| Year | Month | Day | Event |
|---|
| 1521 |
May |
17 |
Third Duke Of Buckingham Executed For Treason |
| 1710 |
Apr |
05 |
Copyright Law Of UK Established |
| 1759 |
May |
01 |
Wedgwood Founded His Pottery Company In England |
| 1788 |
Jan |
19 |
More Of First Fleet Arrives In Botany Bay |
| 1802 |
Mar |
25 |
France & UK Sign Treaty Of Amiens |
| 1806 |
Jan |
19 |
Cape Of Good Hope Was Controlled By United Kingdom |
| 1811 |
May |
16 |
Albuera: Spain, Portugal, UK Defeat French |
| 1812 |
Apr |
04 |
President Madison Enacts U.K. Embargo |
| 1813 |
Jan |
28 |
Austen's Price And Prejudice Published In The UK |
| 1833 |
Jan |
01 |
UK Claims Falkland Islands Sovereignty |
| 1839 |
Sep |
05 |
UK Declares War On Qing Dynasty |
| 1841 |
Sep |
24 |
Brunei Sultan Cedes Sarawak To UK |
| 1846 |
Jan |
05 |
Voting By U.S. House Of Representatives |
| 1849 |
Mar |
29 |
The United Kingdom Annexes The Punjab |
| 1854 |
Feb |
17 |
The UK Recognizes The Orange Free State |
| 1860 |
Sep |
20 |
Prince Of Wales Visits U.S |
| 1861 |
Aug |
06 |
The United Kingdom Annexes Lagos, Nigeria |
| 1877 |
Apr |
12 |
UK Annexes Transvaal |
| 1878 |
Jun |
04 |
The Cedes Cyprus To The United Kongdom But Retains Nominal Title |
| 1882 |
Sep |
13 |
Story Of Anglo-Egyptian War |
| 1884 |
Jan |
04 |
Fabian Society Founded In London |
| 1885 |
Mar |
31 |
UK Establishes Bechuanaland Protectorate |
| 1893 |
Jan |
13 |
UK's Independent Labour Party First Meets |
| 1895 |
Jan |
12 |
National Trust Founded In UK |
| 1900 |
Feb |
28 |
118-day 'Siege Of Ladysmith' Is Lifted |
| 1900 |
May |
18 |
Tonga Becomes U.K. Protectorate |
| 1900 |
May |
24 |
UK Annexes Orange Free State |
| 1900 |
Oct |
09 |
Cook Islands Now U.K. Territory |
| 1900 |
Oct |
25 |
The United Kingdom Annexes The Transvaal |
| 1901 |
Jun |
11 |
New Zealand Boundary Extended To Cook Islands |
| 1904 |
Apr |
08 |
France, UK, And Ireland Sign Entente Cordiale |
| 1911 |
Jun |
22 |
King And Queen Of United Kingdom Crowned |
| 1911 |
Dec |
12 |
George V And Mary Of Teck Enthroned |
| 1913 |
Jan |
01 |
British Board Of Censors Is Established |
| 1919 |
Aug |
19 |
Afghanistan Fully Independent From United Kingdom |
| 1919 |
Dec |
30 |
Lincoln's Inn Host The First Female Bar Student |
| 1922 |
Jan |
07 |
Dáil Éireann Ratifies The Anglo-Irish Treaty |
| 1922 |
Feb |
28 |
UK's Egypt Protectorate Ends By Unilateral Declaration Of Independence |
| 1924 |
Feb |
01 |
The United Kingdom Recognizes The USSR |
| 1931 |
Aug |
24 |
Labor Resigns; National Government Forms |
| 1937 |
Jan |
01 |
Safety Glass Mandatory In United Kingdom |
| 1940 |
May |
10 |
UK Invades Iceland In World War II |
| 1940 |
Jun |
10 |
Italy Declares War On France And Uk |
| 1940 |
Jul |
05 |
United Kingdom, France Break Off Diplomacy |
| 1941 |
Jan |
02 |
Llandaff Cathedral In Wales Damaged By German Bombings |
