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Stamp Act, Tacky's Revolt, Massacre of St George's Fields
Britain's first cotton mill opens, James Cook is killed by Hawaiians, Boston Tea Party
Pitt the Younger becomes Prime Minister, Gordon Riots, Loyalists evacuated from American colonies
Sierra Leone established for freed slaves, Spithead and Nore Mutinies, France declares war
Act of Union with Ireland, First Census, Slave Trade abolished
The Luddites, Corn Laws introduced, Waterloo and Peterloo
Metropolitan Police Force established, First Passenger Steam Locomotive, coronation of George IV
Tolpuddle Martyrs transported, People's Charter, Slavery abolished in Empire
Irish Potato Famine, Corn Laws repealed, Chartists meet at Kennington Common
On The Origin of Species published, Crimean War, Indian Mutiny
Prince Albert dies, Second Reform Act, Suez Canal opens
Secret ballot introduced, Victoria becomes Empress of India, First FA Cup takes place
Education compulsory to 10, Gladstone supports Irish home rule, Berlin Conference partitions Africa
Second Boer War begins, Women's suffrage movement gains momentum, Death Duties introduced
Queen Victoria dies, People's Budget, London hosts its first Olympics
Titanic and Lusitania sink, Suffragette Emily Davison killed, Conscription introduced
Irish Civil War, Plaid Cymru formed, Ramsey Macdonald becomes first Labour prime minister
Edward VIII abdicates, Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists, Support for Poland's territorial integrity
Churchill and Attlee attend Potsdam conference, Republic of Ireland formed, National Health Service
Festival of Britain, Suez Crisis, African decolonisation begins in Ghana
Concorde's first flight, Death Penalty abolished, England wins the World Cup
Winter of Discontent, Two elections in one year, Britain joins EEC
IRA bomb Conservative conference, Falklands War, Miners' Strike
Channel Tunnel opens, Diana dies, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly established
07/07 Attacks, Labour win third term, Manchester hosts Commonwealth games
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