NOTABLE EVENTS IN BRITISH HISTORY 1066 - 1992

1066-12-25, Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror crowned King of England. 1087-09-09, Death of William the Conqueror. 1087-09-26, Accession of William II (Rufus), son of William I. 1100-08-02, William Rufus killed accidentally while hunting. 1100-08-05, Accession of Henry I, brother of William II. 1133-03-05, Birth of Henry II, first Plantagenet King of England, 1135-12-01, Death of Henry I. 1135-12-22, Accession of Stephen. 1154-10-25, Death of Stephen. 1154-12-19, Accession of Henry II, first Plantagenet King of England. 1167-12-24, Birth of King John, youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1189-07-06, Death of Henry II. 1189-09-03, Accession of Richard I the Lion Hearted. 1199-04-06, Death of Richard I. 1199-05-27, Accession of John. 1207-10-01, Birth of Henry III, son of John, 1215-00-00, Barons forced John to sign Magna Carta. 1216-10-19, Death of John. 1216-10-28, Accession of Henry III. 1272-11-16, Death of Henry III. 1272-11-20, Accession of Edward I. 1307-07-07, Death of Edward I. 1307-07-08, Accession of Edward II. 1308-02-25, Coronation of Edward II. 1327-01-20, Death of Edward II. 1327-01-25, Accession of Edward III. 1340-01-00, Accession of Edward III to the throne of France. 1377-06-21, Death of Edward III. 1377-06-22, Accession of Richard II. 1377-07-16, Coronation of Richard II. 1399-09-29, Richard II abdicated and deposed by Parliament. 1399-09-30, Parliament chose Henry IV as successor to Richard II. 1413-03-20, Death of Henry IV at Westminster Abbey. 1413-03-21, Accession of Henry V, eldest son of Henry IV. 1422-08-31, Death of Henry V at Vincennes, France. 1422-09-01, Accession of Henry VI, 9-month-old son of Henry V. 1452-10-02, Richard III, youngest brother of Edward IV, born. 1457-01-28, Birth of Henry VII, founder of Tudor dynasty. 1461-03-05, Edward IV deposed Henry VI. 1470-09-29, Edward IV fled England. 1470-10-13, Henry VI was re-crowned after his release on Oct 3, 1470. 1471-04-11, Restoration of Henry VI ended after his captured by Edward IV. 1483-04-09, Accession of Edward V on death of Edward IV. 1483-06-25, Richard III deposed Edward V. 1483-06-26, Accession of Richard III. 1485-08-22, Richard III killed at Battle of Bosworth. Accession of Henry VII. 1491-06-28, Birth of Henry VIII, second son of Henry VII. 1492-08-03, Christopher Columbus set sail to find a westward route to the East. 1492-10-12, Christopher Columbus was the first European to set foot on the New World. 1509-04-21, Death of Henry VII. 1509-04-22, Accession of Henry VIII. 1509-06-11, Henry VIII married Catharine of Aragon. 1509-06-24, Coronation of King Henry VIII. 1516-02-18, Birth of Mary I, only surviving child of Catharine of Aragon. 1527-00-00, Formal proceedings instituted for an annulment of the King's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. 1533-01-25, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn secretly married. 1533-05-00, Archbishop Cranmer declared Henry's marriage to Catharine of Aragon invalid. 1533-06-00, Anne Boleyn crowned Queen. 1533-09-07, Birth of Elizabeth I, only child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. 1536-01-07, Catharine of Aragon, mother of Mary I, died. 1536-05-19, Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, executed. 1536-05-30, Henry VIII married his third wife, Jane Seymour. 1537-10-12, Jane Seymour died giving birth to Edward VI. 1538-00-00, English Clergy ordered to keep Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. 1542-02-13, Catherine Howard, 5th wife of Henry VIII, executed. 1543-07-12, Henry VIII married his sixth wife, Catherine Parr. 1547-01-28, Accession of Edward VI on death of Henry VIII. 1547-02-20, Coronation of Edward VI, at age 9, in Westminster Abbey. 1553-07-06, Throne claimed by Jane on death of Edward VI. 1553-07-19, Accession of Mary I on removal of Jane. 1558-11-17, Accession of Elizabeth I on death of Mary I. 1559-01-15, Coronation of Elizabeth I. 1566-06-19, Birth of James I of England at Edinburgh Castle, only son of Mary Queen of Scots. 