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Over half the free black people in Britain, live in London.
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More laws are introduced to protect the rights of black people in Britain.
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Sancho is the first known black voter in the UK, he later becomes the first black writer to be published in Britain.
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White, black and asian people are living in mixed communities in areas like Mile End, Stepney and Paddington.
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Many black and south-east asian people are excluded from welfare laws, a special committee is set up to help them.
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Louverture helps to lead the slave revolution in Haiti against Napoleon.
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Aldridge becomes one of the most well-known black actors in Britain. He is the only black actor honoured at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers is published, he has since become one of the most widely read French authors.
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Tubman escapes from slavery and later helps over 300 other slaves to use The Underground Railway to get to freedom.
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Speck invented modern crisps while working as a cook in the USA.
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Watson becomes the first black British international football player.
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Latimer receives his patent for a more efficient, cheaper version of the light bulb.
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Naoroji becomes the UK's first Indian Member of Parliament.
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Walker incorporates her company selling hair products for black women. She becomes the first self-made black millionaire.
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Colman becomes the first black person to have an in international pilot licence.
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Morgan receives a patent for the modern gas mask.
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Gibson is the first black player to take part in the All-England tournament at Wimbledon.
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Spikes is awarded a patent for his version of an automatic gear shift.
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Julian was a pioneer of creating synthetic drugs from plants, this lead to the development of birth control, steroids and cortisone.
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Wilkins receives his Ph.D. in mathematics at the age of 19. He went on to work on the atomic bomb during World War 2.
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Baker joins the S.M. Igor Studio as a comic-book artist, he becomes known as one of the first successful comic-book artists.
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Boykin invents the pacemaker control unit which makes modern pacemakers possible.
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Migrants were invited to help rebuild Britain after the war.
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Allen starts working at the White House as a "pantry man", he continues to work there for 34 years before retiring as Head Butler.
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Clark gives evidence, as a social psychologist, to the U.S. Supreme Court on the need to end segregation in school. He later becomes the first black President of the American Psychological Association.
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Taylor is the first black person to be hired as cabin crew.
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Johnson works for NASA on the Friendship 7 mission, without her calculations this mission would not have been successful.
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Ali becomes the first boxer to be 3 time heavyweight champion of the world. He speaks out against racism in the US and the Vietnam War.
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Hall becomes the Director of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham University.
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Angelou publishes her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. She went on to write books, poems and plays as well as being an actress, singer, dancer and civil rights activist.
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Sampson invents the gamma-electric cell which is still used in mobile phones today.
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Lawsons helps to create the first games console that allows players to choose from a variety of games.
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McDonald becomes Britain's first black TV news reporter.
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Kenlock cofound's Root, a black British lifestyle magazine. He was also the official photographer of the UK Black Panther Movement.
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Kingsley becomes the first Asian to win an Oscar for Best Actor at the Academy Awards.
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Hannah co-founds the SGI, the company responsible for the graphics used in movies like Jurassic Park and Aladdin.
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King is elected as the first black Mayor of Southwark. He also helped to establish Notting Hill Carnival and is awarded an MBE for services to Britain.
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Reshad pioneers street art in Iran by starting a project in his hometown Tehran.
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Dobbs becomes the first black person appointed to the High Court of England and Wales.
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Sodha becomes Executive Chairman of Diversity Travel, a global travel management company for charities, non-profits and academic organisations.
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Ainsworth receives his first Michelin star for his restaurant Number 6 in Padstow.
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Baroness Scotland is appointed the first Attorney General of England and Wales and Advocate General of Northern Ireland. She is currently Commonwealth Secretary General.
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Peat becomes the first double winner of the Enterprising Young Brits Award. He has since co-founded and been CEO of a renewable tech company and has won many awards for leadership and charity work and has been on several BME influential lists.
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Dah Abeid founds IRA-Mauritania, an organisation which works to eradicate modern day slavery in Mauritania. He went on to win a UN prize in the Field of Human Rights in 2013.
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Lewis founds the Black Heart Foundation which helps underprivileged children to access education. He is also Chairman of Tristan Capital Partners, one of the largest black-led companies in Britain.
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Galetti starts working as a judge on the BBC show MasterChef: The Professionals. She's also Chef-Patron of the London restaurant, Mere and a UK Tourism Ambassador for Samoa.
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Hassabis co-founds DeepMind, this leads to the creation of AlphaGo a computer programme which was able to defeat one of world's best players at Go, an ancient and complex game from Asia.
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De Lima becomes the Philippine Secretary for Justice (until 2015). She has repeatedly spoken out against the President, Rodrido Duterte and is known globally as a human rights activist.
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Rousteing becomes the Creative Director of the international fashion house Balmain at the age of 25.
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Melesse becomes the Director General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation which provides and enables services relating to sexual and reproduction health and rights.
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Gunatillake launches Buddhify; a mindfulness and meditation app designed to be used on the go and fit in with the users lifestyle.
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Adjay is named Britain's most influential black person. He had already been awarded an OBE for services to British Architecture and has designed buildings all over the world.
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Blackett is awarded an OBE for services to Media and Communications. She is also the first woman to top the Powerlist 100 Most Influential Black Britons and CEO of MediaCom UK.
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Nwanoku establishes the Chineke! Orchestra and Junior Orchestra to provide opportunities for BAME classical musicians.
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Choong wins triple gold medals in World Para-Badminton Championships. A year later she wins the UK Sport Inspirational Performance of the Year.
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Saleh is awarded the Mother Theresa Award for his humanitarian work, including as leader of the White Helmets, a group of volunteers which rescues civilians from the rubble of buildings damaged by air raids in Syria.
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Cox is awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The New School for her work around gender equality. She was the first openly trans person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, to win a Daytime Emmy award and to be on the cover of Time Magazine.
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Ojo joins Coty as Senior Vice President of CoverGirl (known as Max Factor in the UK). She is later promoted to Chief Marketing Officer.
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Whitehead wins the Pulitzer Prize for his No.1 best selling novel The Underground Railway.
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Adams is made 1st artist of the English National Ballet. She has spoken out against discrimination in ballet.
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Their single Idol becomes the first K-Pop single to enter the UK Top 40 Chart. They are the first K-Pop group to become mainstream in western music.
