Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Over 1000 historic dates crucial to Britain. A detailed timeline of the events that have shaped British History we have aimed to have been as inclusive as possible and this section is being continually added to. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know
We even have a BC date for you (Caesar lands on British Shores) although the exact date is of course unverified...
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The Pilgrim Fathers arrive at Massachusetts - 1620, The Rochdale Pioneers open shop - 1844, Westhoughton Pit Disaster - 1910, Lockerbie Air Disaster - 1988
10th of September 043 : Claudius Receives Surrender of 11 British Tribes
1st of June 061 : Defeat of Boudicca
16th of April 073 : Masada
24th of August 079 : Vesuvius Erupts
4th of February 211 : Roman emperor Septimius Severus dies at York
22nd of August 565 : St Columba Sees Nessie
25th of December 597 : St Augustine Introduces Julian Calendar to England
12th of October 633 : Battle of Heathfield
12th of April 664 : Synod of Whitby
21st of May 685 : Battle of Nechtansmere
8th of June 793 : Vikings Raid Northumbria Coast for 1st time
2nd of January 867 : Vikings seize York
20th of November 869 : Saxon King Edmund martyred by the Vikings
4th of January 871 : Battle of Reading
8th of January 871 : Battle of Ashdown - Alfred defeats the Danes
22nd of January 871 : The Battle of Basing
23rd of April 871 : Alfred Becomes King of Wessex
6th of January 878 : Battle of Chippenham
5th of August 910 : Last Great Viking Raid Defeated
1st of October 959 : Edgar the Peaceable Unites English Kingdoms
3rd of June 973 : First True King of England Crowned
10th of August 991 : Battle of Maldon
13rd of November 1002 : St Brice's Day Massacre
5th of May 1010 : Battle of Ringmere
19th of April 1012 : Archbishop of Canterbury Martyred by Vikings
18th of October 1016 : Battle of Ashingdon
30th of November 1016 : Edmund Ironside’s Unlovely End
14th of August 1040 : Duncan Killed by Macbeth
3rd of April 1043 : Edward the Confessor Crowned
15th of August 1057 : Macbeth Killed at Lumphanan
28th of December 1065 : Westminster Abbey consecrated
5th of January 1066 : Edward the Confessor dies
6th of January 1066 : Harold crowned King of England
20th of September 1066 : Battle of Fulford
25th of September 1066 : Battle of Stamford Bridge
28th of September 1066 : William the Conqueror lands
14th of October 1066 : Battle of Hastings
25th of December 1066 : William the Conqueror crowned
27th of May 1072 : Accord of Winchester
1st of November 1076 : Six Month Frost Begins
25th of December 1085 : Domesday Book Commissioned
9th of September 1087 : Macabre End of William the Conqueror
17th of October 1091 : Great London Tornado
9th of May 1092 : Lincoln Cathedral Consecrated
8th of April 1093 : Winchester Cathedral Dedicated
13rd of November 1093 : Battle of Alnwick
15th of July 1099 : Crusaders Capture Jerusalem
2nd of August 1100 : William Rufus killed by Arrow
1st of February 1106 : The Great Comet
25th of November 1120 : The White Ship Sinks
22nd of August 1138 : Battle of the Standard
2nd of February 1141 : Battle of Lincoln
18th of May 1152 : Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine Marry
4th of December 1154 : Nicholas Breakspear is elected Pope - the only Englishman ever
19th of December 1154 : Henry II Crowned at Westminster Abbey
3rd of June 1162 : Becket Becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
1st of May 1169 : Normans Invade Ireland
29th of December 1170 : Thomas A Becket murdered
17th of October 1173 : Battle of Fornham
18th of June 1178 : Canterbury Monks Observe Massive Meteor Event
21st of January 1189 : Army raised for Third Crusade
6th of July 1189 : Death of Henry II
12th of October 1189 : Richard the Lionheart Leaves England for the Crusades
16th of March 1190 : Massacre of Jews at York
20th of March 1190 : Jews Massacred in Bury St Edmunds
20th of December 1192 : Richard the Lionheart Captured
6th of April 1199 : Death of Richard I
12th of July 1212 : Great Fire of London 1212
20th of June 1214 : Oxford University Chartered
15th of June 1215 : Magna Carta Signed
28th of October 1215 : First Lord Mayor’s Show
12th of October 1216 : King John Loses Crown Jewels
20th of May 1217 : The Second Battle of Lincoln
24th of August 1217 : Battle of Sandwich
2nd of October 1263 : Battle of Largs
14th of May 1264 : Battle of Lewes
20th of January 1265 : First English Parliament Held
4th of August 1265 : Battle of Evesham
18th of November 1267 : Statute of Marlborough
11th of December 1282 : Welsh Independence Dies with Llywelyn
3rd of October 1283 : Last Welsh Prince of Wales Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
3rd of March 1284 : Statute of Rhuddlan
14th of December 1287 : Deadly Storm Changes UK Coastline
29th of February 1288 : Ladies' Privilege Enshrined in Law
18th of July 1290 : Edward I Expels Jews from England
17th of November 1292 : John de Balliol proclaimed King of Scotland
5th of July 1295 : Scotland and France form their 'Auld Alliance'
28th of March 1296 : Battle of Berwick
30th of March 1296 : Sacking of Berwick upon Tweed
27th of April 1296 : Battle of Dunbar
11th of September 1297 : Battle of Stirling Bridge
22nd of July 1298 : Battle of Falkirk
7th of February 1301 : First English Prince of Wales
20th of July 1304 : Stirling Castle Falls to Edward I
5th of August 1305 : William Wallace is captured by the English
23rd of August 1305 : William Wallace is hanged, drawn and quartered
25th of March 1306 : Robert the Bruce Crowned King of Scotland
10th of May 1307 : Battle of Loudoun Hill
8th of January 1308 : Templars Seized
24th of June 1314 : Battle of Bannockburn
30th of September 1319 : The Battle of Myton-on-Swale
6th of April 1320 : The Declaration of Arbroath
16th of March 1322 : Battle of Boroughbridge
14th of October 1322 : Battle of Old Byland
21st of September 1327 : Edward II killed at Berkeley Castle
17th of March 1328 : Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton agreed
19th of July 1333 : Battle of Halidon Hill
24th of May 1337 : The Hundred Years War begins
24th of June 1340 : Battle of Sluys
26th of August 1346 : Battle of Crecy
17th of October 1346 : Battle of Neville Cross
4th of August 1347 : Calais Captured and Colonised
23rd of April 1348 : English order of knighthood founded
29th of August 1350 : Battle of Winchelsea
10th of February 1355 : St Scholasticas Beer Riots
20th of January 1356 : Edward Balliol Renounces Scottish Crown
19th of September 1356 : Battle of Poitiers
15th of March 1360 : French Invade Sussex
15th of June 1381 : The Peasants' Revolt ends
21st of May 1382 : Major Earthquake Damages Canterbury Cathedral
9th of May 1386 : England and Portugal sign the Treaty of Windsor
24th of March 1387 : Battle of Margate
18th of December 1387 : Battle of Radcot Bridge
19th of August 1388 : The Battle of Otterburn
17th of April 1397 : Chaucer gives 1st recital of Canterbury Tales
13rd of October 1397 : Dick Whittington Elected Mayor of London
22nd of June 1402 : Owen Glendower wins at Bryn Glas
21st of July 1403 : Battle of Shrewsbury
8th of June 1405 : Archbishop of York Beheaded
19th of February 1408 : Battle of Bramham Moor
24th of July 1411 : Battle of Harlaw
25th of October 1415 : Battle of Agincourt
24th of June 1417 : First Recorded Tynwald Day
21st of May 1420 : Treaty of Troyes
30th of May 1431 : Joan of Arc burnt to death
16th of December 1431 : Henry VI Crowned as Henri II in Paris
12th of November 1439 : First Town Incorporated by English Parliament
18th of June 1450 : Battle of Sevenoaks
5th of July 1450 : Battle of Southwark
24th of August 1453 : Heworth Moor Skirmish
12th of May 1455 : Battle of Arkinholm
22nd of May 1455 : Battle of St Albans - Wars of the Roses starts
23rd of September 1459 : Battle of Blore Heath
10th of July 1460 : Battle of Northampton
30th of December 1460 : Battle of Wakefield
4th of March 1461 : Edward IV deposes Henry VI
29th of March 1461 : Battle of Towton
25th of April 1464 : Battle of Hedgeley Moor
15th of May 1464 : Battle of Hexham
26th of July 1469 : Battle of Edgecote
12th of March 1470 : Battle of Empingham
14th of April 1471 : Battle of Barnet
4th of May 1471 : Battle of Tewkesbury
20th of February 1472 : Liberation of Orkneys & Shetlands
18th of November 1477 : Caxton Prints 1st Book in England
18th of February 1478 : Duke of Clarence Drowned in a Butt of Malmsey Wine
26th of June 1483 : Richard III becomes king of England
26th of March 1484 : Caxton Prints his version of Aesops Fables
22nd of August 1485 : Battle of Bosworth
16th of September 1485 : Yeomen of the Guard Formed
18th of January 1486 : Wedding of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
4th of June 1487 : Rebel Army Lands in Furness
16th of June 1487 : Battle of Stoke Field
11th of June 1488 : Battle of Sauchieburn
2nd of May 1497 : John Cabot Leaves Bristol
17th of June 1497 : Battle of Blackheath
21st of April 1509 : Death of Henry VII. Accession of Henry VIII
16th of August 1513 : Henry VIII Wins Battle of the Spurs
9th of September 1513 : Battle of Flodden Field
31st of October 1517 : Luther Posts His 95 Theses
2nd of May 1519 : Death of da Vinci
7th of June 1520 : Field of Cloth of Gold
30th of April 1527 : England & France sign treaty of Westminster
25th of January 1533 : Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn
15th of January 1535 : Henry VIII becomes Head of Church in England,
6th of July 1535 : Thomas More is executed
4th of October 1535 : 1st English Translation of the Bible printed
19th of May 1536 : Anne Boleyn Beheaded
18th of July 1536 : Authority of the pope declared void in England
25th of August 1537 : Honourable Artillery Company Founded
17th of December 1538 : Henry VIII ex-communicated
6th of January 1540 : Henry VIII Marries Anne of Cleves
13rd of February 1542 : Execution of Catherine Howard
25th of November 1542 : Battle of Solway Moss
9th of September 1543 : Mary Queen of Scots Crowned
27th of February 1545 : Battle of Ancrum Moor
19th of July 1545 : Sinking of the Mary Rose
21st of July 1545 : French Invade Isle of Wight
28th of January 1547 : Edward VI succeeds to throne
10th of September 1547 : Battle of Pinkie - last conflict between england and scotland
17th of August 1549 : Battle of Sampford Courtenay
27th of August 1549 : Battle of Dussindale
10th of July 1553 : Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen of England
7th of February 1554 : The Battle of Fleet Street
12th of February 1554 : Lady Jane Grey Executed
21st of March 1556 : Thomas Cranmer Burnt at the Stake
7th of January 1558 : Calais Lost to the French
17th of November 1558 : Death of Mary Tudor
15th of January 1559 : Elizabeth I crowned
23rd of April 1564 : Birth of Shakespeare
24th of July 1567 : Mary Queen of Scots abdicates
13rd of May 1568 : The Battle of Langside
11th of January 1569 : Worlds 1st National Lottery starts
23rd of January 1570 : The assassination of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
25th of February 1570 : Elizabeth I excommunicated by the Pope
23rd of January 1571 : The Royal Exchange opens in London.
