The government says it will give children a complete history of Britain, in chronological order.
Margaret Thatcher has a place in history as Britain's first, and so far only, female prime minister.
The handbook asks migrants to learn a potted history of Britain from the Stone Age to the present day.
But academics researching the social history of Britain in the second half of the 20th century may perhaps grant him the immortality of a footnote.
The question is how the history of Britain, and indeed the world, might have differed had the power to exclude been applied in the past using the current criteria.
But nuclear power has a troubled history in Britain.
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Go back decades or even a century in the history of Britain's monarchy, indeed, and you will find plenty of examples of monarchs who felt a need to respond to popular and political pressure.
It also outlines proposals for children to be taught a chronological history of Britain, to begin to write simple computer programs at age five and to learn the names of continents, oceans, countries and geographic features, as well as how to use maps and compasses in geography lessons.
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
With her team-mate Helen Glover, from Cornwall they have also made history by winning Britain's first-ever gold medal in women's rowing.
The deed represents a history of imperial Britain and colonial South Australia.
It participates in NATO, the most successful military organisation in modern history, which keeps Britain more than secure.
About 100 yards from where Ed Miliband will deliver his speech is one of the most significant sites in the history of politics in Britain.
The inquiry's lead questioner, Robert Jay, on Wednesday led the 81-year-old Mr. Murdoch through the company's publishing history, notably in Britain, where he bought the now-defunct News of the World in 1968.
It sounds pleasingly grand, but history counsels caution: Britain's only existing high-speed line (which connects London with Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel) has failed to attract as many passengers as hoped.
"Participation with environmental science and natural history has a long history, especially in Britain, long before it was termed 'citizen science', " project leader Dr Helen Roy, an ecologist from the CEH, told BBC News.
Of course a great and historic party has a strong feeling for Britain's history.
In Britain, the history of allotments can be traced back to before the reign of Elizabeth I.
But it is a centuries-old attitude to European power politics, more than imperial history, that has set Britain apart.
"Britain has a history of letting down the IOC and the IAAF in not delivering on promises on athletics, " stated Warner.
Perhaps because of blinkered bosses, Britain has a history of underinvestment by both business and government, especially in research and development.
Speaking at an event to launch the booklet on Thursday, Prof Abulafia said children living in this country were surrounded by reminders of Britain's history and were being educated in the nation's school system: "It is right and proper that they should first of all have a fundamental grounding in the history of this country", he said.
Not for the first time in Britain's monetary history, the pound may have the casting vote.
Prime Minister TONY BLAIR (Britain): The history of Saddam and weapons of mass destruction is not American or British propaganda.
Activist and historian Mark Curtis - author of the book Web of Deceit - believes there are other lessons to be learned from Britain's colonial history.
But history counsels caution, too: Britain's only existing high-speed line, from London to the Channel Tunnel, has never come close to achieving its projected passenger numbers.
The Iraq invasion did raise Britain's profile among jihadists, but given its history in the Muslim world and its demographic links to Pakistan, Britain was anyway unlikely to avoid their wrath.
The British government is spending as much as it ever has in history, and the poor in Britain have access to a social safety net that is remarkably generous by any standard.
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