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Hace 1 día · British literature is literature from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. This article covers British literature in the English language. Anglo-Saxon ( Old English) literature is included, and there is some discussion of Latin and Anglo-Norman literature, where literature in these ...
Hace 2 días · The War saw a decline of civilian consumption, with a major reallocation to munitions. The government share of GDP soared from 8% in 1913 to 38% in 1918 (compared to 50% in 1943). The war forced Britain to use up its financial reserves and borrow large sums from private and government creditors in the United States.
Hace 1 día · Disestablishment of the Republic of Pirates in 1718. Defeat of Edward Teach in 1718. Defeat of Calico Jack in 1720. Defeat of Black Bart in 1722. Defeat of Edward Low in 1724. Most outlawed Caribbean privateers captured or killed by 1726, marking the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Civil war:
Hace 9 horas · The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, [18] is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party. It is the current governing party, having won the 2019 general election, and has been the primary governing party in the United Kingdom since ...
Hace 1 día · The oldest known surviving film (from 1888) was shot in the United Kingdom as well as early colour films. While film production reached an all-time high in 1936, the "golden age" of British cinema is usually thought to have occurred in the 1940s, during which the directors David Lean, Michael Powell, and Carol Reed produced their most critically acclaimed works.
Hace 2 días · In 1952, the United Kingdom became the third country (after the United States and the Soviet Union) to develop and test nuclear weapons, and is one of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons . The UK initiated a nuclear weapons programme, codenamed Tube Alloys, during the Second World War.
20 de may. de 2024 · The first major prestressed concrete road bridge in the United Kingdom. Northgate, Chester: Cheshire: Chester: 1810: I: Footbridge over Northgate Street Northern Spire Bridge: Tyne and Wear: Sunderland: 2018: spans the River Wear: North Northallerton bridge: North Yorkshire: Northallerton: 2022: spans the Northallerton–Eaglescliffe railway ...
