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800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 Monday March 17 803 : 1000 die in storms on west coast of Ireland 806 : Vikings ravage Iona for the third time ABT 837 : Norse settle in northern Scotland 844 : Start of reign of Kenneth I MacAlpin of Scotland 858 : End of reign of Kenneth I MacAlpin of Scotland 859 : Start of reign of Donald I of Scotland Thursday April 13 862 : End of reign of Donald I of Scotland 863 : Start of reign of Constantine I of Scotland 865 : Norse invade East Anglia Monday November 1 866 : Norse sack York 877 : Start of reign of Aed, Whitefoot, of Scotland 877 : End of reign of Constantine I of Scotland 878 : Start of reign of Eochaid and Giric of Scotland 878 : Battle of Ethandun 878 : King Alfred of Wessex burns the cakes 878 : End of reign of Aed, Whitefoot, of Scotland 889 : Start of reign of Donald II of Scotland 889 : End of reign of Eochaid and Giric of Scotland 900 : Start of reign of Constantine II of Scotland 900 : End of reign of Donald II of Scotland 943 : Start of reign of Malcolm I of Scotland 943 : End of reign of Constantine II of Scotland 954 : Start of reign of Indulf of Scotland 954 : End of reign of Malcolm I of Scotland 959 : Start of reign of Edgar of England ABT 960 : Indulf takes Edinburgh 962 : Start of reign of Dubh, the Black, of Scotland 962 : End of reign of Indulf of Scotland 967 : End of reign of Dubh, the Black, of Scotland 967 : Start of reign of Culen, the Whelp, of Scotland 971 : End of reign of Culen, the Whelp, of Scotland 971 : Start of reign of Kenneth II of Scotland 973 : Edgar orders striking of silver penny May 973 : Edgar crowned 'Emperor of Britain' at Bath Saturday July 8 975 : End of reign of Edgar of England 976 : Start of reign of Edward of England Wednesday March 18 978 : End of reign of Edward of England Tuesday April 14 978 : Start of reign of Athelred II of England 992 : Norse settlers in Dublin open mint 995 : Start of reign of Constantine III of Scotland 995 : End of reign of Kenneth II of Scotland 997 : End of reign of Constantine III of Scotland 997 : Start of reign of Kenneth III, the Brown, of Scotland 999 : Norse invade Kent again Saturday November 13 1002 : Danes massacred in England Monday March 25 1005 : End of reign of Kenneth III, the Brown, of Scotland Tuesday March 26 1005 : Start of reign of Malcolm II of Scotland December 1013 : London surrenders to Danes April 1016 : End of reign of Athelred II of England May 1016 : Start of reign of Edmund 'Ironside' of England Saturday November 30 1016 : End of reign of Edmund 'Ironside' of England Sunday December 1 1016 : Start of reign of Cnut of England Tuesday November 25 1034 : End of reign of Malcolm II of Scotland Wednesday November 26 1034 : Start of reign of Duncan I, the Gracious, of Scotland Thursday November 12 1035 : End of reign of Cnut of England December 1037 : Start of reign of Harald 'Harefoot' of England 1040 : Start of reign of Macbeth of Scotland 1040 : End of reign of Duncan I, the Gracious, of Scotland Tuesday March 17 1040 : End of reign of Harald 'Harefoot' of England Wednesday March 18 1040 : Start of reign of Harthacnut of England Wednesday June 8 1042 : End of reign of Harthacnut of England Sunday April 2 1043 : Start of reign of Edward the Confessor of England Monday May 1 1048 : Derby and Worcester hit by earthquake Saturday August 15 1057 : End of reign of Macbeth of Scotland Sunday August 16 1057 : Start of reign of Lulach, the Simple, of Scotland 1058 : Start of reign of Malcolm III Canmore of Scotland 1058 : End of reign of Lulach, the Simple, of Scotland Friday January 5 1066 : End of reign of Edward the Confessor of England Saturday January 6 1066 : Start of reign of Harold of England Tuesday September 25 1066 : Battle of Stamford Bridge Sunday October 14 1066 : End of reign of Harold of England Sunday October 14 1066 : Battle of Hastings December 1066 : England surrenders to the Normans Tuesday December 25 1066 : Start of reign of William the Conqueror of England December 1068 : Rebellions against Normans crushed December 1069 : Normans lay waste to north of England 1072 : Malcolm III submits to William the Conqueror 1087 : Fire sweeps through London after two years of plague Friday September 9 1087 : End of reign of William the Conqueror of England Monday September 26 1087 : Start of reign of William II 'Rufus' of England Monday November 13 1093 : End of reign of Malcolm III Canmore of Scotland 1094 : brief reign of Duncan II of Scotland Wednesday November 14 1094 : Start of reign of Donald III, Ban, of Scotland Wednesday November 27 1095 : Pope Urban II calls for crusade to free the Holy Land 1097 : Tower of London "White Tower" completed 1097 : Start of reign of Edgar of Scotland 1097 : End of reign of Donald III, Ban, of Scotland Thursday August 2 1100 : William II killed in hunting accident Thursday August 2 1100 : End of reign of William II 'Rufus' of England Sunday August 5 1100 : Start of reign of Henry I of England Tuesday January 8 1107 : End of reign of Edgar of Scotland Wednesday January 9 1107 : Start of reign of Alexander I, the Fierce, of Scotland 1113 : Fire destroys Worcester Wednesday April 23 1124 : End of reign of Alexander I, the Fierce, of Scotland Thursday April 24 1124 : Start of reign of David I of Scotland Sunday December 1 1135 : End of reign of Henry I of England Sunday December 22 1135 : Start of reign of Stephen of England Monday August 22 1138 : Battle of The Standard Monday May 19 1147 : Start of second crusade Sunday May 24 1153 : End of reign of David I of Scotland Monday May 25 1153 : Start of reign of Malcolm IV, the Maiden, of Scotland Monday October 25 1154 : End of reign of Stephen of England Sunday December 19 1154 : Start of reign of Henry II of England Thursday December 9 1165 : End of reign of Malcolm IV, the Maiden, of Scotland Friday December 10 1165 : Start of reign of William I, the Lion, of Scotland Thursday July 6 1189 : End of reign of Henry II of England Sunday September 3 1189 : Start of reign of Richard, the Lionheart, of England June 1190 : Richard departs on crusade Tuesday April 6 1199 : End of reign of Richard, the Lionheart, of England Thursday May 27 1199 : Start of reign of John of England November 1209 : John excommunicated by Pope Innocent III Thursday December 4 1214 : End of reign of William I, the Lion, of Scotland Friday December 5 1214 : Start of reign of Alexander II, the Peaceful, of Scotland Monday June 15 1215 : John signs Magna Carta Tuesday October 18 1216 : End of reign of John of England Friday October 28 1216 : Start of reign of Henry III of England Thursday July 8 1249 : End of reign of Alexander II, the Peaceful, of Scotland Friday July 9 1249 : Start of reign of Alexander III of Scotland Wednesday May 14 1264 : Henry III captured by Simon de Montfort at Lewes Tuesday August 4 1265 : Battle of Evesham Wednesday November 16 1272 : End of reign of Henry III of England Thursday November 17 1272 : Start of reign of Edward I of England Tuesday March 19 1286 : Alexander III thrown from his horse and dies Tuesday March 19 1286 : End of reign of Alexander III of Scotland Wednesday March 20 1286 : Start of reign of Margaret, Maid of Norway, of Scotland 1290 : End of reign of Margaret, Maid of Norway, of Scotland 1292 : Start of reign of John Balliol of Scotland 1296 : End of reign of John Balliol of Scotland Sunday August 23 1305 : William Wallace executed ABT February 1306 : Start of reign of Robert I, the Bruce, of Scotland Thursday July 7 1307 : End of reign of Edward I of England Friday July 8 1307 : Start of reign of Edward II of England Sunday June 24 1314 : Battle of Bannockburn Friday January 24 1327 : Edward II forced to abdicate Friday January 24 1327 : End of reign of Edward II of England Saturday February 1 1327 : Start of reign of Edward III of England Tuesday June 7 1329 : End of reign of Robert I, the Bruce, of Scotland Wednesday June 8 1329 : Start of reign of David II of Scotland Sunday July 19 1333 : Battle of Halidon Hill Monday October 17 1346 : Battle of Neville's Cross 1349 : The Black Death claims almost 1 million lives in England Friday February 22 1371 : End of reign of David II of Scotland Saturday February 23 1371 : Start of reign of Robert II of Scotland Saturday June 8 1376 : End of reign of Edward III of England Saturday February 22 1377 : Parliament votes in Poll Tax Wednesday July 16 1377 : Start of reign of Richard II of England Tuesday June 12 1381 : Riots in London over Poll Tax Monday April 19 1390 : End of reign of Robert II of Scotland Tuesday April 20 1390 : Start of reign of Robert III, John Faranyeir, of Scotland Monday September 30 1399 : End of reign of Richard II of England Sunday October 13 1399 : Start of reign of Henry IV of England Tuesday September 14 1402 : Battle of Homildon Hill Friday April 4 1406 : End of reign of Robert III, John Faranyeir, of Scotland Saturday April 5 1406 : Start of reign of James I of Scotland Saturday March 20 1413 : End of reign of Henry IV of England Sunday March 21 1413 : Start of reign of Henry V of England Saturday August 31 1422 : End of reign of Henry V of England Sunday September 1 1422 : Start of reign of Henry VI of England Tuesday February 21 1437 : End of reign of James I of Scotland Wednesday February 22 1437 : Start of reign of James II, Fiery Face, of Scotland ABT 1450 : Invention of moveable type press by J Gutenberg August 1453 : Henry VI becomes mentally unstable Friday September 23 1459 : Battle of Blore Heath Tuesday July 10 1460 : Battle of Northampton Friday August 3 1460 : End of reign of James II, Fiery Face, of Scotland Saturday August 4 1460 : Start of reign of James III of