13rd of December 1577 : Drake Starts round the world voyage
6th of April 1580 : Dover Straits Earthquake
26th of September 1580 : Drake completes the first circumnavigation of the globe
14th of November 1582 : Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
18th of June 1583 : 1st British Life Insurance Policy
4th of July 1584 : First English Colonists in North America
27th of July 1586 : Tobacco Hits English Society
20th of September 1586 : Executions of Babington Plotters Begin
8th of February 1587 : Mary, Queen of Scots is executed
19th of April 1587 : Drake Attacks Cadiz
12th of May 1588 : Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon
29th of July 1588 : Spanish Armada defeated
30th of May 1593 : Murder of Christopher Marlowe
2nd of August 1595 : The Battle of Cornwall
14th of August 1598 : Worst English Defeat in Ireland
12th of June 1599 : Globe Theatre Opens
31st of December 1600 : East India Company Chartered
30th of November 1601 : Elizabeth’s Golden Speech
8th of November 1602 : Bodleian Library Opens
24th of March 1603 : Elizabeth I dies
25th of July 1603 : James VI of Scotland crowned James I of England.
1st of October 1604 : World's first railway inaugurated
1st of November 1604 : First Known Performance of Othello
5th of November 1605 : The Gunpowder Plot
20th of January 1606 : The Great Severn Tsunami
27th of January 1606 : Trial of Guy Fawkes begins
31st of January 1606 : Guy Fawkes hanged, drawn and quartered
12th of April 1606 : Union Jack Created
7th of August 1606 : First Known Performance of Macbeth
17th of November 1606 : Trial of Walter Raleigh
14th of May 1607 : Jamestown Founded
8th of June 1607 : The Newton Rebellion and Massacre
20th of May 1609 : Shakespeare’s Sonnets Published
28th of August 1609 : Henry Hudson Reaches Delaware Bay
2nd of May 1611 : 1st publication of The new King James bible
22nd of May 1611 : James I’s Bargain Baronets
1st of November 1611 : The Tempest First Performed
11th of April 1612 : Last Heretic Burned
19th of August 1612 : The Samlesbury Witch Trial
29th of June 1613 : Original Globe Theatre Burns Down
23rd of April 1616 : Death of Shakespeare
29th of October 1618 : Walter Raleigh is executed
21st of November 1620 : Mayflower lands
21st of December 1620 : The Pilgrim Fathers arrive at Massachusetts
15th of June 1621 : First Botanic Garden in Britain
9th of March 1623 : The Amboyna Massacre
8th of June 1624 : Earthquake hits Perth
27th of March 1625 : Charles I becomes King of England
17th of September 1630 : Boston Massachusetts Founded
24th of September 1631 : The Worlds Richest Shipwreck
10th of April 1633 : Bananas go on sale in UK for 1st time
5th of May 1640 : Charles I disbands the Short Parliament
28th of August 1640 : Battle of Newburn
21st of October 1641 : Irish Catholic Uprising
4th of January 1642 : Charles I arrests parliamentarians and starts civil war
22nd of August 1642 : English Civil war Begins
23rd of October 1642 : Battle of Edgehill
12th of November 1642 : Battle of Brentford
13rd of November 1642 : Battle of Turnham Green
19th of January 1643 : Battle of Braddock Down
16th of May 1643 : Battle of Stratton
20th of May 1643 : Battle of Wakefield
18th of June 1643 : Battle of Chalgrove Field
30th of June 1643 : Battle of Adwalton Moor
13rd of July 1643 : Battle of Roundway Down
20th of September 1643 : Battle of Newbury - 1st
13rd of December 1643 : Battle of Alton
29th of March 1644 : Battle of Alresford
11th of April 1644 : Battle of Selby
28th of May 1644 : Bolton Massacre
29th of June 1644 : Battle of Cropredy Bridge
2nd of July 1644 : Battle of Marston Moor
21st of August 1644 : Battle of Lostwithiel
1st of September 1644 : Battle of Tippermuir
13rd of September 1644 : Battle of Aberdeen
27th of October 1644 : 2nd Battle of Newbury
9th of May 1645 : Battle of Auldearn
14th of June 1645 : Battle of Naseby
2nd of July 1645 : Battle of Alford
15th of August 1645 : Battle of Kilsyth
13rd of September 1645 : Battle of Philiphaugh
24th of September 1645 : Battle of Rowton Heath
16th of February 1646 : Battle of Great Torrington
25th of June 1646 : Oxford surrenders to the Roundheads
3rd of June 1647 : Army Seizes Charles I
28th of October 1647 : Putney Debates Begin
1st of June 1648 : Battle of Maidstone
17th of August 1648 : Battle of Preston
20th of January 1649 : Charles I Goes on Trial
30th of January 1649 : Charles I beheaded
9th of February 1649 : Charles I is buried
19th of May 1649 : Cromwell Declares England a Commonwealth
11th of September 1649 : Sack of Drogheda
27th of April 1650 : Battle of Carbisdale
3rd of September 1650 : Battle of Dunbar
29th of September 1650 : Worlds 1st Dating Agency opens
3rd of September 1651 : Battle of Worcester
6th of September 1651 : Charles II hides in an Oak tree
2nd of June 1653 : Battle of the Gabbard
16th of December 1653 : Oliver Cromwell becomes 'lord protector'
10th of May 1655 : Britain captures Jamaica
1st of January 1660 : Pepys’ First Diary Entry,
25th of May 1660 : The English Restoration - Charles II lands on British Soil
25th of September 1660 : First Recorded Cuppa (and Tea Break)
17th of October 1660 : Regicides Executed
28th of November 1660 : Royal Society Founded
8th of December 1660 : First Actress on British Stage
30th of January 1661 : Cromwell’s Corpse Executed
23rd of April 1661 : Charles II is crowned
7th of May 1663 : Theatre Royal Drury Lane Opens
28th of October 1664 : Royal Marines Established
3rd of June 1665 : Battle of Lowestoft
12th of June 1665 : English Install First Mayor of New York
19th of September 1665 : Great Plague of London at its Height
14th of November 1665 : London Gazette First Published
2nd of September 1666 : Great Fire of London begins
10th of June 1667 : Dutch Medway Raid Begins
20th of August 1667 : Paradise Lost Published
13rd of April 1668 : Dryden Made First Poet Laureate
31st of May 1669 : Last Entry in Pepys Diary
18th of January 1670 : Henry Morgan Sacks Panama City
9th of May 1671 : Crown jewels stolen by Col Blood
7th of June 1672 : Battle of Southwold
19th of February 1674 : Treaty of Westminster signed
10th of August 1675 : Royal Observatory Founded
4th of November 1677 : Marriage of William of Orange and Mary
18th of February 1678 : Pilgrim’s Progress Published
11th of June 1679 : Battle of Drumclog
22nd of June 1679 : Battle of Bothwell Bridge
24th of May 1683 : Ashmolean Museum Opens
6th of July 1685 : Battle of Sedgemoor
15th of July 1685 : Execution of the Duke of Monmouth
5th of July 1687 : Newton’s Principia Published
5th of November 1688 : Glorious Revolution begins
9th of November 1688 : William of Orange Takes Exeter
11th of December 1688 : James II Abdicates
13rd of February 1689 : William and Mary proclaimed joint sovereigns
11th of April 1689 : William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
18th of April 1689 : Siege of Derry Begins
27th of July 1689 : Battle of Killiecrankie
28th of July 1689 : Relief of Derry – No Surrender
21st of August 1689 : Battle of Dunkeld
16th of December 1689 : The 'Bill of Rights' established
1st of July 1690 : Battle of the Boyne
10th of July 1690 : Battle of Beachy Head
13rd of February 1692 : Massacre of Glencoe
19th of August 1692 : Salem Witches Executed
11th of February 1695 : Press Censorship Ended
31st of December 1695 : Window Tax Introduced
2nd of December 1697 : Wrens St Pauls Opens
4th of January 1698 : Palace of Whitehall Burns
23rd of May 1701 : Captain Kidd Hanged for Piracy
12th of June 1701 : The Act of Settlement
8th of March 1702 : Death of William of Orange
11th of March 1702 : Worlds 1st regular daily paper 'The Courant' published
26th of November 1703 : Great Storm Kills 10,000
27th of November 1703 : Eddystone Lighthouse Smashed by Storm
24th of July 1704 : Gibraltar Seized
13rd of August 1704 : Marlborough wins Battle of Blenheim
16th of April 1705 : Newton the First Scientist Knighted
1st of January 1707 : The Act of Union Signed
22nd of October 1707 : Scilly Naval Disaster – 2000 Drown
23rd of October 1707 : First Parliament of Great Britain
23rd of March 1708 : James Stuart (the Old Pretender) attempts to invade Scotland
2nd of February 1709 : Robinson Crusoe Rescued
1st of March 1711 : First Edition of The Spectator
11th of August 1711 : First Ascot Race
20th of October 1714 : Coronation of King George I
1st of August 1715 : First Formal Sculling Race
9th of September 1715 : The Earl of Mar’s Declaration
12th of November 1715 : Battle of Preston
13rd of November 1715 : Battle of Sheriffmuir
22nd of December 1715 : Old Pretender Lands at Peterhead
31st of March 1717 : The Bangorian Controversy
22nd of November 1718 : Blackbeard Killed
25th of April 1719 : Robinson Crusoe Published
10th of June 1719 : Battle of Glen Shiel
28th of September 1720 : The South Sea Bubble Bursts
3rd of April 1721 : Robert Walpole Becomes 1st British PM
24th of December 1724 : Benjamin Franklin Arrives in London
