In the 18th century, Britain had a well-established empire of colonies in the Americas. By 1740, the British government had allowed thirteeen colonies to develop in British America. The British ...

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen ... of people were killed over the following years. Since the 17th century, the British-owned East India Company had controlled large parts ...

Technically speaking, however, sunlight continued to shine on at least one portion of British-occupied land for about another six months. The primary holdout? A section of the British Antarctic ...

There was a time when, to use the old adage, the sun did not set on the British Empire ... Parliament – still sing sweetly of the early 17th century. The Royal Naval Dockyard (dockyard.bm ...

A four-year project to restore a 17th Century building in Guildford is now complete. The Grade I-listed Guildford House, on the High Street, was built in 1660 for John Childe, a lawyer who went on ...

Understanding the British Empire (CUP, 2010); Ronald Hyam, Britain's Imperial Century, 1815 to 1914 (CUP latest edn); John Newsinger, The blood never dried: A people’s history of the British Empire ...

The monument was constructed in 1834, a years after slavery was abolished across the British Empire. The display includes ... colonisers during the 19th Century Anglo-Ashanti war.