| Year | Month | Day | Event |
|---|
| 796 |
Jul |
29 |
Offa, King Of Mercia |
| 939 |
Oct |
27 |
Æthelstan Died. Half-brother, Edmund-I Succeeded |
| 1012 |
Apr |
19 |
Martyrdom Of Ælfheah In Greenwich, England |
| 1065 |
Dec |
28 |
Westminster Abbey Is Consecrated |
| 1066 |
Jan |
06 |
Harold II Crowned English King |
| 1087 |
Sep |
09 |
Rufus Becomes King William II Of England |
| 1087 |
Sep |
26 |
William II King Of England Until 1100 |
| 1135 |
Dec |
22 |
Stephen Of Blois Becomes King Of England |
| 1135 |
Dec |
26 |
Coronation Of King Stephen Of England |
| 1172 |
Aug |
27 |
Henry And Margaret Crowned As English Junior Royals |
| 1190 |
Mar |
16 |
Massacre Of Jews At Clifford's Tower, York |
| 1191 |
Jun |
08 |
Richard I Arrives In Palestine, Begins Crusade |
| 1200 |
Oct |
08 |
Isabella Crowned Queen Of England |
| 1291 |
May |
10 |
Scottish Recognized England's Edward I |
| 1322 |
Mar |
16 |
Battle Of Boroughbridge Happened In Despenser War |
| 1381 |
May |
30 |
Beginning Of The Peasants' Revolt In England |
| 1413 |
Mar |
21 |
Henry V Becomes King Of England |
| 1420 |
Dec |
01 |
Henry V Of England Enters Paris |
| 1450 |
May |
08 |
Kent Revolts Against England's Herny VI |
| 1461 |
Jun |
28 |
Edward IV Is Crowned King Of England |
| 1483 |
Jun |
26 |
Richard III Becomes King Of England |
| 1483 |
Jul |
06 |
Richard III Is Crowned King Of England |
| 1485 |
Oct |
30 |
King Henry VII Of England Is Crowned |
| 1511 |
Apr |
09 |
St Johns, Cambridge, England, Receives Its Charter |
| 1532 |
Sep |
01 |
Boleyn Made Marquess By Henry VIII |
| 1533 |
Jun |
01 |
Anne Boleyn Is Crowned Queen Of England |
| 1553 |
Oct |
01 |
Coronation Of Queen Mary I Of England |
| 1558 |
Jan |
07 |
France Take Calai From England |
| 1569 |
Jan |
11 |
First Recorded Lottery In England |
| 1571 |
Jan |
23 |
The Royal Exchange Opens In London |
| 1586 |
Sep |
22 |
Spanish Defeat English And Dutch At Zutphen |
| 1598 |
Sep |
22 |
Johnson Indicted For Manslaughter In Duel |
| 1603 |
Mar |
24 |
Scotland's James VI Becomes King Of England, Ireland |
| 1605 |
Nov |
05 |
Guy Fawkes Is Arrested |
| 1606 |
Apr |
12 |
Scottish And English Ships Fly Union Flag |
| 1608 |
Aug |
24 |
England's Indian Diplomat Lands In Surat |
| 1613 |
Jul |
02 |
English Expedition From Massachusetts By Samuel |
| 1620 |
Aug |
05 |
Mayflower Departs England For North America |
| 1643 |
Dec |
13 |
Hampshire: Battle Of Alton |
| 1653 |
Apr |
20 |
Rump Parliament Is Dissolved By Cromwell |
| 1662 |
Oct |
17 |
Charles-II Sold €40,000 Dunkirk To France |
| 1664 |
Sep |
24 |
The Dutch Lose New Amsterdam To England |
| 1666 |
Sep |
03 |
London: Great Fire Destroys Royal Exchange |
| 1672 |
Mar |
15 |
Charles II Issues The Royal Declaration Of Indulgence |
| 1675 |
Mar |
04 |
John Flamsteed , First Astronomer Royal |
| 1679 |
Jan |
24 |
England: King Dissolves Cavalier Parliament |
| 1689 |
Apr |
11 |
William III And Mary II Crowned Joint Sovereigns |
| 1702 |
Mar |
11 |
Daily Courant Published For First Time |
| 1707 |
Aug |
20 |
British Fail To Capture Pensacola In First Siege |
| 1713 |
Jun |
23 |
Declare Allegiance To Britain Or Leave |
| 1714 |
Sep |
18 |
George I Arrives In Great Britain August 1st |
| 1715 |
Aug |
01 |
The Riot Act Comes Into Force In England |
| 1717 |
Jan |
04 |