23rd of June 1725 : Malt Tax Riots Begin
20th of June 1726 : First Municipal Fire Brigade Forms
26th of October 1726 : Gulliver’s Travels Published
8th of September 1727 : Burwell Puppet Show Fire
20th of May 1729 : The Great Bexhill Waterspout and Tornado
7th of December 1732 : Covent Garden Theatre Opens
8th of December 1733 : First Recorded UFO in Britain
14th of April 1736 : The Porteous Riots
2nd of April 1739 : Wesley’s First Open-Air Sermon
7th of April 1739 : Dick Turpin hanged at York
23rd of October 1739 : War of Jenkins’ Ear Begins
1st of August 1740 : Rule Britannia First Performed
13rd of April 1741 : Royal Military Academy established
11th of February 1742 : Robert Walpole Resigns
28th of May 1742 : First indoor swimming pool opens
27th of June 1743 : George II Fights Battle of Dettingen
19th of August 1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlie raises standard at Glenfinnan
21st of September 1745 : Battle of Prestonpans
28th of September 1745 : British national anthem 'God Save The King' sung for the first time
8th of December 1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlie Turns Back at Derby
17th of January 1746 : Battle of Falkirk
16th of April 1746 : Battle of Culloden
18th of June 1746 : Johnson Contracts to Produce His Dictionary
30th of July 1746 : Bloody Retribution in Kennington
9th of April 1747 : Last Beheading Execution in Britain
29th of July 1751 : First International Title Fight
14th of September 1752 : Britain Adopts Gregorian Calendar
15th of April 1755 : Johnson’s Dictionary Published
17th of May 1756 : The Seven Years' War Starts
23rd of June 1757 : Battle of Plassey
15th of January 1759 : British Museum Opens
25th of January 1759 : Robert Burns Born
19th of May 1759 : Kew Gardens Opens
13rd of September 1759 : Wolfe takes Quebec
18th of September 1759 : French Surrender Quebec to the British
20th of November 1759 : Battle of Quiberon Bay
9th of March 1761 : The Hexham Riot
17th of July 1761 : First True Canal in Britain Opens
10th of February 1763 : Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War
10th of February 1763 : France Cedes Canada to Britain
16th of May 1763 : Boswell First Meets Dr Johnson
7th of May 1765 : HMS Victory launched
16th of August 1765 : East India Company Acquires Bengal
5th of January 1766 : First Christies Sale
6th of December 1768 : 1st Instalment of Encyclopaedia Britannica
6th of October 1769 : Cook reaches New Zealand
3rd of March 1770 : The Boston Massacre
19th of April 1770 : Cook reaches Australia
29th of April 1770 : Captain Cook lands in Australia
22nd of June 1772 : The Somerset Case Judgement
24th of August 1772 : Last Traitor Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
16th of December 1773 : Boston tea party
1st of August 1774 : Priestley Discovers Oxygen
23rd of June 1775 : First Regatta on the Thames
9th of March 1776 : The Wealth of Nations Published
4th of July 1776 : American colonies declare independence
11th of July 1776 : Cook sets sail on 3rd and last Voyage
24th of September 1776 : St Leger first run
18th of January 1778 : Cook reaches Hawaii
22nd of April 1778 : America Invades Whitehaven
14th of February 1779 : Captain Cook Killed
9th of October 1779 : First Luddite riots
4th of May 1780 : 1st Running of the Derby
7th of June 1780 : Gordon Riots - Day of Death
1st of January 1781 : Ironbridge Opened
6th of January 1781 : Battle of Jersey
13rd of March 1781 : Uranus Discovered
5th of August 1781 : Battle of Dogger Bank
19th of October 1781 : British surrender at Yorktown
23rd of June 1783 : Deadly Laki Gas Fog Arrives
15th of October 1783 : First Manned Balloon Flight
3rd of November 1783 : Last Tyburn Hanging
7th of December 1783 : William Pitt becomes youngest PM
28th of February 1784 : Wesley Breaks from Church of England
27th of August 1784 : First British Balloon Ascent
7th of January 1785 : 1st aerial crossing of the channel in a balloon
13rd of May 1787 : First convicts sent to Australia
1st of January 1788 : First Issue of The Times
26th of January 1788 : Botany Bay Founded
18th of March 1789 : Last execution by burning in Britain
28th of April 1789 : Mutiny on the Bounty
14th of July 1789 : Storming of the Bastille
30th of January 1790 : First Lifeboat launched
4th of December 1791 : The Observer First Published
3rd of January 1792 : A Vindication of the Rights of Woman completed
1st of February 1793 : Napoleonic Wars Begin
1st of June 1794 : Glorious First of June
12th of July 1794 : Nelson Loses Eye
24th of August 1795 : British Cleric Patents Corkscrew
14th of May 1796 : Jenner administers 1st Vaccine against Smallpox
14th of February 1797 : Battle of St Vincent
22nd of February 1797 : Last Invasion of Mainland Britain
26th of February 1797 : First £1 Note Issued
26th of February 1797 : The Bank of England becomes Insolvent
16th of April 1797 : Spithead Mutiny Begins
25th of July 1797 : Nelson Loses his Arm
1st of August 1798 : Battle of the Nile
9th of January 1799 : William Pitt introduces income tax
19th of July 1799 : The Rosetta Stone Revealed
17th of March 1800 : HMS Queen Charlotte Burns and Blows Up
15th of May 1800 : George III survives 2 assassination attempts
25th of December 1800 : First Christmas Tree in Britain
1st of January 1801 : English Claim to French Crown Ends
10th of March 1801 : first official census is held in Britain
2nd of April 1801 : Battle of Copenhagen
25th of April 1802 : Treaty of Amiens Signed
30th of April 1803 : The Louisiana Purchase
26th of July 1803 : The First Public Railway Opens
21st of February 1804 : First Steam Locomotive Runs
7th of March 1804 : RHS Founded
3rd of August 1805 : 1st Cricket match between Eton & Harrow Schools
21st of October 1805 : Battle of Trafalgar
9th of January 1806 : Nelson's State Funeral
20th of March 1806 : Building begins of Dartmoor Prison
28th of January 1807 : Pall Mall – First Street Lit with Gas
25th of March 1807 : World’s first passenger train service begins
25th of March 1807 : slave trade is abolished in the British empire
18th of September 1809 : Theatre Royal Covent Garden Re-Opens
10th of November 1810 : Paisley Canal Disaster
22nd of December 1810 : Wrecking of HMS Minotaur
25th of June 1811 : The Legendary Newbury Coat Made
11th of May 1812 : Prime Minister Spencer Perceval Assassinated
16th of June 1812 : America declares war on Britain
21st of June 1813 : Battle of Vitoria
10th of April 1814 : Battle of Toulouse
25th of July 1814 : Stephenson demonstrates 1st Steam Engine
24th of August 1814 : British Burn Washington
17th of October 1814 : London Beer Flood
22nd of October 1814 : First Plastic Surgery in Britain
18th of June 1815 : Battle of Waterloo
22nd of May 1816 : Littleport’s Bread or Blood Riot Begins
27th of August 1816 : Bombardment of Algiers
2nd of December 1816 : Spa Fields Riot
25th of January 1817 : The Scotsman Launched
1st of January 1818 : Frankenstein Published
4th of February 1818 : Scott Uncovers the Honours of Scotland
25th of September 1818 : First Human Blood Transfusion
6th of February 1819 : Raffles Founds Singapore
20th of March 1819 : Opening of the Burlington Arcade
20th of June 1819 : 1st Paddleship steamer crosses Atlantic
16th of August 1819 : Peterloo Massacre
18th of December 1819 : Ivanhoe Published
23rd of February 1820 : Cato Street Conspiracy Exposed
1st of August 1820 : Regent’s Canal Opens
5th of May 1821 : Death of Napoleon
14th of June 1822 : Babbage Proposes Proto-Computer
20th of October 1822 : First Edition of Sunday Times
18th of June 1823 : Redcoats Drop Breeches
12th of October 1823 : First Mackintosh Sold
4th of March 1824 : RNLI founded
16th of June 1824 : RSPCA formed
15th of November 1824 : Edinburgh Fires
27th of September 1825 : First Steam Powered Passenger Railway Opens
11th of February 1826 : London University Founded
7th of April 1827 : Wooden Matches go on sale
20th of October 1827 : Battle of Navarino
28th of January 1829 : William Burke is hanged
10th of June 1829 : Oxford win 1st Boat Race
4th of July 1829 : 1st regular bus service
29th of September 1829 : Metropolitan Police Force Established
28th of June 1830 : First Met Officer Killed on Duty
5th of October 1830 : First Bathing Suit on Sale
14th of April 1831 : Broughton Bridge Collapse
27th of December 1831 : Darwin Sets Sail on The Beagle
7th of June 1832 : The Great Reform Act changes Parliamentary constituencies
24th of August 1833 : Factory Act
19th of March 1834 : Tolpuddle Martyrs Sentenced
1st of August 1834 : Britain abolishes slavery
16th of October 1834 : The Houses of Parliament burn down
18th of September 1835 : Darwin Sets Foot on Galapagos Islands
6th of March 1836 : Fall of the Alamo
27th of December 1836 : Britain’s Worst Avalanche
20th of June 1837 : Death of William IV - Victoria becomes Queen
20th of July 1837 : Euston opens as 1st London Station
17th of November 1837 : Pickwick Papers Published
