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978 matches to British Empire
Uganda. 1844 Arab traders reach. 1862 British explore. 1894 British protectorate. 1962 Independent. Amin.
United Arab Emirates. 1820 = Trucial States. 1892 British protectorate. 1971 Independent federation.
Uther Pendragon. Legendary British king. Father of King Arthur.
Vancouver, George. 1757-98. English explorer to British Columbia 1791-4.
Vellore Mutiny. 1806. Indians resenting removal of caste markings kill 130 British soldiers.
Venezuela Boundary Dispute. 19C over border with British Guiana. 1899 Most territory to Britain. Monroe Doctrine.
Vereeniging, Treaty. 1902. Ended Boer War. Transvaal, Orange Free State become British Crown Colony.
Verona Congress. 1822. Last Holy Alliance congress. Authorized French intervention in Spanish revolution. British opposed intervention in New Spain. Failure of Congress System.
Victoria Cross. 1856. British medal for bravery.
Victory, HMS. Oldest commissioned British warship. Launched 1765. Nelson’s flagship 1797-1805. Trafalgar.
Virginia. Algonkian, Sioux, Iroquoia. 1587 British settle Roanoke Colony. 1607 First successful colony. 1619 Slaves brought. 1776 Independent. USA.
Viscount. 4th rank of British peerage, below earl.
Wahabi. 18-19C. Militant Moslem Arab Puritan sect. Fought Porte 1813-15. Invaded Kuwait 1919,27,28; repulsed with British help. 2001 World Trade Center. Taliban.
Wakley. Founded Lancet (British medical journal), 1823.
Wales, Prince of. 1301-. Title of heir apparent to the British throne.
Wallace, Alfred. 1823-1913. British naturalist. Theory of natural selection, 1838, independent of Darwin.
Wallis, Barnes. 1887-1979. British armament inventor.
Walton, William. 1902-83. British composer influenced by Jazz, Elgar, Stravinsky.
Wandiwash, Battle. 1760. British defeat French at Madras. French leave India.
Weather Forecasts. 1860. First regularly issued by British Admiralty Office.
Webb, Sidney. 1859-1947. Beatrice. 1858-1943. British Fabian Socialists. Founded London School of Economics, New Statesman 1913.
Wellesley, Richard. 1760-1842. British Governor General to India 1798-1805. Expanded British power. Wellington’s brother.
West Indies Associated States. 1967 Association of self-governing former Britishcolonies under British suzerainty.
Westminster Abbey. 7C Benedictine monastery. 1050-65 New Building, additions by Edward the Confessor; 1245 by Henry III. West towers 1745. Used for all British coronations since William I.