The History of Great Britian and Ireland in the 1800s - 7-19-2026 90

The year is 1800 AD. The British Empire has territory all across the globe. Aside from its mainland, it includes Ireland, Canada, India, Australia, and Guyana; the largest empire to ever exist yet. In 1801 AD, the United Kingdom conquered Hyderabad and added it to its Indian colony Madras. In 1803 AD, the United Kingdom gave Guyana back to the Netherlands. In 1804 AD, the United Kingdom conquered the Mughal empire and colonized Tasmania. Back the 1790s, the peasants of France had a revolution and France became a republic. This made the other monharchies of Europe such as the United Kingdom, Austria, and Prussia afraid that that revolution could inspire their peasants to rise up against them. So they all formed a coalition against France. But, unexpectidecly, France won battle after battle mainly due to the presence of the skilled general Napoleon Bonaparte. He basically began to go on and conquer all of Europe. But he could not conquer Britian because it was an island and the United Kingdom had a vastly superior navy. In 1807 AD, Spain, an ally of France, occupied Portugal, an ally of the United Kingdom. But France turned on Spain and began the Peninsular wars. The United Kingdom became their ally and sent boast south of Spain to fight the French navy. Traditionally, the boats would be tilted to the side to fire their canons. But the British ships tilted forward to them by the command of the general Horatio Nelson. The British ships charged into the row of French ships and fired their canons there. He died in battle but his affect was legendary. France also ended up at war with Russia due to them not abiding by the French continental system and trading with the British. Napoleon got together the largest army that Europe had ever seen to march into Russia. The Russians knew they could not win against Napoleon so they ran away and scorched the earth behind them so that Napoleon's soldiers had to use supply lines which slowed them down. When they were about to reach Moscow, the Russians quickly released all the prisioners and told them to burn the city to the ground and they did. Now Moscow was up in flames and when Napoleon got there, there was nothing for him to take. He sent a letter to the Russians requesting that they surrender. The Russians never responded. Napoleon sat for days and weeks waiting for a reply but never got one. Then, the winter came, and Napoleon had to retreat back home, but due to the brutal Russian winter, more than 75% of his men died and he was greatly weakened by the time he finally left Russia. This greatly weakened Napoleon was then defeated by the British, Russians, Austrians, Prussians, and now Spaniards. Napoleon was exiled to Elba and the French monharchy was reinstated. But Napoleon came back again on a boat. When Napoleon came to France, the king ordered soldiers to go and arrest him. But instead, they joined his side and Napoleon once again gained control of France. He tried to attach through Belgium, but the other monharchies were not going to let that happen, they defeated Napoleon once again and then exiled him to Saint Helena. There he lived until he died. In 1815 AD, the Congress of Vienna happened, reshaping Europe after the Napoleonic wars. Guyana was divided between the British and the Dutch. In 1819 AD, the United kingdom conquered Maratha and Rajput and incorporated them into British Raj. In 1826 AD, the British expanded their Canadian colony greatly to the north and their Australian colony to the west. In 1830 AD, the United Kingdom colonized all of Australia and expanded their South African colony. In 1837 AD, Queen Victoria became the Queen of the United Kingdom, marking the beginning of the Victorian era. In 1840 AD, the United Kingdom colonized new Zealand. In 1844 AD, the United Kingdom conquered Sind and incorporated it into British Raj. In 1849 AD, the United Kingdom expanded their South African colony to the east. By 1850 AD, the United Kingdom had conquered all of India. In 1855 AD, the Dutch started the orange free state in British south Africa. In 1878 AD, the United Kingdom conquered Kalat and incorporated it into British Raj. In 1881 AD, the scramble for Africa began. In 1882 AD, the Dutch people in South Africa created the free state of Transvaal. In 1883 AD, the United Kingdom conquered northern Egypt. In 1885 AD, the United Kingdom colonized the northern coastline of Somaliland and a small part of southern Nigeria. In 1886 AD, the United Kingdom expanded their South African colony to the north and created a new colony in Mombasa. In 1887 AD, the United Kingdom colonized the island of Socotra. In 1889 AD, the United Kingdom expanded their colony in Mombasa greatly and created a new colony in western Nigeria. In 1891 AD, the United Kingdom colonized Botswana and Uganda. In 1892 AD, the United Kingdom colonized parts of Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi. In 1893 AD, the United Kingdom expanded their colony in Sierra Leone to the east. In 1894 AD, the United Kingdom finished colonized Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Somaliland. In 1896 AD, the United Kingdom expanded their colony in Ghana to the north. In 1897 AD, the United Kingdom expanded their colony in Ghana even further to the north. In 1898 AD, the United Kingdom colonized the southern half of Nigeria. In 1899 AD, the United Kingdom colonized Sudan and finished colonizing Nigeria. For more history of Great Britian and Ireland, see the next paragraph! -- Written by Vikenait Productions