8th of April 1838 : Maiden Voyage of SS Great Western
9th of April 1838 : National Gallery Opens
28th of June 1838 : Queen Victoria crowned
25th of January 1839 : Fox Talbot Shows First Photos
26th of February 1839 : First Grand National
26th of March 1839 : First Henley Regatta
4th of November 1839 : The Newport Rising
10th of January 1840 : Postal service (penny post) begins in Britain
22nd of January 1840 : 1st British Colonists reach New Zealand
6th of February 1840 : Treaty of Waitangi
10th of February 1840 : Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert
6th of May 1840 : Penny Black issued (worlds 1st stamp)
17th of July 1841 : Punch Magazine launches
13rd of January 1842 : Massacre and Humiliation in Afghanistan
13rd of June 1842 : Victoria - First Sovereign to Take the Train
29th of August 1842 : Treaty of Nanking
24th of June 1843 : Punch Invents the Cartoon
19th of July 1843 : SS Great Britain launched by Brunel
1st of October 1843 : First edition of the News of the World
19th of December 1843 : Dickens Publishes 'a Christmas Carol'
23rd of December 1843 : First Commercial Christmas Card Sent
21st of December 1844 : The Rochdale Pioneers open shop
17th of March 1845 : Rubber Band Patented
2nd of May 1845 : Great Yarmouth Bridge Disaster
20th of May 1845 : The Last English Duel
26th of June 1846 : Corn Laws abolished
12th of September 1846 : Barrett and Browning Marry in Secret
30th of September 1847 : Vegetarian Society Formed
16th of October 1847 : Jane Eyre Published
4th of December 1847 : Wuthering Heights Published
24th of January 1848 : California Gold Rush Begins
21st of February 1848 : Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto
11th of July 1848 : Waterloo Station Opens
19th of August 1848 : Storm Claims 100 Scottish Fishermen
21st of February 1849 : Battle of Gujarat
17th of December 1849 : 1st Bowler Hats go on sale
5th of March 1850 : Opening of Menai Bridge
19th of November 1850 : Tennyson becomes Poet laureate
1st of May 1851 : Great Exhibition opens
12th of August 1851 : 1st Americas Cup
14th of February 1852 : Great Ormond Street Hospital Opens
26th of February 1852 : Heroic HMS Birkenhead Sinks
6th of September 1852 : Britains 1st free Library opens
23rd of November 1852 : First Post Office Pillar Box
21st of June 1854 : Action That Won First VC
6th of October 1854 : The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead
9th of October 1854 : Siege of Sebastopol Begins
25th of October 1854 : Charge of the Light Brigade
5th of November 1854 : Battle of Inkerman - 19 VC's won
15th of May 1855 : The Great Gold Robbery
29th of June 1855 : 1st Edition of the Daily Telegraph
17th of November 1855 : Livingstone reaches Victoria Falls
29th of January 1856 : Victoria Cross Created
30th of March 1856 : End of the Crimean War
10th of May 1857 : Indian Mutiny begins
22nd of June 1857 : Beginnings of the V&A
24th of October 1857 : Worlds Oldest Football Club Founded
16th of November 1857 : Relief of Lucknow
15th of May 1858 : Opening of the Royal Opera House
30th of June 1858 : The Great Stink at its Worst
23rd of July 1858 : Law passed allowing Jews to serve in parliament
20th of October 1858 : Big Ben Winched into Place
2nd of May 1859 : Opening of the Royal Albert Bridge
11th of July 1859 : Big Bens First Strike
25th of October 1859 : Anglesey Ship Disaster
24th of November 1859 : Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is published
30th of August 1860 : Birkenhead Has First Tram in Europe
17th of October 1860 : 1st Professional Golf Tournament
26th of December 1860 : First Inter-Club Football Match
23rd of March 1861 : 1st Trams operate in London
12th of April 1861 : American Civil War Begins
26th of September 1861 : 1st British Open Golf Championship
8th of November 1861 : Trent Affair Threatens Anglo-US War
25th of December 1861 : Mrs Beeton Published
16th of January 1862 : Hartley Pit Disaster
24th of May 1862 : Westminster Bridge Opens
10th of January 1863 : The London Underground opens
19th of November 1863 : The Gettysburg Address
8th of December 1863 : Britain’s First Heavyweight Boxing Champ
11th of March 1864 : Great Sheffield Flood
22nd of August 1864 : First Geneva Convention Signed
28th of September 1864 : The First International Meets in London
8th of December 1864 : Opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge
4th of July 1865 : Alice in Wonderland Published
28th of September 1865 : Britains 1st Woman doctor qualifies
23rd of July 1866 : Great Reform Demo
12th of December 1866 : England’s Worst Mining Disaster
15th of January 1867 : Regent’s Park Ice-Skating Disaster
17th of June 1867 : Lister performs the first operation using an antiseptic.
14th of July 1867 : 1st demonstration of Dynamite
23rd of November 1867 : Manchester Martyrs Hanged
29th of February 1868 : Disraeli becomes Prime Minister
26th of May 1868 : The Last public hanging
10th of December 1868 : First Traffic Signals in Britain
17th of November 1869 : Suez Canal Inaugurated
23rd of November 1869 : Launch of the Cutty Sark
9th of June 1870 : Death of Charles Dickens
4th of August 1870 : Foundation of the Red Cross
26th of January 1871 : Rugby Football Union Formed
27th of March 1871 : 1st international rugby match - Scotland V England
29th of March 1871 : Albert Hall Opens
20th of July 1871 : FA Cup is formed
1st of August 1871 : First Bank Holiday
10th of November 1871 : Stanley finds Livingstone
1st of December 1871 : George Eliot Publishes Middlemarch
13rd of March 1872 : Formation of Scottish Football Association
16th of March 1872 : 1st FA Cup Final
15th of April 1872 : First British Secret Ballot Election
30th of November 1872 : 1st international Football Match - Scotland V England
22nd of January 1873 : Spanish Steamer Sinks SS Northfleet
23rd of November 1874 : Far from the Madding Crowd Published
25th of August 1875 : Webb First Man to Swim the Channel
10th of March 1876 : Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st telephone call
1st of January 1877 : Victoria Proclaimed Empress of India
15th of March 1877 : 1st Test Match - England V Australia
9th of July 1877 : 1st Wimbledon tennis tournament
22nd of October 1877 : Blantyre Mining Disaster
11th of February 1878 : First Weekly Weather Forecasts in UK
25th of May 1878 : HMS Pinafore Opens
3rd of September 1878 : Princess Alice Disaster
22nd of January 1879 : Battle of Isandlwana
23rd of January 1879 : Battle of Rorkes Drift
3rd of August 1879 : Kew Devastated by Ice-Fall
28th of December 1879 : Collpase of the Tay Railway Bridge
1st of January 1880 : Britains 1st telephone directory is published
18th of April 1881 : Opening of the Natural History Museum
2nd of September 1882 : The Ashes Legend Begins
10th of March 1883 : First electric trams begin running in London
14th of March 1883 : Karl Marx Dies in London
16th of June 1883 : Sunderland Theatre Disaster
27th of August 1883 : Krakatoa Destroyed
4th of October 1883 : The Boys Brigade is founded
14th of November 1883 : Treasure Island Published
18th of January 1884 : Precedent for Cremation Set
1st of February 1884 : Oxford English Dictionary 1st published
22nd of April 1884 : Great Colchester Earthquake
29th of April 1884 : Women permitted at Oxford University
8th of July 1884 : NSPCC Founded
21st of July 1884 : First Lord’s Test Match
13rd of October 1884 : World adopts Greenwich Meantime
26th of January 1885 : Gordon Killed at Khartoum
12th of September 1885 : Arbroath 36 Bon Accord 0
29th of September 1885 : Britains 1st Electric Tram starts
10th of March 1886 : 1st Crufts Dog Show
11th of October 1886 : First statue to honour a woman is erected
5th of September 1887 : Exeter Theatre Royal Fire
11th of November 1887 : Work starts on the Manchester Ship Canal
22nd of March 1888 : Football League Formed
31st of August 1888 : Jack the Ripper’s First Victim
8th of September 1888 : Jack the Ripper’s Second Murder
8th of September 1888 : First Day of Football League Matches
30th of September 1888 : Jack the Ripper Kills twice in one Day
9th of November 1888 : Jack the Ripper claims last victim
4th of January 1889 : Preston North End Win 1st Football League
23rd of March 1889 : Woolwich Ferry Opens
12th of June 1889 : Armagh Sunday School Rail Tragedy
18th of November 1889 : Table Tennis 1st played
4th of March 1890 : Forth Bridge opens
27th of June 1890 : 1st World Championship Bout by Queensbury Rules
18th of March 1891 : Britain 1st linked to the continent by Telephone
8th of October 1891 : 1st official street collections for charity
30th of November 1891 : Tess of the d’Urbervilles Published
26th of July 1892 : First Asian MP Elected
31st of October 1892 : Sherlock Holmes 1st Published
15th of November 1892 : Lambeth Poisoner Hanged
1st of January 1894 : Manchester Ship Canal Opens
15th of February 1894 : First international terrorist attack on Britain?