1587-02-08, Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. 1588-07-29, Defeat of the Spanish Armada sent by Philip II to invaded England. 1598-00-00, Parish registers were required on parchment. Entries from 1558 copied. 1603-03-24, Accession of James I, of England, formerly James VI of Scotland. 1603-03-24, Death of Elizabeth I. 1603-07-25, Coronation of James I. 1625-03-27, Accession of Charles I on death of James I. 1630-05-29, Birth of King Charles II at St James's Palace, son of Charles I and Henrietta. 1642-08-22, Civil War in England began when Charles raised his standard. 1649-01-30, Charles I was beheaded. 1649-02-14, Government by a Council of State instituted. 1649-03-17, Monarchy abolished. 1653-12-16, Oliver Cromwell took Oath of Office as Lord Protector. 1658-09-03, Succession of Richard Cromwell on death of his father, Oliver Cromwell. 1659-05-24, Abdication of Richard Cromwell from office of Lord Protector. 1660-05-05, Charles II proclaimed King (de jure King from Jan 30, 1649). 1660-05-29, Restoration of Charles II on his arrival in London. 1666-09-02, The Great Fire of London began at Pudding Lane. 1666-09-06, The Great Fire of London burned itself out. 1670-00-00, Hudson Bay Company chartered in London. 1683-11-10, Birth of George II. 1685-02-06, Accession of James II on death of his brother Charles II. 1688-06-10, Birth of James Stuart, the 'Old Pretender.' 1689-02-13, Accession of William III and Mary II after abdication of her father, James II. 1689-05-09, Britain declared war on France. 1689-05-24, English Parliament guarantees religious freedom for Protestants. 1689-07-25, France declared war on Britain. 1689-12-16, English Parliament adopted a Bill of Rights. 1694-12-28, Death of Mary II, after which William III reigned alone. 1702-03-08, Death of William III. Crown passed to Anne. 1714-08-01, George I of Hanover proclaimed King of Britain under Act of Settlement. 1714-08-01, Queen Anne, the last Stuart sovereign died with no living heirs. 1714-10-20, Coronation of King George I. 1715-12-22, James Stuart, the 'Old Pretender,' landed at Peterhead to claim the throne. 1720-12-31, Birth of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Rome, son of the Old Pretender. 1722-00-00, All men over 18 in England had to swear an Oath of Allegiance. 1727-00-10, Death of George I. 1727-06-11, Accession of George II on death of his father, George I. 1727-10-11, Coronation of George II. 1728-00-00, Sir Robert Walpole became British Prime Minister.. 1738-06-04, George III, grandson of George II. 1745-08-19, Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Stuart standard at Glenfinnan. 1746-09-20, Bonnie Prince Charlie fled Scotland to France. 1751-03-24, Chesterfield's Act: This is the last day of 1750/51 in Britain and its colonies. 1752-01-01, First day of the year 1752 in Britain and its Colonies. 1754-03-25, Hardwicke's Act: Banns and Marriage Register books introduced. 1760-10-25, Accession of George III on death of his grandfather, George II. 1762-05-00, Marquis of Bute became head of government. 1763-00-00, New France (Quebec) came under British rule. 1763-04-00, Marquis of Bute resigned. Grenville became British Prime Minister.. 1765-00-00, Marquess of Rockingham became British Prime Minister.. 1766-00-00, "Pitt "the Elder" became British Prime Minister.." 1768-00-00, Grafton appointed Chief Minister. 1770-00-00, George III appointed Lord North as Chief Minister. 1775-08-22, King George III officially declared a state of open rebellion in the American colonies. 1775-12-22, Esek Hopkins appointed to Commodore of the Navy. 1782-03-27, Marquess of Rockingham became British Prime Minister. 1782-07-13, Earl of Shelburne became British Prime Minister. 1783-04-04, Duke of Portland became British Prime Minister. of Coalition Government 1783-09-03, The Treaty of Paris signed by Britain and the United States 1783-12-07, William Pitt "the Younger"" became British Prime Minister." 