State
Kingdom of Great Britain
constitutional monarchy in Western Europe (1707–1800)
- This boundary
- 1707–1801
- Founded
- 1707
- Ended
- 1801
- Capital
- London
- Government
- unitary state, constitutional monarchy
- Languages
- English
- Preceded by
- Kingdom of EnglandKingdom of Scotland
- Succeeded by
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Overview
Great Britain, officially the Kingdom of Great Britain, was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of Union 1707, which united the Kingdom of England (including Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its outlying islands, with the exception of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The unitary state was governed by a single parliament at the Palace of Westminster, but the distinct legal systems—English law and Scots law—remained in use, as did distinct educational systems and religious institutions, namely the Church of England and the Church of Scotland remaining as the national churches of England and Scotland respectively.
All rulers (4)
- Anne of Great Britain1707–1714
- George I of Great Britain1714–1727
- George II of Great Britain1727–1760
- George III of Great Britain1760–1801
Records (543)
- 1689–1815 — Second Hundred Years' WarWar
- 1700–1721 — Great Northern WarWar
- 1707 — Siege of ToulonSiege
- 1707 — Battle at The LizardNaval battle
- 1707 — Action of 2 May 1707Naval battle
- 1707 — Siege of LleidaSiege
- 1707 — Siege of Ciudad RodrigoSiege
- 1707 — Battle of LizardBattle · France ▸ United Kingdom
- 1708 — Battle of OudenardeBattle
- 1708 — Battle of WijnendaleBattle
- 1708 — Capture of MinorcaInvasion
- 1708 — Wager's ActionNaval battle
- 1708 — Battle of Firth of ForthBattle · United Kingdom ▸ France
- 1709 — Battle of MalplaquetBattle
- 1709 — Battle of La GudiñaBattle
- 1709 — Battle of St. John'sBattle
- 1709 — Battle of Fort AlbanyBattle
- 1709 — Siege of TournaiSiege
- 1710 — Battle of VillaviciosaBattle
- 1710 — Battle of SaragossaBattle
- 1710 — Battle of AlmenarBattle
- 1710 — Battle of BrihuegaBattle
- 1710 — Battle of SyracuseNaval battle
- 1711–1715 — Tuscarora WarWar
- 1711 — Siege of BouchainSiege
- 1711 — Quebec ExpeditionCampaign
- 1711 — Battle of Bloody CreekBattle
- 1711 — Capture of the San JoaquinNaval battle
- 1714 — Naval Battle of BarcelonaNaval battle
- 1715 — Battle of SheriffmuirBattle
- 1715 — Battle of PrestonBattle
- 1715 — Siege of InvernessSiege
- 1715 — Siege of BrahanSiege
- 1715 — Siege of Culloden HouseSiege
- 1717 — Triple AllianceTreaty
- 1718–1720 — War of the Quadruple AllianceWar
- 1718 — Battle of Cape PassaroNaval battle
- 1718 — Battle of OcracokeNaval battle
- 1718 — Battle of Cape Fear RiverNaval battle
- 1719 — Battle of Glen ShielBattle
- 1719 — Capture of Vigo and PontevedraBattle
- 1719 — Battle of Cape St. VincentNaval battle
- 1719 — Jacobite rising of 1719Rebellion
- 1720 — Battle of NassauBattle
- 1720 — Battle of AnjouanNaval battle
- 1720 — Capture of the WilliamNaval battle
- 1720 — Capture of John "Calico Jack" RackhamNaval battle
- 1721 — Battle of Coille BhanBattle
- 1721 — Battle of Glen AffricBattle
- 1722 — Battle of Cape LopezBattle
- 1723 — Capture of the FancyNaval battle
- 1727–1729 — Anglo-Spanish War of 1727–1729War
- 1727 — Action of 11 March 1727Naval battle
- 1729 — Treaty of SevilleTreaty
- 1739–1748 — War of Jenkins' EarWar
- 1739 — Battle of Porto BelloBattle
