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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1900 | - 1900—1900: School leaving age in Britain raised to 14 years
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| 2 | 1901 | - 22 Jan 1901—22 Jan 1901: Queen Victoria dies - Edward VII king
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| 3 | 1902 | - 1902—1902: Balfour's Education Act provides for secondary education
- 9 Aug 1902—9 Aug 1902: Coronation of Edward VII
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| 4 | 1906 | - 1906—1906: Introduction of free school meals for poor children
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| 5 | 1909 | - 1 Jan 1909—1 Jan 1909: Old Age Pensions Act came into force
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| 6 | 1910 | - 1910—1910: Constitutional crisis in Britain
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| 7 | 1911 | - 2 Apr 1911—2 Apr 1911: Census: Population - England and Wales: 36 Million; Scotland: 4.6 Million; N Ireland: 1.25 Million
- 22 Jun 1911—22 Jun 1911: Coronation of George V
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| 8 | 1912 | - 1912—1912: Britain nationalises the telephone system
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| 9 | 1913 | - 1913—1913: Suffragette demonstrations in London - Mrs Pankhurst imprisoned
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| 10 | 1914 | - 4 Aug 1914—4 Aug 1914: Britain declares war on Germany, citing Belgian neutrality as reason
- Oct 1914—Oct 1914: Battle of Ypres - beginning of trench warfare on western front
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| 11 | 1915 | - 1915—1915: First automatic telephone exchange in Britain
- 16 May 1915—16 May 1915: First meeting of a British WI took place in Llanfairpwll, Anglesey
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| 12 | 1916 | - 1916—1916: Compulsory military service introduced in Britain
- 21 May 1916—21 May 1916: First use of Daylight Saving Time in UK
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| 13 | 1918 | - 1918—1918: Vote for women over 30, men over 21 (except peers, lunatics and felons)
- 8 Mar 1918—8 Mar 1918: Start of world-wide 'flu pandemic
- 11 Nov 1918—11 Nov 1918: Armistice signed
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| 14 | 1919 | - 1919—1919: Britain adopts a 48-hour working week
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| 15 | 1920 | - Feb 1920—Feb 1920: First roadside petrol filling station in UK - opened by the Automobile Association
at Aldermaston on the Bath Road
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| 16 | 1921 | - 19 Jun 1921—19 Jun 1921: Census: Population - England and Wales: 37.9 Million; Scotland: 4.9 Million; N Ireland: 1.25 Million
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| 17 | 1922 | - 1922—1922: Law of Property Act - the manorial system effectively ended
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| 18 | 1923 | - 1923—1923: Roads in Great Britain classified with A and B numbers
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| 19 | 1926 | - 1926—1926: Adoption of children is legalised in Britain
- 3 May 1926—3 May 1926: General Strike begins. Lasts until May 12 (mine workers for 6 months more)
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| 20 | 1928 | - 1928—1928: Women over 21 get vote in Britain - same qualification for both sexes
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| 21 | 1929 | - 1929—1929: Abolition of Poor Law system in Britain
- 1929—1929: Minimum age for a marriage in Britain now 16 for both sexes, with parental consent (or a licence) needed for anyone under 21
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| 22 | 1931 | - 26 Apr 1931—26 Apr 1931: Census: Population - England and Wales; 40 Million; Scotland: 4.8 Million; N Ireland: 1.24 Million
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| 23 | 1932 | - 1932—1932: Great Hunger March of unemployed to London
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| 24 | 1935 | - 1935—1935: London adopts a 'Green Belt' scheme
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| 25 | 1936 | - 5 Dec 1936—5 Dec 1936: Edward VIII abdicates (announced Dec 10)
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| 26 | 1937 | - 12 May 1937—12 May 1937: Coronation of King George VI
- 28 May 1937—28 May 1937: Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister - policy of appeasement towards
Hitler
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| 27 | 1938 | - 1938—1938: Principle of paid holidays established in Britain
- 29 Sep 1938—29 Sep 1938: Chamberlain visits Hitler in Munich - promises 'peace in our time'
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| 28 | 1939 | - 1939—1939: Start of evacuation of women and children from London
- 1939—1939: Coldest winter in Britain since 1894, though this could not be publicised at the time
- 3 Sep 1939—3 Sep 1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany
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| 29 | 1940 | - 11 May 1940—11 May 1940: National Government formed under Churchill
- 13 May 1940—13 May 1940: Germany invades France
- 25 Jun 1940—25 Jun 1940: Fall of France to Germany
- 7 Sep 1940—7 Sep 1940: Germany launches bombing blitz on Britain, the first of 57 consecutive nights of
bombing
- 15 Sep 1940—15 Sep 1940: Battle of Britain: massive waves of German air attacks decisively repulsed by the
RAF
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| 30 | 1941 | - 1941—1941: Britain introduces severe rationing
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1896 - 1943 (47 years)
