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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 ...
By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 percent of the world population at the time, [2] and by 1920, it covered 35.5 million km 2 (13.7 million sq mi), [3] 24 per cent of the Earth's total land area.
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
Empire had its world premiere on 29 January 2023 at the Gothenburg Film Festival, competing for the Dragon Awards. [4] REinvent acquired the film's international sales shortly after the world premiere. [5] The film was released in Danish theatres on 20 April 2023. [6] Netflix acquired its distribution rights, releasing it on 23 October 2023. [7]
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 ...
A series of Indigenous murders in the Osage Nation during the 1920s, committed after oil was discovered on tribal land. Based on the 2017 non-fiction book of the same name. Kim: 1950 Based on the classic 1901 novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. King of the Khyber Rifles: 1953 Adventures of a British military man during the British Raj.
Pages in category "1920s in the British Empire" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... This page was last edited on 3 October 2023, at 10:07 ...
The Union of Crowns in 1603, the accidental consequence of a royal marriage one hundred years earlier, united the kingdoms in a personal union, though full political union in the form of the Kingdom of Great Britain required a Treaty of Union in 1706 and Acts of Union in 1707 (to ratify the Treaty).