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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
1812–1815: War of 1812 between the United States and Britain; ends in a draw, except that Native Americans lose power. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated. Great Britain experiences widespread economic distress; worst year of Luddite rioting.
Battle of Flodden Field: Invading England, King James IV of Scotland and thousands of other Scots were killed in a defeat at the hands of the English. 1516 18 February Mary I, the future queen of England (r. 1553-1558), is born to parents Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. 1521: Lutheran writings begin to circulate in England. 1527 21 May
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21 July: The National Gallery of British Art (modern-day Tate Britain) opens on Millbank. 10 August: The Automobile Club of Great Britain (modern-day Royal Automobile Club) is founded in London. [15] 19 August: Bersey electric cabs, the first horseless taxicabs, begin operating in London. [15] 19 November: Great fire in Cripplegate. [211] 1898
Britain handled foreign policy and defence. The second half of the 19th century saw a major expansion of Britain's colonial empire in Asia and Africa as well as the Pacific. In the "Scramble for Africa", the boast was having the Union Jack flying from "Cairo to Cape Town." Britain defended its empire with the world's dominant navy, and a small ...
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1800 AD until 1899 AD. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related History of the British Isles .
The chart was popular enough to be reprinted through several editions, and has been updated to continue into the 21st century. [3] [4] [6] [8] Knock off copies were produced in America and England. One such copy was published by Irish geologist Edward Hull in 1890, which gave an incorrect attribution to him after he added a geologic strata to ...