- 1740 — Siege of St. AugustineSiege
- 1740 — Action of 8 April 1740Naval battle
- 1741 — Battle of Cartagena de IndiasSiege
- 1741 — Battle of Santiago de CubaBattle
- 1742 — Action of 14 June 1742Naval battle
- 1742 — Massacre at Balcony DownsMassacre
- 1743 — Battle of DettingenBattle
- 1743 — Battle of La GuairaBattle
- 1743 — Battle of Puerto CabelloBattle
- 1744 — Battle of ToulonNaval battle
- 1744 — Battle of VillafrancaBattle
- 1744 — Action of 8 May 1744Naval battle
- 1745 — Battle of FontenoyBattle
- 1745 — Battle of PrestonpansBattle
- 1745 — Battle of MelleBattle
- 1745 — Battle of AnguillaNaval battle
- 1745 — Battle of InverurieBattle
- 1745 — Siege of CarlisleSiege
- 1745 — Siege of CarlisleSiege
- 1745 — Siege of Ruthven BarracksSiege
- 1745 — Naval battle off TatamagoucheNaval battle
- 1745 — Battle of Clifton MoorBattle · Jacobites ▸ Hannoverians
- 1746 — Battle of CullodenBattle
- 1746–1763 — Carnatic WarsWar
- 1746 — Jacobite rising of 1745War
- 1746–1748 — First Carnatic WarWar
- 1746 — Battle of Falkirk MuirBattle
- 1746 — Action of 6 July 1746Naval battle
- 1746 — Siege of GenoaSiege
- 1746 — Siege of Fort WilliamSiege
- 1746 — Battle of LittleferryBattle
- 1746 — Siege of Blair CastleBattle
- 1746 — Battle of DornochBattle
- 1746 — Rout of MoyBattle
- 1746 — Battle of FalkirkBattle · Jacobites ▸ Hanoverians
- 1747 — Battle of LauffeldBattle
- 1747 — First Battle of Cape FinisterreNaval battle
- 1747 — Second Battle of Cape FinisterreNaval battle
- 1747 — Voyage of the GloriosoNaval battle
- 1748 — Battle of HavanaNaval battle
- 1748 — Siege of CuddaloreBattle
- 1748 — Action of 18 March 1748Naval battle
- 1748 — Battle of Saint-Louis-du-SudNaval battle
- 1748 — Action of 31 January 1748Naval battle
- 1748 — Battle of Santiago de CubaNaval battle
- 1749–1755 — Father Le Loutre's WarWar
- 1751 — Battle of ArneeBattle
- 1753 — Battle of Golden RockBattle
- 1753 — Battle of SeringhamBattle
- 1754–1763 — French and Indian WarWar
- 1754 — Battle of Jumonville GlenBattle
- 1754 — Battle of Fort NecessityBattle
- 1755 — Battle of the MonongahelaBattle
- 1755 — Battle of Lake GeorgeBattle
- 1755 — Battle of Fort BeauséjourBattle
- 1755 — Action of 8 June 1755Naval battle
- 1755 — Battle of PetitcodiacBattle
- 1756–1763 — Seven Years' WarWar
- 1756 — Battle of MinorcaNaval battle
- 1756 — Battle of Fort OswegoBattle
- 1756 — Battle of Fort BullBattle
- 1756 — Treaty of WestminsterTreaty
- 1756 — Siege of Fort St PhilipSiege
- 1756 — Battle of the TroughBattle
- 1756 — Battle of Sideling HillBattle
- 1756 — Battle of Great CacaponBattle
- 1757 — Battle of PlasseyBattle
- 1757 — Battle of HastenbeckBattle
- 1757 — Raid on RochefortNaval battle
- 1757 — Battle of Cap-FrançaisNaval battle
- 1757 — Battle of ChandannagarBattle
- 1757 — Battle of Sabbath Day PointBattle
- 1757 — Battle on SnowshoesBattle
- 1757 — Battle of Bloody CreekBattle
- 1758 — Battle of CarillonBattle
- 1758 — Battle of Fort DuquesneBattle
- 1758 — Battle of KrefeldBattle
- 1758 — Battle of Saint CastBattle
- 1758 — Battle of CuddaloreNaval battle
- 1758 — Battle of Fort FrontenacBattle
- 1758 — Battle of Fort LigonierBattle
- 1758 — Battle of NegapatamNaval battle
- 1758 — Raid on CherbourgBattle
- 1758 — Battle of RheinbergBattle
- 1758–1761 — Anglo-Cherokee WarWar
- 1758 — Battle of CondoreBattle
- 1758 — Capture of GoréeBattle
- 1758 — Raid on St MaloBattle
