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Gibraltar held a referendum on whether or not to share sovereignty with Spain. 98.48% of voters rejected the proposal in favour of remaining solely a British overseas territory with only 1.02% supporting the proposal. Falkland Islands: 11 March: 2013: Falkland Islanders voted in favour of remaining a British overseas territory by 99.8% to 0.2%.
Map of the world showing the extent of the British Empire in 1886 Between 1815 and 1914, a period referred to as Britain's "imperial century" by some historians, [ 113 ] around 10 million sq mi (26 million km 2 ) of territory and roughly 400 million people were added to the British Empire. [ 114 ]
13:49, 26 June 2021: 1,270 × 765 (503 KB) Beshogur: Reverted to version as of 18:36, 13 January 2021 (UTC) undiscussed completely different map: 03:45, 14 June 2021: 7,000 × 4,192 (995 KB) Luisao Araujo: Sevres is confused with Sykes-picot. The original Sevres map looks like this. 18:36, 13 January 2021: 1,270 × 765 (503 KB) Prince of Nothing05
Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]
The British Empire was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. It was a product of the European Age of Discovery , which began with the maritime explorations of the 15th century, that sparked the era of the European colonial empires.
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This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...