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The Government of Ireland Act 1920 partitioned the island of Ireland into two separate jurisdictions, Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland, both devolved regions of the United Kingdom. This partition of Ireland was confirmed when the Parliament of Northern Ireland exercised its right in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 to opt ...
Defence spending in the UK The Death of General Wolfe. The military history of the United Kingdom covers the period from the creation of the united Kingdom of Great Britain, with the political union of England and Scotland in 1707, [1] to the present day.
The constitution of the United Kingdom comprises the written and unwritten arrangements that establish the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as a political body. Unlike in most countries, no official attempt has been made to codify such arrangements into a single document, thus it is known as an uncodified constitution .
The term Wars of the Three Kingdoms first appears in A Brief Chronicle of all the Chief Actions so fatally Falling out in the three Kingdoms by James Heath, published in 1662, [5] but historian Ian Gentles argues "there is no stable, agreed title for the events....which have been variously labelled the Great Rebellion, the Puritan Revolution, the English Civil War, the English Revolution and ...
Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom, with results from the 2021 Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6.0% of the total population in the United Kingdom. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] London has the largest population and greatest proportion (15%) of Muslims in the country.
1 January – Jack Beresford, rower (died 1977) 11 January – Eva Le Gallienne, actress (died 1991) 17 January – Nevil Shute (Norway), novelist (died 1960 in Australia) 21 January – John Bodkin Adams, doctor and suspected serial killer (died 1983)
United Kingdom; Official name Republic of Chile United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Coat of arms Flag Area: 756,950 km 2 (292,260 sq mi) 242,495 km 2 (93,628 sq mi) Population (est. 2023) 19,533,769 68,795,198 Capital: Santiago: London: Largest metropolitan area Santiago – 1,947.2 km2 (15,403.2 km2 metro)
