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1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1998 Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement 1997 Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain, dies at 67 1997 Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph) 1997 Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph) 1997 Vincent Gulliver, Britain's oldest man, dies at 109 1996 Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine, dies at 59 1996 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 - 6 1996 Helen Chadwick, born in Britain, conceptual artist, feminist perspective, dies at 42 1995 Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of Britain 1963 - 1964, dies 1995 35th Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland beats U.S., 14 - 10 1995 Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein 1994 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, Live at BBC, is released in Britain 1992 Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien 1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue 1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin and TV-AM radio licenses 1991 Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon 1990 Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Majors 1990 Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher 1990 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1990 Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87 1990 Eugenie, Princess of Britain 1989 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1989 32nd Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 12 -11 1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book 1989 "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain 1989 Computers across Britain hit by "Friday the 13th" virus 1988 Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA 1988 Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members 1987 Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours 1987 France and Great Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1987 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training 1986 [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1957 - 1963, dies at 92 1986 Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria 1986 Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson 1986 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper) 1985 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1985 Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 1985 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05 1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Britain and China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997 1984 Britain and China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997 1984 Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal 1984 Last sixpence minted in Great Britain (in use since 1551) 1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34 1983 Brunei gains complete independence from Britain 1983 1st U.S. cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain 1983 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident 1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs 1982 Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners 1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict 1982 Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain 1982 BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina 1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island 1982 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1981 Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1981 Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Vanuatu (New Hebrides) gains independence from Britain and France 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) 1979 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain 1979 St. Lucia gains independence from Britain 1978 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1) 1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1978 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia 1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1976 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule 1976 Seychelles gains independence from Britain 1976 Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain 1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain and France 1975 Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles 1974 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21 1974 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted 1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1973 Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Captain Mark Phillips 1973 Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th - 9th members of Common Market 1972 Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain 1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 1972 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) 1971 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying 1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain 1971 Qatar declares independence from Britain 1971 23rd Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 13 - 11 1971 After 1,200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal 1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1970 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30 1970 Qatar gains independence from Britain 1970 White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain 1970 Anita St. Rose, Miss Universe-Great Britain 1996 1969 Britain abolishes death penalty 1969 St. Vincent and Grenadines gains associated status with Britain 1969 Ricky Bottalico, New Britain CT, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1968 Theatre censorship ends in Britain 1968 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1968 U.S., Britain, U.S.S.R. and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty 1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 and 10 pence) 1968 Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1967 Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman 1967 People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain 1967 Clement R Attlee, premier pf Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84 1967 Uganda declares independence from Great Britain 1967 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership 1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland 1967 Grenada gains partial independence from Britain 1967 Dominica and St. Lucia gain independence from Britain 1966 Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper, gold medal 2000 Olympics, silver medal 1996 Atlanta 1966 Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain 1965 Great Britain sets maximum speed at 70 MPH 1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales) 1965 Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by Prime Minister Ian D Smith 1965 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1965 Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1965 Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain, 1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955, dies at 90 1964 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion 1964 Zambia (N Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1964 Malta gains independence from Britain 1964 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1964 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" 1964 Britain sets memorial for the late President John F. Kennedy 1964 Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II grandson 1964 France and Great Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel 1963 Zanzibar gains independence from Britain 1963 Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and U.S.S.R. limit nuclear testing 1963 Britain, U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign nuclear test ban treaty 1963 U.S., U.S.S.R. and Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing 1963 Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain 1963 Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12 1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket 1963 Nick Berry, Britain, actor, Wicksy-EastEnders 1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain 1962 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1962 Great Britain and France decide to jointly build Concorde 1962 Dr. Watson (U.S.), Dr. Crick, and Dr. Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA 1962 Trinidad and Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day) 1962 Dan Donovan, born in Britain, rocker, musician, member of Big Audio Dynamite, founding member of Dreadzone, toured with The Sisters of Mercy in 1990 1961 Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles 1961 Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania 1961 Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries 1961 Susan Boyle, born in Blackburn, Scotland, Scottish singer, gained international attention, audience ovation, on television contest, Britain's Got Talent with Les Miserables song, 'I Dreamed a Dream', and 'Cry Me a River', plain appearance contrasts with her powerful voice 1961 Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain 1961 Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain 1960 In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News 1960 U.S. and Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases 1960 Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus 1960 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain 1960 Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York 1960 Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad 1959 Great Britain starts using postal codes 1959 1st heliport in Britain opens in London 1959 Britain, Turkey and Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence 1958 Kriss Akabusi, Great Britain, 4X400 runner 1984 Olympics silver 1958 Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Great Britain issues regional stamps for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 U.S.S.R. suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges U.S. and Britain to do same 1958 Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London 1957 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1957 Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits White House 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 12th Ryder Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 4 at Lindrick GC, England 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Malayasia (formerly Malaya) gains independence from Britain 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) 1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1957 Britain becomes the 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb 1957 Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister Britain 1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1956 Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1956 Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain 1956 Britain abolishes death penalty 1955 Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut 1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike 1955 U.S.S.R. signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain 1955 Buster Mottram, born in Kingston upon Thames, in south-west London, English tennis player, ranked 15th best tennis player in the world, represented Great Britain in Davis Cup eight times 1955 Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy' 1954 Britain, England, France and U.S.S.R. agree to end occupation of Germany 1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs 1954 Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy 1954 Steve Wright, Britain's wacky DJ/actor, Funny Man 1954 Food rationing ends in Britain 1954 Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized 1954 U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO 1954 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4) 1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Helen Chadwick, born in Britain, conceptual artist, feminist perspective 1953 Mary, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dies at 85 1953 Judi Spiers, born in Britain, Judith Marilyn Spiers, British radio and television presenter, hosted Mr TSW and Miss TSW local beauty contests for new south-west station TSW, appeared in six editions of daytime chat show, presented on Open Air, a BBC1 access television program, in 1986, and Pebble Mill program 1992- 1995, presenter, BBC Radio Devon since 2005 1952 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1952 Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion) 1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain 1952 Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb 1952 George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56 1951 Great Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract 1950 U.S. and Great Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime 1950 Britain recognizes Communist government of China 1949 Britain nationalizes it's steel and iron industry 1949 Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway, London 1949 U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1949 North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by U.S., Britain, France and Canada 1948 Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry 1948 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain 1948 Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain 1948 Britain's National Health Service Act begins 1948 France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels 1948 Britain nationalizes its railways 1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten 1947 Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999 1947 Pakistan gains independence from Britain 1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement 1947 Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education 1947 Peter Bird, born in Britain, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days 1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry 1946 President Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine 1946 Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus 1946 John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense 1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1946 Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan 1946 William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason 1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada 1945 Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's Prime Minister 1945 Clive Hollick, born in Britain, Labor Party, financier, youngest director of Hambros Bank, 1973, CEO, Mills & Allen International, MAI 1945 "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain 1944 Alan Howarth, born in Britain, born Alan Thomas Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, politician, Member of Parliament 1983 - 2005, member of the Privy Council 1944 Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1944 James Cran, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness 1997 - 2005 1943 U.S. bombs Rabaul, New Britain 1943 Great Britain establishes bases on Azores 1943 U.S. and Britain invade Sicily in WW II, Operation Husky 1943 James Wallace Beaton, born in Britain, Chief Superintendent, The Queen's Police Officer 1983 - 1992, saved Princess Anne from kidnapper 1974 1943 U.S. and Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China 1943 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53 1942 During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt 1942 Great Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia 1942 Lynn Davies, born in Nantymoel, Wales, 'Lynn the Leap', long jumper, captain, Britain's Olympic long jump team 1964, won Olympic gold medal 1942 Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk 1942 Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain 1941 U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II 1941 Lisa Davina Phillip, born in Britain, actress, singer, voice actor, played role of teenage prostitute Macy in film 'Laters' 1941 Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia 1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain 1941 Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia 1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) 1941 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to U.S. for 99 years 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Bill to lend money to Britain 1941 Australia and Britain attack Tobruk Libya 1940 Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends 