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This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with those of the present-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
[3] Sales figures improved in 2008 and continued into the early 2010s, peaking in 2013, before declining over the next few years as audio streaming became popular. Eventually, streaming was incorporated into the sales chart. Graph showing number of UK number-one singles for each year since 1953. The 2011 figure is projected.
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
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
This is a list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age. This table can be sorted to display prime ministers of the United Kingdom by name, order of office, date of birth, age at appointment, length of retirement, or lifespan. Age at appointment is determined by the day a prime minister assumed office for the first time. Length of retirement is determined from the day a prime minister ...
This is a list of years in the Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom from the Acts of Union 1707. See also timeline of British history . For only articles about years in the United Kingdom that have been written, see Category:Years in the United Kingdom .
In the week beginning today 400,000 pets are euthanised. [23] 4 September – first bombing of Wilhelmshaven in World War II by Royal Air Force Vickers Wellingtons. 5 September – National Registration Act. [24] 9 September – British Expeditionary Force crosses to France. [6]
The UK versions of The Weakest Link and Big Brother also debut this year. Coronation Street celebrates 40 years on air with a live episode and the ITV News Channel launches. Channel 5 outbids ITV for the broadcasting rights to Home and Away. 2001 in British television – The world witnesses the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City ...