Timeline
1700 1800 1900
1767 : Construction of Edinburgh's New Town begins
1767 : Birth date of Mary Marion POLSON
1768 : Birth date of James SUTHERLAND
6 May 1770 : Capt. Cook discovers Botany Bay
1774 : Isolation of oxygen by J Priestley
24 Apr 1778 : John Paul Jones captures the Drake at Carrickfergus
1779 : Invention of spinning mule by Samuel Crompton
2 Jul 1780 : "Gordon" riots in London
1 Jan 1781 : World's first iron bridge completed over the River Severn
1782 : Invention of modern steam engine by James Watt
1783 : First steam powered ship built by d'Abbans
1783 : First flight of hot-air balloon by Montgolfier brothers
4 Feb 1783 : Parliament proclaims an end to hostilities in America
3 Sep 1783 : UK, France, Spain, the Netherlands and the US sign the Treaty of Paris
2 Aug 1784 : First mail coach runs from Bristol to London
1785 : First power-driven loom invented by E Cartwright
1786 : Robert Burns publishes "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect"
1787 : Transportation of criminals to Botany Bay begins
28 Apr 1789 : Mutiny aboard HMS Bounty
1791 : Birth date of John MATHESON
1791 : The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain is founded
1792 : Birth date of Barbara SUTHERLAND
1793 : Invention of cotton gin by Eli Whitney
1793 : Birth date of Heman SUTHERLAND
1 Feb 1793 : France declares war on Britain and the Netherlands
1795 : Poor Law devised
1796 : Discovery of Smallpox vaccine by E Jenner
21 Feb 1797 : French landing in Wales repulsed at Fishguard
15 Apr 1797 : First naval mutiny at Spithead
30 Jun 1797 : Second naval mutiny at the Nore
1798 : Typhus epidemic kills thousands
1798 : Birth date of Catherine SUTHERLAND
ABT 1799 : Birth date of John INKSTER
1799 : Birth date of George MCBETH
1799 : Birth date of Janet SUTHERLAND
9 Jan 1799 : Parliament passes the first income tax
1800 : Birth date of Christian SUTHERLAND
1801 : Electric arc lamp invented by Sir Humphrey Davy
ABT 1802 : Birth date of Peter CALDER
1802 : Birth date of Isabella SUTHERLAND
1805 : Birth date of Nancy CALDER
6 Jul 1805 : Birth date of James SUTHERLAND
21 Oct 1805 : Nelson dies victorious at Trafalgar
1806 : Birth date of Horatio Nelson CALDER
21 Aug 1808 : Sir Arthur Wellesley leads campaign in Peninsular War
28 Jul 1809 : French driven from Portugal
1811 : Luddites attack textile machinery
Feb 1811 : Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent due to King's insanity
1812 : French retreat from Moscow
12 Aug 1812 : Wellington takes Madrid
1813 : Birth date of Elizabeth CALDER
20 Jul 1814 : Marriage date of John MATHESON = Barbara SUTHERLAND
1815 : Birth date of Henry CALDER
1815 : Humphry Davy invents mining safety lamp
18 Jun 1815 : Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
1816 : Invention of bicycle by K D von Sauerbronn
1816 : Invention of phosphorous match by F Derosne
1817 : Potato famine kills thousands in Ireland
1818 : Mary Shelley publishes "Frankenstein"
1818 : Birth date of Hugh MATHESON
1819 : MacAdam revolutionises road building
1819 : Invention of stethoscope by R Laennec
29 Jan 1820 : End of reign of George III
30 Jan 1820 : Start of reign of George IV
ABT 1821 : Birth date of John Lee Lewis SMITH
ABT 1822 : Birth date of Murdock MCLENNAN
1822 : Invention of electric motor by Michael Faraday