14th of May 1894 : Blackpool Tower Opened
2nd of August 1894 : Death Duties Introduced
1st of October 1894 : First British Cable Car Opens
12th of January 1895 : National Trust founded
26th of April 1895 : Trial of Oscar Wilde begins
17th of May 1895 : W.G. Grace Scores his Hundredth Hundred
6th of July 1895 : First Car Ride in Britain
10th of August 1895 : First Prom Concert
29th of August 1895 : Birth of Rugby League
17th of October 1895 : First Motoring Offences in Britain
28th of January 1896 : First Speeding Fine in Britain
6th of April 1896 : First Modern Olympics
4th of May 1896 : 1st Edition of The Daily Mail
16th of August 1896 : Klondike Gold Rush
17th of August 1896 : First Pedestrian Killed by Car
14th of December 1896 : Glasgow Subway Opens
18th of May 1897 : Bram Stoker Publishes Dracula
22nd of June 1897 : Victorias Diamond Jubilee
10th of September 1897 : Worlds 1st Drunk Driver Caught
23rd of November 1897 : First Royal Command Performance
8th of December 1897 : RAC Established
12th of February 1898 : Britains 1st Car Crash Fatality
2nd of September 1898 : Battle of Omdurman
7th of July 1899 : Churchill Fails in Oldham By-Election
11th of October 1899 : Boer War Begins
15th of November 1899 : Churchill Captured by Boers
24th of January 1900 : Battle of Spion Kop
27th of February 1900 : Formation of the Labour Party
17th of May 1900 : Relief of Mafeking
2nd of October 1900 : Keir Hardie becomes 1st Labour MP
15th of December 1900 : Flannan Isles Mystery Born
22nd of January 1901 : Queen Victoria dies
2nd of February 1901 : Queen Victorias Funeral
8th of February 1901 : Brit Patents Vacuum Cleaner
18th of February 1901 : Churchill’s Maiden Speech
5th of August 1901 : Britains 1st Cinema Opens
1st of October 1901 : Kipling publishes Kim
2nd of October 1901 : Royal Navy launches 1st submarine
13rd of November 1901 : Caister Lifeboat Disaster
12th of December 1901 : Marconi sends 1st transatlantic wireless message
9th of August 1902 : Coronation of Edward VII
10th of October 1903 : Emmeline Pankhurst forms the Suffragette Movement
2nd of November 1903 : First Edition of Daily Mirror
17th of December 1903 : The Wright Brothers take Flight
23rd of December 1903 : First London Number Plate
8th of April 1904 : The ‘Entente Cordiale’ is signed by Britain and France
6th of June 1905 : Einstein Produces Theory of Relativity
10th of February 1906 : Royal Navy launches the first 'Dreadnought' battleship
26th of May 1906 : Prince of Wales Opens Vauxhall Bridge
13rd of February 1907 : Suffragettes Storm Westminster
27th of February 1907 : Old Bailey Opens
21st of April 1907 : Sinn Fein Formed
28th of May 1907 : First Isle of Man TT Race
6th of July 1907 : Brooklands Racing Circuit Opens
25th of July 1907 : 1st Scout Camp
29th of November 1907 : Florence Nightingale presented with the Order of Merit
26th of May 1908 : British Find Oil in Persia
13rd of July 1908 : White City Stadium Opens
18th of July 1908 : British Cops’ 1-2-3 in Olympic Tug o’ War
14th of August 1908 : First international Beauty Contest
14th of November 1908 : Britain’s first female mayor elected
1st of January 1909 : Old-Age Pensions First Paid
23rd of January 1909 : The Tottenham Outrage
15th of March 1909 : Selfridges Opens
29th of April 1909 : Lloyd George’s People’s Budget
25th of July 1909 : Louis Bleriot flies the Channel
4th of September 1909 : 1st Scout Rally
2nd of October 1909 : First Game at Twickenham
5th of November 1909 : 1st UK Woolworths Opens
19th of February 1910 : First Man Utd Match at Old Trafford
10th of May 1910 : First UK Air Display
12th of July 1910 : First Briton Killed in Aircraft Accident
22nd of October 1910 : Crippen convicted at Old Bailey
23rd of November 1910 : Crippen hanged
20th of December 1910 : A draw in the General Election - both sides get 272 seats
21st of December 1910 : Westhoughton Pit Disaster
18th of October 1911 : Chewing Gum first goes on sale
23rd of October 1911 : First British-Made Ford Car
17th of January 1912 : Scott reaches the South Pole
17th of March 1912 : Captain Oates leaves the tent
29th of March 1912 : Captain Scott dies
10th of April 1912 : Titanic sets sail on maiden voyage
15th of April 1912 : Titanic sinks
26th of October 1912 : Woolwich Tunnel Opens
18th of December 1912 : Piltdown Man Discovered
26th of May 1913 : First Female Magistrate Appointed
5th of June 1913 : Suffragette dies - throws herself in front of the KIngs Horse
29th of June 1913 : Sons and Lovers Published
14th of October 1913 : Caerphilly Pit disaster
30th of October 1913 : Deadliest British Tornado
28th of July 1914 : Start of World War I
4th of August 1914 : Britain declares War on Germany
28th of August 1914 : First Battle of Heligoland Bight
5th of September 1914 : The Battle of the Marne Begins
31st of October 1914 : The Worcesters Charge at Ypres
26th of November 1914 : HMS Bulwark Explodes in Medway
27th of November 1914 : Britains 1st policewoman goes on duty
9th of December 1914 : The Ark Royal commissioned
24th of December 1914 : First Bomb Dropped on English Soil
19th of January 1915 : 1st British town hit by a Zeppelin raid
2nd of April 1915 : Man Utd-Liverpool Match-Fixing Scandal,
7th of May 1915 : Sinking of the Lusitania
10th of May 1915 : Zeppelin Fire-Bombs Southend
22nd of May 1915 : Britains worst Rail Disaster
31st of May 1915 : First Zeppelin Air Raids on London
16th of September 1915 : First British WI Meeting
12th of October 1915 : Edith Cavell Executed
15th of December 1915 : Retreat from Gallipoli
21st of February 1916 : Battle of Verdun Begins
2nd of March 1916 : Conscription Begins
2nd of April 1916 : Faversham TNT Disaster
24th of April 1916 : Start of the Easter Uprising
16th of May 1916 : The Sykes-Picot Agreement
31st of May 1916 : Battle of Jutland
1st of July 1916 : First Day of the Somme
15th of September 1916 : First Ever Use of Tanks in Battle
18th of November 1916 : Battle of the Somme Ends
6th of December 1916 : Lloyd George becomes prime minister
19th of January 1917 : The Silvertown TNT Plant Explosion
21st of February 1917 : SS Mendi Sunk off Isle of Wight
6th of April 1917 : America Enters World War One
16th of April 1917 : Lenin Returns to Russia
13rd of June 1917 : Deadliest WWI Raid on London
9th of July 1917 : HMS Vanguard Lost with 843 Men
17th of July 1917 : Royal Family Adopts Windsor Name
31st of July 1917 : Third Battle of Ypres
17th of October 1917 : First Full-Scale British Air-raid
2nd of November 1917 : The Balfour Declaration
7th of November 1917 : Russian Revolution
10th of November 1917 : Battle of Passchendaele ends
31st of January 1918 : Battle of May Island
6th of February 1918 : Women get the Vote
1st of April 1918 : R A F Created
1st of July 1918 : Disaster at Chilwell Shell Plant
17th of July 1918 : Tsar Nicholas and Family Killed
1st of October 1918 : Lawrence of Arabia Takes Damascus
11th of November 1918 : End of the First World War
14th of December 1918 : Women Can Vote in General Election
18th of January 1919 : Bentley Motors Formed
31st of January 1919 : Battle of George Square
13rd of April 1919 : The Amritsar Massacre
15th of June 1919 : Alcock and Brown complete 1st non stop flight across the Atlantic
28th of June 1919 : Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
11th of November 1919 : First Two-Minute Silence
28th of November 1919 : Nancy Astor becomes the first woman MP
7th of October 1920 : Oxford University admits Women for the 1st time
17th of March 1921 : Marie Stopes Opens First Clinic
15th of May 1921 : British Legion Formed
24th of August 1921 : Hull Airship Disaster
7th of October 1922 : Biggest British Salmon Caught
18th of October 1922 : BBC Formed
4th of November 1922 : Carter Finds Tutankhamuns Tomb
14th of November 1922 : BBC begins Broadcasts
6th of December 1922 : Anglo-Irish treaty is signed
28th of April 1923 : 1st Wembley FA Cup Final
22nd of January 1924 : Ramsay MacDonald becomes Britain's 1st Labour PM
23rd of January 1924 : First Labour Government
23rd of April 1924 : First Broadcast by British Monarch
5th of July 1925 : Giant Hailstone Hits Plumstead
18th of July 1925 : Mein Kampf Published
5th of August 1925 : Plaid Cymru Formed
26th of September 1925 : Blackpool illuminations light up for 1st time
1st of December 1925 : Locarno Treaty Signed
26th of January 1926 : John Logie Baird gives first demonstration of television
7th of March 1926 : First Two-Way Transatlantic Phone Call
1st of May 1926 : TUC meets to agree on a General Strike
3rd of May 1926 : The Great General Strike Begins
7th of August 1926 : Britains 1st Grand Prix is held at Brooklands
14th of October 1926 : Winnie the Pooh Published
3rd of December 1926 : Agatha Christie vanishes
15th of January 1927 : First BBC Sporting Commentary
22nd of January 1927 : BBC Broadcasts 1st live Football Commentary
4th of June 1927 : The First Ryder Cup
5th of November 1927 : 1st traffic lights start to operate
26th of April 1928 : Tussauds Finally Reopens after Fire,
14th of July 1928 : First National Grid Pylon Erected
30th of September 1928 : The discovery of penicillin
20th of December 1928 : Harry Ramsden opens 1st Fish and Chip Shop
4th of February 1929 : First Green Belt land approved
16th of February 1929 : Heaviest British Snowfall
11th of July 1929 : Gillingham Firefighting Display Disaster
30th of September 1929 : BBC begins TV Transmissions
24th of October 1929 : Wall Street Crash
31st of December 1929 : Paisley Cinema Disaster
27th of January 1930 : Mick the Miller Wins his Second Greyhound Derby
1st of February 1930 : First Times Crossword
6th of April 1930 : Salt March Ends
5th of May 1930 : Amy Johnson begins her flight upon Gypsy Moth
14th of April 1931 : The Highway code is published
23rd of May 1931 : Whipsnade Zoo Opened
24th of August 1931 : Huxley Finishes Brave New World
15th of September 1931 : Invergordon Mutiny
12th of November 1931 : Elgar opens Abbey Road recording studios
1st of August 1932 : First Mars Bar Made
3rd of October 1932 : Iraq Gains Independence from Britain
19th of December 1932 : BBC World Service Begins
27th of February 1933 : Burning of the Reichstag
28th of August 1933 : First Radio Appeal for Help by Police
12th of November 1933 : First Photo of Nessie
26th of March 1934 : Driving Tests and Speed Limit introduced
26th of May 1934 : First ever Glyndebourne
30th of June 1934 : Night of the Long Knives
16th of March 1935 : UK's 1st Driving Test taken
19th of May 1935 : Lawrence of Arabia dies
