Historical Context

  • Margaret Thatcher Enters Office

    Margaret Thatcher Enters Office

  • General Election: Conservative Government Formed

  • USSR Invades Afghanistan

  • Falklands Island Conflict

    Falklands Island Conflict

    The Conflict fought between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. Great Britain was eventually victorious and reaffirmed their hold on the islands.
  • Thatcher Re-Elected (Second Term)

    Thatcher Re-Elected (Second Term)

  • Miners' Strike

    Miners' Strike

    Major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. The strike was led by the National Union of Mineworkers.
  • Anglo-Irish Agreement

    Anglo-Irish Agreement

    Treaty signed by Margaret Thatcher and the Irish Taoiseach which gave the Irish government an advisory role in Northern Ireland's government
  • Thatcher Re-Elected (Third Term)

    Thatcher Re-Elected (Third Term)

  • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

    Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

    The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges. An instrumental point during the Cold War,
  • Dissolution of Soviet Union

    Dissolution of Soviet Union

    Thatcher and U.S.'s Ronald Regean largely contributed to the downfall of the regime of the Soviet Union.