In a sense, it was 1583, when Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for Queen Elizabeth I.
In reality, Bermuda did not actually choose to join the British Empire. They islands were forced to join or be conquered.
The British Empire entered existence in 1583 with the conquest of Newfoundland and ended in 1997 with the handover of Hong Kong to China. The British Empire existed for 414 years.
The U S A never joined the British Empire.
It didn't the US was formed when it revolted against the British Empire
1894
1878
The Dominion of Newfoundland voted to join.
no Newfoundland was actually the seventh province to join confederation which was in 1949. the first province to join was actually the north west territories in 1869-70.
Canada didnt join it was fought over by the French and British in which the Brits ended up winning therefore becoming part of her empire.
1964
China never joined the British Empire. However, two small parts of China were part of the British Empire. Weihaiwei-1898-1930 Hong Kong-1841-1997
Scotland, Ireland Wales.