Scotland Monday December 31 1460 : Battle of Wakefield Saturday February 2 1461 : Battle of Mortimer's Cross Saturday February 16 1461 : Battle of St Albans 2 Friday March 29 1461 : Battle of Towton Thursday June 27 1461 : End of reign of Henry VI of England Friday June 28 1461 : Start of reign of Edward IV of England Tuesday October 11 1470 : Henry VI flees to The Hague Friday April 14 1471 : Battle of Barnet Sunday May 14 1471 : Battle of Tewkesbury ABT 1475 : Invention of the muzzle-loading rifle 1478 : Caxton publishes Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" 1479 : The Black Death re-emerges Monday April 9 1483 : End of reign of Edward IV of England Tuesday April 10 1483 : Start of reign of Edward V of England Tuesday June 26 1483 : End of reign of Edward V of England Wednesday June 27 1483 : Start of reign of Richard III of England October 1483 : Edward V and brother executed in the Tower of London Sunday March 2 1484 : College of Heralds established by Richard III Saturday August 22 1485 : Battle of Bosworth Field Saturday August 22 1485 : End of reign of Richard III of England Sunday August 23 1485 : Start of reign of Henry VII of England Thursday June 16 1487 : Battle of Stoke Monday June 11 1488 : End of reign of James III of Scotland Tuesday June 12 1488 : Start of reign of James IV, of the Iron Belt, of Scotland 1497 : Syphilis breaks out in Scotland Wednesday April 21 1509 : End of reign of Henry VII of England Thursday April 22 1509 : Start of reign of Henry VIII of England Tuesday September 9 1513 : Battle of Flodden Tuesday September 9 1513 : End of reign of James IV, of the Iron Belt, of Scotland Wednesday September 10 1513 : Start of reign of James V of Scotland Monday December 14 1542 : End of reign of James V of Scotland Tuesday December 15 1542 : Start of reign of Mary Queen of Scots 1543 : Publication of study of human anatomy by Andreas Vesalius Saturday February 17 1545 : Battle of Ancrum Moor Tuesday January 28 1547 : End of reign of Henry VIII of England Wednesday January 29 1547 : Start of reign of Edward VI of England Wednesday September 10 1547 : Battle of Pinkie Cleugh Monday July 6 1553 : End of reign of Edward VI of England Monday August 3 1553 : Start of reign of Mary of England 1557 : Thousands die in famine as crops fail for 3rd year Monday November 17 1558 : End of reign of Mary of England Thursday January 15 1559 : Start of reign of Elizabeth I of England 1561 : Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland Thursday April 23 1564 : William Shakespeare born Monday July 24 1567 : Mary Queen of Scots forced to abdicate Monday July 24 1567 : End of reign of Mary Queen of Scots Tuesday July 25 1567 : Start of reign of James VI of Scotland (& I of England) July 1570 : Elizabeth I excommunicated by Pope Pius V 1572 : Tyco Brahe produces first star catalogue 1585 : Sir Richard Grenville establishes first colony in Virginia Sunday February 8 1587 : Mary Queen of Scots beheaded Tuesday July 19 1588 : Spanish Armada sighted off the Lizard 1590 : Law of falling bodies postulated by Galileo 1590 : Invention of compound microscope by Z Janssen July 1597 : Witch-hunt hysteria grips Scotland Monday March 24 1603 : End of reign of Elizabeth I of England Tuesday March 25 1603 : Union of the Crowns May 1603 : James VI of Scotland crowned James I of England December 1603 : Bubonic plague kills a quarter of London's population Saturday November 5 1605 : Guy Fawkes discovered plotting to blow up Parliament February 1607 : More English settlers arrive in Virginia 1608 : Invention of the telescope by H Lippershey 1611 : King James version of the Bible published 1614 : John Napier discovers logarithms 1615 : Invention of clinical thermometer by S Santorio November 1620 : Pilgrim Fathers arrive at Plymouth Bay 1625 : Bubonic plague decimates London's population Thursday March 27 1625 : End of reign of James VI of Scotland (& I of England) Friday March 28 1625 : Start of reign of Charles I 1632 : Invention of slide rule by W. Oughtred Saturday February 27 1638 : Scots sign first National Covenant 1639 : Production of first commercial steam engine Tuesday August 28 1640 : Battle of Newburn Ford Monday December 30 1641 : First clash between Roundheads and Cavaliers Thursday October 23 1642 : Battle of Edge Hill Thursday October 23 1642 : Start of English Civil War Monday January 19 1643 : Battle of Bradock Down Saturday May 16 1643 : Battle of Stratton Sunday July 5 1643 : Battle of Lansdown Hill Monday July 13 1643 : Battle of Roundway Down Monday March 21 1644 : Battle of Newark Wednesday June 29 1644 : Battle of Cropredy Bridge Saturday July 2 1644 : Battle of Marston Moor Friday September 2 1644 : Battle of Lostwithiel Friday October 28 1644 : Battle of Newbury Tuesday May 9 1645 : Battle of Auldearn Wednesday June 14 1645 : Battle of Naseby Sunday July 