1801-03-21, Henry Addington became British Prime Minister. 1804-05-16, William Pitt returned as British Prime Minister. 1806-01-00, Death of William Pitt. 1806-02-10, Lord Grenville became British Prime Minister of Coalition Government 1807-03-31, Duke of Portland became British Prime Minister. 1809-12-06, Spencer Perceval became British Prime Minister. 1811-02-05, Act of Regency proclaimed George IV Head of State 1812-00-00, British Prime Minister. Spencer Perceval killed by John Bellingham. 1812-06-16, Earl of Liverpool became British Prime Minister. 1812-07-28, Rose's Act passed, requiring separated registers for Baptists. 1814-12-24, The United States and Britain sign the Treaty of Ghent. 1820-01-29, Accession of George IV when George III died. 1827-04-30, George Canning became British Prime Minister. 1827-09-08, Viscount Goderich became British Prime Minister. 1828-01-26, Duke of Wellington became British Prime Minister. 1830-06-26, Accession of William IV on death of George IV 1830-11-15, Wellington's government defeated 1830-11-24, Earl Grey became British Prime Minister. 1834-00-00, Boards of Guardians set up to administer the Poor Law. 1834-07-13, Viscount Melbourne became British Prime Minister. 1834-12-26, Sir Robert Peel became British Prime Minister. 1835-03-18, Viscount Melbourne became British Prime Minister. 1837-06-20, Accession of Victoria on death of William IV. 1837-07-01, Civil Registration of Births/Marriages/Deaths began in England 1841-09-06, Sir Robert Peel became British Prime Minister. 1846-07-06, Lord John Russell became British Prime Minister. 1852-02-28, Earl of Derby became British Prime Minister. 1852-12-28, Earl of Aberdeen became British Prime Minister. 1855-01-01, Civil Registration of Births/Marriages/Deaths began in Scotland 1855-02-10, Viscount Palmerston became British Prime Minister. 1858-01-11, Civil jurisdiction of Probate came into effect 1858-02-25, Earl of Derby became British Prime Minister. 1859-06-18, Viscount Palmerston's second Ministry. 1863-03-10, Prince of Wales (Edward VII) married Princess Alexandra of Denmark at Windsor 1865-11-06, Earl Russell became British Prime Minister. 1866-07-06, Earl of Derby became British Prime Minister. 1867-00-00, Second Reform Act in Britain. 1868-02-27, Benjamin Disraeli became British Prime Minister. 1869-11-17, The Suez Canal opened. 1874-02-21, Benjamin Disraeli's second Ministry 1880-01-01, School attendance became compulsory up to the age of 10 1880-04-28, William Gladstone's second Ministry 1881-00-00, Third Reform Act in Britain. 1881-04-19, Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield, died. 1885-06-24, Marquess of Salisbury became British Prime Minister. 1885-11-00, General Election in Britain under the new franchise: no overall majority. 1886-02-06, William Gladstone's third Ministry 1886-08-03, Marquess of Salisbury's second Ministry 1892-08-18, William Gladstone's fourth Ministry 1894-03-03, Succession of Earl of Rosebery as British Prime Minister. 1901-01-22, Accession of Edward VII on death of Victoria 1902-07-12, Arthur Balfour became British Prime Minister. 1905-12-05, Sir H Campbell-Bannerman became British Prime Minister. 1908-04-08, H H Asquith became British Prime Minister. 1910-02-09, Asquith's second Ministry 1910-05-06, Accession of George V on death of Edward VII 1910-12-19, Asquith's third Ministry 1911-10-07, Sir Robert Borden became the ninth Prime Minister of Canada. 1914-07-28, World War I began as the Ottoman Empire declared war on Bosnia. 1914-08-04, Britain declared war on Germany at start of World War I. 1914-09-09, Allied forces won the Battle of Marne. 1915-01-02, Allied forces won the Battle of Sarikamis. 1915-05-07, British liner Lusitania was sunk by German U-Boats killing 128 American passengers. 1915-05-26, H H Asquith formed a Coalition government 1916-02-21, The Battle of Verdun began. 1916-07-01, The first Battle of Somme began. 1916-09-03, Allied forces won the Battle of Verdun. 1916-11-18, Allied forces won the first Battle of Somme. 