1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1998 Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement
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 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 -6
1995 Alec Douglas-Home, PM of Britain (1963-64), dies
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 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 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
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 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, Capt 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 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 EG 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 (Natl Day)
1966 Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1966 Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper, Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96
1966 Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
1965 Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian D Smith
1965 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1965 Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1965 Winston Churchill, PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), 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
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 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)
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 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
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 (N 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 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 PM 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
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
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
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 Pakistan gains independence from Britain
1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement
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 Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl 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 PM
1945 "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain
1943 U.S. bombs Rabaul, New Britain
1943 U.S. and Britain invade Sicily in WW II, Operation Husky
1943 US 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 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 US and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II
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 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 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 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, NZ, South Africa and Canada
1939 John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats
1939 Great Britain and Poland sign military pact
1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany
1939 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden
1938 Britain and France recognize Franco government in Spain
1937 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)
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
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
1931 Britain abandons gold standard/pound devalues 20%
1930 U.S., Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty
1929 Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain
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 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)
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 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
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
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)
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
1889 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher, Roman Britain
1887 Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist
1887 Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria
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 NZ 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 NZ
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/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 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/Ireland
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
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, PM 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
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 Capt 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 Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies
1766 James III Edward, Old Pretender/king of Gt Britain/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
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
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
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 Capt John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain
355 Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain
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