2 1645 : Battle of Alford Wednesday September 13 1645 : Battle of Philiphaugh Sunday June 24 1646 : End of English Civil War Monday August 17 1648 : Battle of Preston Saturday January 30 1649 : Charles I beheaded Saturday January 30 1649 : End of reign of Charles I Sunday January 31 1649 : Start of reign of Charles II Saturday September 3 1650 : Battle of Dunbar Sunday September 3 1651 : Charles II flees to France Sunday September 3 1651 : Battle of Worcester Tuesday December 16 1653 : Cromwell declared Lord Protector 1656 : Invention of pendulum clock by C Huygens Saturday May 29 1660 : Charles II restored to the throne December 1665 : Plague kills 20% of London's population Thursday September 2 1666 : Great Fire of London 1670 : Formation of the Hudson's Bay Company Saturday May 13 1679 : Archbishop Sharp murdered near St Andrews Tuesday February 6 1685 : End of reign of Charles II Wednesday February 7 1685 : Start of reign of James VII Friday July 6 1685 : Battle of Sedgemoor 1687 : Sir Isaac Newton publishes law of gravitation Tuesday November 9 1688 : William of Orange invades England Saturday December 11 1688 : James VII flees the country Friday January 28 1689 : End of reign of James VII Monday February 14 1689 : Start of reign of William III and Mary II Wednesday July 27 1689 : Battle of Killiecrankie Saturday July 1 1690 : Battle of The Boyne Wednesday February 13 1692 : MacDonalds massacred at Glencoe Thursday April 1 1700 : Scottish colony on Darien fails Wednesday March 8 1702 : End of reign of William III and Mary II Thursday March 9 1702 : Start of reign of Anne 1705 : Edmund Halley discovers Halley's comet 1707 : Act of Union 1709 : Invention of piano (hammerklavier) Wednesday August 1 1714 : End of reign of Anne Thursday August 2 1714 : Start of reign of George I Wednesday November 13 1715 : Battle of Sheriffmuir Wednesday November 13 1715 : Battle of Preston 2 1718 : Machine gun invented by James Puckle Saturday June 10 1719 : Battle of Glen Shiel September 1720 : Collapse of the "South Sea Bubble" Thursday April 3 1721 : Robert Walpole appointed first Prime Minister 1724 : First use of Portland cement 1725 : Invention of mine pump steam engine by Newcomen Monday June 25 1725 : Troops fire on tax rioters in Glasgow 1726 : Rob Roy MacGregor sent to Newgate prison Monday October 28 1726 : Jonathan Swift publishes "Gulliver's Travels" Sunday June 22 1727 : End of reign of George I Monday June 23 1727 : Start of reign of George II 1733 : Flying shuttle loom invented by John Kay Friday September 7 1736 : Capt. Porteous lynched at the Tollbooth in Edinburgh 1738 : General Wade completes military road building in the Highlands Friday April 10 1739 : Dick Turpin hanged for murder 1741 : 13% of Ireland's population die in famine 1745 : Jacquard draw-loom invented Thursday August 19 1745 : Start of Jacobite rebellion (the '45) Thursday August 19 1745 : Stuart standard raised at Glenfinnan Tuesday September 21 1745 : Battle of Prestonpans Saturday December 18 1745 : Battle of Clifton Moor Monday January 17 1746 : Battle of Falkirk Saturday April 16 1746 : Battle of Culloden - last true battle on British soil Saturday April 16 1746 : End of Jacobite rebellion (the '45) Monday April 17 1747 : Parliament prohibits wearing of tartan 1749 : Bow Street Runners formed Saturday September 2 1752 : UK adopts Gregorian calendar - next day is 14 September 1754 : Royal and Ancient golf club founded Tuesday April 15 1755 : Dr Johnson publishes dictionary 1756 : Start of Seven Years' War Sunday June 20 1756 : 123 Britons die in the Black Hole of Calcutta 1757 : Clive defeats Bengalis - start of Empire in India Wednesday June 29 1757 : William Pitt becomes Prime Minister 1760 : Turnpikes improve travelling by road Saturday October 25 1760 : End of reign of George II Sunday October 26 1760 : Start of reign of George III 1761 : Link between tobacco and cancer established 1763 : End of Seven Years' War 1764 : Invention of the spinning jenny by J Hargreaves 1767 : Construction of Edinburgh's New Town begins Sunday May 6 1770 : Capt. Cook discovers Botany Bay 1774 : Isolation of oxygen by J Priestley Friday April 24 1778 : John Paul Jones captures the Drake at Carrickfergus 1779 : Invention of spinning mule by Samuel Crompton Sunday July 2 1780 : "Gordon" riots in London Monday January 1 1781 : World's first iron bridge completed over the River Severn 1782 : Invention of modern steam engine by James Watt 1783 : First flight of hot-air balloon by Montgolfier brothers 1783 : First steam powered ship built by d'Abbans Tuesday February 4 1783 : Parliament proclaims an end to hostilities in America Wednesday September 3 1783 : UK, France, Spain, the Netherlands and the US sign the Treaty of Paris Monday August 2 1784 : First mail coach runs from Bristol to London 1785 : First power-driven loom invented by