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Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska ( anglicky United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ), standardizovaným krátkým názvem Velká Británie a Severní Irsko, [2] zkráceně také Spojené království nebo Velká Británie nebo jen Británie, je ostrovní stát v severozápadní Evropě, u severozápadního ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, into a new unitary state called Great Britain.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – sovereign country in Europe, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK), or Britain. [1] [2] [3] Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain —a term also applied loosely to refer to the whole country—the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands.
Terminology. The United Nations and UK government says that the United Kingdom is officially made up of 2 countries ( England and Scotland ), one principality ( Wales) and one province ( Northern Ireland ). [source?] [1] However, Wales has not formally been a principality since the 16th century with the Laws in Wales Acts.
Postal codes used in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies are known as postcodes (originally, postal codes). [1] They are alphanumeric and were adopted nationally between 11 October 1959 and 1974, having been devised by the General Post Office ( Royal Mail ). [2] A full postcode is known as a "postcode unit ...
Top left: Robert Walpole is considered the first prime minister of Great Britain. Top right: Winston Churchill was prime minister during World War II. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. Bottom right: Rishi Sunak is the incumbent, and first British Asian prime minister.
The new flag of the United Kingdom was officially created by an Order in Council of 1801, with its blazon reading as follows: The Union Flag shall be azure , the Crosses saltire of Saint Andrew and Saint Patrick quarterly per saltire, counter-changed, argent and gules , the latter fimbriated of the second , surmounted by the Cross of Saint George of the third fimbriated as the saltire.
