British Empire

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1583 – 1997 · up to 4,178 thousand km² · Asia

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

• 1817–1824 First cholera pandemic
• 1854 The Eureka Rebellion
• 1857–1858 Indian Rebellion of 1857