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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....

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1800

8.1.1800

The Act of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1801

1.1.1801

The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1803

7.5.1803

The Convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).

1812

8.19.1812

War of 1812: American frigate ''USS Constitution'' defeats the British frigate ''HMS Guerriere'' off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides".

1813

7.5.1813

War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.

1814

8.25.1814

Washington, D.C. is burned and White House is destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812.

1815

3.2.1815

Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the King of Sri Lanka.

1820

2.23.1820

Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.

1830

11.22.1830

Charles Grey, (2nd Earl Grey), became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1831

9.8.1831

William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1833

1.1.1833

The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

1837

6.20.1837

Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.

1840

5.6.1840

The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1854

3.28.1854

Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.

1856

12.9.1856

The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.

1862

6.7.1862

The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade.

1867

4.1.1867

Singapore becomes a British crown colony.

1873

4.1.1873

The British steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547.

1878

3.24.1878

The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.

1879

3.29.1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.

8.28.1879

Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.

1882

3.4.1882

Britain's first electric trams run in east London.

1884

9.4.1884

The United Kingdom ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.

1895

1.12.1895

The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.

1900

2.14.1900

Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.

1902

8.9.1902

Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1904

4.8.1904

The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the ''Entente cordiale''.

1911

6.22.1911

George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1914

8.26.1914

World War I: the German colony of Togoland is invaded by French and British forces, who take it after 5 days.

1916

4.29.1916

Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.

6.29.1916

The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.