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British and Isles
We should recall the number of movements for the service of mankind which arose from the kindred Evangelicalism of the British Isles and the Pietism of the Continent of Europe -- among them prison reform, anti-slavery measures, legislation for the alleviation of conditions of labour, the Inner Mission, and the Red Cross.
Songs from China and Japan were reserved exclusively for Miss Mao, who is a native of China, and those of the British Isles were sung by Mr. Fuller, who is English by birth.
The only other regions so blessed are the British Isles, western Europe, eastern China, southern Chile and parts of Japan, New Zealand and Tasmania.
The Gulf Stream and its northern extension towards Europe, the North Atlantic Drift, for example, warms the atmosphere of the British Isles and north-western Europe and influences weather and climate as far south as the northern Mediterranean.
The oldest-surviving Anglican church outside of the British Isles ( Britain and Ireland ) is St Peter's Church in St. George's, Bermuda, established in 1612 ( though the actual building had to be rebuilt several times over the following century ).
It arose from the intermingling of children of early settlers from a great variety of mutually intelligible dialectal regions of the British Isles and quickly developed into a distinct variety of English.
The Porvoo Common Statement ( 1996 ), agreed to by the Anglican churches of the British Isles and most of the Lutheran churches of Scandinavia and the Baltic, also stated that " the continuity signified in the consecration of a bishop to episcopal ministry cannot be divorced from the continuity of life and witness of the diocese to which he is called.
* Geograph British Isles – Photos of Abergavenny and surrounding areas
Early archaeoastronomy surveyed Megalithic constructs in the British Isles, at sites like Auglish in County Londonderry, in an attempt to find statistical patterns
The claims of Hawkins were largely dismissed, but this was not the case for Alexander Thom's work, whose survey results of megalithic sites hypothesized widespread practice of accurate astronomy in the British Isles.
* Great Britain, the largest island in the British Isles and the largest island in Europe
* British Isles, a group of islands that includes Great Britain, Ireland, and other islands
** Terminology of the British Isles, discusses the sometimes ambiguous or contentious names for parts of the island group
The British and Irish Lions ( formerly known as the British Isles and the British Lions ) is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
The team historically used the name British Isles.
After the southern part of Ireland became independent in 1922, the team continued to be termed the British Isles, referring to the British Isles geographic term, rather than national citizenship.
Some saw the 1891 team — the first sanctioned by the Rugby Football Union — as the English national team, though others referred to it as " the British Isles ".
Five years later a British Isles side returned to South Africa.
They played one extra match on this tour, making the total of 21 games, including four tests against South Africa, with the British Isles winning three of them.
In 1899 the British Isles touring side returned to Australia for the first time since the unofficial tour of 1888.

British and wins
* 1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
* 1993 – Rachel Whiteread wins both the £ 20, 000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £ 40, 000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
* February – Convention People's Party wins national elections in Gold Coast ( British colony ).
** The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the British General Election, gaining a 96-seat majority which is a great improvement upon the five-seat majority gained at the election 17 months ago.
* September 20 – Crimean War – Alma: The French – British alliance wins the first battle of the war.
* 1988: Wayne Rainey wins the first 500 cc race using carbon brakes, at the British GP.
He failed, losing out to Kel Nagle by a single shot, but his subsequent Open wins in the early 1960s convinced many American pros that a trip to Britain would be worth the effort, and certainly secured Palmer's popularity among British and European fans, not just American ones.
Turpin went back down in weight, and beat Georges Angelo to regain his British middleweight title, and put on another string of wins, leading to his challenge of Bobo Olson for the world middleweight title that Robinson had left vacant after retiring.
* April 4 – British pop group Bucks Fizz wins the 26th Eurovision Song Contest, held at the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion, Dublin, with the song " Making Your Mind Up ".
Ferrari had only two wins, González at the 1954 British Grand Prix and Mike Hawthorn at the 1954 Spanish Grand Prix.
Vauxhall Insignia is launched at the 2008 British International Motor Show at ExCeL London, replacing the Vectra and wins another " European Car of the Year ".
** British Open – Todd Hamilton, a virtual unknown, wins at Royal Troon in a playoff over Ernie Els
* – British Open – Ernie Els wins his third major and first British Open.
* Ryder Cup – United States team wins 9½ to 2½ over the British team.
* Ryder Cup-United States team wins 8-4 over the British team.
* 8 August — the New York Yacht Club wins the first America's Cup challenge race, as Magic defeats British challenger Cambria, of the Royal Thames Yacht Club.
* Ryder Cup – United States wins 6½ to 5½ over the British team.
** British Open – Ben Curtis, an outsider, wins by a single shot from Thomas Björn and Vijay Singh at Royal St. George's.
Silverstone has produced many race wins by British drivers, such as Peter Collins ( 1958 ), Jackie Stewart ( 1969, 1971 ), James Hunt ( 1977 ), John Watson ( 1981 ), Nigel Mansell ( 1987, 1991, 1992 ), Damon Hill ( 1994 ), Johnny Herbert ( 1995 ), David Coulthard ( 1999, 2000 ) and Lewis Hamilton ( 2008 ).
In Moscow, the British traitor Kim Philby drafts a memorandum for the General Secretary ( Soviet president ) stating that, if the Labour Party wins the next general election in the UK ( scheduled for sometime in the subsequent eighteen months ), the " hard left " of the party will oust the moderate, populist Neil Kinnock in favour of a radical new leader who will adopt a true Marxist-Leninist manifesto, including the expulsion of all American forces from England and the country's withdrawal from and repudiation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ).
; 1715: The Whig Party wins the British Parliamentary Election for the House of Commons.
* May 28-The British Columbia New Democratic Party wins a surprise re-election
On the first day, Russell wins the toss and elects to bat, giving the British officers a strong start.

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