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Queen Victoria died
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Edward VII was crowned
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Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness"
Joseph Conrad published his most famous novel -
Entente Cordiale
King Edward VII travelled to Paris to establish an alliance with France because Germany has territorial ambitions and was winning power -
King Edward died
The King died after a series of hearts attacks caused by his 12 course dinners he had and the cigars he smoked -
King George V was crowned
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Georgian Poetry was published
It was a series of anthologies published from 1912 to 1922 -
Women started a national movement
Women demanded their right to vote equally with men -
Lawrence's novel "Suns and Lovers"
D.H Lawrence published this novel, which is autobiographical and is his best-known work -
Lawrence's book "Dubliners"
This book was a collection of stories set in Dublin. It has become one of the best-known books of its time -
First World War began
Started the First World War after the assassination of an archduke in Sarajevo. Countries' alliances took importance and lots of countries participated. Britain entered when Germany invaded France, its allie -
First World War Poetry
This style of writing started to express feeling about war, lots of soldiers wrote about their experiences and influences public opinion -
Imagism started
Des Imagistes edited by Ezra Pound was published -
Rupert Brooke's poem " The Soldier"
It was published one of the most important poems about the War. Rupert Brooke was a soldier who was killed in battle -
Invention of the tank
Modern artillery, machine guns and the use of the tank had completely changed the course of War -
Rebecca West's novel "The Return of the Soldier"
She published her first novel, it was the first major description in literature of what meant to come home from the war. -
First World War ended
The war ended when American troops arrived in France and sorprended German troops -
Rise of the Labour Party
The trade unions had grown enormously to eight million members by 1918 -
Vote for women
Some women over thirty were allowed to vote. This year the Labour Party won 57 seats in Parliament -
The Peace of Versailles
It was discussed in Versailles, the Allies formed The League of Nations in an attempt to secure future world peace. Many monarchies, included that of Germany, were replaced by republics -
Lawrence's novel "Women in Love"
When this novel was published caused some scandal as their subjects were men's and women's roles in sexual relationships -
Virginia Woolf's novel "Jacob's Room"
The novel is set during the First World War and tells the story very close to the death of the author's own brother Thoby. -
T.S Eliot's poem "The Waste Land"
There is a reference to the war. It depicts a cultural and spiritual waste land, a land populated by people who are, physically and emotionally, living a kind of death. -
First Labour Government was elected
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Vote for women
Ten years later, the age for women to vote came down to twenty-one, equal with men -
The Depression started
It was an economic crisis, it lasted 3 years. Party Politics were abandoned until 1945. Ramsey McDonald led the first National Government -
Aldous Huxley' novel "Brave New World"
It is about a society which has become dominated by technology and lost all its life and culture -
King George V's silver jubilee
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King George V died
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King Edward VIII was crowned
George's heir abdicated because he wanted to marry a divorced woman, which wasn't permitted. His reign lasted 10 months -
King George VI was crowned
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Second World War started
It was declared when Hitler invaded Poland