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 1887 - 1924 (37 years)
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| 1 | 1889 | - 1889: Boer War begins. Ends 1902
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| 2 | 1890 | - 1890: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
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| 3 | 1894 | - 1894: Third Reform Bill Votes for Agricultural Workers
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| 4 | 1901 | - 1901: Edward VII King of England 1901 - 1910
- 1901: Australia joins the Commonwealth
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| 5 | 1902 | - 1902: The Cremation Act enables public burial authorities to provide & maintain crematoriums out of the rates.
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| 6 | 1905 | - 1905: Aliens Act limits immigration
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| 7 | 1906 | - 1906: British Labour Party Formed
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| 8 | 1910 | - 1910: George V King of England 1910 - 1936
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| 9 | 1911 | - 1911: 1911 - 1912 Strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers
- 1911: Census: Pop. England & Wales 36M, Scotand 4.6M, Northern Ireland 1.25M
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| 10 | 1912 | - 1912: The Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage 14 April
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| 11 | 1914 | - 1914: Start of the first World War, Britain houses 200,000 homeless war refugees from Belgium
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| 12 | 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
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| 13 | 1917 | - 1917: On 12 March USA enters war
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| 14 | 1918 | - 1918: End of the First World War - Women over the age of 30 win the right to vote.
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| 15 | 1919 | - 1919: Viscountess Astor First Woman in Commons
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| 16 | 1921 | - 1921: Census: Pop. England & Wales 37.9M, Scotland 4.9M, Northern Ireland 1.25M
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| 17 | 1922 | - 1922: Partition of Ireland creates Northern Ireland & the Irish Free State
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