1940 Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe 1940 U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease 1940 1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain 1940 Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain 1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins) 1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks 1940 Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders 1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days 1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France 1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II 1940 James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company 1940 Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain 1940 Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain 1940 Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter and sugar) 1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain 1939 Leon Britain, vice president, Commission of European Communities 1939 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland 1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1939 John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats 1939 Warwick Hutton, born in Britain, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen 1939 Great Britain and Poland sign military pact 1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany 1939 Great Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain 1939 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden 1938 Richard Stoker, born in Britain, composer, writer, guitarist, fellow, Royal Academy of Music, studied under Nadia Boulanger in Paris 1938 10th Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 4 1938 Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia 1938 Britain and France recognize Franco government in Spain 1937 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1) 1937 Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine 1937 Terry Dicks, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington 1983 - 1997 1936 George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70 1935 1st greeting telegram sent in Britain 1935 Great Britain boxers beat U.S. team in 1st International Golden Gloves 1935 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain 1934 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1) 1934 Driving tests introduced in Britain 1933 Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship 1933 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2) 1933 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain, 6 -5 at Southport and Ainsdale, England 1933 Barry Norman, Britain, film critic, Film Greats 1933 Penelope Lively, born in Cairo, Egypt, writer, novelist, won Booker Prize for 'Moon Tiger', influenced by social changes in 20th century Britain 1932 Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations 1932 Dom Philip Jebb, headmaster, Downside School Great Britain 1932 Great Britain and France sign peace treaty 1932 Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain 1932 Richard Thomas, born in Britain, admiral, served as Black Rod, House of Lords 1992 - 1995, UK Military Representative to NATO 1989 - 1992 1931 Britain abandons gold standard/pound devalues 20% 1931 David Shepherd, born in Britain, painter, artist, considered world's most famous conservationists, famous for paintings of wildlife 1930 Peter Woods, born in Britain, journalist, newsreader, broadcaster, famous newsreader, appeared on News Room for BBC News 1930 Ken Coates, born in Britain, politician, Labor Party, Member, European Parliament 1989 - 1999, chair, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1930 Great Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq 1930 Hugo Gryn, born in Britain, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue 1930 U.S., Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty 1930 Hugh Seymour, born in Britain, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain 1930 Roger Sims, born in Britain, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1974 - 1997 1929 Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain 1929 2nd Ryder Cup: Britain - Ireland, 7 - 5 at Moortown, England 1928 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 1927 Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 1927 Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda) 1926 General strike hits Britain 1925 Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy) 1925 Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80 1925 Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard 1925 Great Britain goes back to gold standard 1925 Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer, Mockery Bird 1924 Imperial Airways forms in Britain 1924 Soviet Union formally recognized by Britain 1924 Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour government in Britain 1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1923 Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war 1923 Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader 1923 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain 1923 Samuel Selvon, born in Trinidad, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, wrote 'The Lonely Londoners', focusing on West Indians' immigration to Britain, cultural differences 1923 Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5% 1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence 1921 Dr. Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London) 1921 Adrian Cruft, born Adrian Francis Cruft, son of Eugene Cruft, born in Britain, composer, dubbed a performer's composer, composed church, chamber and orchestral works 1920 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, born in Great Britain, high jumper, Olympics silver 1936, 1948 1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa 1919 Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain 1918 Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal, 1972-82 1918 Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I 1918 Britain grants women (30 and over) vote 1917 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) 1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand 1916 Conscription begins in Britain 1916 Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time) 1916 Conscription begins in Britain 1916 Britain's military service act enforced (conscription) 1916 German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain and France 1916 Britain proclaims Gilbert and Ellice Is colony in Pacific 1915 Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelago 1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia 1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die 1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate 1914 Colin Gray, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, fought Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Channel Front 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Great Britain annexes Cyprus 1914 Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1914 Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London 1914 Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Great Britain mobilizes 1911 Britain's 1st seaplane flies 1911 Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown 1910 Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII 1910 Abraham A. Ribicoff, born in New Britain, Connecticut, Senator-D-Connecticut 1963 - 1981, Governor of Connecticut 1955 - 1961 1909 Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands 1908 Radie Britain, composer 1908 Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain 1908 U.S. and Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo 1907 Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet 1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal 1906 Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia 1906 France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides 1906 Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched 1904 Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter 1902 Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal 1902 Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain 1902 Great Britain and Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria 1901 Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana) 1901 