Britain and France both controlled Control colonies on the Indian Subcontinent and when the French National Convention declared Expressing_publicly war on Britain on 1 February 1793 , both sides were prepared GetReady for conflict in India .

Britain and France both controlled Control colonies on the Indian Subcontinent and when the French National Convention declared Expressing_publicly war on Britain on 1 February 1793 , both sides were prepared GetReady for conflict in India .

In the summer of 1806 , during the War Hostile_encounter of the Third Coalition ( of Britain , Russia , Prussia , Sweden ) , Napoleon 's ambassador General Count Sebastiani managed to convince Convincing the Porte to cancel Change_event_time all special privileges granted Preventing_or_letting to Russia in 1805 and to open Process_start the Ottoman straits ( Dardanelles ) exclusively to French warships .

During the Dardanelles Operation Military_operation in September 1806 , Britain pressured Convincing Sultan Selim III to expel Extradition Sebastiani , declare Expressing_publicly war Hostile_encounter on France , cede the Danubian Principalities to Russia , and surrender Surrendering the Ottoman fleet , together with the forts on the Dardanelles , to the Royal Navy .

The capture Conquering of rebel leader , Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi , on 21 October 1956 , signalled the defeat Conquering of the Mau Mau , however , the rebellion survived Preserving until after Kenya 's independence from Britain , driven Motion mainly by the Meru units led by Field Marshal Musa Mwariama and General Baimungi .

Suppressing Control the Mau Mau Uprising in the Kenyan colony cost Cost Britain £55 million and caused Causation at least 11,000 deaths Death among the Mau Mau and other forces , with some estimates an order Arranging of magnitude higher .

The February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall was a prolonged period of snowfall that began Process_start on 1 February 2009 .

On the morning of 6 February the majority of Great Britain and Ireland had snow cover , with the area surrounding Surrounding the Bristol Channel ( South Wales ( Cardiff area ) and South West England ( Bristol area ) ) being most affected Influence – had settled Creating overnight around Okehampton , Devon , South West England with similar depths in South Wales .

The last time such widespread Judgment_communication snowfall affected Influence Britain was in February 1991 .

In this year the Isle of Wight festival Social_event began Process_start to seriously stake its claim Statement as one of the big festivals Social_event of Britain .

The attack Attack created Causation much rancour between France and Britain but also demonstrated Protest to the world that Britain intended Deciding to fight Hostile_encounter on .

The attack Attack created Causation much rancour between France and Britain but also demonstrated Protest to the world that Britain intended Deciding to fight Hostile_encounter on .

Because of the incidents Incident , Britain , in 1946 , broke Process_end off talks Communication with Albania aimed Aiming at establishing Creating diplomatic relations between the two countries .

Almost all French Canadians opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act conscription ; they felt Change_sentiment that they had no particular loyalty to either Britain or France .

Tom Simpson ( 30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967 ) was a British professional cyclist , one of Britain 's most successful of all-time .

Britain and France issued Creating a joint Collaboration ultimatum to cease fire , which was ignored .

On 5 November , Britain and France landed Motion paratroopers along the Suez Canal .

U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower had strongly warned Warning Britain not to invade ; he threatened Warning serious damage Damaging to the British financial system by selling Commerce_sell the US government 's pound sterling bonds .

Historians conclude Statement the crisis `` signified Statement the end Process_end of Great Britain 's role as one of the world 's major powers '' .

Due to polarised opinion about her achievements and legacy , reaction to her death Death was mixed Cause_to_amalgamate throughout Britain and evoked Causation contrasting praise Judgment_communication and criticism Judgment_communication .

The preeminent naval powers Influence , Great Britain and France , halted Process_end further construction Building of wooden-hulled ships , and others followed suit .

The `` Keep South Africa In '' group included Britain 's Harold Macmillan , Rhodesia and Nyasaland 's Roy Welensky , Australia 's Robert Menzies and Keith Holyoake of New Zealand .

Concerns were also expressed Statement about Britain 's prospective membership in the Common Market and the possible impact on trade relations between the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth .

Historians in Britain often see Perception_active it as a minor theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ; historians in the United States and Canada see it as a war in its own right .

From the outbreak Process_start of war with Napoleonic France , Britain had enforced Action a naval blockade to choke Self_motion off neutral trade to France , which the US contested as illegal under international law .

To man the blockade , Britain pressed Motion American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy .

