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This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
Following the start of the French and Indian War 2 years prior, the Seven Years' War begins. [26] 1763 10 Feb The Treaty of Paris (1763) is signed, formally ending the Seven Years' War. France renounces a large portion of North American land to Great Britain. [27] 1765: William Blackstone published his first volume of Commentaries on the Laws ...
The categorisation of the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time is called periodization. [1] This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields of study. These can be divided broadly into prehistorical periods and historical periods (when written records began to be kept).
Contemporary British history (10 C, 11 P) E. Edwardian era (2 C, 34 P) G. Georgian era (4 C, 18 P) ... Pages in category "History of the United Kingdom by period"
Timeline of British history (before 1000) Timeline of British history (1000–1499) Timeline of British history (1500–1599) Timeline of British history (1600–1699) Timeline of British history (1700–1799) Timeline of British history (1800–1899) Timeline of British history (1900–1929) Timeline of British history (1930–1949)
The Cosmic Calendar is a method to visualize the chronology of the universe, scaling its current age of 13.8 billion years to a single year in order to help intuit it for pedagogical purposes in science education or popular science.
The name Engla land became England by haplology during the Middle English period (Engle-land, Engelond). [10] The Latin name was Anglia or Anglorum terra, the Old French and Anglo-Norman one Engleterre. [11] The standard title for monarchs from Æthelstan until John was Rex Anglorum ("King of the English").
Prior to the 20th century, the leader of the British government held the title of First Lord of the Treasury, and not that of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Therefore, the list below refers to the "Head of Government" and not the "Prime Minister". Even so, the leader of a government was often colloquially referred to as the "prime ...