UK History

This term refers to those citizens of the United Kingdom who do NOT are not nobles (such as dukes, earls, barons and their wives) . Even knights and baronets rank as commoners. l

Conscription in Britain, which was introduced during both world wars, continued after the end if WW2. All men over the age of 18 to register with the local authorities. They would then be called up and be sent to perform National Service in either the Army, the Royal Navy or the Royal Air Force for 18 months, later raised to to two years. They took a full part in all the military campaigns that Regular soldiers were involved in and at the end of their conscription, they were required to serve three years as a reservist. National Service was completed by over 1.5 million men and came to an end in 1960 with the last conscript leaving the Army in 1963. Not all National Servicemen joined the Armed Forces. Some did important work in the mines, they were know as Bevin boys after Ernest Bevin, who was Minister of Labour during WW2. He later become Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government.

There was a breakout from 1348 to 1350 and another one in 1665 which the great fire of London seems to help to control the rats. The Victorian of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

Victorian hairstyles affected modern hairstyles in several ways. The Victorian style brought about bangs which are still in fashion. Victorian's also used fake hair to supplement what they had naturally, which is still done today.

Hospitals during Victorian times, as stated by the related link, was seen as a gateway to death instead of a place of healing. The risk of catching infectious viruses and bacteria in the hospital was very likely. Surgeries were being performed with no anesthesia and had low success rates.

Victorians think a lot of things caused Cholera but the two main theorys were: Miasma (bad air filled with fumes from rotting matter) to "resolve" this "cause" of Cholera some people would carry around flowers or sweet smelling herbs. This was meant to stop people from getting infected byCholrea. The second main theory was Spontaneous generation a disease that was caused by germs that were produced by flesh and vegtables as the rotted.

The war between Zanzibar and England, called the Anglo-Zanzibar War lasted 38 minutes on 27 August 1896.

The Crystal Palace doesn't exist any more as it burned down in 1936. The foundations are still visible in Crystal Palace Park in Upper Norwood, South London and admission is free.

Warrick Castle was built to protect a hilltop settlement in the town called Warwick. The castle was built in 914.

All around wales searching for people who wanted to go and fight in the middle east for the crusades

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Florence Nightingale was the British nurse who was born in Italy and who organized army hospitals during the Crimean War. She is credited with many accomplishments, including promoting proper sanitation.

If you mean the first public railway, to do exactly what the railways do now: transport goods and people from place to place. The precursors were all horse-drawn tramways serving mines and quarries.

The UK does not have an officially recognised national animal. However, they are de facto the lion and the bulldog.

Others that could be included are the fictional unicorn and the wren

November 2, 1917. So there's your answer, I hope you like it. Check on blafourproject for more information about it. They also have books about it. So check it out.

Never! This is their 4th attempt, British often come to Afghanistan after their last defeat to take revenge either taking over it foreign policy, during a line to divide the unconquerable Afghans via durand line, or creating Pakistan for being humiliated by the Afghans.

Great Britain was originally settled by Celts and Picts, later conquered by Angles, then by Romans, then by Saxons, then by Normans. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and resulted in enormous power and wealth for Britain which, in its day, was the center of the largest empire the world had ever seen. But the colonies of the British Empire have all gained their independence by now, leaving only the Falkland Islands off the coast of Argentina. Today the British economy is largely dependent upon the revenue of the North Sea oil wells. Britain has had one of the most interesting histories of any nation on Earth, and its political, cultural, and scientific influence has been incalculable.

The gold coast is an area on the south coast of queens land that started being developed as a tourist destination in the 1970's. It was lose to Brisbane (The capital of Queensland) which made services transport and labor convenient. However by the time the gold coast was being put together British colonisation had no more to do with it then it had with the establishment of las Vegas.

The Channel Islands became British after the Duke of Normandy invaded England in 1066.

Warwick Castle is not owned by the National Trust. It was sold by the Earl of Warwick to the Tussauds Group in 1978.

When Great Britain and Ireland united.

Qatar was granted independence from the British Empire on 3rd September 1971.

Britain ruled Palestine. They called it the Palestine Mandate. Britain had agreed to hand Palestine over to Jews, mainly from Europe, but some Jewish terrorists bombed the King David Hotel and some other places to speed up the process. Britain withdrew, and the Jews took Palestine and began calling it Israel.

Botswana became a country in 1926, after a civil war broke out and citizens of South Africa wanted to become a new country and government

The British colony known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland included Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland. Northern Rhodesia became Zambia and Nyasaland became Malawi after dissolution on December 31, 1963. Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia in 1965 and then became Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 and finally became Zimbabwe in 1980.