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1911 George V (1911-36). | |||
1914-18 '''First World War.''' | 1914-18 '''First World War.''' | ||
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1935-37 Baldwin's National Government. | 1935-37 Baldwin's National Government. | ||
1937 George VI (1937-52} | |||
1937-40 Chamberlain's Conservative Government. | 1937-40 Chamberlain's Conservative Government. | ||
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1945- Atlee's Labour Government | 1945- Atlee's Labour Government | ||
1953 Elizabeth II | |||
==Twenty-first century== | ==Twenty-first century== | ||
Revision as of 09:27, 14 March 2009
(Sources: 1700-1899 Norman Davies: The Isles, A History", Macmillan 1999 Appendix 42 page 977 )
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Eighteenth century
1707 Act of Union - with Scotland.
1713 Treaty of Utrecht.
1714 Hanoverian succession.
George I (1714-27)
1727 Geoge II (1727-1760)
1715 First Jacobite Rising
1739-48 War of Jenkins Ear - with Spain.
1744-8 War of the Austrian Succession.
1745 Second Jacobite Rising - "the '45"
1746 Battle of Culloden.
1756-63 Seven Years War - acquisition of India and Canada.
1760 George III (1760-1820).
1776-81 War of American Independence - the creation of the United States of America.
1787 Kingdom of Ireland granted autonomy.
1793-1815 French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
Nineteenth century
1801 Act of Union - with Ireland.
1805 Battle of Trafalgar.
1815 Battle of Waterloo.
1820 George IV (1820-30).
1830 William IV (1830-37).
1837 Queen Victoria (1837-1901)/
1845-50 Irish Famine.
1846 Repeal of Corn Laws.
1833-36 Crimean War.
1857-58 Indian Mutiny.
1898 Battle of Omdurman
1899-1902 Boer War.
Twentieth century
1902 Edward VII (1902-10)
1911 George V (1911-36).
1914-18 First World War.
The inter-war years
1914-15 Asquith's Liberal Government
1915-16 Asquith's Coalition Government.
1919-23 Lloyd George's Coalition Governments.
1923-24 Baldwin's First Conservative Government
1924 Macdonald's First Labour Government.
1924-29 Baldwin's Second Conservative Government.
1929-31 Macdonald's Second Labour Government.
1931-35 Macdonald's National Government.
1935-37 Baldwin's National Government.
1937 George VI (1937-52}
1937-40 Chamberlain's Conservative Government.
1939-45 Second World War
1940-45 Churchill's Wartime Coalition Government.
Post-war Britain
1945 Churchill's Conservative Government.
1945- Atlee's Labour Government
1953 Elizabeth II