1823 : Birth date of George CALDER
1823 : Birth date of UNKNOWN
BEF 1824 : Death date of James CALDER
ABT 1824 : Birth date of Elizabeth MOORE
1825 : Birth date of John CUMMINGS
27 Sep 1825 : First passenger train service from Stockton to Darlington
30 Jan 1826 : Telford's Menai suspension bridge completed
1827 : G S Ohm postulates Ohm's Law
24 Apr 1827 : Birth date of Margaret INKSTER
1828 : Birth date of Mary SUTHERLAND
1828 : Birth date of Mary CUMMINGS
22 Jan 1828 : Wellington becomes Prime Minister
1829 : George Stephenson builds first steam locomotive
28 Jan 1829 : William Burke hanged for murder in Edinburgh
21 May 1829 : Marriage date of James SUTHERLAND = Elizabeth CALDER
26 Sep 1829 : First proper police force established in London
26 Jun 1830 : End of reign of George IV
27 Jun 1830 : Start of reign of William IV
15 Sep 1830 : Liverpool to Manchester railway opens
1831 : Invention of the friction match by C Sauria
1832 : M Faraday invents electric dynamo
Jun 1832 : Cholera epidemic strikes Britain
7 Jun 1832 : Parliament passes Reform Act
14 Jul 1832 : Christening date of Anne Margaret SUTHERLAND
29 Jul 1833 : Slavery abolished throughout British Empire
8 Dec 1833 : Birth date of William Richard SUTHERLAND
Mar 1834 : Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation
13 Aug 1834 : Death date of James SUTHERLAND
1835 : Samuel Colt invents the revolver
1835 : Birth date of John CALDER
1836 : Charles Darwin returns from South America
1836 : Invention of screw propeller by F P Smith
1837 : Invention of telegraph by S F B Morse
1837 : Birth date of William CALDER
20 Jun 1837 : End of reign of William IV
21 Jun 1837 : Start of reign of Queen Victoria
1838 : Birth date of Henry SUTHERLAND
Apr 1838 : First steam crossing of the Atlantic
Sep 1838 : Grace Darling rescues survivors of the "Forfarshire"
1839 : Rubber vulcanisation developed by C Goodyear
ABT 1840 : Development of photography
6 May 1840 : Penny Post introduced
2 Jun 1840 : Britain annexes New Zealand
6 Jul 1841 : First national census taken
Sep 1841 : Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister
1842 : First use of ether as anesthetic by CW Long
31 Dec 1843 : Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol"
Jun 1844 : Mines Act prohibits use of women and boys in mines
1845 : Invention of pneumatic tyre by R W Thompson
Jul 1846 : Potato famine hits Ireland and Scotland
Apr 1847 : Thousands emigrate from Ireland on "Coffin" ships
16 Jul 1848 : Birth date of Anne BIRD
Nov 1849 : Cholera epidemic takes 2000 lives a week
1850 : Invention of refrigerator by Twining / Harrison
31 Mar 1851 : 1851 national census taken
1 May 1851 : Great Exhibition opened in Hyde Park
ABT 1853 : Transportation of criminals to Australia ends
1853 : Smallpox vaccination becomes compulsory
26 Mar 1854 : Britain and France declare war on Russia
26 Mar 1854 : Start of Crimean War
1855 : Invention of the safety match by J E Lundstrom
BEF 1856 : Marriage date of Murdock MCLENNAN = Anne Margaret SUTHERLAND
30 Mar 1856 : End of Crimean War
BEF 11 Dec 1856 : Birth date of Christina MCLENNAN
10 May 1857 : Sepoy mutiny in India
14 Mar 1858 : Birth date of James MCLENNAN
1859 : First oil well sunk by E L Drake in Pennsylvania
3 Jul 1859 : Birth date of James SMITH
24 Nov 1859 : Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species"
