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(1801) Act of Union placed Ireland under British Parliament control
(1805) British defeated Napoleon's French fleet at Battle of Trafalgar
(1811) King George III deemed unfit to rule; son George, Prince of Wales, appointed Prince Regent
(1811 - 1817) Luddite Movement occurred - rioting against unemployment due to Industrial Revolution; potato famine ravishes Ireland
(1820) King George III died; George IV became king
(1829) Roman Catholic Relief Act passed, gave political rights to Catholics for loyalty to Protestant monarchy
(1830) King George IV died; succeeded by brother, Duke of Clarence, as King William IV
(1832) Great Reform Act passed, male property owners allowed to vote; cholera struck Britain, more than 20,000 died
(1820) Factory Act banned child workers under nine
(1834) Charles Babbage invented mechanical calculating machine, prototype for modern computer
(1837) King William IV died; his niece crowned Queen Victoria of Britain
(1845) Potato crops across Europe ruined
(1851) Great Exhibition took place - more than six million visited
(1854 - 1856) Britain victorious in Crimean War
(1863) First underground railway in London opened
(1867) Second Reform Act passed - male household heads allowed to vote
(1869) Suez Canal opened; women rate payers given right to vote in local elections
(1870) Education Act passed, school mandatory for children up to 11 years
(1872) Ballot Act passed - voting now secret
(1875) Captain Michael Webb first person to swim across English Channel
(1877) Queen Victoria declared Empress of India
(1878) Pleasure boat, Princess Alice, sank in Thames River, more than 600 died
(1892) First Labour MP elected
(1896) Britain won three gold medals at first modern Olympic Games in Athens
(1899 - 1902) Boer War took place; Britain defeated South African Dutch settlers
(1901) Queen Victoria died; son Edward VII new king
(1903) Suffagrette movement founded
(1908) Introduction of pensions
(1910) Edward VII died, son George crowned King George V
(1912) Titanic left Southampton, sank in North Atlantic, 1,513 people died
(1914) World War I began
(1918) World War I ended, one million Brits dead
(1920) League of Nations launched
(1921) Ireland granted independence by Ango-Irish Treaty; six counties retained as part of United Kingdom
(1922) United Kingdom became known as United Kingdom of Great Britain and North Ireland; British Broadcasting Company aired first radio service
(1924) John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented television
(1926) Two millions workers went on strike, the "General Strike" lasted for nine days
(1928) Women aged 21 received right to vote; Amelia Earhart landed in South Wales - first female to fly solo across Atlantic; Doctor Alexander Fleming of London discovered penicillin
(1929) New York Stock Exchange crashed, economic slump hit Britain
(1936) King George V died; son Edward VIII crowned king, abdicated the throne to marry Mrs. Simpson (second shortest reign in English history); brother George (George V) became king
(1939) World War II began
(1940) Ration books introduced for food, clothing, petrol; Winston Churchill leader of British forces
(1945) World War II ended
(1948) National Health Service now offer free medical care (from the cradle to the grave)
(1951) Festival of Britain took place; Winston Churchill elected Prime Minister again
(1952) King George VI died; Britain tested nuclear bomb
(1953) Elizabeth II crowned Queen of England; scientists at Cambridge University discovered structure of DNA
(1955) Churchill resigned as Prime Minister
(1958) Great Train Robbery occurred - Royal Mail train robbed; Beatles release hit songs
(1966) England won Football World Cup; Aberfan, Wales swamped by mining waste, 116 children died and 28 adults
(1969) Maiden flight of Concorde took place; Queen Elizabeth II's son, Charles, named Prince of Wales; death penalty abolished
(1971) Decimal currency adopted; rioting in Ireland left 20 people dead
(1973) Britain joined Common Market; bombs in London killed one and injured 250
(1976) Britain had hottest, driest summer in 250 years; Concorde made first commercial flight
(1978) Test tube baby, Louise Brown, born in Lancashire
(1979) "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher became first female Prime Minister
(1980) Iranian terrorists sack Iranian Embassy in London; John Lennon, killed in New York City
(1981) Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer; ten prisoners died during hunger strike of IRA at Maze Prison in Ireland; rioting in South London
(1982) British troops drove Argentine forces out of Falkland Islands; IRA continued attacks on London at Regents Park and Knightsbridge, nine people killed
(1985) Fire at Bradford City Football Ground killed 40 and injured 150; rioting at European Cup final killed 39 people; Live Aid concert took place in London; race riots in Bruston occurred
(1987) Margaret Thatcher re-elected; hurricane hit Britain causing 17 deaths; IRA bomb in County Fermanagh killed 11 and injured more than 60; Stock markets crashed around world - named Black Monday; Kings Cross underground station fire killed 30
(1989) Crowd crush at FA match in Sheffield killed nearly 100
(1990) Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned
(1994) Channel Tunnel opened rail link between Britain and rest of Europe
(1997) Labour Party won landslide victory, Tony Blair became Prime Minister; Princess Diana killed in auto accident in Paris; British returned Hong Kong to China at end of its 99 year lease
(1999) Minimum wage introduced; bombings occurred in London; Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly formed
(2003) Britain joined United States-led coalition in Iraq war; 750,000 people in London staged anti-war protest
(2005) London's public transport system struck by four bomb attacks; 54 people killed, more than 700 injured; Tony Blair elected to third term; Irish Republican Army gave up weapons arsenal
(2007) Severe winter storm killed 47
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