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  2. List of wars involving the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Defeat of Edward Teach in 1718. Defeat of Calico Jack in 1720. Defeat of Black Bart in 1722. Defeat of Edward Low in 1724. Most outlawed Caribbean privateers captured or killed by 1726, marking the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Civil war: (1715–1716) Jacobite rising of 1715. including.

  3. List of wars involving Scotland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Scotland before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707, including clan conflicts, civil wars, and rebellions. For dates after 1708, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom. Clan conflict - 16 Scottish victory - 11 Scottish defeat - 10 Another result * - 2

  4. History of the United Kingdom during the First World War

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    A world map showing territory that "Germany Wants" by Edward Stanford. 1917. Close reading of the quoted material shows that the map is misleading: it implies that Germany plans to annex all the territory in red, but this is only the case for a small fraction of it. Propaganda and censorship were closely linked during the war. [104]

  5. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - Wikipedia

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    The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, [ c] sometimes known as the British Civil Wars, [ d][ e] were a series of intertwined conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities united in a personal union under Charles I. They include the 1639 to 1640 Bishops' Wars, the First and Second ...

  6. List of wars involving England - Wikipedia

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    Internal Conflict, William was Victorious. Waltheof was beheaded in 1076. Roger lost his lands and earldom, was imprisoned, and was beheaded in 1087. Ralph lost his lands and earldom, and was expelled from England. 1096. 1099. First Crusade. England Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of France Duchy of Apulia Byzantine Empire.

  7. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Internet TLD. .uk[l] The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom(UK) or Britain,[m]is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. [21][22]It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

  8. History of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    t. e. 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. [ a] Of this new state, the historian Simon Schama said:

  9. Outline of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Area of the United Kingdom: 244,820 km 2 (94,530 sq mi) – 79th most extensive country. Area of the countries of the United Kingdom. Extreme points of the United Kingdom : North: Out Stack, Shetland Islands 60°51′N 0°52′W. /  60.850°N 0.867°W  / 60.850; -0.867. South: Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly 49°51′N 6°24′W.