12 Jan 1860 : Birth date of Thomas Charles VINE
BEF 30 Mar 1860 : Birth date of Rev. Roderick MCLENNAN
1861 : Gatling gun invented by R J Gatling
25 Mar 1861 : Birth date of Charlotte Mary SMITH
8 Apr 1861 : 1861 national census taken
21 Oct 1861 : Marriage date of William Richard SUTHERLAND = Margaret INKSTER
BEF 22 Nov 1861 : Birth date of William MCLENNAN
10 Jan 1863 : London Underground opens
20 Jan 1864 : Christening date of Donald MCLENNAN
20 Jan 1864 : Marriage date of Donald MCLENNAN = Sarah Anne Elizabeth NORQUAY
13 Apr 1864 : Death date of Anne Margaret SUTHERLAND
ABT 1866 : Invention of the breech-loading rifle
Sep 1866 : Cholera sweeps London
1867 : Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1867 : Invention of the typewriter by Sholes and Glidden
1867 : Joseph Lister pioneers antiseptic techniques
18 Dec 1867 : Birth date of Samuel B SMITH
ABT 1868 : Birth date of Isabella SUTHERLAND
Feb 1868 : Disraeli becomes Prime Minister
9 Jun 1868 : Birth date of Maria Elizabeth BADGER
2 Nov 1868 : Birth date of Mary Ann MCLENNAN
1869 : D Mendeleev constructs Periodic Table of elements
4 Jan 1869 : Birth date of Sarah Anne Elizabeth NORQUAY
1870 : Electric incandescent lamp invented by T A Edison
AFT 1870 : Marriage date of LANE OR MCIVOR = Christina MCLENNAN
8 Jul 1870 : Birth date of Murdoch MCLENNAN
1871 : Birth date of Marie Olive TELLIER
3 Apr 1871 : 1871 national census taken
May 1872 : Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
BEF 9 Jun 1872 : Death date of Murdoch MCLENNAN
9 Aug 1872 : Birth date of Alice HYMARK
Dec 1872 : "Marie Celeste" discovered abandoned
1873 : Invention of pianoforte by J Broadwood
AFT 1873 : Birth date of John MCLENNAN
22 Jan 1873 : Birth date of Farquhar Frank MCLENNAN
13 Oct 1874 : Birth date of William George BIRSTON
10 Dec 1874 : Birth date of Charlotte Florence LOUTIT
1876 : Invention of the telephone by A G Bell
1877 : Birth date of Alice KIRTON
1877 : Marriage date of James MCLENNAN = Charlotte Mary SMITH
1877 : Invention of reinforced concrete by J Monier
1877 : Phonograph invented by Thomas Edison
5 Jan 1878 : Birth date of Joseph Pendleton MCLENNAN
19 Jul 1878 : Marriage date of Hugh MCKENZIE = Mary Ann MCLENNAN
ABT 1879 : Birth date of John MCLENNAN
28 Dec 1879 : Tay Bridge disaster
ABT 1881 : Birth date of James MCLENNAN
3 Apr 1881 : 1881 national census taken
1882 : Isolation of tuberculosis bacteria by R Koch
ABT 1883 : Birth date of Colin MCLENNAN
1883 : Cholera bacteria isolated by Robert Koch
29 Jul 1883 : Birth date of Rannveig (Raenka) TOMASSON
26 Aug 1883 : Krakatoa erupts
1884 : Birth date of Nellie MCLENNAN
1884 : Fountain pen invented by L E Waterman
1885 : First internal combustion carriage built by K. Benz
1885 : Vaccine against rabies discovered by Louis Pasteur
26 Jan 1885 : General Gordon killed at Khartoum
26 May 1886 : Marriage date of Rev. Roderick MCLENNAN = Maria Elizabeth BADGER
1887 : Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur Conan Doyle
15 Dec 1887 : Marriage date of Alexander SETTER = Isabella SUTHERLAND
1888 : Invention of hand-held camera by George Eastman
28 Feb 1888 : Marriage date of Thomas Charles VINE = Alice HYMARK
Oct 1888 : Jack the Ripper terrorises London's East End
1889 : Invention of the bolt-action rifle by P von Mauser
1889 : Birth date of Edward VINE
