Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1914 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:
St Augustine Introduces Julian Calendar to England - 0597, William the Conqueror crowned - 1066, Domesday Book Commissioned - 1085, First Christmas Tree in Britain - 1800, Mrs Beeton Published - 1861, End of the Soviet Union - 1991
Famous and historic events from 1914
Britain declares War on Germany
Britains 1st policewoman goes on duty
First Battle of Heligoland Bight
First Bomb Dropped on English Soil
HMS Bulwark Explodes in Medway
Start of World War I
The Ark Royal commissioned
The Battle of the Marne Begins
The Worcesters Charge at Ypres
Famous Britons born in 1914
Alec Guinness
Andrej Panufnik
Dylan Thomas
George Brown
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Joan Littlewood
John Arlott
Joy Batchelor
Kenneth More
Laurie Lee
Max Perutz
Norman McLaren
Richard Synge
Sir Alan Hodgkin
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