United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 to 12 April 1927.

History

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created in 1801 from the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain ( which had originated in the Act of Union in 1707 from the merger of the kingdoms of England and Scotland) with the Kingdom of Ireland. The merger was made ​​possible after the Irish Parliament ( in which only Protestants were represented, probably caused by gerrymandering ) a year earlier decided the Act of Union in 1800 and to agree to dissolve itself.

In association agreement was agreed that Ireland would send more than 100 Members of Parliament in the British Parliament in the Palace of Westminster. In addition, the emancipation of the Catholics was provided. The reaction was, however, by King George III. prevented. He argued that he would break his coronation oath to equality of Catholics ( the British monarch is also head of the Anglican Church ).

1829 succeeded Daniel O'Connell through a legal process, to finally force the British government to implement the Catholic Emancipation. His campaign to make the association reversed, but failed. Later tried politicians such as Charles Stewart Parnell in Ireland an autonomous self-government ( home rule ) introduce; But Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom.

The separation of Ireland from the United Kingdom

1919 called on the Irish MPs in Dublin, an independent Irish parliament called Dáil Éireann from, with the Chairman of Éamon de Valera as nominee for head of state. The subsequent Irish War of Independence lasted until 1921. In December 1922, finally left due to the Anglo-Irish Treaty 26 Irish counties of the United Kingdom and formed the Irish Free State, which gained the status of a Dominion within the British Empire. Six counties in the region to the Kingdom of Ulster remained and formed the part of the state of Northern Ireland.

As a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, it came from June 1922 to April 1923 the Irish Civil War, in which the Irish Republican Army wanted to impose a final separation of Ireland from the British Empire.

The state name was retained until 1927 for this change is effected in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Heads of State

Until 1927 was the official title of the Heads of State King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

• Historical state in Europe
• British History (19th century)
• British History ( 20th century)
• Irish history
• Established in 1801
• Dissolved in 1927