<P> The Act of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland , which had been gradually brought under English control between 1541 and 1691 , to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 . Independence for the Irish Free State in 1922 followed the partition of the island of Ireland two years previously , with six of the nine counties of the province of Ulster remaining within the UK , which then changed to the current name in 1927 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . </P>
<P> The Act of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland , which had been gradually brought under English control between 1541 and 1691 , to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 . Independence for the Irish Free State in 1922 followed the partition of the island of Ireland two years previously , with six of the nine counties of the province of Ulster remaining within the UK , which then changed to the current name in 1927 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . </P>
when did great britain change its name to united kingdom
when did great britain change its name to united kingdom
1801
1801