British history
Monarchy's long chronicle
The history of Britain, encompassing England, Scotland, Wales, and eventually the United Kingdom.
The term often appears in educational contexts: She's studying British history, a British history course.
It spans from ancient Celtic and Roman periods through medieval kingdoms, empire, and modern era—though what counts as "British" before the 1707 union of England and Scotland is debated.
- Magna CartaCharter curbing royal authority
- War of the RosesEnglish throne succession conflict
- Hundred Years' WarMedieval English-French succession struggle
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- Industrial RevolutionEra of mechanized production
Mercantilism · Royal Navy · Roman Britain · Winston Churchill · Battle of Hastings · Glorious Revolution · Queen Victoria · Charles Darwin · Queen Elizabeth I · Norman Conquest · Crimean War · Isaac Newton · Oliver Cromwell · Victorian era · William Shakespeare · Tower of London · Margaret Thatcher · stiff upper lip
- British StudiesEnglish literature, medieval studies, English Renaissance, Romantic poetry
- historyancient civilizations, past events, epochs, era, epoch
- BritainEngland, Wales, Scotland, London, Northern Ireland
- British FilmBFI, Alfred Hitchcock, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan, Richard Attenborough
British historyChinese history
Past of an ancient nation
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