British Colonial Empire

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1583 – 1997 · up to 13,690 thousand km² · Americas, Oceania

Capital: London

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and colonisation attempts by Scotland during the 17th century. At its height in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was the largest empire in history and, for a century, was the foremost global power.

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Predecessors: English Colonial Empire

Events on its territory

• 1788 First Fleet arrives in Australia
• 1840 Treaty of Waitangi
• 1851 The Australian gold rushes
• 1863–1904 Blackbirding in the Pacific
• 1867 Canadian Confederation
• 1893 New Zealand women win the vote
• 1894 Yersin identifies the plague bacterium
• 1901 Federation of Australia
• 1942–1943 The Guadalcanal campaign