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The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain. [a] Of this new state, the historian Simon Schama said:
The origins of the United Kingdom can be traced to the time of the Anglo-Saxon king Athelstan, who in the early 10th century ce secured the allegiance of neighbouring Celtic kingdoms and became “the first to rule what previously many kings shared between them,” in the words of a contemporary chronicle.
Explore all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline.
Discover thousands of years of England’s history, stretching from the arrival of the earliest known humans 900,000 years ago to the 63-year reign of Queen Victoria. Take a chronological journey through the key periods in England's past, and discover how the changes that the country has seen can be traced through English Heritage's sites.
A short guide to the British history you most often hear about. This is a very quick explanation of the British history that you are most likely to hear about or read about, which is good as a general overview. To keep things simple, it does not include colonial or overseas history. 4000BCE: The Neolithic Age (also called the New Stone Age).
The story of British history begins over a thousand years ago with a regional leader called Alfred, King of Wessex, one of the history of England’s most popular monarchs. After the Romans had left the island they called Britannia (which we now call Britain) in the early 5th century, a complex system of governance emerged.
British troops in southern Belfast during the Troubles, 1981. The UK was the third country to develop a nuclear weapons arsenal (with its first atomic bomb test, Operation Hurricane, in 1952), but the post-war limits of Britain's international role were illustrated by the Suez Crisis of 1956.
Welcome to the Historic UK History Magazine, featuring hundreds of articles, videos and interactive maps to explore. We also add a wealth of new content every month so be sure to bookmark this page! Contents. History of Britain. History of England. History of Scotland. History of Wales. Historic Destinations. Culture & Folklore. Living History.
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
Learn about the history of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the reign of Elizabeth I, and U.K. entry in WW I and WW II