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Since the formation of the united Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 (later succeeded by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and finally by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), [7] the British Armed Forces have seen action in most major wars involving the world's great powers, including the Seven Years' War, the ...
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) [8] [9] is a public research university in Birmingham, England.It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery), and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason), making it the first English civic or 'red brick ...
The UK Government held the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum to decide the future of the United Kingdom's European Union membership, in which all 32 council areas in Scotland voted by a majority for the United Kingdom to remain a member of the EU. Across Scotland, 62% of voters backed the UK remaining a member of the EU ...
In 1500 the Kingdom of England had only a modest population (3.8 million) compared to its much larger rivals of France (15 million), Spain (6.5 million), and the Holy Roman Empire (17 million).
The United Kingdom's scheme was scrapped in January 2011 and the database was destroyed. In the United States, the Federal government issues optional non-obligatory identity cards known as " Passport Cards " (which include important information such as the nationality).
Putin’s decision to change Russia’s official nuclear doctrine comes as the United States and the United Kingdom are considering whether to give Ukraine permission to fire Western-provided ...
N.B.: Alfred Aufdenblatten, Antenore Cuel, Otto Furrer, Alfons Julen, Herbert Leupold, Maurice Mandrillon, Ville Mattila, Reidar Ødegaard, Daniele Pellissier, Szczepan Witkowski and Robert Zurbriggen have participated at the military patrol at the Winter Olympics but it was just a demonstrative sport, so it's not clear if their Olympic appearance in military patrol is official or not (if it ...
Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,569 km 2 (138,058 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union.