30th of July 1935 : First Penguin Paperbacks
5th of March 1936 : Maiden flight of the Spitfire
29th of April 1936 : First TV Interview
6th of June 1936 : Gatwick Airport Opens
24th of July 1936 : Speaking Clock Introduced
3rd of August 1936 : Jesse Owens Wins Olympic Gold
4th of October 1936 : The Battle of Cable Street
5th of October 1936 : The Jarrow March begins
2nd of November 1936 : BBC Television begins broadcasting
30th of November 1936 : Crystal Palace destroyed by fire
10th of December 1936 : Edward VIII abdicates
14th of January 1937 : First UK Opinion Poll
12th of April 1937 : Whittle tests the 1st Jet Engine
26th of April 1937 : Guernica Bombed
21st of June 1937 : BBC’s First Wimbledon Broadcast
8th of July 1937 : First 999 Call
21st of September 1937 : Tolkien Publishes The Hobbit
1st of December 1937 : Sellotape Goes on Sale
11th of March 1938 : Anschluss
29th of September 1938 : Chamberlain & Hitler sign the Munich Agreement
30th of September 1938 : Chamberlain Proclaims Peace for our Time,
30th of October 1938 : War of the Worlds Broadcast Panic
1st of May 1939 : Sutton Hoo Dig Begins
3rd of September 1939 : Britain declares War on Germany - WWII begins
13rd of December 1939 : Battle of the River Plate
8th of January 1940 : Food Rationing Begins
10th of May 1940 : Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
13rd of May 1940 : Churchill forms Wartime Coalition Government
27th of May 1940 : Evacuation of Dunkirk begins
3rd of June 1940 : Evacuation of Dunkirk ends
30th of June 1940 : German Troops invade Channel Islands
10th of July 1940 : The Battle of Britain begins
23rd of August 1940 : LDV becomes Home Guard
7th of September 1940 : The Blitz begins
15th of September 1940 : Battle of Britain ends
14th of October 1940 : Balham Blitz Tube Disaster
31st of October 1940 : Official end of the Battle of Britain
14th of November 1940 : Coventry Blitz
29th of November 1940 : Bomb Kills 166 in Liverpool Air-Raid Shelter
12th of December 1940 : Marples Hotel Tragedy
29th of December 1940 : Worst night of The Blitz
12th of February 1941 : First Penicillin Patient
15th of April 1941 : The Belfast Blitz
9th of May 1941 : Enigma Machine Captured
10th of May 1941 : Rudolf Hess lands in Scotland
15th of August 1941 : Last Execution in The Tower
31st of October 1941 : Huddersfield Factory Fire
13rd of November 1941 : Ark Royal Torpedoed
7th of December 1941 : Pearl Harbour
1st of January 1942 : First Edition of Desert Island Discs
15th of February 1942 : Singapore Surrenders
23rd of October 1942 : Battle of El Alamein
27th of November 1942 : Train Downs Nazi Plane
2nd of March 1943 : Bethnal Green Tube Disaster
16th of May 1943 : Dambusters Raid
24th of March 1944 : The Real Great Escape
27th of April 1944 : Slapton Sands Friendly Fire Disaster
6th of June 1944 : D-Day Landings
13rd of June 1944 : First V1 Rocket hits London
16th of August 1944 : Rainham V1 Train Disaster
23rd of August 1944 : Freckleton Tragedy
8th of September 1944 : First German V2 rocket lands on London
17th of September 1944 : Operation Market Garden - Allied invasion of Holland
12th of November 1944 : Tirpitz Sunk
16th of December 1944 : Battle of the Bulge Begins
4th of February 1945 : The Yalta Conference
14th of February 1945 : Dresden Firestorm
27th of March 1945 : Last V2 rocket lands
30th of April 1945 : Hitler’s Suicide
7th of May 1945 : Nazi Germany surrenders - VE Day
9th of May 1945 : Channel Islands liberated
16th of July 1945 : First Atomic Explosion
6th of August 1945 : Hiroshima
17th of August 1945 : Animal Farm Published
2nd of September 1945 : Japan Signs Surrender
19th of September 1945 : 'Lord Haw-Haw' sentenced to death
30th of September 1945 : Bourne End Rail Crash
24th of October 1945 : Formation of UN
20th of November 1945 : Nuremberg Trials begin
3rd of January 1946 : 'Lord Haw-Haw' hanged
1st of March 1946 : Bank of England Nationalised
5th of March 1946 : Churchills ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech
9th of March 1946 : Burnden Park Disaster
2nd of April 1946 : Founding of Sandhurst Royal Military Academy
22nd of July 1946 : King David Hotel Bombing
11th of November 1946 : Britains 1st New Town
5th of June 1947 : Marshall Aid Launched
9th of July 1947 : Engagement of Queen Elizabeth
24th of August 1947 : First Edinburgh International Festival
12th of January 1948 : First British Supermarket Opens
28th of February 1948 : Last British Soldiers leave India
14th of May 1948 : Birth of Israel
21st of June 1948 : World’s 1st Computer Program Runs in Manchester
22nd of June 1948 : SS Empire Windrush Docks at Tilbury
26th of June 1948 : Berlin Airlift begins
1st of July 1948 : Oxfam Opens its First Charity Shop
5th of July 1948 : National Health Service established
28th of July 1948 : The Battle of London Airport
29th of July 1948 : Opening Ceremony of 1948 Olympics
12th of October 1948 : 1st Morris Minor Built
4th of April 1949 : Foundation of NATO
18th of April 1949 : Republic of Ireland established
5th of June 1949 : Noddy’s First Appearance
8th of June 1949 : 1984 Published
29th of July 1949 : First Regular TV Weather Forecasts
3rd of February 1950 : Klaus Fuchs arrested
22nd of September 1950 : First Non-Stop Transatlantic Jet Flight
16th of October 1950 : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Published
17th of April 1951 : Peak District is designated Britain's first national park
24th of April 1951 : Glorious Glosters Stand at Imjin River
3rd of May 1951 : The Festival of Britain opens
22nd of May 1951 : Burgess and Maclean Defect
20th of August 1951 : First Benny Hill TV Show
26th of October 1951 : Churchill becomes PM again
31st of October 1951 : Zebra Crossing Introduced
20th of November 1951 : Snowdonia designated a National Park
4th of December 1951 : Gillingham Bus Disaster
6th of February 1952 : Elizabeth II becomes Queen
26th of February 1952 : Churchill Announces British Atom Bomb
15th of August 1952 : Lynmouth Floods Kill 34
6th of September 1952 : Farnborough Air Show Disaster
23rd of September 1952 : Chaplin Returns to England
2nd of October 1952 : Britain tests first Nuclear Bomb
8th of October 1952 : Harrow Rail crash
14th of November 1952 : NME Publishes First UK Singles Chart
14th of November 1952 : First British Record Chart Published
25th of November 1952 : The 'Mousetrap' opens
5th of December 1952 : Start of the Great Smog
28th of January 1953 : Derek Bentley Hanged
1st of February 1953 : East Coast floods kill hundreds
25th of April 1953 : Crick and Watson discover DNA
29th of May 1953 : Hillary climbs Everest
2nd of June 1953 : Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
11th of November 1953 : First edition of Panorama
17th of November 1953 : Channel Collision Kills 20
11th of April 1954 : The Dullest Day in History?
6th of May 1954 : Roger Bannister runs the four minute mile
21st of July 1954 : Lord of the Rings Published
17th of September 1954 : Lord of the Flies Published
13rd of July 1955 : Ruth Ellis Hanged
16th of July 1955 : Stirling Moss is first Englishman to win the British Grand Prix
18th of July 1955 : Great Martinstown Downpour
22nd of September 1955 : Launch of ITV
23rd of September 1955 : 1st British woman News reader
26th of September 1955 : 1st Birds Eye Fishfingers go on Sale
17th of October 1956 : World’s First Fully Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Opened
29th of October 1956 : Suez Conflict Begins
1st of November 1956 : Premium Bonds go on Sale
6th of March 1957 : Ghana Gains Independence
1st of April 1957 : Panorama Spaghetti Hoax
15th of May 1957 : Britain tests H-Bomb
6th of July 1957 : Lennon and McCartney First Meet
4th of September 1957 : Wolfenden Report - homosexuality decriminalised
4th of October 1957 : Sputnik Launched
10th of October 1957 : Windscale Reactor Fire
4th of December 1957 : Lewisham Train Crash Kills 90
6th of February 1958 : Munich Air Crash
17th of March 1958 : CND’s Inaugural Public Meeting
23rd of June 1958 : End of coal rationing announced
10th of July 1958 : Launch of the Parking Meter
13rd of October 1958 : Paddington Bear is Published
16th of October 1958 : First Edition of Blue Peter
21st of October 1958 : First Women Peers Enter Lords
10th of November 1958 : Donald Campbell breaks water speed record
5th of December 1958 : Opening of UK's 1st Motorway
9th of July 1959 : Supercell Storm over Wokingham
28th of July 1959 : Postcodes Introduced
7th of October 1959 : Southend Pier Fire Traps 300
2nd of November 1959 : M1 Opens
28th of March 1960 : Fire Claims 19 Glasgow Firefighters
19th of September 1960 : First Traffic Wardens in London
21st of October 1960 : 1st British Nuclear Powered Sub launched
2nd of November 1960 : Penguin Wins Lady Chatterley Case
9th of December 1960 : 1st episode of Coronation St screened
12th of April 1961 : First Man in Space
1st of May 1961 : Betting Shops Legal
9th of November 1961 : Brian Epstein Meets The Beatles
4th of December 1961 : The Pill is introduced
24th of January 1962 : Beatles Sign for Epstein
2nd of April 1962 : Panda Crossing Launched
6th of June 1962 : Beatles audition for George Martin
12th of July 1962 : Debut of the Rolling Stones
4th of October 1962 : Beatles release 1st single
5th of June 1963 : John Profumo resigns
8th of August 1963 : Great Train Robbery
28th of August 1963 : Martin Luther King Has a Dream
22nd of November 1963 : Assassination of President Kennedy
23rd of November 1963 : First Episode of Doctor Who
7th of February 1964 : The Beatles arrive in America
9th of February 1964 : Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan show
20th of March 1964 : Beatles release Cant Buy Me Love
20th of April 1964 : Launch of BBC2
18th of May 1964 : Mods and Rockers Battle
13rd of August 1964 : Last Executions in Britain
16th of August 1964 : Fred Trueman First Test Bowler to 300 Wickets
22nd of August 1964 : First Edition of Match of the Day
4th of September 1964 : Forth Road Bridge Opened
12th of September 1964 : Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Published
15th of September 1964 : 1st Edition of the Sun
1st of January 1965 : Stanley Matthews Knighted
24th of January 1965 : Winston Churchill dies
30th of January 1965 : Winston Churchill's Funeral
24th of April 1965 : Official opening of the Pennine Way
8th of July 1965 : Ronnie Biggs Escapes Prison
15th of August 1965 : Beatles Create Stadium Rock at Shea Stadium
30th of September 1965 : Thunderbirds Are Go!
