The+United+Kingdoms+of+Great+Britain+and+Ireland

England United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, (1871-1914).


 * 1801 ** Legislative union of [|Great Britain] and [|Ireland] completed under the [|Act of Union 1800], bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
 * 1806 ** The [|British] occupies the [|Cape of Good Hope].
 * 1812 ** [|Bankrupt] banker assassinates [|British] [|Prime Minister] [|Spencer Perceval] in the lobby of the [|British House of Commons].
 * 1812 ** [|War of 1812]: [|USS Constitution] defeats the [|British] frigate [|Guerrière] off the coast of [|Nova Scotia]. The [|British] shot is said to have bounced off the [|Constitution] 's sides, earning her the nickname "[|Old Ironsides]".
 * 1812 ** [|War of 1812]: [|USS Constitution] defeats the [|British] frigate [|Guerrière] off the coast of [|Nova Scotia]. The [|British] shot is said to have bounced off the [|Constitution] 's sides, earning her the nickname "[|Old Ironsides]".
 * 1814 ** [|British-American War (War of 1812)]: The [|British] attack [|Fort Ontario] at [|Oswego, New York].
 * 1814 ** [|War of 1812]: [|Battle of Chippewa] - [|American] [|Major General] [|Jacob Brown] defeats [|British] [|General] [|Phineas Riall] at [|Chippewa, Ontario].
 * 1814 ** [|War of 1812]: [|British] troops burn [|Washington, DC], The [|Burning of Washington].
 * 1821 ** [|George IV] is crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
 * 1827 ** [|UK]: [|George Canning] succeeds [|Lord Liverpool] as [|British] [|Prime Minister].
 * 1846 ** Under the leadership of [|British] [|Prime Minister] [|Robert Peel], the British [|Parliament] repeals the [|Corn Laws], replacing the old [|Colonial] mercantile trade system with [|Free Trade].
 * 1856 ** [|Bushehr] surrenders to the [|British].
 * 1860 ** The [|British] general [|Lord Elgin] - with protestations from the [|French] - ordered his forces to set fire to the huge complex of [|Beijing]'s [|Old Summer Palace], known as the Gardens of Perfect Brightness, which burned to the ground. It took 3,500 [|British] troops to set the entire place ablaze and took three days to burn. [|Elgin] justified the order as retaliation for the imprisonment, torture, and murder of several western prisoners of war, among them two British envoys who had been under protection of a flag of tru The burning of the [|Gardens of Perfect Brightness] is still a very sensitive issue in [|China] today.
 * 1860 ** The [|British] general [|Lord Elgin] - with protestations from the [|French] - ordered his forces to set fire to the huge complex of [|Beijing]'s [|Old Summer Palace], known as the Gardens of Perfect Brightness, which burned to the ground. It took 3,500 [|British] troops to set the entire place ablaze and took three days to burn. [|Elgin] justified the order as retaliation for the imprisonment, torture, and murder of several western prisoners of war, among them two British envoys who had been under protection of a flag of tru The burning of the [|Gardens of Perfect Brightness] is still a very sensitive issue in [|China] today.
 * 1892 ** Death of [|Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence], second in line heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Next in line is his younger brother [|Prince George of Wales].
 * 1910 ** In the [|United Kingdom], General Election held in response to [|House of Lords] rejection of the (1909) budget results in reduced [|Liberal Party] majority (Liberals, 275 seats; [|Labour], 40; [|Irish Nationalists], 82; [|Unionists] (the title then preferred by the British [|Conservative Party]), 273).
 * 1927 ** The [|Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927] renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the [|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]. The change acknowledges that the [|Irish Free State] is no longer part of the Kingdom. ||
 * 1927 ** The [|Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927] renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the [|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]. The change acknowledges that the [|Irish Free State] is no longer part of the Kingdom. ||