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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. Archipelago in north-western Europe This article is about the geographical archipelago. For those parts under British sovereignty, see British Islands. British Isles Other native names Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór (Irish) Ynysoedd Prydain (Welsh) Enesow Bretennek (Cornish) Eileanan ...
This is a list of political entities in the 10th century (901–1000) AD. Political entities. Map of the Old World in 900 AD. Name ... British Isles Airgíalla:
Euler diagram of the British Isles. This structure was formed by the union agreed between the former sovereign states, the Kingdom of England (including the Principality of Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland in the Treaty of Union and enacted by the Acts of Union 1707 to form the single Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800); followed by the Act of Union 1800, which combined Great Britain with ...
Robert Morden, in his 1680 Geography Rectified, introduced his map and chapter detailing the British Isles by noting their political unity under a single monarch but their continued separation into three kingdoms, with each of the British Isles beyond Great Britain and Ireland belonging to one of the three mainland kingdoms. [153]
The expression "British Islands" was formerly defined by section 18(1) of the Interpretation Act 1889 as meaning the then United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. [8] This definition applied to the Interpretation Act 1889 itself, and to every act passed after the commencement of that act on 1 January 1890.
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms - A series of interconnected conflicts within the British Isles from 1639 to 1653. Jacobite risings - A series of conflicts over the succession of the British throne from 1689 to 1745. Irish War of Independence - A conflict fought between the Irish Republican Army and British forces over the independence of Ireland.