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Learn about the history and usage of the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets", which describes global empires that ruled over lands in different time zones. Find out how it was applied to the Habsburg, Spanish, and British empires, and how it relates to the modern concept of American power.
The Sun is a right-wing, populist and eurosceptic daily and Sunday newspaper in the UK, owned by News Corp. It was founded in 1964 as a broadsheet and became a tabloid in 1969, and has a history of controversies and scandals.
A list of total and annular solar eclipses seen from Britain and Ireland between AD 1 and AD 2091, with dates, locations and durations. The next total solar eclipse visible from the UK will be on 12 April 2024, with a path across the north of Scotland.
The history of Spanish–British relations is complicated by the political and religious heritages of the two countries. Neither the United Kingdom nor Spain have a unique constitutional ancestor; Britain was originally created by a union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland (and later joined by Ireland), whilst the Kingdom of Spain was initially created by a union of the crowns of Castile ...
British migration to Spain has resulted in Spain being home to one of the largest British-born populations outside the United Kingdom in the world, and the largest in Europe. Migration from the UK to Spain has increased rapidly since the late 1990s and the registered population of British nationals in Spain in 2014 was 297,229 (2014).
The British Empire was the largest empire in history and ruled or administered many territories around the world from the 16th to the 20th century. It ended with the independence of most colonies after the Second World War, but some overseas territories remain under British sovereignty.
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the Habsburg Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. [4] It began with England's military expedition in 1585 to what was then the Spanish Netherlands under the command of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in support of the Dutch rebellion against Spanish Habsburg rule.
Learn about the history and current status of social class in the UK, a concept that influences British society and identity. Explore different models, definitions and examples of social class, from the feudal era to the present day.