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For a list of wars involving the predecessors of both states and a broader list of wars fought on the Island of Great Britain, see the list of wars in Great Britain. Historically, the United Kingdom relied most heavily on the Royal Navy and maintained relatively small land forces.
Civil War Rebellion suppressed [27] 1549 Kett's Rebellion: England Rebellion suppressed [28] 1569–70 Rising of the North: England Elizabethan victory [29] 1639–53 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Bishops' Wars; Scottish Civil War; First English Civil War; Second English Civil War; Anglo-Scottish war (1650–1652) Great Britain Civil war
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
Britain and her army, 1509-1970: a military, political and social survey (1970). Carlton, Charles. This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485-1746 (Yale UP; 2011) 332 pages; studies the impact of near unceasing war from the individual to the national levels. Chandler, David G., and Ian Frederick William Beckett, eds.
This category includes historical wars in which Great Britain (1707–1800) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information.. This is for wars of the Kingdom of Great Britain which was formed with the Act of Union 1707 joining Scotland and England and ended with the Act of Union 1800 when the UK was formed.
World War II (1939–45) see Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II. Air warfare of World War II; Pacific War (1937–45) Anglo-Iraqi War (1941) British–Zionist conflict of Palestine (1945–48) Greek Civil War (1946–47) Cold War (1946–90) Malayan Emergency (1948–60) Korean War (1950–53) see United Kingdom in the ...
5 February, The eldest son of Charles I, Charles, Prince of Wales, was proclaimed "king of Great Britain, France and Ireland" by the Scottish Parliament at the Mercat Cross, Edinburgh. [2] 7 February, The Rump Parliament votes to abolish the English monarchy; 9 February, publication of Eikon Basilike, allegedly by Charles I of England
1801 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is formed. French Revolutionary Wars (A campaign to expel a French invasion force in Egypt) takes place. 1803 – The Napoleonic Wars begin. 1803 – Second Anglo-Maratha War begins, ends 1805 1 September – Battle of Aligarh; 11 September – Battle of Delhi