Triple Alliance Signed By Britain And France In Netherlands |
| 1720 |
Oct |
20 |
Royal Navy Captures Pirate Calico Jack |
| 1732 |
Dec |
07 |
London: Royal Opera House Opens |
| 1746 |
Jan |
08 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie Occupies Stirling: Jacobite Rising |
| 1756 |
May |
18 |
Great Britain First Declares War |
| 1756 |
Jun |
20 |
British Garrison Imprisoned In Calcutta |
| 1759 |
Jan |
15 |
The British Museum Opens |
| 1759 |
Sep |
18 |
British Capture Quebec City In War |
| 1762 |
Sep |
15 |
Battle Fought At Signal Hill |
| 1763 |
May |
09 |
Seige Of Ft. Detrout, Pontiac's War |
| 1763 |
Sep |
14 |
Devil's Hole: Senecas Beat British |
| 1768 |
Aug |
26 |
Captain Cook Of England Sets Sail |
| 1775 |
Jul |
05 |
The Olive Branch Peition Is Adopted |
| 1776 |
May |
19 |
Continentals Surrender At Battle Of The Cedars |
| 1777 |
Sep |
26 |
American Revolution: British Occupy Philadelphia |
| 1778 |
Jul |
27 |
Battle Of Ushant With British French Standoff |
| 1778 |
Aug |
21 |
British Siege Pondichéry Fort |
| 1779 |
Jun |
16 |
Spain Declares War On Great Britain |
| 1779 |
Jun |
24 |
Great Siege Of Gibraltar Begins |
| 1779 |
Jul |
06 |
French Defeat British Navy In American Revolution |
| 1782 |
Feb |
05 |
Spanish Defeat British Forces |
| 1782 |
Jul |
01 |
American Privateers Attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
| 1794 |
Jun |
04 |
British Troops Capture Port-au-Prince In Haiti |
| 1795 |
Jun |
16 |
First Battle Of Groix--""Cornwallis"" Retreat"" |
| 1795 |
Jul |
25 |
First Stone Of Pontcysyllte Aquaduct Laid |
| 1796 |
Jul |
11 |
Jay Treaty Gives US Detroit |
| 1797 |
Feb |
22 |
Last Invasion Of Britain Begins Near Wales |
| 1798 |
Jun |
21 |
1798 Battle Of Vinegar Hill Ends In British Victory |
| 1806 |
Apr |
21 |
French Frigate Escapes British |
| 1806 |
Jun |
27 |
British Forces Invade Buenos Aires |
| 1810 |
Feb |
04 |
The Royal Navy Seizes Guadeloupe |
| 1812 |
Aug |
11 |
France Fights British, Portuguese At Majadahonda |
| 1813 |
Oct |
05 |
Tecumseh Killed As Americans Win Battle Of Thames |
| 1814 |
Oct |
17 |
Eight Die In London Beer Flood |
| 1815 |
Jan |
08 |
Andrew Jackson Victorious Over British In New Orleans |
| 1816 |
Sep |
15 |
British Ship Beached At Doom Bar |
| 1821 |
Jun |
19 |
George IV Corinated |
| 1828 |
Oct |
25 |
St Katharine Docks Open In London |
| 1833 |
Jan |
02 |
Falkland Islands: British Reassert Sovereignty |
| 1834 |
Aug |
01 |
Slavery Abolished By British Act In 1833 |
| 1837 |
Jun |
20 |
Queen Victoria Takes The Throne |
| 1838 |
Jun |
28 |
Coronation Of Victoria Of The United Kingdom |
| 1839 |
Nov |
04 |
Largest British Rebellion Occurs In Newport Rising |
| 1840 |
Aug |
01 |
British Slaves Are Emancipated |
| 1843 |
Jun |
26 |
Hong Kong Island Is Ceded To British |
| 1845 |
May |
19 |
Captain Franklin Departs From England |
| 1846 |
Feb |
10 |
British Defeat Sikhs In Battle Of Sobraon |
| 1854 |
Mar |
28 |
France And Britain Declare War, Russia |
| 1854 |
Sep |
20 |
French And British Defeat Russians In Crimea |
| 1854 |
Oct |
09 |
Siege Of Sebastopol Begins |
| 1855 |
Sep |
09 |
Russia Abandons Sevastopol And Ends Siege |
| 1859 |
Apr |
25 |
British And French Starts Suez Canal |
| 1860 |
Sep |
21 |
British, French Defeat Chinese At Palikao |
| 1864 |
Mar |
11 |
The Great Sheffield Flood Kills 238 People |