American sentiment grew Expansion increasingly hostile toward Britain due to incidents Catastrophe such as the `` Chesapeake–Leopard '' affair , which happened Presence five years before the war .

Britain supplied Supply arms to American Indians who raided Attack American settlers on the frontier , hindering Hindering American expansion and provoking Causation resentment .

With most of its army in Europe fighting Hostile_encounter Napoleon , Britain adopted Choosing a defensive strategy , with offensive operations initially limited Limiting to the border and the western frontier .

In Britain , there was mounting opposition to wartime taxation , and merchants demanded Request to reopen Openness trade with America .

With the abdication Change_of_leadership of Napoleon , Britain 's war ended Process_end with France and Britain ceased impressment , rendering Causation the issue Creating irrelevant of the impressment of American sailors .

With the abdication Change_of_leadership of Napoleon , Britain 's war ended Process_end with France and Britain ceased impressment , rendering Causation the issue Creating irrelevant of the impressment of American sailors .

The Anglo–Spanish War Hostile_encounter ( Spanish : `` Guerra Anglo-Española '' ) was a military conflict fought between Britain and Spain as part of the Seven Years ' War .

Spain , allied Collaboration with France , had joined Participation the war Military_operation against Great Britain in 1779 , and had rapidly gained Getting control Control over British positions along the Mississippi in that year .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Rossbach marked Recording a turning point in the Seven Years ' War Hostile_encounter , not only for its stunning Prussian victory Getting , but because France refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to send Sending troops against Prussia again and Britain , noting Prussia 's military success Achieve , increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its financial support Supporting for Frederick .

The Conference affirmed Justifying the Canadian position that dominions had the right to pursue Aiming their own foreign policy autonomously from Britain and the Empire and could negotiate Communication and sign Sign_agreement treaties on their own behalf .

On the issue of trade , Australian prime minister Stanley Bruce lobbied Convincing hard and consistently for the Conservative government of Stanley Baldwin to make Change changes Change to Great Britain 's trading arrangements Arranging to give preference Choosing to Dominion products over imports from elsewhere .

Baldwin and the Conservatives would attempt to introduce Creating such a scheme Arranging in Britain ; however , the British public feared higher prices for basic products ( particularly food ) , and this fear was a factor in the Conservative government 's defeat in the election Choosing of December 1923 .

The captured Conquering `` Sensible '' was initially fitted Building out as an active warship , but on arrival in Britain in 1799 the ship was downgraded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a transport .

About two weeks passed Motion_directional before Lili transitioned Change into an extratropical storm Catastrophe north of the Azores on October 27 , which subsequently moved Motion across Ireland and Great Britain .

The Bombardment of Algiers ( 27 August 1816 ) was an attempt by Britain and the Netherlands to end Process_end the slavery practices of Omar Agha , the Dey of Algiers .

During the Second World War , Britain had a nuclear weapons project , codenamed Tube Alloys , which was merged Cause_to_amalgamate with the American Manhattan Project in August 1943 .

Many of Britain 's top scientists participated Participation in the British contribution to the Manhattan Project .

The successful test Testing of an atomic bomb in Operation Hurricane in October 1952 represented an extraordinary scientific and technological achievement , but Britain was still several years behind the United States in nuclear weapons technology .

A moratorium on testing Testing came into effect Change in October 1958 , and Britain never resumed atmospheric testing Testing .

With the success Achieve of Operation Hurricane , Britain became Becoming the third nuclear power after the United States and the Soviet Union .

In January 1947 , a cabinet sub-committee decided Deciding , in response Response to an apprehension of American isolationism and fears of Britain losing Earnings_and_losses its great power status , to resume Process_start British efforts to build Building nuclear weapons .

After traveling Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean , the storm Catastrophe system hit Attack parts of Great Britain and Ireland and the Scandinavian peninsula , causing Causation even more widespread blackouts and a small number of deaths Death in the region .

A French frigate force that had been raiding Attack British commerce off West Africa approached Self_motion and attempted to attack Attack a convoy of valuable East Indiamen , large and heavily armed merchant vessels sailing Motion from Britain to British India and China , two ships sailing Motion for Botany Bay , and a whaler sailing Motion for the South Seas ' whale fishery .

Two British ships of the line , HMS `` Alexander '' and HMS `` Canada '' were intercepted Attack while returning Arriving to Britain through the Celtic Sea by a large French squadron .