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14 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.
14 hours ago · e. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a ...
14 hours ago · Oxford ( / ˈɒksfərd /) [5] [6] is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and Cherwell.
14 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 ...
14 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.
14 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 ...
14 hours ago · The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The governing Conservative Party, led by Rishi Sunak, was defeated in a landslide by the opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer .
