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:
Battle of Heathfield - 0633, Richard the Lionheart Leaves England for the Crusades - 1189, King John Loses Crown Jewels - 1216, First Mackintosh Sold - 1823, Edith Cavell Executed - 1915, 1st Morris Minor Built - 1948, Sid Vicious Arrested for Murder - 1978, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Published - 1979, IRA Bomb Grand Hotel Brighton - 1984, Bali nightclub Bombs - 2002
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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