PoliticalLegal & treatiesCulturalSpace
- 1536Independenceno official date of independence: 927 (minor English kingdoms unite); 3 March 1284 (enactment of the Statute of Rhuddlan uniting England and Wales); 1536 (Act of Union incorporates England and Wales); 1 May 1707 (Acts of Union unite England, Scotland, and Wales as Great Britain); 1 January 1801 (Acts of Union unite Great Britain and Ireland as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland); 6 December 1921 (Anglo-Irish Treaty formalizes partition of Ireland; six counties become Northern Ireland and remain part of the UK); 12 April 1927 (Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act establishes current name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)CIA World Factbook
- 1962First space object launchedAriel 1GCAT
- 1970Ratified the Genocide ConventionUN Treaty Collection
- 1976Ratified the ICCPR (civil & political rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1986Ratified CEDAW (women’s rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1986First UNESCO World Heritage siteGiant's Causeway and Causeway CoastUNESCO World Heritage
- 1991Ratified the Convention on the Rights of the ChildUN Treaty Collection
- 2001Joined the ICC (Rome Statute)UN Treaty Collection
- 2016Ratified the Paris Climate AgreementUN Treaty Collection
- 2024Most recent legislative election2024-07-04IPU Parline
- 2024Most recent World Heritage inscriptionThe Flow CountryUNESCO World Heritage
- 2026Most recent space launchGCAT
