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   Date  Event(s)
1837 
  • 1837: Victoria Queen of England 1837 - 1901
  • 1837: Civil registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths in England & Wales is introduced in the Septemper Quarter.
1838 
  • 1838: Rise of the Chartist Movement
1840 
  • 1840: New Zealand declared a Crown colony
1842 
  • 1842: Mines Act - No female was to be employed underground, no boy under 10 years old was to be employed underground.Parish apprentices between the ages of 10 and 18 could continue to work in the mines. There were no clauses relating to hours of work, and inspection could only take place on the basis of checking the 'condition of the workers'. Ironically, many women were annoyed that they could no longer earn the much needed money
1845 
  • 1845: Beginning of the Irish Potato Famine
1846 
  • 1846: After the approval of 273 new lines the Railway System rapidly expands
1850 
  • 1850: Factories Act Extended - restricted all women and young people to no more than ten-and-a-half hours work a day.
1856 
  • 1856: Crimean War begins. Ends 1856
1857 
  • 1857: Divorce becomes obtainable through the civil courts in England & Wales (Matrimonial Causes Act)
10 1858 
  • 1858: Start of the British Raj as India is delclared a Crown Colony
11 1861 
  • 1861: - 1865 American civil war between the emancipationist North and the slaveowning South.
12 1865 
  • 1865: After the defeat of the south the thirteenth amendment passed effectively abolishing slavery in the USA.
13 1867 
  • 1867: Canada Becomes A Dominion
14 1872 
  • 1872: Public Health Act establishes urban & rural sanitary authorities.
15 1873 
  • 1873: Return of Owners of Land is made listing owners of more than 1 acre in Britain & Ireland.
16 1875 
  • 1875: Civil registration of Births and Deaths now a legal obligation.
17 1879 
  • 1879: Zulu War
18 1882 
  • 1882: Married Women's Property Act
19 1889 
  • 1889: Boer War begins. Ends 1902
20 1890 
  • 1890: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
21 1894 
  • 1894: Third Reform Bill Votes for Agricultural Workers
22 1901 
  • 1901: Edward VII King of England 1901 - 1910
  • 1901: Australia joins the Commonwealth
23 1902 
  • 1902: The Cremation Act enables public burial authorities to provide & maintain crematoriums out of the rates.
24 1905 
  • 1905: Aliens Act limits immigration
25 1906 
  • 1906: British Labour Party Formed
26 1910 
  • 1910: George V King of England 1910 - 1936
27 1911 
  • 1911: 1911 - 1912 Strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers
  • 1911: Census: Pop. England & Wales 36M, Scotand 4.6M, Northern Ireland 1.25M
28 1912 
  • 1912: The Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage 14 April
29 1914 
  • 1914: Start of the first World War, Britain houses 200,000 homeless war refugees from Belgium
30 1916 
  • 1916: Easter Rising erupts in Dublin as Irish nationalists demand Home Rule.
  • 1916: World War I - Battle of the Somme 420,000 British casualties
31 1917 
  • 1917: On 12 March USA enters war
32 1918 
  • 1918: End of the First World War - Women over the age of 30 win the right to vote.
33 1919 
  • 1919: Viscountess Astor First Woman in Commons
34 1921 
  • 1921: Census: Pop. England & Wales 37.9M, Scotland 4.9M, Northern Ireland 1.25M
35 1922 
  • 1922: Partition of Ireland creates Northern Ireland & the Irish Free State
36 1926 
  • 1926: The General Strike
37 1927 
  • 1927: Adopted Children Register begins in England & Wales
38 1928 
  • 1928: Women over 21 are allowed to vote
39 1929 
  • 1929: Legal age of marriage with parent's consent raised to 16 (from 12 for girls & 14 for boys)
40 1936 
  • 1936: Edward VIII uncrowned King of England
  • 1936: George VI King of England 1936 - 1952
41 1939 
  • 1939: Second World War begins.
42 1945 
  • 1945: Second World War ends
43 1947 
  • 1947: Indian Independance Partion creates the Muslim State of Pakistan