The map above shows the empire in the 18th century, not long before it was disbanded. Picture of Europe for July 1772 - an anonymous British print, source: British Museum The first partition of Poland ...

Britain’s George III has gotten a bad rap. He was not the all-powerful monarch that President Trump allegedly aspires to be.

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 Vikings, Normans and French war and invasions Britain forms an empire, 16th to 18th Century British Empire's expansion in Africa, 1700s-1920s Losing empire, Commonwealth and joining EU, 1900s ...