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Foundation of labour party. It was created for promotion of working class candidates for parliamentary seats and the establishment of an independent labour group in the House of Commons.
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This meant not only just monarch's death, but the end of the era
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The end of the war, where England tried to spread its influence further than it was
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That agreement started a new political block and also improver relations between sides
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Parliament approved pensions for the people on the retirement
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Great Britain declares war on Germany in response to the invasion of Belgium
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The invention of the tank and its use on the battlefield to break through the enemy trenches could have changed the course of the war. It would led to fewer casualties if its military value had been properly understood at the time
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Women get the vote for the first time - women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification could vote as a result of the Representation of the People Act 1918.
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The end of the first WW
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Britain and France met in Versailles to discuss peace. Germany wasn't invited and was forced to accept punishment and pay high contributions. That planted a need to revenge in German society
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Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to take her seat in parliament, this was a breaking point in attitude to women as polititians
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The BBC is founded as the British Broadcasting Company. Nowadays the company remains one of the most powerful media resource in the world and increases country's popularity
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Women receive the right to vote on the same terms as men (over the age of 21) as a result of the Representation of the People Act 1928.
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin which caused changes not only in Britain, but in the whole medicine in general
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The depression is a huge wave of crisis in 1930s which damaged Europe and America. It extremely destroyed German economics, which led to the rise of Hitler
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In 1937 Eamon de Valera declared southern Ireland a republic. The British Crown was now no longer sovereign in Ireland
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British entry into WW II
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Sir Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
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World War II ends in Europe
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Britain becomes a founding member of the United Nations in order to maintain international peace and security
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India gains independence from Britain.
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The National Health Service is founded, bringing state funded healthcare to all.
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In 1953 Elizabeth II was coronated. She still remains the British monarch
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In 1956 Britain attacked Egypt, but United States and Soviet Union loudly disapproved of Britain. Then other weaker countries started to feel more freedom to challenger British authority more openly
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The death penalty is abolished officially. It was a step to the world that we can see nowadays. Death penalty was a problem solving key in the previous centuries, but not in the era of increasing demand on human rights
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The United Kingdom signs the Treaty of Accession in a ceremony in Brussels which was attended by Prime Minister Edward Heath in preparedness for membership of the European Communities from 1 January 1973. It meant that there were first step in creation powerful union of European countries in order to create an effective partnership
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Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister. This period is recognised as an iron lady administration. Margaret used to do things as she wanted, which helped to to win 3 elections in a row. During that time (1979-1990) the were reforms. In domestic policy, Thatcher implemented sweeping reforms concerning the affairs of the economy, eventually including the privatisation of most nationalised industries, as well as weakening of trade unions.
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The Falklands War is fought against Argentina, resulting in British victory and the United Kingdom reclaiming the Falkland Islands.
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Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web. Due to his creation the world will never be something as it used to be. There's no need to spill poems about how his invention turned the whole planet upside down
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The United Kingdom hands Hong Kong back to China, marking the end of the British Empire.