Facts:
- Capital: London
- Language: English
- Population: 47837300
- Size: 244110 km2
- Monetary unit: pound
- GDP: 16900 $
- National day: 2. Saturday in June
- International organisation: EU, UN, NATO, OECD
- Religion: Christianity-Protestant
Major Cities in England
Name of place | Government area | Population |
1. London | Greater London | 7926000 |
2. Birmingham | Midlands | 2360000 |
3. Manchester | Greater Manchester | 2337000 |
4. Leeds Yorkshire | 5. Newcastle | Tyneside |
6. Liverpool | Merseyside | |
7. Sheffield | Sheffield |
- 43-410: England are under Romish controll
- 800-1000: Scandinavia invade England
- 1337-1453: War with France
- 1400: The war of Roses
- 1642: Civil war
- 1707: The United Kingdom of Great Britain was formed
- 1775: England lost their control over America in the American Revolution
- 1790’s: War with Napoleon
- 1800’s: A century of peace
- 1901-1914: England and German “fight” about Africa
- 1914-1918: World war one
- 1940-1945: World War Two