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The British Empire refers to the possessions, dominions, and dependencies under the control of the Crown.In addition to the areas formally under the sovereignty of the British monarch, various "foreign" territories were controlled as protectorates; territories transferred to British administration under the authority of the League of Nations or the United Nations; and miscellaneous other ...
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
Map of the world showing the extent of the British Empire in 1886 Between 1815 and 1914, a period referred to as Britain's "imperial century" by some historians, [ 113 ] around 10 million sq mi (26 million km 2 ) of territory and roughly 400 million people were added to the British Empire. [ 114 ]
This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...
1920: Treaty of Sèvres on August 10 between the Triple Entente (UK, France and Russia) and the Ottoman Empire; Mustafa Kemal leads the Turkish War of Independence leading to the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. 1922: Creation of the Soviet Union. 1923: Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey by Mustafa Kemal on October 29. 1924: British Empire Exhibition.
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This is a timeline of English history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in England and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England .