21 Apr 1889 : Birth date of Edwin Charles HODGSON
14 Nov 1889 : Completion of the Forth Bridge - first large steel structure
1890 : Discovery of diphtheria vaccine by E von Behring
1890 : Birth date of Elizabeth 'Anne' MCLENNAN
1891 : Invention of the zip fastener by W L Judson
1 Apr 1891 : 1891 national census taken
5 Apr 1891 : Birth date of Robina Pearl MCLENNAN
1893 : Thomas Edison invents motion pictures
1893 : Birth date of Mary Ellen MCLENNAN
1894 : Tower Bridge opens in London
1894 : Birth date of Herbert 'Bertie' MCLENNAN
1895 : Wireless telegraphy invented by G Marconi
1895 : Discovery of x-rays by W K Roentgen
17 Oct 1895 : Marriage date of William MCLENNAN = Alice KIRTON
1896 : Discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel
26 Oct 1896 : Birth date of Winford Roderick MCLENNAN
1897 : Marriage date of Farquhar Frank MCLENNAN = Marie Olive TELLIER
10 May 1897 : Birth date of Julia Young MCLENNAN
22 Jun 1897 : Victoria celebrates her Diamond Jubilee
23 Apr 1898 : Birth date of Roderick John Hamilton MCLENNAN
1899 : Invention of first tape recorder by V Poulsen
1899 : Introduction of aspirin by Felix Hoffman
Mar 1899 : Death date of Sarah Anne Elizabeth NORQUAY
Oct 1899 : Start of Boer War
1900 : Invention of rigid airship by von Zeppelin
1900 : Invention of agricultural tractor by B Holt
1900 : Marriage date of Donald MCLENNAN = Florence Catherine DAVIS
2 Feb 1900 : Birth date of William Richard MCLENNAN
Aug 1900 : Boxer rebellion in Peking
14 Aug 1900 : Birth date of Walter James BIRSTON
5 Dec 1900 : Birth date of Albert VINE
1901 : Birth date of Infant BIRSTON
1901 : First successful safety razor sold by K Gillette
ABT 1901 : Death date of Nellie MCLENNAN
1901 : Death date of Infant BIRSTON
1901 : Birth date of Victoria Catherine 'Queenie' MCLENNAN
22 Jan 1901 : End of reign of Queen Victoria
23 Jan 1901 : Start of reign of Edward VII
5 Apr 1902 : 20 killed as terracing collapses at Ibrox Park
1 Jun 1902 : End of Boer War
30 Dec 1902 : Birth date of Arthur Ernest VINE
1903 : Birth date of Sarah 'sadie' MCLENNAN
7 Feb 1903 : Birth date of Gertrude Eva Turner TURNER
18 Sep 1904 : Birth date of Charles Harold MCLENNAN
14 Dec 1904 : Death date of Margaret INKSTER
27 Mar 1905 : Birth date of Phoebe Ethel VINE
4 Oct 1905 : Convicted Suffragettes choose to go to prison
1906 : Wassermann test for syphilis developed
15 Mar 1906 : Marriage date of Joseph Pendleton MCLENNAN = Rannveig (Raenka) TOMASSON
15 Nov 1906 : Death date of William Richard SUTHERLAND
18 Dec 1906 : Birth date of Peter Herbert MCLENNAN
1907 : Albert Einstein postulates "E=mc²" theory
31 Dec 1907 : Birth date of Oscar Ivor OLSEN
4 Jan 1908 : Birth date of Harold VINE
11 Oct 1908 : Birth date of Edna May Olive MCLENNAN
1909 : Birth date of Edwin HODGSON
1909 : Marriage date of Edwin Charles HODGSON = Robina Pearl MCLENNAN
11 Dec 1909 : Death date of UNKNOWN
1910 : Invention of first synthetic plastic, Bakelite
11 Mar 1910 : Death date of Julia Young MCLENNAN
6 May 1910 : End of reign of Edward VII
7 May 1910 : Start of reign of George V
31 Jul 1910 : Radio used to arrest Dr Crippen fleeing to Quebec
7 Oct 1910 : Birth date of Hardy VINE
1911 : Birth date of Jenny MCLENNAN
1911 : Birth date of Ernest MCLENNAN
1911 : Birth date of Johnny MCLENNAN
1911 : Birth date of Evelyn HODGSON