26th of October 1965 : Beatles Receive MBEs
8th of November 1965 : Race Relations Act comes into force
3rd of December 1965 : Who Release My Generation
13rd of December 1965 : Jackanory First Broadcast
22nd of December 1965 : National Speed Limit of 70mph introduced
3rd of March 1966 : BBC starts to broadcast in colour
4th of March 1966 : Lennon’s Bigger than Jesus Quip
20th of March 1966 : World Cup Stolen
1st of May 1966 : Last UK Concert by Beatles
6th of May 1966 : Moors murderers found guilty
21st of May 1966 : Cooper Floors Ali
29th of June 1966 : First British Credit Card Launched
3rd of July 1966 : Anti Vietnam Protest at American Embassy
30th of July 1966 : England win the World Cup
8th of September 1966 : Severn Bridge Opens
21st of October 1966 : The Aberfan Disaster
22nd of October 1966 : George Blake Escapes from Wormwood Scrubs
9th of November 1966 : Lennon Meets Yoko
4th of January 1967 : Donald Campbell killed trying to break own water speed record
25th of May 1967 : Celtic win the European Cup
1st of June 1967 : The Beatles release Sgt Peppers
4th of June 1967 : Stockport Air Disaster
25th of June 1967 : Worlds First Live Satellite Broadcast
27th of June 1967 : Barclays opens Britains 1st cashpoint
7th of July 1967 : Beatles release 'All You Need is Love'
14th of July 1967 : Abortion Bill Passed
20th of September 1967 : QE2 Launched
29th of September 1967 : First Episode of The Prisoner,
30th of September 1967 : Radio 1 goes on air
9th of October 1967 : Breathalyser Introduced
5th of November 1967 : Hither Green Rail Disaster
26th of February 1968 : Shelton Hospital Fire
20th of April 1968 : Enoch Powells Rivers of Blood Speech
27th of April 1968 : Abortion is legalised in Britain
29th of May 1968 : Man Utd Win 1st English European Cup
31st of July 1968 : Dads Army 1st Broadcast
4th of September 1968 : Beatles Record Last TV Appearance Together
22nd of November 1968 : Beatles Release White Album
17th of December 1968 : Mary Bell found Guilty
30th of January 1969 : Beatles Rooftop Finale
2nd of March 1969 : Concorde Flies for first time
4th of March 1969 : Kray Twins found guilty of murder
7th of March 1969 : Victoria line opens
22nd of April 1969 : Knox-Johnston completes first solo non stop voyage around the world
3rd of July 1969 : Death of a Rolling Stone
21st of July 1969 : Man on the Moon
14th of August 1969 : British Troops sent to Northern Ireland
15th of August 1969 : Woodstock Begins
5th of October 1969 : Monty Python 1st screened
14th of October 1969 : Fifty Pence Coin Issued
25th of November 1969 : Lennon Returns MBE
18th of December 1969 : Death penalty abolished
31st of July 1970 : Last Day of the Rum Ration
5th of August 1970 : First English Match to “Go to Penalties”
26th of August 1970 : Isle of Wight Festival Attracts 600,000
18th of September 1970 : Jimi Hendrix dies in London
19th of September 1970 : First Glastonbury
19th of October 1970 : North Sea Oil Discovered
2nd of January 1971 : Ibrox Disaster Claims 66 Lives
15th of February 1971 : Decimal currency is launched in Britain
24th of June 1971 : Mersey Tunnel Opens
10th of August 1971 : First Mr Men books published
21st of September 1971 : First Old Grey Whistle Test
22nd of November 1971 : Cairngorm Climbing Tragedy
4th of December 1971 : Belfast Bar Bomb Kills 15
30th of January 1972 : Bloody Sunday
2nd of February 1972 : British Embassy in Dublin bombed
18th of June 1972 : Staines Air Disaster
6th of September 1972 : Munich Olympics Terror
1st of January 1973 : Britains Joins the EEC
4th of January 1973 : 1st episode of Last of the Summer Wine
11th of January 1973 : First Open Univeristy Graduates
27th of January 1973 : Gareth Edwards – the Greatest Try
9th of March 1973 : Vote to retain Union in Northern Ireland
24th of March 1973 : Dark Side of the Moon Released
25th of May 1973 : Tubular Bells released
2nd of August 1973 : Summerland Fire Disaster
14th of November 1973 : Princess Anne and Mark Phillips Marry
4th of February 1974 : IRA bomb explodes on Army coach
5th of September 1974 : First Episode of Porridge
23rd of September 1974 : BBC launches the world's first Ceefax teletext service.
1st of October 1974 : 1st McDonalds opens in London
5th of October 1974 : IRA Bomb Guildford
7th of November 1974 : Lord Lucan disappears
21st of November 1974 : IRA Bomb Birmingham
27th of December 1974 : Last Native Manx Speaker Dies
14th of January 1975 : Lesley Whittle kidnapped by Donald Neilson
11th of February 1975 : Margaret Thatcher becomes leader of the Tory Party
28th of February 1975 : Moorgate Tube Train Disaster
4th of April 1975 : First Episode of The Good Life
4th of April 1975 : Microsoft Founded
27th of May 1975 : Britain’s Worst Road Accident
19th of September 1975 : First Episode of Fawlty Towers
3rd of November 1975 : North Sea Oil starts to flow
5th of November 1975 : Sex Pistols play 1st ever gig
27th of November 1975 : Ross McWhirter killed by IRA
11th of December 1975 : End of the IRA Balcombe Street siege
5th of January 1976 : Kingsmill Massacre
21st of January 1976 : First Concorde flight
16th of March 1976 : Harold Wilson Resigns
26th of March 1976 : Queen sends 1st Royal email
1st of April 1976 : Apple Computers Launched
8th of October 1976 : EMI Sign Sex Pistols
25th of October 1976 : Queen Opens National Theatre
1st of December 1976 : Grundy Interviews the Sex Pistols
2nd of April 1977 : Red Rum wins the national for 3rd time
25th of May 1977 : Star Wars Opens
7th of June 1977 : Silver Jubilee Celebrations
1st of July 1977 : Wade wins Jubilee Wimbledon
16th of September 1977 : Marc Bolan dies in car crash
18th of October 1977 : First Brit Awards
26th of October 1977 : Last Natural Smallpox Case
27th of October 1977 : Sex Pistols Release Never Mind the Bollocks
8th of February 1978 : First Episode of Grange Hill
8th of March 1978 : Hitch Hikers Guide First Broadcast
25th of March 1978 : Cambridge Sink In Boat Race
8th of June 1978 : Naomi James Globe Circling First
19th of June 1978 : Botham sets all-rounder record
25th of July 1978 : First Test Tube Baby Born
7th of September 1978 : The Umbrella Murder
19th of September 1978 : Murder of Carl Bridgewater
12th of October 1978 : Sid Vicious Arrested for Murder
22nd of January 1979 : Public Sector Strike Begins
22nd of January 1979 : Space Invaders Hit UK
9th of February 1979 : Worlds first £1 Million footballer is bought
18th of February 1979 : Antiques Roadshow 1st Broadcast
30th of March 1979 : Airey Neave assasinated
23rd of April 1979 : Death of Blair Peach
4th of May 1979 : Margaret Thatcher becomes Britains 1st Female PM
27th of August 1979 : Lord Louis Mountbatten assasinated by IRA
12th of October 1979 : Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Published
16th of November 1979 : Blunt Treason Revealed
4th of December 1979 : The Hastie Fire
14th of December 1979 : The Clash Release London Calling
30th of January 1980 : First Newsnight
25th of February 1980 : Yes Minister First Broadcast
1st of April 1980 : Britains 1st nudist beach opens
30th of April 1980 : Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
5th of May 1980 : The SAS storms the Iranian embassy in London
8th of December 1980 : John Lennon shot dead
4th of January 1981 : Peter Sutcliffe Admits he’s Yorkshire Ripper
18th of January 1981 : Deptford Fire Kills 13
24th of February 1981 : Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer announce engagement
9th of March 1981 : M5 rapist given 12 life sentences
26th of March 1981 : SDP Created
29th of March 1981 : First London Marathon
4th of April 1981 : First Woman in the Boat Race
11th of April 1981 : Brixton Riots
5th of May 1981 : Death of Hunger Striker Bobby Sands
13rd of June 1981 : Fantasy Assassin Targets the Queen
24th of June 1981 : The Humber Bridge Opens to Traffic
20th of July 1981 : Botham’s Greatest Ashes Day
29th of July 1981 : Wedding of Charles and Diana
8th of September 1981 : First Episode of Only Fools and Horses
3rd of October 1981 : End of Maze Hunger Strikes
19th of December 1981 : Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
19th of March 1982 : Argentine Forces land on South Georgia
2nd of April 1982 : Argentina invades Falklands
5th of April 1982 : British fleet sails for Falkland Islands
20th of April 1982 : Sinclair ZX Spectrum Launched
2nd of May 1982 : General Belgrano sank
25th of May 1982 : HMS Coventry Sunk
14th of June 1982 : End of Falklands War
17th of June 1982 : Robert Calvi Gods Banker found dead
11th of October 1982 : Mary Rose raised
30th of October 1982 : The Jam Split
1st of November 1982 : Channel 4 transmits for 1st time
12th of December 1982 : Peace Women Embrace Greenham Common
8th of February 1983 : Shergar kidnapped
5th of May 1983 : 1000th Top of the Pops
16th of July 1983 : Helicopter Crashes off Scilly
26th of September 1983 : 21 IRA men escape from Maze Prison
16th of November 1983 : England Fans Riot in Luxembourg
18th of November 1983 : Walton Sextuplets Born
26th of November 1983 : Brinks Mat Robbery
17th of December 1983 : IRA bomb Harrods
14th of February 1984 : Torvill and Dean Win Gold
5th of March 1984 : Miners Strike Starts
8th of May 1984 : Thames Barrier Opens
22nd of May 1984 : Abbeystead Disaster
18th of June 1984 : Battle of Orgreave
9th of July 1984 : Lightning strikes York Minster
30th of July 1984 : Falkirk Rail Disaster
10th of September 1984 : Eureka Moment for DNA Fingerprinting
12th of October 1984 : IRA Bomb Grand Hotel Brighton
12th of November 1984 : End of the Pound note
23rd of November 1984 : Oxford Circus Tube Fire
24th of November 1984 : Band Aid Single Recorded
20th of December 1984 : Greatest Underground Fire in History
1st of January 1985 : First UK Mobile Phone Call
10th of January 1985 : Sinclair C5 Launched
19th of February 1985 : 1st episode of Eastenders
3rd of March 1985 : Miners Strike Ends
11th of May 1985 : Bradford City Football Fire
29th of May 1985 : Heysel Stadium Disaster
13rd of July 1985 : Live Aid
1st of September 1985 : Titanic Found