E Cartwright 1786 : Robert Burns publishes "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect" 1787 : Transportation of criminals to Botany Bay begins Tuesday April 28 1789 : Mutiny aboard HMS Bounty 1791 : The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain is founded 1793 : Invention of cotton gin by Eli Whitney Friday February 1 1793 : France declares war on Britain and the Netherlands 1795 : Poor Law devised 1796 : Discovery of Smallpox vaccine by E Jenner Tuesday February 21 1797 : French landing in Wales repulsed at Fishguard Saturday April 15 1797 : First naval mutiny at Spithead Friday June 30 1797 : Second naval mutiny at the Nore 1798 : Typhus epidemic kills thousands Wednesday January 9 1799 : Parliament passes the first income tax 1801 : Electric arc lamp invented by Sir Humphrey Davy Monday October 21 1805 : Nelson dies victorious at Trafalgar Sunday August 21 1808 : Sir Arthur Wellesley leads campaign in Peninsular War Friday July 28 1809 : French driven from Portugal 1811 : Luddites attack textile machinery February 1811 : Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent due to King's insanity 1812 : French retreat from Moscow Wednesday August 12 1812 : Wellington takes Madrid 1815 : Humphry Davy invents mining safety lamp Sunday June 18 1815 : Napoleon defeated at Waterloo 1816 : Invention of phosphorous match by F Derosne 1816 : Invention of bicycle by K D von Sauerbronn 1817 : Potato famine kills thousands in Ireland 1818 : Mary Shelley publishes "Frankenstein" 1819 : MacAdam revolutionises road building 1819 : Invention of stethoscope by R Laennec Saturday January 29 1820 : End of reign of George III Sunday January 30 1820 : Start of reign of George IV 1822 : Invention of electric motor by Michael Faraday Tuesday September 27 1825 : First passenger train service from Stockton to Darlington Monday January 30 1826 : Telford's Menai suspension bridge completed 1827 : G S Ohm postulates Ohm's Law Tuesday January 22 1828 : Wellington becomes Prime Minister 1829 : George Stephenson builds first steam locomotive Wednesday January 28 1829 : William Burke hanged for murder in Edinburgh Saturday September 26 1829 : First proper police force established in London Saturday June 26 1830 : End of reign of George IV Sunday June 27 1830 : Start of reign of William IV Wednesday September 15 1830 : Liverpool to Manchester railway opens 1831 : Invention of the friction match by C Sauria 1832 : M Faraday invents electric dynamo June 1832 : Cholera epidemic strikes Britain Thursday June 7 1832 : Parliament passes Reform Act Monday July 29 1833 : Slavery abolished throughout British Empire March 1834 : Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation 1835 : Samuel Colt invents the revolver 1836 : Charles Darwin returns from South America 1836 : Invention of screw propeller by F P Smith 1837 : Invention of telegraph by S F B Morse Tuesday June 20 1837 : End of reign of William IV Wednesday June 21 1837 : Start of reign of Queen Victoria April 1838 : First steam crossing of the Atlantic September 1838 : Grace Darling rescues survivors of the "Forfarshire" 1839 : Rubber vulcanisation developed by C Goodyear ABT 1840 : Development of photography Wednesday May 6 1840 : Penny Post introduced.......... Tuesday June 2 1840 : Britain annexes New Zealand Tuesday July 6 1841 : First national census taken September 1841 : Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister 1842 : First use of ether as anesthetic by CW Long Sunday December 31 1843 : Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol" June 1844 : Mines Act prohibits use of women and boys in mines 1845 : Invention of pneumatic tyre by R W Thompson July 1846 : Potato famine hits Ireland and Scotland April 1847 : Thousands emigrate from Ireland on "Coffin" ships November 1849 : Cholera epidemic takes 2000 lives a week 1850 : Invention of refrigerator by Twining / Harrison Monday March 31 1851 : 1851 national census taken Thursday May 1 1851 : Great Exhibition opened in Hyde Park ABT 1853 : Transportation of criminals to Australia ends 1853 : Smallpox vaccination becomes compulsory Sunday March 26 1854 : Start of Crimean War Sunday March 26 1854 : Britain and France declare war on Russia 1855 : Invention of the safety match by J E Lundstrom Sunday March 30 1856 : End of Crimean War Sunday May 10 1857 : Sepoy mutiny in India 1859 : First oil well sunk by E L Drake in Pennsylvania Thursday November 24 1859 : Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species" 1861 : Gatling gun invented by R J Gatling Monday April 8 1861 : 1861 national census taken Saturday January 10 1863 : London Underground opens ABT 1866 : Invention of the breech-loading rifle September 1866 : Cholera sweeps London 1867 : Joseph Lister pioneers antiseptic techniques 1867 : Alfred Nobel invents dynamite 1867 : Invention of