| 1878 |
Mar |
24 |
British Frigate Eurydice Sinks, Killing Many |
| 1879 |
Jan |
11 |
The Anglo-Zulu War Begins |
| 1879 |
Aug |
07 |
Poor Man's Palace Opens In Manchester |
| 1879 |
Aug |
28 |
Last Zulu King Captured By British |
| 1884 |
Jan |
04 |
Fabian Society Founded In London |
| 1885 |
Sep |
29 |
First Public Electric Tram In Blackpool |
| 1888 |
Sep |
08 |
The First Matches Are Played In England |
| 1898 |
Sep |
18 |
Fashoda Incident: Lord Kitchener's Ships Reach Sudan |
| 1899 |
Jan |
19 |
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Is Formed |
| 1899 |
Nov |
02 |
Boers Begin Siege Of Ladysmith In War |
| 1900 |
Feb |
07 |
Britsh Forces Fail Third Time At Ladysmith |
| 1900 |
Feb |
27 |
The British Labour Party Is Founded |
| 1901 |
Feb |
02 |
Funeral Of Queen Victoria |
| 1904 |
Apr |
10 |
British Mystic Crowley Transcribes Book Of Law |
| 1904 |
May |
04 |
Steward Meets Royce At Midland Hotel |
| 1913 |
Jan |
30 |
Lords Reject Irish Home Rule Bill |
| 1914 |
Aug |
23 |
WWI: Mons: British Begin Withdrawal |
| 1915 |
May |
17 |
Asquith's British Liberal Party Falls |
| 1916 |
Nov |
21 |
WWI: Mine Sinks HMHS Britannic |
| 1916 |
Dec |
05 |
Asquith Resigns From His Post |
| 1918 |
May |
09 |
Ostend, Belgium: Germans Repel British Again |
| 1922 |
Mar |
15 |
Fuad I Becomes King Of Egypt Upon Independence From UK |
| 1924 |
Dec |
19 |
Last Silver Ghost Rolls Sold In London |
| 1931 |
Apr |
14 |
The First Highway Code Was Formed By Great Britain |
| 1936 |
Jun |
15 |
The Vickers Welington Bomber's First Flight |
| 1936 |
Oct |
05 |
The Jarrow March Sets Off For London |
| 1939 |
Oct |
16 |
First German Air Attack On Brits |
| 1939 |
Nov |
23 |
The Germans Sink The HMS Rawalpindi |
| 1940 |
May |
26 |
Siege Of Calais Ends With The Surrender |
| 1941 |
Jan |
18 |
British Counter Italian East Africa |
| 1941 |
May |
08 |
Nottingham And Derby Bombed By Luftwaffe |
| 1943 |
Oct |
24 |
India Declares War |
| 1945 |
Feb |
23 |
379 British Bombers Annihilate Pforzheim |
| 1945 |
Mar |
29 |
End Of WW2 Arial Attacks On England |
| 1945 |
Sep |
19 |
London: Lord Haw-Haw Sentenced To Death |
| 1945 |
Sep |
30 |
Fatal Rail Crash In Hertfordshire, England |
| 1946 |
Feb |
14 |
The Bank Of England Is Nationalized |
| 1946 |
Mar |
01 |
The Bank Of England Is Nationalised |
| 1948 |
Jan |
01 |
British Railways Is State Owned |
| 1957 |
May |
15 |
Britain Performs H-Bomb Test In The Pacific |
| 1961 |
Dec |
09 |
Tanganyika Becomes Independent From Britain |
| 1963 |
Aug |
08 |
15 Train Robbers Steal 2.6 Million, England |
| 1964 |
Sep |
27 |
British Aircraft Maiden Flight |
| 1966 |
May |
06 |
England: Hindley And Brady Sentenced To Life |
| 1966 |
Sep |
08 |
Severn Bridge Opens |
| 1967 |
Aug |
14 |
Participation In Offshore Pirate Radio Declared Illegal |
| 1973 |
Nov |
14 |
Princess Anne Marries Captain Mark Phillips In UK |
| 1976 |
Jul |
10 |
Mercenaries Executed In Angola Following Luanda Trial |
| 1980 |
Jul |
10 |
Alexandra Palace Burns Down |
| 1982 |
May |
25 |
HMS Coventry Sinks During The War |
| 1986 |
Jul |
23 |
London: Prince Andrew Marries Fergie |
| 1998 |
Aug |
24 |
RFID Is Tested In Britian |
| 2007 |
Mar |
07 |
British House Vote: Make Lords 100% Elected |
| 2014 |
Mar |
29 |
England And Wales Perform Same-sex Marriages |