Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1919 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Wesley’s First Open-Air Sermon - 1739, Battle of Copenhagen - 1801, Man Utd-Liverpool Match-Fixing Scandal, - 1915, Faversham TNT Disaster - 1916, Founding of Sandhurst Royal Military Academy - 1946, Panda Crossing Launched - 1962, Red Rum wins the national for 3rd time - 1977, Argentina invades Falklands - 1982, 1st G20 Summit held - 2009
Famous and historic events from 1919
Alcock and Brown complete 1st non stop flight across the Atlantic
Battle of George Square
Bentley Motors Formed
First Two-Minute Silence
Nancy Astor becomes the first woman MP
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The Amritsar Massacre
Famous Britons born in 1919
Arthur English
Bob Paisley
Donald Pleasence
Emyr Humphreys
Eric Newby
Godfrey Hounsfield
Hamish Henderson
Iris Murdoch
James Lovelock
John Arthur Robinson
John MacQuarrie
John MacQuarrie
Jon Pertwee
Margaret Burbidge
Margot Fonteyn
Noele Gordon
Rosalind Mitchison
Sir Hermann Bondi
Sir Ludovic Kennedy
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