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1901 | Queen Victoria dies, succeeded by her son, Edward VII |
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1901 | Queen Victoria dies, succeeded by Edward (VII) |
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1902 | Boer War ends |
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1902 | Anglo-Japanese treaty recognises the independence of China and Korea |
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1903 | Entente Cordiale established |
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1904 | Entente Cordiale: Britain and France settle their international differences |
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1905 | Sinn Fein Party founded in Dublin |
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1907 | English and French agree on Siamese independence |
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1914 | World War I begins GO ! |
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1914 | 1 August - Belgian, German and French mobilisation begins |
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1914 | 4 August - Great Britain declares war on Germany |
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1914 | 4 August - Great Britain declares war on Germany |
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1914 | 10 August - France and Great Britain declare war on Austria |
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1914 | 5 November - Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey |
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1915 | 26 April - France, Russia, Italy and Britain conclude secret Treaty of London |
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1915 | 25 May - Asquith reorganizes his liberal ministry as a coalition |
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1915 | 15 October - Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria
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1915 | 7 December - David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister of Britain |
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1915 | 15 December - Haig becomes Commander-in-Chief of British Expeditionary Force
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1916 | Easter Rebellion in Ireland put down by British troops |
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1916 | 24 April - Irish nationalists launch the Easter rebellion in Dublin, Republic declared and Patrick Pearse announced as first President |
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1916 | 30 April - Irish rebellion ends with unconditional surrender of Pearse and other leaders, who are tried by court-martial and executed |
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1916 | 19 May - Britain and France conclude the Sykes-Picot Agreement
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1916 | 7 August - Persia forms an alliance with Britain and Russia
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1916 | 5 December - Asquith resigns as Prime Minister; replaced by Lloyd George |
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1916 | 5 December - Asquith resigns as Prime Minister; replaced by Lloyd George
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1917 | 10 January - Allies state war objectives in response to Wilson's peace note of 18 December
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1917 | 19 June - King George V orders members of British
royal family to dispense with German titles & surnames, they take the name Windsor
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1917 | 27 November - Supreme Allied War Council established at Versailles |
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1918 | 29 September - Bulgaria signs armistice |
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1918 | 30 October - Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies |
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1918 | 3 November - Austria signs an armistice |
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1918 | 11 November - Germany signs armistice, it goes into effect at 11 AM |
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1919 | Versailles Treaty, incorporating Woodrow Wilson's draft Covenant of League of Nations, signed by Allies and Germany; rejected by U.S. Senate GO ! |
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1919 | Mahatma Gandhi initiates satyagraha (“truth force”) campaigns, beginning his nonviolent resistance movement against British rule in India |
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1919 | 28 June - Treaty of Versailles signed GO ! |
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1921 | Irish Free State proclaimed |
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1921 | Major treaties signed at Washington Disarmament Conference limit naval tonnage and pledge to respect territorial integrity of China |
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1923 | Ethiopia, Ireland are admitted to the League of Nations |
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1925 | Locarno conferences seek to secure European peace by mutual guarantees |
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1928 | Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed in Paris by 65 nations GO ! |
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1930 | Britain, U.S., Japan, France, and Italy sign naval disarmament treaty |
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1936 | King George V dies; succeeded by son, Edward VIII, who soon abdicates to marry an American-born divorcée, and is succeeded by brother, George VI |
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1938 | Munich Pact—Britain, France, and Italy agree to let Germany partition Czechoslovakia |
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1939 | Germany invades Poland; occupies Bohemia and Moravia; renounces pact with England and concludes 10-year non-aggression pact with U.S.S.R |
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1939 | World War II begins |
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1939 | 12 May - Turkey and Great Britain conclude a security pact |
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1939 | 25 August - Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty. |
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1939 | 31 August - British army and navy mobilises |
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1939 | 2 September - Brazil, Chile, Sweden, Estonia and Ireland declare neutrality |
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1939 | 3 September - Britain, France, and Australia declare war on Germany |
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1939 | 19 October - Turkey signs a Treaty of Mutual Assistance with Britain and France |
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1941 | 3 September - Anglo-American Lend-Lease agreement GO ! |
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1940 | Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister |
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1940 | 10 June - Italy declares war on England and France |
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1940 | 28 June - Britain recognises Gen. Charles de Gaulle as the Free French leader |
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1940 | 7 September - Beginning of German Blitz on London |
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1941 | 12 July - British and Soviets Mutual Assistance agreement |
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1941 | 14 August - The Atlantic Charter signed between England and the United States GO ! |
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1941 | 18 December 8, 1941 - US and Britain declare war on Japan |
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1942 | 1 January - Allies forge Declaration of the United Nations GO ! |
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1942 | 12 August - Stalin and Churchill meet in Moscow |
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1943 | 14-24 January - Casablanca Conference: Churchill and Roosevelt meet, Stalin declines |
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1943 | 28 November - "Big Three" of Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill meet at Tehran GO ! |
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1944 | Dumbarton Oaks Conference—U.S., British Commonwealth, and U.S.S.R. propose establishment of United Nations |
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1945 | 4-11 February - Yalta Conference (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) plans final defeat of Germany GO ! |
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1945 | 7 May - German armies give unconditional surrender GO ! |
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1945 | 16 July - The Potsdam Conference convenes with Truman, Stalin, and Churchill to establish the basis of German reconstruction GO ! |
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1947 | Marshall Plan for European recovery proposed—a coordinated program to help European nations recover from ravages of war GO ! |
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1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain |
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1948 | Burma (4 Jan.) and Ceylon (4 Feb.) granted independence by Britain |
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1949 | Start of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)—treaty signed by 12 nations GO ! |
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1952 | George VI dies; his daughter Princess Elizabeth becomes queen at age 25 |
