Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1900 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Pepys’ First Diary Entry, - 1660, The Act of Union Signed - 1707, Ironbridge Opened - 1781, First Issue of The Times - 1788, English Claim to French Crown Ends - 1801, Frankenstein Published - 1818, Victoria Proclaimed Empress of India - 1877, Britains 1st telephone directory is published - 1880, Manchester Ship Canal Opens - 1894, Old-Age Pensions First Paid - 1909, First Edition of Desert Island Discs - 1942, Stanley Matthews Knighted - 1965, Britains Joins the EEC - 1973, First UK Mobile Phone Call - 1985, Fred West Found Hanged - 1995
Famous and historic events from 1900
Battle of Spion Kop
Flannan Isles Mystery Born
Formation of the Labour Party
Keir Hardie becomes 1st Labour MP
Relief of Mafeking
Famous Britons born in 1900
Alan Bush
Alastair Sim
Arthur Askey
David Kilmuir
Dennis Gabor
Douglas Jardine
Elizabeth Goudge
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
Geoffrey Jellicoe
Gilbert Ryle
Hamish Hamilton
James Hilton
Louis Mountbatten
Richard Hughes
Robert Boothby
Roy Wilson
Sean O'Faolain
Stephen Neill
Tyrone Guthrie
V S Pritchett
William Medlicott
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