- 1758 — Capture of SenegalBattle
- 1758 — Battle of CartagenaNaval battle
- 1758 — Battle on SnowshoesBattle
- 1758 — Action of 29 April 1758Naval battle
- 1759 — Battle of the Plains of AbrahamBattle
- 1759 — Battle of Quiberon BayNaval battle
- 1759 — Battle of MindenBattle
- 1759 — Battle of BergenBattle
- 1759 — Battle of LagosNaval battle
- 1759 — Battle of TiconderogaBattle
- 1759 — Battle of BeauportBattle
- 1759 — Battle of PondicherryNaval battle
- 1759 — Battle of Fort NiagaraBattle
- 1759 — Battle of La Belle-FamilleBattle
- 1759 — Invasion of GuadeloupeBattle
- 1759 — Invasion of MartiniqueBattle
- 1759 — Raid on Le HavreNaval battle
- 1759 — Battle of ChinsurahBattle
- 1760 — Battle of WandiwashBattle
- 1760 — Battle of WarburgBattle
- 1760 — Battle of Sainte-FoyBattle
- 1760 — Battle of Kloster KampenBattle
- 1760 — Battle of EmsdorfBattle
- 1760 — Battle of the Thousand IslandsBattle
- 1760 — Battle of CorbachBattle
- 1760–1761 — Siege of PondicherrySiege
- 1760 — Battle of RestigoucheNaval battle
- 1760 — Battle of CarrickfergusBattle
- 1760 — Battle of NeuvilleNaval battle
- 1761 — Battle of VillinghausenBattle
- 1761 — Battle of LangensalzaBattle
- 1761 — Capture of Belle ÎleBattle
- 1761 — Invasion of DominicaInvasion
- 1761 — Battle of Cape FinisterreNaval battle
- 1761 — Action of 17 July 1761Naval battle
- 1762 — Battle of Signal HillBattle
- 1762 — Battle of HavanaBattle
- 1762–1763 — Spanish–Portuguese War of 1762–1763War
- 1762 — Battle of WilhelmsthalBattle
- 1762 — Battle of ManilaBattle
- 1762–1763 — Anglo-Spanish WarWar
- 1762 — Spanish invasion of PortugalInvasion
- 1762 — Invasion of MartiniqueBattle
- 1762 — Battle of NauheimBattle
- 1762 — Battle of Valencia de AlcántaraBattle
- 1762 — Battle of Vila VelhaBattle
- 1762 — Battle for the Río San Juan de NicaraguaBattle
- 1762 — Battle of MarvãoBattle
- 1762 — Action of 30 October 1762Naval battle
- 1762 — Action of 31 May 1762Naval battle
- 1763–1765 — Pontiac's WarWar
- 1763 — Battle of Devil's HoleBattle
- 1764 — Battle of BuxarBattle
- 1765 — Black Boys RebellionRebellion
- 1768 — Treaty of Fort StanwixTreaty
- 1768 — Treaty of Hard LabourTreaty
- 1769–1773 — First Carib WarWar
- 1770 — Treaty of LochaberTreaty
- 1771 — Battle of AlamanceBattle
- 1775 — Battles of Lexington and ConcordBattle
- 1775 — Battle of Bunker HillBattle
- 1775 — Battle of QuebecBattle
- 1775–1776 — Invasion of Quebec (1775)Invasion
- 1775 — Capture of Fort TiconderogaBattle
- 1775 — Battle of Great BridgeBattle
- 1775 — Battle of Chelsea CreekBattle
- 1775 — Battle of Longue-PointeBattle
- 1775 — Battle of GloucesterBattle
- 1775 — Battle of Kemp's LandingBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Long IslandBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Fort WashingtonBattle
- 1776 — Battle of White PlainsBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Harlem HeightsBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Trois-RivièresBattle
- 1776 — Landing at Kip's BayBattle
- 1776 — Battle of The CedarsBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Pell's PointBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Moore's Creek BridgeBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Block IslandBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Saint-PierreBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Sullivan's IslandBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Iron Works HillBattle