| 1941 |
Jul |
07 |
Beirut Occupied By France And British Troops |
| 1942 |
Feb |
06 |
WW II: U.K Declares War On Thailand |
| 1942 |
May |
26 |
Battle Of Gazala Takes Place |
| 1942 |
Oct |
09 |
Statute Of Westminster Formalizes Australian Autonomy |
| 1942 |
Nov |
08 |
US And UK Land In French North Africa |
| 1943 |
Mar |
05 |
Gloster Meteor , U K, First Flight |
| 1945 |
Apr |
18 |
Bombers Attack German Island |
| 1946 |
Oct |
01 |
Mensa Founded In UK |
| 1948 |
Jan |
04 |
Burma Gains Independence From The UK |
| 1948 |
Jul |
05 |
National Public Health Systems Created In UK |
| 1951 |
Apr |
17 |
Peak District Becomes A National Park |
| 1952 |
Feb |
21 |
British Abolish Identity Cards |
| 1953 |
Apr |
08 |
Mau Mau Convicted By British Rulers |
| 1955 |
Nov |
23 |
Australia Gains Control Of The Cocos Islands |
| 1955 |
Dec |
20 |
Wales, United Kingdom's Capital Is Cardiff |
| 1956 |
Jan |
01 |
Sudan Achieves Independence |
| 1957 |
Apr |
11 |
Sinapore Amicably Parts From United Kingdom |
| 1958 |
Sep |
01 |
Iceland And The UK Clash Over Fishing |
| 1960 |
Aug |
16 |
Cyprus Gains Independence From UK |
| 1960 |
Dec |
31 |
Farthing Coin Illegal Tender In United Kingdom |
| 1961 |
Apr |
27 |
The First Prime Minister Of UK,grants Independence To Sierra Leone |
| 1962 |
Jul |
12 |
Rolling Stones First Concert Performed At Marquee Club |
| 1963 |
Jun |
24 |
The UK Grants Zanzibar Internal Self-government |
| 1964 |
Jul |
06 |
Malawi Declares Independence From UK |
| 1964 |
Sep |
21 |
Malta Gains Independence From United Kingdom |
| 1969 |
Aug |
14 |
British Troops Deployed In Northern Ireland |
| 1970 |
Oct |
10 |
Fiji Becomes Independent |
| 1971 |
Feb |
15 |
British Decimalise Currency |
| 1972 |
Mar |
24 |
Northern Ireland Under UK's Direct Rule |
| 1973 |
Jan |
01 |
Denmark, U.K., Ireland Admitted To E.E.C |
| 1975 |
Jun |
05 |
United Kindgdom Debates Leaving The EEC |
| 1978 |
Jul |
07 |
Solomon Islands Gains Independence |
| 1979 |
Feb |
22 |
Saint Lucia Cedes From UK |
| 1979 |
May |
03 |
Thatcher Forms Her First Government |
| 1981 |
Sep |
21 |
Belize Independent From United Kingdom |
| 1981 |
Nov |
01 |
Independence From U.K. For Antigua And Barbuda |
| 1986 |
Mar |
24 |
Loscoe Gas Explosion Leads To Law Changes |
| 1986 |
Oct |
12 |
Elizabeth II Visited China |
| 1990 |
Dec |
01 |
United Kingdom And France Channel Tunnel Sections |
| 1996 |
Jun |
15 |
Manchester Bombing Attributed To IRA Provos |
| 1997 |
Sep |
11 |
Scotland Votes To Establish Devolved Parliament |
| 2000 |
Apr |
22 |
Big Number Change In U.K |
| 2006 |
Mar |
30 |
United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 Becomes Law |
| 2009 |
Oct |
01 |
U.K. Supreme Court Relieves House Of Lords |
| 2011 |
Apr |
29 |
Prince William And Kate Middleton Wed |
| 2014 |
Sep |
18 |
Scotland Votes Against Independence |