# Canonical recap data for Formation of the Union of South Africa (1910)
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canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1910/union-south-africa-formed"
title: Formation of the Union of South Africa
subtitle: The dominion's founding institutionalized racial segregation and set the trajectory toward apartheid.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1910-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1910
decade: 1910
country:
name: South Africa
slug: south-africa
summaryShort: ""
summaryLong: The formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has involved personal and political union across Great Britain and the wider British Isles. The United Kingdom is the most recent of a number of sovereign states that have been established in Great Britain at different periods in history, in different combinations and under a variety of polities. Historian Norman Davies has counted sixteen different states over the past 2,000 years.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Formation of the United Kingdom"
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_of_the_United_Kingdom"
  title: Formation of the United Kingdom
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has involved personal and political union across Great Britain and the wider British I
wikidataQid: Q12487574
archiveSnapshots:
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  capturedAt: 2026-05-06
  label: Formation of the United Kingdom
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_of_the_United_Kingdom"
