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16 hours ago · It is 56 miles (90 km) north-west of London, 64 miles (103 km) south-east of Birmingham and 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor ...
16 hours ago · The word Portugal derives from the combined Roman - Celtic place name Portus Cale [18] [19] (present-day's conurbation of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia ). Porto stems from the Latin for port, portus; Cale ' s meaning and origin is unclear. The mainstream explanation is an ethnonym derived from the Callaeci, also known as the Gallaeci peoples, who ...
16 hours ago · v. t. e. The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture. [8] The English identity began with the Anglo-Saxons, when they were known as the Angelcynn, meaning race or tribe of the Angles.
16 hours ago · Bromley. EFL League Two. Crystal Palace Women. Women's Super League. ^ Previously known as the Olympic Stadium. ^ Regulated capacity reduced from 66,000 to 62,500. ^ Known as Arsenal Stadium for UEFA competitions. ^ Commercially known as the Etihad Stadium. ^ Formerly known as the Walkers Stadium.
16 hours ago · King Edmund, cedes all of England, save Wessex, to Cnut. Following Edmund's death on 30 November, Cnut ascends to the throne as the sole king of England. Personal union formed between Denmark and England under Danish hegemony. 1026 1026 Battle of Helgeå: North Sea Empire Kingdom of England. Canute the Great. Sweden Norway. Anund Jacob Olaf II ...
16 hours ago · 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: (1715–1716) Jacobite rising of 1715. including.
16 hours ago · UK portal. v. t. e. The 2014 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom 's component of the 2014 European Parliament election, held on Thursday 22 May 2014, [2] [3] coinciding with the 2014 local elections in England [4] and Northern Ireland. In total, 73 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using ...