the typewriter by Sholes and Glidden February 1868 : Disraeli becomes Prime Minister 1869 : D Mendeleev constructs Periodic Table of elements 1870 : Electric incandescent lamp invented by T A Edison Monday April 3 1871 : 1871 national census taken May 1872 : Gladstone becomes Prime Minister December 1872 : "Marie Celeste" discovered abandoned 1873 : Invention of pianoforte by J Broadwood 1876 : Invention of the telephone by A G Bell 1877 : Phonograph invented by Thomas Edison 1877 : Invention of reinforced concrete by J Monier Sunday December 28 1879 : Tay Bridge disaster Sunday April 3 1881 : 1881 national census taken 1882 : Isolation of tuberculosis bacteria by R Koch 1883 : Cholera bacteria isolated by Robert Koch Sunday August 26 1883 : Krakatoa erupts 1884 : Fountain pen invented by L E Waterman 1885 : Vaccine against rabies discovered by Louis Pasteur 1885 : First internal combustion carriage built by K. Benz Monday January 26 1885 : General Gordon killed at Khartoum 1887 : Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur Conan Doyle 1888 : Invention of hand-held camera by George Eastman October 1888 : Jack the Ripper terrorises London's East End 1889 : Invention of the bolt-action rifle by P von Mauser Thursday November 14 1889 : Completion of the Forth Bridge - first large steel structure 1890 : Discovery of diphtheria vaccine by E von Behring 1891 : Invention of the zip fastener by W L Judson Wednesday April 1 1891 : 1891 national census taken 1893 : Thomas Edison invents motion pictures 1894 : Tower Bridge opens in London 1895 : Discovery of x-rays by W K Roentgen 1895 : Wireless telegraphy invented by G Marconi 1896 : Discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel Tuesday June 22 1897 : Victoria celebrates her Diamond Jubilee 1899 : Invention of first tape recorder by V Poulsen 1899 : Introduction of aspirin by Felix Hoffman October 1899 : Start of Boer War 1900 : Invention of agricultural tractor by B Holt 1900 : Invention of rigid airship by von Zeppelin August 1900 : Boxer rebellion in Peking 1901 : First successful safety razor sold by K Gillette Tuesday January 22 1901 : End of reign of Queen Victoria Wednesday January 23 1901 : Start of reign of Edward VII Saturday April 5 1902 : 20 killed as terracing collapses at Ibrox Park Sunday June 1 1902 : End of Boer War Wednesday October 4 1905 : Convicted Suffragettes choose to go to prison 1906 : Wassermann test for syphilis developed 1907 : Albert Einstein postulates "E=mc²" theory 1910 : Invention of first synthetic plastic, Bakelite Friday May 6 1910 : End of reign of Edward VII Saturday May 7 1910 : Start of reign of George V Sunday July 31 1910 : Radio used to arrest Dr Crippen fleeing to Quebec 1911 : E. Rutherford puts forward nuclear model of the atom Tuesday January 3 1911 : Three policemen die in the Seige of Sidney Street Thursday August 31 1911 : Troops clash with strikers in north of England Monday April 15 1912 : SS Titanic sinks with loss of 1513 lives Monday February 10 1913 : Capt. Scott found dead in Antartica June 1913 : Suffragette dies under King's horse at Epsom 1914 : Invention of military tank by E Swinton Sunday June 28 1914 : Austrian Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo Tuesday July 28 1914 : Austria declares war on Serbia Tuesday July 28 1914 : Start of World War I August 1914 : Battle of Tannenberg Saturday August 1 1914 : Germany declares war on Russia Monday August 3 1914 : Germany declares war on France Tuesday August 4 1914 : Britain declares war on Germany Tuesday August 4 1914 : Germany invades Belgium September 1914 : First Battle of the Marne Sunday October 4 1914 : First bombs fall on London February 1915 : Start of German submarine blockade of Britain Thursday April 22 1915 : Germans first use of mustard gas at Ypres Monday April 26 1915 : British land in Turkey Friday May 7 1915 : SS Lusitania sunk by German submarine Saturday May 22 1915 : 200 soldiers killed in train crash at Quintinshill Monday September 6 1915 : Poland and Lithuania overrun by Germany Thursday October 14 1915 : Britain and France declare war on Bulgaria Monday December 20 1915 : British withdraw from Gallipoli February 1916 : Battle of Verdun Monday April 24 1916 : 450 die in Easter Rising in Dublin Wednesday May 31 1916 : Battle of Jutland Saturday July 1 1916 : Start of Battle of the Somme Sunday August 27 1916 : Romaina declares war on Austria-Hungary Wednesday November 15 1916 : End of Battle of the Somme Friday April 6 1917 : USA declares war on Germany October 1917 : Start of Battle of Caporetto December 1917 : End of Battle of Caporetto Friday December 7 1917 : USA declares war on Austria-Hungary Saturday December 15 1917 : Russian Bolsheviks now allies with Germany Thursday March 21 1918 : Start of German offensive Monday April 1 1918 : Royal Air Force created Saturday May 