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The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union.The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain.
Independence for the Irish Free State in 1922 followed the partition of the island of Ireland two years previously, with six of the nine counties of the province of Ulster remaining within the UK, which then changed to the current name in 1927 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The UK also has the oldest Chinese community in Europe, dating to the arrival of Chinese seamen in the 19th century. [362] In 2011, 87.2 per cent of the UK population identified themselves as white, meaning 12.8 per cent of the UK population identify themselves as of one of an ethnic minority group. [363]
By means of an explicit commencement date (and sometimes time of day) written into the act itself. It is possible for different sections of an act to come into force at different dates or times. As a result of a commencement order. Usually, an Act or part of an Act may only be brought into force by a commencement order if explicit provision is ...
America Online CEO Stephen M. Case, left, and Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin listen to senators' opening statements during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the merger of the two ...
Inception was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 3, 2010, in France, [86] and the week after in the UK and USA (December 7, 2010). [ 87 ] [ 88 ] The film was released on VHS in South Korea , making it one of the last major studio films released for the format. [ 89 ]
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
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy return to our screens in a tenth anniversary re-release of Christopher Nolan's 'Inception'.