- 1776 — Battle of the Rice BoatsBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Fort CumberlandBattle
- 1776 — Battle of Lindley's FortBattle
- 1777 — Battle of BrandywineBattle
- 1777 — Saratoga campaignCampaign
- 1777 — Battle of GermantownBattle
- 1777 — Battle of BenningtonBattle
- 1777 — Battle of OriskanyBattle
- 1777 — Battle of the Assunpink CreekBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Short HillsBattle
- 1777 — Battle of HubbardtonBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Bound BrookBattle
- 1777 — Battle of PaoliBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Staten IslandBattle
- 1777 — Battle of White MarshBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Fort AnneBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Forts Clinton and MontgomeryBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Red BankBattle
- 1777 — Battle of RidgefieldBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Cooch's BridgeBattle
- 1777 — Second Battle of MachiasBattle
- 1777 — Battle of GloucesterBattle
- 1777 — Battle of MillstoneBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Thomas CreekBattle
- 1777 — Battle of the CloudsBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Punk HillBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Matson's FordBattle
- 1777 — Battle of SetauketBattle
- 1777 — Intelligence in the Battle of PrincetonBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Bemis HeightsBattle
- 1777 — Battle of Freeman's FarmBattle
- 1778 — Battle of MonmouthBattle
- 1778–1783 — Anglo-French War of 1778–1783War
- 1778 — Battle of UshantNaval battle
- 1778 — Battle of Rhode IslandBattle
- 1778 — Cherry Valley massacreBattle
- 1778 — Battle of St. LuciaNaval battle
- 1778 — Invasion of DominicaInvasion
- 1778 — Mount Hope Bay raidsBattle
- 1778 — Battle of Barren HillBattle
- 1778 — Battle of Crooked BilletBattle
- 1778 — Battle off BarbadosNaval battle
- 1778 — Battle of Quinton's BridgeBattle
- 1778 — Battle of Chestnut NeckBattle
- 1778 — Action of 20 October 1778Naval battle
- 1778 — Baylor MassacreBattle
- 1778 — Action of 17 June 1778Naval battle
- 1778 — Frederica naval actionNaval battle
- 1778 — Combat de la Junon contre le FoxNaval battle
- 1778 — Action of 11 September 1778Naval battle
- 1778 — Battle of WhitehavenBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
- 1779–1783 — Great Siege of GibraltarSiege
- 1779 — Battle of GrenadaNaval battle
- 1779 — Sullivan ExpeditionCampaign
- 1779 — Battle of NewtownBattle
- 1779 — Battle of Stony PointBattle
- 1779 — Battle of Baton RougeBattle
- 1779 — Capture of GrenadaBattle
- 1779 — Battle of Lake PontchartrainNaval battle
- 1779 — Capture of Fort ButeBattle
- 1779 — Battle of BeaufortBattle
- 1779 — Battle of Kettle CreekBattle
- 1779 — Battle of Flamborough HeadNaval battle
- 1779 — Capture of Saint VincentBattle
- 1779 — Battle of Paulus HookBattle
- 1779 — Battle of MartiniqueNaval battle
- 1779 — Affair of Fielding and BylandtNaval battle
- 1779 — Battle of San Fernando de OmoaBattle
- 1779 — Battle of Stono FerryBattle
- 1779 — Action of 14 September 1779Battle
- 1779 — Action of 20 November 1779Battle
- 1779 — Action of 6 October 1779Naval battle
- 1779 — Action of 12 December 1779Naval battle
- 1779 — Action of 11 November 1779Naval battle
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