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Thanks, Clara, correct.
What did I mean by "UK" in this context:
I meant...
a) solely the Kingdom of England (but including Wales since 1284 ;)) until 1536,
b) the Kingdom of England and Wales until 1707,
c) The Kingdom of Great Britain until 1801 and, finally, as I was talking about the period before WWI, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (until 1922).
So,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_of_the_United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland
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... "United" in the literal sense only since exactly the start of the 19th century.
It is good idea, though, to revisit this thought (I love the map below :) ), as there have been so many changes over the past milennia.
"Historian #NormanDavies has counted sixteen different states over the past 2,000 years.[1]"
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...has been in this game since the coronation of the first and last #Stuart Queen, Anne, in 1702. ;)
The #BritishEmpire came (arguably) into existence with #QueenElizabethI's permission for #WalterRaleigh to set up a colony in N-America (#RoanokeIsland) 1) and was cemented by the the 1713 #TreatyOfUtrecht which ended the #WarOfTheSpanishSecession, significantly enlarging #GB.
2)
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1) https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7kvf82/articles/zpjv3j6#z6x6trd
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Utrecht and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
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Sidenote and Fun Fact:
It is interesting to see that in the 18th century, counting in English was still done in the "Germanic" way:
"ARTICLES
OF
UNION,
Agreed on the Two and twentieth Day of July in the Fifth Year of the Reign of Her..."
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......Nowadays, that should be July twenty-second ("twenty-two").
In present-day German, by contrast, it still is the "zweiundzwanzigste" (the TwoAndTwentieth).
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