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Jun 1, 1215
Magna Carta was signed by King John
Magna carta being signed gave citizens of britain basic rights. -
Jan 1, 1348
Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague swept across England killing nearly one third of the population -
Jan 1, 1541
Henry VIII made king of Ireland
King Henry VIII tryed to make people adopt protestantism, this made the people upset and refused to do it -
Ireland and Britian merge to become the U.K
26 countries left the union -
Irish potato famine
The famine lasted nearly six years and made people migrate to other countries for work -
Britain joins WW1
Britain joins WW1, Civilians had to ration foods and other goods to survive the war. Also 8 to ten million soldiers were killed in the war. -
Ireland was established
Ireland was established in 1923 as an island in Europe. -
The United Kingdom developed their first government.
The first government was known as a Labour party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. The Labour party was a fail attempt at first creating and hung parlament which made the country have a no overall control. -
World stock market crashed in the UK
Unemployment began to rise by 2.5 million by 1930. The industrial industries could no longer produce because all products collapsed. -
winston churchill becomes prime minister
led to him being one of the best leaders in english history -
The UK becomes a permanent member of the UN Security Council
The security council the United Kingdom became a permanent meneber of provides nurmous amounts of things but most importantly safety and mutual survival aspects. -
United Kingdom becomes a founder member of NATO.
United Kingdom was one of 12 from the first finders of NATO. It helped the country having a military alliance when it was needed. -
Ireland joins the United Nations.
Ireland declined joining NATO because Northern Ireland is part of UK. It allowed them to still be a neutral state, which allowed there armed forces to combine and have the ones who serve join other armed forces in different nations. -
De Valera becomes president of the Republic of Ireland.
He introduced the Constitution of Ireland, and also found Fianna Fail which was the republican party for Ireland. It helped the country with economic growth and social progress. -
The United Kingdom joins the European Economic Community
The European Economic Community, also known as the common market, helped the United Kingdom helped create the ability to abolish barriers and free trade between member nations and adopt common import goods from one another. -
First women president of Ireland
Mary Robinson was the first female president of Ireland making her sentence of presidency was known as a transforming figure for Ireland. She worked hard to gain the promotion for human rights in the country, -
Princess Diana die in a car crash in Paris.
Princess DIana of Whales dies in a car crash in Paris leaving the country in despair. The release of her crash left the United Kingdom in an uproar becuase they felt that the privacy was being crossed of Diana's life and tragedy leading up to lawsuits. -
The Euro replaces the Punt.
In 2002 in Ireland the Euro became the new Punt in the country. It caused it to have confusion at first but when the bills were pulled they were like the other European countries with Euros rather than Irish Pounds. -
London transport networks were bombed.
52 people were killed and around 700 were injured in 4 different suicide bomb attacks on London's transporting networks. -
England became a kingdom for the first time
this led to the country England today