1916-12-07, David Lloyd-George became British Prime Minister. 1918-00-00, In Britain franchise extended to all males over 21 and women over 30 who were householders. 1918-07-15, The second Battle of the Marne began. 1918-07-18, Allied forces won the Battle of the Aisne-Marne. 1918-09-12, The second Battle of Verdun began. 1918-09-26, The Battle of Miuse-Argonne began. 1918-09-29, Allied forces push Central forces past the Hindenburg Line. 1918-11-11, Armistice signed to end World War I 1919-06-28, The Treaty of Versailles was signed 1922-10-23, A Bonar-Law became British Prime Minister. 1923-05-22, Stanley Baldwin became British Prime Minister. 1924-01-22, Ramsey MacDonald became British Prime Minister. 1924-11-04, Stanley Baldwin's second Ministry 1929-06-07, Ramsey MacDonald's second Ministry. 1931-08-25, Ramsey MacDonald forms a Coalition government in Britain. 1935-06-07, Stanley Baldwin formed a Coalition government 1936-01-20, Accession of Edward VIII on death of George V 1936-12-11, Edward VIII abdicates. His brother, Duke of York, became George VI 1937-05-28, Neville Chamberlain became British Prime Minister. 1939-09-01, Germany invaded Poland. 1939-09-03, Britain declared war on Germany at start of World War II. 1939-09-28, Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Warsaw Pact. 1940-05-11, Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister. 1940-06-04, 300,000 soldiers from Dunkirk, France back across the English Channel. 1940-06-22, France surrendered to Germany. 1941-06-22, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. 1943-02-02, 200,000 German soldiers surrender at Stalingrad. 1943-11-28, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss WWII. 1944-06-06, D-Day: Allied forces invaded Normandy. 1944-08-25, Allied troops liberated Paris. 1944-12-16, A German surprise attack began the Battle of the Bulge. 1944-12-24, Allied forces pushed the German troops past the German border. 1945-05-08, VE Day. Germany surrendered and ends the war in Europe 1945-05-23, Winston Churchill became caretaker British Prime Minister. 1945-06-26, The United Nations established. 1945-07-26, Clement Attlee became British Prime Minister. 1946-10-17, "Cold War began: Winston Churchill proclaimed "an iron curtain has swept across the continent [of Europe]." 1948-07-05, The National Health Service came into being in Britain 1949-04-04, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. 1950-02-23, Clement Attlee's second Ministry. 1951-10-26, Winston Churchill again British Prime Minister. 1952-02-06, Accession of Elizabeth II on death of George VI 1953-06-02, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey televised 1955-04-05, Sir Winston Churchill resigned as British Prime Minister. 1955-04-06, Succession of Sir Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister. 1955-05-25, Sir Anthony Eden's second Ministry 1957-01-10, Succession of Harold Macmillan as British Prime Minister. 1959-10-08, Harold Macmillan's second Ministry 1963-10-19, Succession of Sir Alec Douglas-Home as British Prime Minister. 1964-10-16, Harold Wilson became British Prime Minister. 1966-04-01, Harold Wilson's second Ministry. 1970-06-18, General Election in United Kingdom with everyone over 18 enfranchised 1970-06-19, Edward Heath became British Prime Minister. 1974-03-04, Harold Wilson's third Ministry. 1974-04-01, Counties of England and Wales reorganised 1974-10-10, Harold Wilson's fourth Ministry. 1975-05-16, Regions, Districts and Island Councils of Scotland were reorganised 1976-04-05, Succession of James Callaghan as British Prime Minister. 1979-05-04, Margaret Thatcher became British Prime Minister. 1982-04-02, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands 1982-06-14, Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands surrendered 1983-06-11, Margaret Thatcher's second Ministry 1987-06-12, Margaret Thatcher's third Ministry 1990-11-28, Succession of John Major as British Prime Minister. 1992-04-10, 1992-04-10, John Major's second Ministry