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2 days ago · Bold indicates international airports. This list of airports in the United Kingdom is a partial list of public active aerodromes ( airports and airfields) in the UK and the British Crown Dependencies. Most private airfields are not listed. For a list ranked by volume of traffic, see Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger ...
2 days ago · Rail transport. The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest railway system in the world. The first locomotive-hauled public railway opened in 1825, which was followed by an era of rapid expansion. Most of the track is managed by Network Rail, which in 2017 had a network of 9,824 miles (15,811 km) of standard-gauge lines, of which 3,339 ...
1 day ago · LGBT rightsin the United Kingdom. The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) people in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have developed significantly over time. [2] Today, lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights are considered to be advanced by international standards.
2 days ago · George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector of Hanover ...
1 day ago · Navy. Army. Air Force. The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid. [6] Since the formation of the Kingdom of Great ...
3 days ago · British Allied victory. Coalition victory, Treaty of Fontainebleau, First Treaty of Paris. Bourbon Restoration; Napoleon's exile to Elba. Various territorial changes. Beginning of the Congress of Vienna. Hostilities resume with the return of Napoleon to power in 1815. Second Kandyan War. (1815) United Kingdom.
2 days ago · World War II. 2000–present. v. t. e. At the start of 1939, the British Army was, as it traditionally always had been, a small volunteer professional army. At the beginning of the Second World War on 1 September 1939, the British Army was small in comparison with those of its enemies, as it had been at the beginning of the First World War in 1914.
