time true, you gave good examples, but you forgot, for instance, Northern Cyprus, a de facto state that exists to the north of the island of Cyprus, and even though its existence is illegal, it is nevertheless a state with the term "northern" within its official name. Now, ignoring the case of Northern Cyprus, it is true that "north, south, west and south" are mostly used on the national level and the other terminology on the regional level. You already know that Northern Ireland has such a name because it is a reference to the island and not the state that goes by the same name. Likewise, Great Britain is not a reference to the state, but to the region, in this case, the island of Great Britain, so the terminology of "Southern Great Britain" is more than accurate according to that logic. You may use "South Britan", since "Britain" has always been used as an abbreviation for the entire state, being "South Britain" a reference to England and Wales, excluding Scotland, but it would need to include in the name the term "Northern Ireland, this is, the "United Kingdom of South Britain and Northern Ireland". Even though that would be equally accurate, I still believe that consistency is important and a hypothetical United Kingdom without Scotland would be officially named the "United Kingdom of Southern Great Britain and Northern Ireland", since "Great Britain and Ireland" in this context were always used as reference to the regions, in this case, the islands.

[@DaDARKPass]

Never going to happen. Expect the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, though.

[@rhinarium3984]

@@DaDARKPass Well, it almost happened some years ago... Scotland has a right to secede, so it will eventually happen some day, whether one likes it or not.

[@DaDARKPass]

@@rhinarium3984 it doesn't have a right to secede. no place in the world has a right to secede from their country.

[@sandrosaladze8095]

Great video, you put a lot of work in them, love your channel

[@신중용]

4:10 Scottish Gaelic name of Scotland is 'Alba'. Not changed name.

[@wallrider4194]

3:23 the history of the British isles *proceeds to play Chinese music in the background* 💀

[@SxVaNm345]

I actually have a question, the map shows that the tribes in Ireland and Scotland have already produced their own city-states/states by 400 AD, 399 AD they were just shown using their tribal names. So I am wondering, did all tribes in these areas already start living in advanced states, or was it just some tribes under Roman influence?

[@grrumakemeangry]

good question

[@oenrn]

I'm guessing at so old a time the dates are approximate (i.e. "around 400 AD or so"). Until then there were people living around the area but no well defined borders between them, so you couldn't show territorial borders on the map because they didn't exist. It was just "these people lived around here, those people around there", and so on.

[@wirelessbluestone5983]

The dates are approximate. We have no idea when the Pictish Kingdoms exactly emerged since written records are scarce or legendary. These Pictish Kingdoms were still mostly tribal in terms of social structure the exception is there’s kings that ruled over local chiefs as king of the kingdom (ex. Fortriu) and a king of the Picts which might’ve been similar to the high kings of Ireland who ruled over all the kingdoms

[@mcfcfan1870]

Ireland first unified roughly 4th century at the latest but the dates arent certain. Ireland had a strange government system with a High King at the top, 5 provinces with a petty king who controlled the land in their province. Then lots of small cheiftens inside these provincs who kept control of their land. And there was no royal family either for the High King, if a small cheiften defeated other small cheiftens in infighting wars ( which often happened ), the chieftan could rise to petty king of the province and then High King if the 4 other petty kings submitted to him. Ireland at this time had the same langage, culture, laws across the country at this stage. Ireland becamr a very powerful country too around 5th-8th century as the Irish monasteries was the place for people across europe to go to be educated and this is why the Vikings raided the rich monastries so much in the 9th century. Ireland also invaded counties around this time like as you can see in the video western scotland and the Isle of man was Irish territory. Not included in the video was the Irish invasion of wales and cornwall in the 5th century. Ireland also owned Iceland at this time but due to the harsh conditions there it was primarily used for monks to hermit instead of people settling there.

[@mcfcfan1870]

@Kyle P.V Learn some history. Who converted the anglo saxons to christianity? The Irish. Who founded Scotland? The Irish with the picts. Who invented the worldwide holiday of Halloween? The irish. Who were the chosen mentors and educators in the Kingdom of Francia? The Irish monks. We're called the land of saints and scholars for a reason

[@nicci_valentine]

It has been 274 days since I joined the Ollie Bye discord under circumstances I still cannot recall, and this shall be the first time I actually watch an Ollie Bye video

[@OllieBye]

Wut

[@nicci_valentine]

@@OllieBye It was very a good video