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This is a timeline of English history, ... England's remaining forces defeated by invaders from Normandy, ... 20th century. Year Date Event 1912
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
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.
January 22: Edward VII became King of England and India after Queen Victoria's death. March 2 : The Platt Amendment provides for Cuban independence in exchange for the withdrawal of American troops. June : Emily Hobhouse reports on the poor conditions in 45 British internment camps for Boer women and children in South Africa .
England, which had subsumed Wales in the 16th century under Henry VIII, united with Scotland in 1707 to form a new sovereign state called Great Britain. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Following the Industrial Revolution , which started in England, Great Britain ruled a colonial Empire , the largest in recorded history.
The following is a timeline of the history of London in the 20th century, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. 1900 to 1909 1900 9 ...
8 20th century. 9 21st century. 10 See also. ... The following is a timeline of the history of London, ... England's first chocolate house opens in London, ...
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.