UK PRESENTATION

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

FACTS ABOUT UNITED KINGDOM

“England will still be England, an everlasting animal stretching into the future and the past, and, like all living things, having the power to change out of recognition and yet remain the same."

― George Orwell, England Your England

FACTS

UK: United Kingdom is an country belonging to the European continent that includes four separate countries on the British isles: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The UK has 13 British overseas territories, among them are Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, Gibraltar on the Iberian Peninsula and Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

The United Kingdom was part of the European Union from 1973 until 'Brexit' was finalised on 31 December 2020 when the transition period (from 31 January 2020) ended with new arrangements between the EU and the UK.

FAMOUS CITIZENS

Sir Winston Churchill

William Shakespeare

Charles Darwin

Languages of the United Kingdom

English, in various dialects, is the most widely spoken language of the United Kingdom, but a number of regional languages are also spoken. There are 14 indigenous languages used across the British Isles: 5 Celtic, 3 Germanic, 3 Romance, and 3 sign languages: 2 Banszl and 1 Francosign language. There are also many languages spoken by people who arrived more recently in the British Isles, mainly within inner city areas; these languages are mainly from South Asia, Eastern and Western Europe.

Beef Wellington

is a steak dish of English origin, made out of fillet steak coated with pâté and duxelles, wrapped in puff pastry, then baked. Some recipes include wrapping the coated meat in a crêpe or parma ham to retain the moisture and prevent it from making the pastry soggy.

LONDON

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, and was originally called Londinium, which was founded by the Romans.

MOST IMPORTANT HISTORY EVENS

THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR DEFEATS HAROLD AT THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS

THE PLAGUE (BLACK DEATH) ARRIVES IN ENGLAND

1815

1215

1455

1346

1066

THE SEALING OF MAGNA CARTA

WARS OF THE ROSES BEGINS

UK CITIES BY POPULATION

Association footbal is the most popular sport in the UK

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