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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

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The Battle of Myton-on-Swale - 1319, Vegetarian Society Formed - 1847, Jack the Ripper Kills twice in one Day - 1888, The discovery of penicillin - 1928, BBC begins TV Transmissions - 1929, Chamberlain Proclaims Peace for our Time, - 1938, Bourne End Rail Crash - 1945, Thunderbirds Are Go! - 1965, Radio 1 goes on air - 1967

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 : The Bank of England becomes Insolvent

26th of February 1797 : First £1 Note Issued

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 : slave trade is abolished in the British empire

25th of March 1807 : Worlds first passenger train service begins

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 : Microsoft Founded

4th of April 1975 : First Episode of The Good Life

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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