The United Kingdom Of Great Britain ...... nice name , reminds me with glory ...... what happened ???
2007-06-20 00:27:26 · 12 answers · asked by Donets'k 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927. It was formed by the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself having been a merger of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland) and the Kingdom of Ireland.
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2007-06-20 00:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by . 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For much of their history, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland were seperate kingdoms or hand kingdoms within the kingdom.
However in 1707 the union of England and Scotland was joined by Wales, and in 1800 Ireland also became part of this kingdom which was already known as the UK -United Kingdom after Wales joined in 1707
2007-06-20 03:56:52 · answer #2 · answered by homemanager22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England has been a kingdom in its own right for hundreds of years. The first recognised king being the Saxon monarch, Egbert of Wessex, 735AD - 839AD.
A series of laws passed between 1536 & 1543 legally joined Wales with England, though they kept their respective flags.
After Elizabeth 1's death in 1603, the thrones of England & Scotland became united under James 1 of England (James VI of Scotland) - the son of Elizabeth's cousin, Mary Queen of Scots.
However, formally uniting the two countries in law was debated for over a hundred years, until the Act of Union was finally passed in January 1707. A new Union Flag was then designed, uniting the red cross of St George with the white cross/blue background of Scotland.
A further Act of Union, in 1801 added Ireland to the United Kingdom and the Union Flag was redesigned to include the red cross of St Patrick - the flag (often incorrectly referred to as the Union Jack) we see today.
2007-06-20 02:10:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It became the United Kingdom after the death of Queen Elizabeth 1, Good Queen Bess, the last Tudor monarch. As she never married and was, in fact, known as The Virgin Queen, she was succeeded by James, the son of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, who had her head chopped off by order of Elizabeth, as she feared she would lead a rebellion against her.James was crowned James1st. of England and V1 of Scotland, thus uniting them for the first time.
2007-06-20 00:41:49 · answer #4 · answered by freebird 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It happened when the Scots sent down their king to take over in 1603. Nowadays the Scots provide all the political leaders: Blair, Brown, Cameron and Campbell. The English have asked for home rule and freedom but so far it has been denied.
2007-06-20 03:36:48 · answer #5 · answered by john 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never. It was a unity of kingdoms, of England and Scotland, which were unified under James I of England (James VI of Scotland) in 1603.
2007-06-20 07:19:38 · answer #6 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-06-20 08:18:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as I know they were always a kingdom
2007-06-20 00:30:01 · answer #8 · answered by phoenix 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Interesting question but dont have a clue.
2007-06-20 00:51:26 · answer #9 · answered by andri_uk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before my birth
2007-06-20 01:13:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