18 1918 : Sinn Féin banned and leaders arrested July 1918 : Second Battle of the Marne Thursday August 8 1918 : End of German offensive Friday October 4 1918 : Germany offers surrender Monday November 11 1918 : Hostilities cease on Western Front Monday November 11 1918 : End of World War I Saturday December 28 1918 : Women allowed to vote for the first time March 1919 : Spanish flu kills 150,000 throughout Britian Sunday December 28 1919 : Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister Monday October 18 1920 : State of emergency declared as miners strike Sunday November 21 1920 : "Bloody Sunday" - 12 Irish killed by the Black and Tans Tuesday December 6 1921 : Irish Free State created 1922 : Banting and MacLeod isolate human insulin Wednesday April 23 1924 : First royal transmission by wireless 1926 : First demonstration of television by J L Baird 1926 : Invention of the liquid-fuelled rocket by R Goddard Monday May 10 1926 : TUC calls first General Strike Saturday January 7 1928 : River Thames floods killing 14 Sunday September 30 1928 : Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming Saturday May 24 1930 : Amy Johnson flies solo to Australia Sunday October 5 1930 : Airship R101 crashes in France killing 48 Friday February 12 1932 : Whipping of children under 14 is banned Friday September 30 1932 : Unemployment reaches 25% 1934 : Invention of first practical radar by Watson-Watt Friday September 21 1934 : 262 killed in blast at Gresford colliery Monday March 18 1935 : Thousands protest in Wales at "means test" 1936 : Sir Frank Whittle invents the jet engine 1936 : Invention of helicopter by H Focke Monday January 20 1936 : End of reign of George V Tuesday January 21 1936 : Start of reign of Edward VIII Wednesday November 11 1936 : Jarrow Crusade reaches London Thursday December 10 1936 : Edward VIII abdicates Thursday December 10 1936 : End of reign of Edward VIII Friday December 11 1936 : Start of reign of George VI Friday May 28 1937 : Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister 1938 : Discovery of nuclear fission by Hahn and Strassmann Monday July 11 1938 : Last British troops leave Eire Friday August 25 1939 : IRA bomb Coventry killing 5 Friday September 1 1939 : Germany invades Poland September 1939 : Children evacuated from London and major cities Sunday September 3 1939 : Britain and France declare war on Germany Sunday September 3 1939 : Start of World War II Sunday December 17 1939 : the Graf Spee scuttled off Montevideo Friday May 10 1940 : Churchill takes over as Prime Minister Friday May 10 1940 : Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg Sunday May 12 1940 : Germany invades France Sunday May 26 1940 : Allied evacuation from Dunkirk begins Monday June 10 1940 : Italy declares war on France and Britain Monday June 10 1940 : Italy invades France Friday June 14 1940 : Germans enter Paris unopposed Saturday June 22 1940 : France surrenders to Germany Thursday November 14 1940 : Coventry bombed Thursday April 17 1941 : Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany Sunday April 27 1941 : British leave Greece Sunday June 22 1941 : Germany attacks Russia Thursday August 14 1941 : Britain and USA 'isssue' Atlantic Charter Sunday December 7 1941 : Japan attack USA at Pearl Harbour Thursday December 11 1941 : Germany and Italy declare war on USA Thursday December 11 1941 : Britain and USA declare war on Japan Sunday February 15 1942 : British surrender Singapore to Japanese Thursday April 9 1942 : USA surrenders Bataan peninsula to Japanese Wednesday May 6 1942 : USA surrenders Corregidor Island to Japanese Wednesday June 10 1942 : Lidice, Czechoslovakia razed by Germans Sunday November 8 1942 : British and US troops land in North Africa Thursday January 14 1943 : Casablanca conference Monday February 1 1943 : Germans surrender at Stalingrad Wednesday May 12 1943 : War in Africa ends Sunday July 25 1943 : Mussolini deposed Friday September 3 1943 : Allies land in Italy Wednesday September 8 1943 : Italy surrenders Friday September 10 1943 : Germans take Rome Monday November 22 1943 : Cairo conference Sunday November 28 1943 : Teheran Conference Saturday January 22 1944 : British and US troops land at Anzio Sunday June 4 1944 : British and US troops enter Rome Friday August 25 1944 : Paris liberated Friday October 13 1944 : Athens liberated Friday October 20 1944 : USA invades Philippines Saturday December 16 1944 : Battle of the Bulge Sunday February 11 1945 : Yalta agreement Saturday April 28 1945 : Mussolini killed at Lake Como Tuesday May 1 1945 : Hitler's suicide announced Wednesday May 2 1945 : Berlin falls Monday May 7 1945 : VE Day. Germany surrenders Tuesday July 17 1945 : Potsdam conference Monday August 6 1945 : USA drops atom bomb on Hiroshima Wednesday August 8 1945 : USSR declares war on Japan Thursday August 9 1945 : USA drops atom bomb on Nagasaki Tuesday August 14 1945 : Japan surrenders Sunday September 2 1945 : End of World War II Sunday September 2 1945 : VJ Day. Japanese sign surrender aboard USS Missouri February 1946 : 50,000 "GI brides" shipped out to the USA December 1946 : Fuel and food shortages continue Thursday November 20 1947 : Princess Elizabeth marries the Duke of Edinburgh Thursday January 1 1948 : Railways nationalised Monday June 28 1948 : Troops break dockers' strike December 1948 : Labour government constructs "Welfare State" Tuesday March 15 1949 : Clothes rationing ends Monday April 18 1949 : Eire becomes Republic of Ireland ABT 1950 : Albert Einstein puts forward theories of relativity Wednesday June 28 1950 : Royal Navy enters Korean War Monday December 25 1950 : Stone of Destiny taken from Westminster Abbey Thursday June 7 1951 : Soviet spies Burgess and MacLean disappear Wednesday February 6 1952 : End of reign of George VI Thursday February 7 1952 : Start of reign of Elizabeth II Monday November 24 1952 : "Mousetrap" opens in London Thursday December 11 1952 : Derek Bentley sentenced to hang 1953 : Discovery of measles vaccine by Enders and Peebles Saturday January 31 1953 : Ferry Princess Victoria sinks in the Irish Sea Tuesday February 3 1953 : Hundreds die as East Coast is flooded Saturday May 30 1953 : Edmund Hillary reaches the top of Mount Everest 1954 : Discovery of first polio vaccine by J E Salk May 1954 : "Teddy Boys" appear Saturday July 3 1954 : Rationing ends Wednesday July 13 1955 : Ruth Ellis is the last woman to be hanged Wednesday October 31 1956 : Britain invades Suez Thursday October 17 1957 : Air borne radiation leaks from Windscale nuclear plant November 1957 : First motorway in Britain, M1 opens Thursday February 6 1958 : 7 members of Manchester United die in plane crash Saturday December 31 1960 : National Service abolished Wednesday March 27 1963 : Dr Beeching proposes cutting 25% of rail lines Wednesday June 5 1963 : John Profumo resigns after sex scandal Monday November 4 1963 : The Beatles appear in the Royal Variety Show Monday December 21 1964 : Death penalty abolished in Britain Thursday October 28 1965 : Brady and Hindley charged with Moors Murders Friday October 21 1966 : 144 die in Aberfan as coal bing buries school 1967 : Emergence of Flower Power Wednesday March 5 1969 : London gangsters the Kray twins sentenced to life Saturday January 2 1971 : 66 die when barriers collapse at Ibrox Park Monday February 15 1971 : British currency goes decimal Saturday January 22 1972 : Britain joins the EEC Sunday January 30 1972 : 13 shot in another Bloody Sunday in Derry February 1972 : Miners strike leads to power cuts Thursday March 8 1973 : IRA begins mainland bombing Monday December 17 1973 : Three day week introduced Tuesday November 12 1974 : Lord Lucan escapes and disappears Friday July 11 1975 : Inflation reaches 25% August 1976 : Drought causes water shortages Saturday April 2 1977 : Red Rum wins the Grand National for the third time Wednesday December 13 1978 : Jeremy Thorpe, MP charged with incitement to murder January 1979 : "Winter of Discontent" causes chaos Friday May 4 1979 : Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman Prime Minister Sunday September 2 1979 : Yorkshire Ripper claims 12th victim Monday May 5 1980 : SAS storms Iranian embassy in London July 1981 : Riots break out in 8 inner city areas Friday April 2 1982 : Argentina invades Falkland Islands Monday June 14 1982 : British troops regain control of Falklands Sunday September 25 1983 : 134 IRA prisoners escape from the Maze prison May 1984 : Coal strikes crushed by riot police Friday October 12 1984 : IRA bombs Tory conference in Brighton Saturday May 11 1985 : 40 killed as fire destroys Bradford City stand Friday October 16 1987 : Hurricane hits southern England Wednesday November 18 1987 : 30 die in King's Cross Underground fire Wednesday July 6 1988 : North sea oil rig Piper Alpha explodes Thursday December 22 1988 : Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Lockerbie killing 270 Saturday April 15 1989 : 94 football fans crushed to death at Hillsborough September 1989 : Thousands of Scots elect not to pay new Poll Tax Thursday October 19 1989 : "Guildford Four" released from prison Thursday August 23 1990 : British and US troop build-up in Persian Gulf Thursday January 17 1991 : Operation "Desert Storm" defeats Iraq Thursday February 7 1991 : Downing Street hit by IRA mortar bomb Thursday March 14 1991 : "Birmingham Six" released from prison September 1995 : Britain hit by worst drought for over 250 years February 1996 : Major oil spill from "Sea Empress" at Milford Haven Sunday August 31 1997 : Princess Diana dies after car crash in Paris 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 |
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