UK Fact Sheet provides, UK History Overview

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the history of the United Kingdom is made up of the interweaving of the histories of these four regions.

Wales became part of the Kingdom of England in 1535, and the defeat of the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravolinne in 1588 allowed England to thwart the invasion of foreign Catholic forces, largely eliminating the threat of Catholicism and consolidating the gains of the Reformation.

In 1640, England was the first in the world to break out in the bourgeois revolution and became the forerunner of the bourgeois revolution. The Republic was proclaimed on May 19, 1649. In 1660 the dynasty was restored, and in 1688 the "Glorious Revolution" took place, establishing a constitutional monarchy.

In 1707, England merged with Scotland, and through the Seven Years' War, Britain laid the foundations of the empire on which the sun never set, and gained maritime supremacy. In 1801 it was merged with Ireland. After the Napoleonic Wars, Britain completed the hegemony of the empire on which the sun never sets.

From the second half of the 18th century to the first half of the 19th century, it became the first country in the world to complete the industrial revolution. The 19th century was the heyday of the British Empire, and in 1914 it occupied a colony 111 times larger than the mainland, making it the first colonial power and calling itself the "empire on which the sun never sets".

When the Republic of Ireland became independent in 1922, the northern part of Ireland remained within the United Kingdom, which is now Northern Ireland.

British history can be divided into five major periods. The five major periods of British history and the key points of each period are as follows:

1. Prehistoric period (before about 40 A.D.).

1) Stone age

2) Bronze Age

3) Iron Age

2. Classical period Classical period (c. 40-410 A.D. 5th century).

Roman Britain (Roman invasion) in England under Roman rule

3. Medieval period (c. 5th-16th century).

1) Anglo-Saxon anglo-saxons (German invasion).

2) Vikings (Viking Invasion).

3) Norman England The Norman conquest of Norman Britain Norman Conquest (French invasion).

4. Early modern period (c. 17th-19th century).

1) Civil War and Revolution

2) Empire and Sea Power

5. Late modern period (c. 19th-20th century).

1) 19th century

2) Victorian Britain in the Victorian period

3) 20th century