posted March 15, 2008 10:57 AM            

Capricorn because they are conservative to the max.

Aries because they're not afraid of battle and they fight to win.

posted March 15, 2008 11:54 AM            

25 Dec 1066 at noon
Westminster, England (51n30, 00w09)

*from Astrology Weekly*

Sources:
"With William's coronation the English nobles submitted to Norman rule. We have no idea what time he was crowned." Nick Campion, "Book of World Horoscopes," p. 385.
Noel Tyl, "Astrology: Mundane, Astral, Occult," p. 46, citing C.E.O. Carter: "Carter endorses the horoscope of the coronation of William I at Westminster in 1066 as the horoscope retaining a marked significance for modern England."

1 Jan 1801
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

About 80 years later, the nomenclature of the UK was officially changed at midnight, on April 12th 1927 (set for London), to recognise the departure of the majority of Ireland with the current name 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' being adopted.