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| 1 | 1856 | - 1856: Crimean War begins. Ends 1856
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| 2 | 1857 | - 1857: Divorce becomes obtainable through the civil courts in England & Wales (Matrimonial Causes Act)
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| 3 | 1858 | - 1858: Start of the British Raj as India is delclared a Crown Colony
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| 4 | 1861 | - 1861: - 1865 American civil war between the emancipationist North and the slaveowning South.
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| 5 | 1865 | - 1865: After the defeat of the south the thirteenth amendment passed effectively abolishing slavery in the USA.
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| 6 | 1867 | - 1867: Canada Becomes A Dominion
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| 7 | 1872 | - 1872: Public Health Act establishes urban & rural sanitary authorities.
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| 8 | 1873 | - 1873: Return of Owners of Land is made listing owners of more than 1 acre in Britain & Ireland.
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| 9 | 1875 | - 1875: Civil registration of Births and Deaths now a legal obligation.
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| 10 | 1879 | |
| 11 | 1882 | - 1882: Married Women's Property Act
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| 12 | 1889 | - 1889: Boer War begins. Ends 1902
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| 13 | 1890 | - 1890: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
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| 14 | 1894 | - 1894: Third Reform Bill Votes for Agricultural Workers
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| 15 | 1901 | - 1901: Edward VII King of England 1901 - 1910
- 1901: Australia joins the Commonwealth
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| 16 | 1902 | - 1902: The Cremation Act enables public burial authorities to provide & maintain crematoriums out of the rates.
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| 17 | 1905 | - 1905: Aliens Act limits immigration
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| 18 | 1906 | - 1906: British Labour Party Formed
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| 19 | 1910 | - 1910: George V King of England 1910 - 1936
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| 20 | 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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| 21 | 1912 | - 1912: The Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage 14 April
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| 22 | 1914 | - 1914: Start of the first World War, Britain houses 200,000 homeless war refugees from Belgium
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| 23 | 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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| 24 | 1917 | - 1917: On 12 March USA enters war
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| 25 | 1918 | - 1918: End of the First World War - Women over the age of 30 win the right to vote.
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| 26 | 1919 | - 1919: Viscountess Astor First Woman in Commons
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| 27 | 1921 | - 1921: Census: Pop. England & Wales 37.9M, Scotland 4.9M, Northern Ireland 1.25M
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| 28 | 1922 | - 1922: Partition of Ireland creates Northern Ireland & the Irish Free State
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| 29 | 1926 | |
| 30 | 1927 | - 1927: Adopted Children Register begins in England & Wales
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| 31 | 1928 | - 1928: Women over 21 are allowed to vote
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| 32 | 1929 | - 1929: Legal age of marriage with parent's consent raised to 16 (from 12 for girls & 14 for boys)
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| 33 | 1936 | - 1936: Edward VIII uncrowned King of England
- 1936: George VI King of England 1936 - 1952
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| 34 | 1939 | - 1939: Second World War begins.
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| 35 | 1945 | - 1945: Second World War ends
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| 36 | 1947 | - 1947: Indian Independance Partion creates the Muslim State of Pakistan
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| 37 | 1948 | - 1948: National Health Service Established
- 1948: Registrations of British nationality are issued to citizens of British colonies - SS Empire Windrush brings first large-scale influx of immigrants from the West Indies
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| 38 | 1952 | - 1952: Elizabeth II Queen of England
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| 39 | 1962 | - 1962: Commonwealth immigration restricted to skilled workers & dependents
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