14th of September 1985 : Expulsion of Britons from USSR
28th of September 1985 : Brixton riots again
1st of October 1985 : Toxteth Riots
6th of October 1985 : Broadwater Farm Riots
15th of November 1985 : Anglo Irish Agreement signed
29th of November 1985 : Glasgow Gas Blast
26th of April 1986 : Chernobyl
23rd of July 1986 : Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson
29th of October 1986 : M25 fully opens
1st of November 1986 : BSE identified in UK
6th of November 1986 : Sumburgh Disaster
6th of March 1987 : Herald of Free Enterprise Ferry Disaster
8th of May 1987 : The Loughgall Ambush
19th of June 1987 : It’s a Royal Knockout
3rd of July 1987 : Branson Crosses Atlantic in Hot-Air Balloon
19th of August 1987 : The Hungerford Massacre
15th of October 1987 : The Great Storm
19th of October 1987 : Black Monday Market Crash
8th of November 1987 : Enniskillen Remembrance Day Bomb
18th of November 1987 : Kings Cross Fire
5th of February 1988 : 1st Red Nose day
6th of March 1988 : 3 IRA members shot dead in Gibraltar
11th of March 1988 : Pound Note Withdrawn from Circulation
16th of March 1988 : Milltown Cemetery Killings
6th of July 1988 : Piper Alpha Disaster
12th of December 1988 : Clapham rail disaster
17th of December 1988 : Work begins on the Channel Tunnel
21st of December 1988 : Lockerbie Air Disaster
8th of January 1989 : Kegworth Air Crash
6th of February 1989 : Launch of Sky TV
14th of February 1989 : Khomeini Issues ‘Satanic Verses’ Fatwa
15th of April 1989 : Hillsborough Disaster
4th of June 1989 : Tiananmen Square Massacre
20th of August 1989 : Marchioness Disaster
22nd of September 1989 : 10 Soldiers killed by IRA bomb attack in Deal
19th of October 1989 : Guildford Four Verdicts Quashed
9th of November 1989 : Fall of the Berlin Wall
25th of January 1990 : Burns Day Killer Storm
31st of March 1990 : Poll Tax Riots
1st of April 1990 : Strangeways Prison Riot Begins
8th of October 1990 : Britain joins the Exchange Rate Mechanism
12th of November 1990 : Tim Berners-Lee Proposes world wide web
13rd of November 1990 : Geoffrey Howes resignation speech
22nd of November 1990 : Margaret Thatcher Resigns
1st of December 1990 : Channel Tunnel Links Britain and France
9th of December 1990 : Iraq Frees 100 UK Hostages
7th of February 1991 : IRA Fires Mortar at 10 Downing St
25th of February 1991 : Birmingham Six convictions overturned
14th of March 1991 : Birmingham Six Released
18th of May 1991 : First Briton in space
9th of June 1991 : Completion of the Dartford Bridge
5th of November 1991 : Robert Maxwell Dies
18th of November 1991 : Beirut Hostage Terry Waite Released
25th of December 1991 : End of the Soviet Union
16th of January 1992 : Britain drops out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism
30th of March 1992 : John Major gets on his Soapbox
15th of August 1992 : Inaugural Premier League Games
11th of November 1992 : Church of England votes to allow female priests
12th of November 1992 : Absolutely Fabulous Debuts
20th of November 1992 : Windsor Castle is damaged by fire
3rd of December 1992 : First Text Message Sent
14th of February 1993 : Body of James Bulger found
20th of March 1993 : IRA Bombs Warrington
3rd of April 1993 : The Grand National That Never Was
19th of April 1993 : Waco Siege Ends
24th of April 1993 : Bishopsgate Bombing
4th of June 1993 : Shane Warne bowls 'Ball of the Century'
7th of August 1993 : Buckingham Palace Opens for Tourists
12th of March 1994 : Women priests ordained for 1st time
6th of May 1994 : The Channel Tunnel opens
31st of May 1994 : Blair-Brown Granita Pact
2nd of June 1994 : Chinook crashes into Mull
21st of July 1994 : Tony Blair Elected Labour Leader
19th of November 1994 : First National Lottery Draw
1st of January 1995 : Fred West Found Hanged
26th of February 1995 : Barings Bank Collapses
20th of November 1995 : Diana Admits Adultery
22nd of November 1995 : Rose West Sentenced
2nd of December 1995 : Nick Leeson jailed for Barings Bank Collapse
15th of December 1995 : Bosman Ruling
9th of February 1996 : Canary Wharf bombed by IRA
19th of February 1996 : Cocker's Contempt for Jackson at Brits
13rd of March 1996 : The Dunblane Shootings
8th of June 1996 : First Woman Jockey in Derby
3rd of July 1996 : Parliament Returns Stone of Scone
28th of August 1996 : Charles and Diana Divorce
28th of September 1996 : Frankie Dettori’s Magnificent Seven
22nd of February 1997 : Dolly the Sheep Cloned
30th of March 1997 : 1st Broadcast of Channel 5
31st of March 1997 : Teletubbies First Broadcast
1st of May 1997 : Tony Blairs 'New Labour' sweeps to power
6th of May 1997 : Bank of England Given Independence
30th of June 1997 : First Harry Potter Book Published
1st of July 1997 : Britain hands back Hong Kong to China
30th of July 1997 : Cool Britannia Party at 10 Downing Street
31st of August 1997 : Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash
6th of September 1997 : Funeral of Princess Diana
11th of September 1997 : Scotland votes Yes to a Scottish Parliament
19th of September 1997 : Southall Train Crash
15th of October 1997 : Andy Green breaks sound barrier on land
17th of November 1997 : The Luxor Massacre
7th of January 1998 : Selsey’s Devastating Waterspout
16th of February 1998 : Angel of the North Completed
10th of April 1998 : Good Friday Agreement
24th of February 1999 : Lawrence Inquiry Published
26th of April 1999 : Death of Jill Dando
30th of April 1999 : Soho pub bombing
8th of June 1999 : Jonathan Aitken Jailed
12th of August 1999 : Total eclipse of the Sun
5th of October 1999 : Paddington Rail Crash
10th of October 1999 : London Eye Erected
12th of November 1999 : Gary Glitter Jailed
1st of May 2000 : Millennium May Day Protests
10th of June 2000 : Millennium Bridge Opens – and Closes
18th of July 2000 : First UK Broadcast of Big Brother
6th of August 2000 : Great Yarmouth Showered with Fish
10th of September 2000 : Sierra Leone Hostages Freed by SAS
23rd of September 2000 : Steve Redgrave wins 5th Olympic Gold Medal
17th of October 2000 : Hatfield Rail Crash
20th of November 2000 : Judith Keppel Who wants to be a Millionaire Winner
27th of November 2000 : Damilola Taylor Stabbed to Death
28th of February 2001 : Selby Rail Crash
4th of March 2001 : Real IRA bombs BBC TV Centre
17th of March 2001 : Eden Project Opens
8th of July 2001 : Manningham Riots
9th of July 2001 : First Episode of The Office
19th of July 2001 : Jeffrey Archer Jailed
1st of September 2001 : Germany 1 – England 5
11th of September 2001 : Attacks by Islamisists on New York and Washington
7th of October 2001 : Britain & USA Begin Airstrikes in Afghanistan
30th of March 2002 : Queen Mother Dies
1st of October 2002 : Durham Pioneers Congestion Charge
12th of October 2002 : Bali nightclub Bombs
30th of October 2002 : Freeview Launches
15th of February 2003 : Huge Stop the War Demo
17th of February 2003 : Congestion Charge introduced to Central London
27th of February 2003 : Rowan Williams becomes 104th Archbishop of Canterbury
9th of April 2003 : Baghdad Falls
10th of August 2003 : Hottest Day Ever in Britain
10th of September 2003 : Who Wants to be a Millionaire Coughing Scandal
24th of October 2003 : Last Commercial Concorde Flight
22nd of November 2003 : England win Rugby World Cup
17th of December 2003 : Ian Huntly found Guilty of Soham Murders
13rd of January 2004 : Harold Shipman hangs himself in Prison
5th of February 2004 : Cockle Pickers die at Morecambe Bay
15th of May 2004 : Arsenal Become Invincibles
16th of August 2004 : Boscastle Floods
7th of October 2004 : Hostage Ken Bigley murdered
7th of February 2005 : Ellen Macarthur sails solo around the world
10th of February 2005 : Marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla announced
18th of February 2005 : Fox Hunting Banned in the UK
5th of May 2005 : Tony Blairs Labour win 3rd General Election
7th of July 2005 : Four terrorists explode bombs on London Transport system
22nd of July 2005 : Death of Jean Charles de Menezes
28th of July 2005 : The Birmingham Tornado
28th of July 2005 : Provisional IRA formally ceases Violence
12th of September 2005 : England Regain Ashes
24th of November 2005 : Licensing Laws Radically Revised
5th of December 2005 : The Civil Partnership Act comes into force in Britain
6th of December 2005 : Tories Pick Cameron as Leader,
11th of December 2005 : Buncefield Oil Blaze
22nd of February 2006 : Securitas Depot Robbery - Britains largest
23rd of June 2006 : Darwin’s Tortoise Dies at 176
30th of July 2006 : Last Edition of Top of the Pops
4th of May 2007 : SNP wins Scottish Election
10th of May 2007 : Tony Blair announces intention to resign
21st of May 2007 : Cutty Sark Ablaze
27th of June 2007 : Tony Blair announces resignation
30th of June 2007 : Terror Attack on Glasgow Airport
1st of July 2007 : Smoking Ban in England
14th of September 2007 : Run on Northern Rock
6th of October 2007 : First Human-Powered Circumnavigation Ends
18th of December 2007 : Queen Becomes Oldest British Monarch
2nd of April 2009 : 1st G20 Summit held
8th of May 2009 : Telegraph Begins Publishing MP Expenses
19th of May 2009 : Speaker Announces Resignation
11th of May 2010 : First Coalition Government since WWII
2nd of June 2010 : Derrick Bird’s Gun Rampage
4th of July 2010 : George Michael Crashes into Snappy Snaps
2nd of May 2011 : Death of Osama bin Laden
27th of July 2012 : London 2012 Opening Ceremony
4th of August 2012 : Super Saturday
29th of November 2012 : Leveson Report Published
11th of March 2013 : Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce Jailed
8th of May 2013 : Sir Alex Ferguson Announces Retirement
22nd of May 2013 : Murder of Lee Rigby
17th of July 2013 : Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act Gains Royal Assent
18th of September 2014 : Scotland Says NO
26th of June 2015 : Britons Slaughtered in Tunisia
9th of September 2015 : Elizabeth II becomes longest serving Monarch
23rd of June 2016 : Britain Votes Leave
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