Victoria, Alexandrine, Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 81 1900 Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony) 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State 1900 Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago 1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga 1899 South African Boers declare war on Great Britain 1898 Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain 1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years 1897 Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club) 1897 Great Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1894 Death duties 1st introduced in Britain 1893 Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st U.S. ambassador in Great Britain 1891 Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone 1890 Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate 1890 Great Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty 1889 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher, Roman Britain 1887 Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great Britain signs military treaty of Balkan 1887 Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist 1887 Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria 1886 Great Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa 1886 Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand 1885 Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate 1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1883 Inland postal service begins in Great Britain 1882 1st cargo of frozen meat leaves New Zealand for Britain, on SS Dunedin 1881 Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war 1879 Battle at Rorkes Drift: Britain ends attack on Zulus 1878 Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes 1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990, oldest person in Great Britain 1877 Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony 1876 Lacrosse introduced in Britain and Canada 1876 Direct telegraph link established between Britain and New Zealand 1872 Britain pays U.S. $15 M for damages during Civil War 1872 Britain introduces secret ballot voting 1871 Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa 1868 Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa 1868 Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa 1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain and North Ireland 1865 Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws 1865 George V, Saksen-Coburg [Windsor], King of Great Britain, 1910-36 1864 Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece 1863 Arthur Henderson, Britain, socialist/disarmament worker, Nobel 1934 1862 Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar 1861 Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain 1860 Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua 1858 Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan 1854 Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea 1854 During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia 1854 Great Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein 1854 James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author, The Golden Bough 1852 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain, L, 1908-16 1851 Window tax abolished in Britain 1849 Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India 1849 Corn Laws abolished in Britain 1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua 1846 Oregon country divided between U.S. and Britain at 49th parallel 1844 Alexandra, Danish princess, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1843 Great Britain annexes Natal 1842 Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war 1841 Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei, James Brooke appointed Rajah 1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain 1840 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of New Zealand 1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) 1838 Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey 1838 Randal Cremer, born in Britain, trade unionist, pacifist, Nobel 1903 1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed 1833 Norman Willis, union leader, Britain's Trades Union Congress 1833 Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic 1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain 1829 Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1825 Russia and Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary 1820 George III, king of Great Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81 1819 Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain, 1837 - 1901 1818 U.S. and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country 1816 Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha 1814 Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1813 Isaac Pitman, Britain, inventor, stenographic shorthand 1812 War of 1812 begins as U.S. declares war against Britain 1811 President Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years 1809 Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France 1807 Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1806 William Pitt, the Younger, Prime Minister Great Britain 1783 - 1806, dies at 46 1806 Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope 1803 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland 1801 Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom 1801 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established 1796 Last of Britain's troops withdraws from U.S. 1795 U.S. and Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty 1794 Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain 1792 Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain 1791 Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published 1784 E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain 1783 Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US 1782 Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independence 1781 French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope 1780 Britain declares war on Holland 1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain 1776 Declaration of Independence - U.S. gains independence from Britain 1775 Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain 1774 Britain gives Quebec, Labrador and territory north of Ohio 1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts 1771 Spain cedes Falkland Islands to Britain 1766 Britain repeals the Stamp Act 1766 Britain repeals Stamp Act 1766 James III Edward, Old Pretender, king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 77 1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers 1763 George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement 1761 British fleet occupies Belle Britain 1760 George II (August), king of Great Britain (1727-60), dies at 76 1758 Britain capture Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French 1758 Horatio Nelson, Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero, Trafalgar 1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War) 1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain 1752 Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies 1738 George III, king of Great Britain, 1760-1820 1737 Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great Britain, dies 1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty 1707 England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain 1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1701 Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom 1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered 1689 William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain 1688 James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope 1683 George II [August], King of Great Britain, 1727-60 1679 Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act 1660 Georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain 1649 Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason 1641 Britain and Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification 1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area 1618 Captain John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain 355 Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain |
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