* 1908 – The Territorial Force ( renamed Territorial Army in 1920 ) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.

* Associated Talking Pictures, a British film studio of the 1930s later renamed as Ealing Studios

The British Museum was run from its inception by a ' Principal Librarian ' ( when the book collections were still part of the Museum ), a role that was renamed ' Director and Principal Librarian ' in 1898, and ' Director ' in 1973 ( on the separation of the British Library ).

British navigator Captain James Cook arrived in 1773 and 1777 ; Cook named the islands the ' Hervey Islands ' to honour a British Lord of the Admiralty ; Half a century later the Baltic German Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern published the Atlas de l ' Ocean Pacifique, in which he renamed the islands the Cook Islands to honour Cook.

This was later renamed BT-CORAL when British Telecom was spun off from the Post Office.

The British A4 class steam locomotive No. 4496 ( renumbered 60008 ) Golden Shuttle was renamed Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1946.

The nearby villages of Livage, Lipata, Tsarevi Stragi, Malak Babul, Babul and Zavoya were merged and renamed to Thompson in the British officer's honour.

The former HBC Fort Dallas at Camchin, the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers, was renamed in his honour by Governor Sir James Douglas in 1858 as Lytton, British Columbia.

* 1948 – Ceylon ( later renamed Sri Lanka ) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.

The British renamed the bay Cumberland Bay.

In 1880 Parramatta Junction was renamed to Granville, after the British Colonial Secretary, Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.

The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, amalgamated within the Council for British Research in the Levant ( CBRL ) in 1998, was officially renamed the Kenyon Institute on 10 July 2003 in honour of Kathleen Kenyon.

In 1956 the Nigeria Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force ( RWAFF ) was renamed the Nigerian Military Forces, RWAFF, and in April 1958 the colonial government of Nigeria took over from the British War Office control of the Nigerian Military Forces.

It was renamed New York in 1667 in honor of the Duke of York ( later James II of England ) when British Forces seized control of Manhattan along with the rest of the Dutch colony.

Additionally from 1905, British New Guinea was renamed the Territory of Papua.

This was effected by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, which restored full passports to the islanders, and renamed the Dependent Territories the British Overseas Territories.

In 1718, the College was renamed " Yale College " to honor a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company.

** The 1964 New York World's Fair opens to celebrate the 300th anniversary of New Amsterdam being taken over by British forces under the Duke of York ( later King James II ) and being renamed New York in 1664.

** Malaysia is formed through the merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colony of Singapore, North Borneo ( renamed Sabah ) and Sarawak.

* May 24 – British Empire Day is renamed Commonwealth Day.

Other British Railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year ( Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956 ).

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.

* 1812 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.

British 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loaded ( RML ) Gun on a Moncrieff disappearing mount, at Scaur Hill Fort, Bermuda.

Under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor, a military column, commanded by Colonel Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and including two battalions of Sara troops, moved north from N ' Djamena ( then Fort Lamy ) to engage Axis forces in Libya, where, in partnership with the British Army's Long Range Desert Group, they captured Kufra.

On January 24, 1776, Henry Knox arrived with artillery captured from Fort Ticonderoga, which enabled Washington to drive the British army out of Boston.

The early British capital of the Colony of Nova Scotia ( sometimes referred to as the 14th Colony ) was established at Annapolis Royal, where Fort Anne was constructed.

During this time period Acadians participated in various militia operations against the British and maintained vital supply lines to the French Fortress of Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour.

During the War of 1812, the Detroit River served as a major barrier between the American Michigan Territory and British Upper Canada, especially during the Battle of Fort Detroit in August 1812, when Detroit briefly fell to the British.

On May 14, following the arrival of 100 men recruited by Arnold's captains, and the arrival of a schooner and some bateaux that had been taken at Skenesboro, Arnold and 50 of his men sailed north to raid Fort St. John, on the Richelieu River downstream from the lake, where a small British warship was reported by the prisoners to be anchored.

The newly designated Mughal Subedar of the province immediately sent a letter to the British authorities at Fort St George demanding that the English at Madras acknowledge the overlordship of the Mughal Emperor.

Fort McHenry looking towards the position of the British ships ( with the Francis Scott Key Bridge ( Baltimore ) | Francis Scott Key Bridge in the distance on the upper left )

* 1940 – World War II: the British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.

* 1740 – A combined force Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins ' Ear.

* 1759 – French and Indian War: in Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.

* 1814 – War of 1812: Battle of Lundy's Lane – reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls for General Riall's British and Canadian forces and a bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 18. 00 ; the Americans retreat to Fort Erie.

* 1813 – War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.

* 1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.

After the British surrendered Fort Niagara in November 1796, they confronted the United States from Canada over the Niagara River.

* 1755 – French and Indian War: the French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.