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  • 2016
    2016 BCE

    2016

    Britain exits the European Union, despite the prime minister wanting to stay.
  • 1973
    1973 BCE

    1973

    • Britain joined European Economic Community.
  • 1959
    1959 BCE

    1959

    • The first highway is opened.
  • 1953
    1953 BCE

    1953

    • Elizabeth II. became the queen. Elizabeth II. got the crown on her head and she was at this point the queen of the UK and she still is today.
  • 1939
    1939 BCE

    1939

    • Britain declares war on Germany again, now it’s the Second World War.










  • 1918
    1918 BCE

    1918

    • Women gets the right to vote and in 1928 everybody may vote
  • 1914
    1914 BCE

    1914

    • Great Britain declares war on Germany. The First World War was in Britain known as “The Great War”, until 1940’s.

  • 1800
    1800 BCE

    1800

    • The Irish Parliament is closed and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is made
  • 1788
    1788 BCE

    1788

    • The UK began to colonize Australia.
  • 1783
    1783 BCE

    1783

    • Britain loses the southern half of its North American colonies (giving birth to the USA).
  • 1707
    1707 BCE

    1707

    • The Act of Union. Under this agreement, the Scottish parliament was dissolved.