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HISTORICAL DATES
MONARCHS
House of Windsor
1952 Elizabeth II
1936 George VI
1936 Edward VIII
1910 George V
House of Saxe-Coburg
1901 Edward VII
House of Hanover
1837 Victoria
1830 William IV
1820 George IV
1760 George III
1727 George II
1714 George I
House of Stuart
1702 Anne
1694 William III (sole ruler)
1689 William and Mary (joint)
1685 James II
1660 Charles II
1658 Protectorate of Richard Cromwell
1653 Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell
1649 Commonwealth
1625 Charles I
1603 James I
House of Tudor
1558 Elizabeth I
1553 Mary I
1547 Edward VI
1509 Henry VIII
1485 Henry VII
House of York
1483 Richard III
1483 Edward V
1461 Edward IV
House of Lancaster
1422 Henry VI
1413 Henry V
1399 Henry IV
House of Plantagenet
1377 Richard II
1327 Edward III
1307 Edward II
1272 Edward I
1216 Henry III
1199 John
1189 Richard I, the Lionheart
1154 Henry II
House of Normandy
1135 Stephen
1100 Henry I
1087 William II
1066 William I, the Conqueror
Saxons
1066 Harold II
1042 Edward the Confessor
Danes
1040 Harthacanute
1035 Harold I Harefoot
1016 Canute
Saxons
1016 Edmund Ironside
978 Ethelred II, the Unready
975 Edward the Martyr
959 Edgar
955 Edwy
946 Edred
939 Edmund
924 Athelstan
899 Edward the Elder
871 Alfred the Great
865 Ethelred I
860 Ethelbert
858 Ethelbald
839 Ethelwulf
827 Egbert
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
1997 Tony Blair(Lab)
1990 John Major (Con)
1979 Margaret Thatcher (Con)
1976 James Callaghan(Lab)
1974 Harold Wilson (Lab)
1970 Edward Heath (Con)
1964 Harold Wilson (Lab)
1963 Sir Alec Douglas Home(Con)
1957 Harold Macmillan (Con)
1955 Sir Anthony Eden(Con)
1951 Sir Winston Churchill (Con)
1945 Clement Attlee (Lab)
1945 Winston Churchill (Con)
1940 Winston Churchill (Coalition)
1937 Neville Chamberlin (Nat Coalition)
1935 Stanley Baldwin (Nat Coalition)
1931 James Ramsey MacDonald (Nat Coalition)
1929 James Ramsey MacDonald (Lab)
1924 Stanley Baldwin (Con)
1924 James Ramsey MacDonald (Lab)
1923 Stanley Baldwin (Con)
1922 Andrew Bonar Law (Con)
1916 David Lloyd-George (Coalition)
1915 Herbert Asquith (Coalition)
1908 Herbert Asquith (Lib)
1905 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Lib)
1902 Arthur Balfour (Con)
1895 Marquess of Salisbury(Con)
1894 Earl of Rosebury (Lib)
1892 William Gladstone (Lib)
1886 Marquess of Salisbury (Con)
1886 William Gladstone (Lib)
1885 Marquess of Salisbury(Con)
1880 William Gladstone (Con)
1874 Benjamin Disraeli (Con)
1868 William Gladstone (Lib)
1868 Benjamin Disraeli (Con)
1866 Earl of Derby (Con)
1865 Earl Russell (Lib)
1859 Viscount Palmerston(Lib)
1858 Earl of Derby (Con)
1855 Viscount Palmerston (Lib)
1852 Earl of Aberdeen (Peelite)
1852 Earl of Derby (Tory)
1846 Lord John Russell (Whig)
1841 Sir Robert Peel (Tory)
1835 Viscount Melbourne (Whig)
1834 Sir Robert Peel (Tory)
1834 Viscount Melbourne (Whig)
1830 Earl Grey (Whig)
1828 Duke of Wellington (Tory)
1827 Viscount Goderich (Tory)
1827 George Canning (Tory)
1812 Earl of Liverpool (Tory)
1809 Spencer Perceval (Tory)
1807 Duke of Portland (Tory)
1806 Lord Grenville (Whig)
1804 William Pitt the Younger (Tory)
1801 Henry Addington (Tory)
1783 William Pitt the Younger (Tory)
1783 Duke of Portland (Coalition)
1782 Earl of Shelbourne (Whig)
1782 Marquess of Rockingham (Whig)
1770 Lord North (Tory)
1767 Duke of Grafton (Whig)
1766 William Pitt the Elder (Whig)
1765 Marquess of Rockingham (Whig)
1763 George Grenvllle (Whig)
1762 Earl of Bute (Tory)
1757 Duke of Newcastle (Whig)
1756 Duke of Devonshire (Whig)
1754 Duke of Newcastle (Whig)
1743 Henry Pelham (Whig)
1742 Earl of Wilmington (Whig)
1721 Sir Robert Walpole (Whig)
DATES OF WARS, BATTLES AND CONQUESTS
2003-03 Gulf War 2
1991-95 Yugoslav War
1990-91 The Gulf War
1982 Falklands War
1976 Cod War with Iceland
1967 6 Days War, Israel v Arab States
1956 Suez War, UK & France v Egypt
1950-53 Korean War
1948 Mao Mao emergency in Kenya
1939-45 World War 2
1944 D-Day - Allied landings in Normandy (6 Jun)
1940 Battle of El Alamein (23 Oct)
1940 The evacuation of Dunkirk (29 May - 3 Jun)
1936-39 Spanish Civil war
1914-18 The Great War
1917 Battle of Passchendaele (26 Oct - 10 Nov)
1917 Third Battle of Ypres (22 Apr - 23 May)
1917 Battle of the Somme (21 Mar - 5 Apr)
1916 Battle of Jutland
1915 Gallipoli landings
1914 Second Baffle of Ypres
1914 Battle of Ypres
1914 Battle of Mons
1914 Battle of the Marne
1899-03 Second Boer War (South Africa)
1900 Relief of Mafeking and Ladysmith
1898 Battle of Omdurman
1885 General Gordon killed at Khartoum
1879 Zulu War
1878 The Second Afghan War
1861-65 American Civil War
1857 The Indian Mutiny breaks out
1854-56 The Crimean War Russia v UK, France & Turkey
1854 Battles of Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman
1839 First Afghan War
1819 Peteeloo Massacre
1793-1815 Napoleonic Wars France v Britain, etc.
