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Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill is born
He is born at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England. His parents are Jennie Jerome and Lord Randolph Churchill -
Winston attends Harrow
Winston Churchill enters top English school, Harrow. He is not a top student and behaved badly -
Winston graduates Sandhurst
Winston Churchill graduates out of Royal Military College, Sandhurst ranked 20th out of 130 people.He is appointed a cornet in the British military -
Winston escapes from prison
While as a war correspondent in the Boer War, Winston is ambushed and becomes a Prisoner of War. Whilst at a prison in Pretoria, Winston escapes with others, by jumping the fence as the guards weren't watching. This had already been planned -
Winston in Parliament
Winston Churchill takes his seat in the House of Commons as he had decided to pursue a political career. -
Winston is Elected as MP for the first time
He is elected for Manchester Northwest in Jan 1906. -
Winston gets married
Winston Marries the love of his life Clementine Hozier -
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Winston's five children
Winston and his wife had five children- Diana, 1909, Randolph, 1911, Sarah, 1914, Marigold, 1918 and Mary in 1922. Unfortunately, Marigold died when she was only three. -
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel
During the First World War, Winston was awarded Lieutenant Colonel -
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Churchill's famous wartime speeches
Throughout the war, he made inspiring speeches such as " I have nothing better to offer than blood, toil, tears and sweat”, "We shall never surrender" and “…. that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, this was their finest hour”. -
Elected Prime Minister
Winston Churchill Becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Minister of Defence. -
Elected PM again
Churchill Becomes Prime Minister and Minister of Defence for the Second time -
Awarded Nobel Prize
Winston is awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature after all the famous books and autobiographies he published. -
Becomes Knighted
Winston is the 912th Knight of the Garter and therefore Sir Winston Churchill -
Churchill dies
Winston Churchill dies aged 90. In remembrance of his many fine achievement he was given a State Funeral which was held at St Paul's Cathedral in central London.
