Cornwall (49° 57' N, 5° 13' W) läänepooseim punkt: Corrachadh Mor, Sotimaa (56° 42' 56 N, 6° 13' 37 W) idapoolseim punkt: Lowestoft Ness, Suffolk, Inglismaa (52° 29' N, 1° 46' E) Kuningad/kuningannad George I (16601727)17141727 George II (16831760)17271760 George III (17381820)17601820 George IV (17621830)18201830 William IV (17651837)18301837 Victoria (18191901)18371901 Edward VII (18411910)19011910 George V (18651936)19101936 Edward VIII (18941972)1936abd.1936 George VI (18951952)19361952 Elizabeth II (1926)1952
new methods of farming England is rich in coal, wool, iron ore international trade boom canals and railways were built population increased to London : the largest and richest city in Europe ( population 1mln ) 18101820 the Highland Clearances in Scotland local farmers could not pay the high rent so they left and they were replaced by sheep 19th c. A time of great social reform slave trade abolished laws to regulate work primary schools 18371901 the Victorian Age Queen Victoria longest reigning monarch, 64 years her husband was Prince Albert ( died in 1861 > Victoria's long mourning ) nine children British Empire very powerful ( 1/4 of the world's territory and population Empire strongest in 1920 ( the peak ) The Crimean War Between Russia and the alliance of France, Turkey, Austria and Britain to halt Russian expansion into the Balkans Russia lost, many casualties on both sides Florence Nightingale ( Lady With the Lamp )