PoliticDrept și tratateCulturalSpațiu
- 1536Independențăno 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
- 1962Primul obiect spațial lansatAriel 1GCAT
- 1970A ratificat Convenția privind genocidulUN Treaty Collection
- 1976A ratificat PIDCP (drepturi civile și politice)UN Treaty Collection
- 1986A ratificat CEDAW (drepturile femeilor)UN Treaty Collection
- 1986Primul sit din patrimoniul mondial UNESCOGiant's Causeway and Causeway CoastUNESCO World Heritage
- 1991A ratificat Convenția cu privire la drepturile copiluluiUN Treaty Collection
- 2001A aderat la CPI (Statutul de la Roma)UN Treaty Collection
- 2016A ratificat Acordul de la Paris privind climaUN Treaty Collection
- 2024Cele mai recente alegeri legislative2024-07-04IPU Parline
- 2024Cea mai recentă înscriere în patrimoniul mondialThe Flow CountryUNESCO World Heritage
- 2026Cea mai recentă lansare spațialăGCAT