1815 Battle of Waterloo
1812-14 US War of Independance
1814 British defeated at New Orleans
1809 Battle of Corunna
1808-14 Peninsular War
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
1803 Britain resumes war with France
1801 Nelson destroys the Danish Beet at Copenhagen
1800 The British take Malta
1798 Rebellion under the United Irishmen is put down
1775 American War of Independence
1757 Battle of Plassy
1756-63 The Seven Years War
1751 Clive seizes and defends Arcot in India
1746 Battles of Culloden and Falkirk
1745 Battle of Fontenoy
1743 George II defeats the French at Dettingen
1740-48 War of the Austrian Succession
1739 War of Jenkins' Ear
1715 Battles at Preston and Sheriffmuirr
1715 The 'Fifteen' (Jacobite Rebellion)
1709 Battle of Malplaquet
1708 Battle of Oudenarde
1706 Battle of Ramillies
1704 Capture of Gibraltar
1704 Battle of Blenheim
1701-13 The War of the Spanish Succession
1692 Defeat of the French off La Hogue
1692 Massacre of Glencoe
1691 Capitulation of Limerick
1690 Battle of the Boyne
1689-97 The War of the League of Augsburg
1689 Battle of Kililecrankie
1685 Battle of Sedgemoor
1672-74 Third Anglo-Dutch War
1651 Battle of Worcester
1648 Second Civil War
1642-6 First English Civil War
1645 Battles of Naseby and Philiphaugh
1644 Battle of Marston Moor
1642 First Battle of Newbury
1642 Battles of Edgehill and Chalgrove Field
1640 Second Bishops' War
1639 First Bishops War
1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1558 Calais lost to the French
1513 Battle of Guinegatte
1513 Battle of Flodden Field
1455-85 Wars of the Roses
1485 Battle of Bosworth Field
1471 Battles of Tewkesbury & Barnet
1461 Battle of Towton
1455 First Battle of St Albans
1337-1453 The Hundred Years War
1415 Battle of Agincourt
1403 Battle of Shrewsbury
1400 Owen Glenslower leads a revolt in Wales
1314 Battle of Bannockburn
1298 Battle of Falkirk
1298 Battle of Dunbar
1265 Battle of Evesham
1264 Battle of Lewes
1202-04 Fourth Crusade
1191 Capture of Acre by Crusaders
1189 Third Crusade
1147-9 Second Crusade
1106 Battle of Tinchebrai
1096-99 First Crusade
1075 Rise of the Norman barons
1066 Battle of Hastings (Norman Conquest)
599-900 Viking Raids
878 Battle of Ekhandun (Alfred defeats the Danes)
825 Battle of Ellandun
793 Sack of Lindisfarne by Vikings
577 Battle of Dyrham
515 Battle of Mount Badon
123 Hadrian's Wall
43 Roman Conquest of Britain begins
55 BC Julius Caesar's first expedition to Britain
700-300 BC Celts settle in Britain
1250 BC Trojan Wars
BRITISH ICONS
MORE LINKS
ICONS A portrait of England
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RADIO & TV CLASSICS
It aint half hot mum
BBC - Comedy Guide - It Ain't Half Hot Mum An article about It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Information about the TV Comedy show, with a description, review, cast and crew list and transmission details
Dads Army
dadsarmy.tv - the online tribute to the popular classic BBC TV series Dad's Army .
Steptoe and Son
BBC - Comedy Guide - Steptoe And Son Information about the TV Comedy show, with a description, review, cast and crew list and transmission details.
Dr Who
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society (DWAS ) is the longest running organised fan club in the world. Formed in 1976, its aim is to provide its members with access to the world of Doctor Who through its archives, publications, and social events.
The Goon Show
The Goon Show Depository , an exhaustive information resource on BBC Radio's The Goon Show. The site also contains links to recordings of The Goons and various other classic BBC comedy shows
The Goon Show Preservation Society We are the OFFICIAL Goon Show Preservation Society, with Prince Charles as our honorary patron! Why not pay us a visit?
BRITISHNESS LINKS
Words and their origins
The Phrase Finder Sayings and Phrases - meanings and origins
We are the English!
MISCELLANEOUS BRITISH INFO
10 things about British slavery (BBC)