1911 : E. Rutherford puts forward nuclear model of the atom
3 Jan 1911 : Three policemen die in the Seige of Sidney Street
31 Aug 1911 : Troops clash with strikers in north of England
1912 : Birth date of Donald HODGSON
15 Apr 1912 : SS Titanic sinks with loss of 1513 lives
25 Dec 1912 : Birth date of John Colin HOWARD
10 Feb 1913 : Capt. Scott found dead in Antartica
Jun 1913 : Suffragette dies under King's horse at Epsom
1914 : Invention of military tank by E Swinton
1914 : Birth date of Margaret HODGSON
28 Mar 1914 : Birth date of Laurence James MCLENNAN
3 Apr 1914 : Birth date of Dena Olea SODERLAND
28 Jun 1914 : Austrian Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo
28 Jul 1914 : Start of World War I
28 Jul 1914 : Austria declares war on Serbia
1 Aug 1914 : Germany declares war on Russia
Aug 1914 : Battle of Tannenberg
3 Aug 1914 : Germany declares war on France
4 Aug 1914 : Germany invades Belgium
4 Aug 1914 : Britain declares war on Germany
Sep 1914 : First Battle of the Marne
4 Oct 1914 : First bombs fall on London
1915 : Birth date of Rosina VINE
Feb 1915 : Start of German submarine blockade of Britain
22 Apr 1915 : Germans first use of mustard gas at Ypres
26 Apr 1915 : British land in Turkey
7 May 1915 : SS Lusitania sunk by German submarine
22 May 1915 : 200 soldiers killed in train crash at Quintinshill
6 Aug 1915 : Birth date of Mabel Winifred Pearl MCLENNAN
6 Sep 1915 : Poland and Lithuania overrun by Germany
14 Oct 1915 : Britain and France declare war on Bulgaria
20 Dec 1915 : British withdraw from Gallipoli
1916 : Birth date of Jessie HODGSON
17 Jan 1916 : Death date of Murdock MCLENNAN
Feb 1916 : Battle of Verdun
24 Apr 1916 : 450 die in Easter Rising in Dublin
31 May 1916 : Battle of Jutland
30 Jun 1916 : Death date of Edward VINE
1 Jul 1916 : Start of Battle of the Somme
27 Aug 1916 : Romaina declares war on Austria-Hungary
15 Nov 1916 : End of Battle of the Somme
6 Apr 1917 : USA declares war on Germany
Oct 1917 : Start of Battle of Caporetto
Dec 1917 : End of Battle of Caporetto
7 Dec 1917 : USA declares war on Austria-Hungary
15 Dec 1917 : Russian Bolsheviks now allies with Germany
1918 : Birth date of Joseph HODGSON
21 Mar 1918 : Start of German offensive
1 Apr 1918 : Royal Air Force created
18 May 1918 : Sinn Féin banned and leaders arrested
Jul 1918 : Second Battle of the Marne
8 Aug 1918 : End of German offensive
4 Oct 1918 : Germany offers surrender
11 Nov 1918 : End of World War I
11 Nov 1918 : Hostilities cease on Western Front
28 Dec 1918 : Women allowed to vote for the first time
Mar 1919 : Spanish flu kills 150,000 throughout Britian
27 Jul 1919 : Birth date of Winford William Wilbert MCLENNAN
28 Dec 1919 : Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister
14 Sep 1920 : Marriage date of Rev. Roderick MCLENNAN = Charlotte Florence LOUTIT
18 Oct 1920 : State of emergency declared as miners strike
21 Nov 1920 : "Bloody Sunday" - 12 Irish killed by the Black and Tans
13 Dec 1920 : Marriage date of William Richard MCLENNAN = Gertrude Eva Turner TURNER
1921 : Birth date of Gladys MCLENNAN
1 Feb 1921 : Birth date of Violet Ivy MATHEWS
6 Dec 1921 : Irish Free State created
1922 : Birth date of Jack John HODGSON
1922 : Banting and MacLeod isolate human insulin
3 Jun 1922 : Birth date of Evelyn Margaret WINTER
1923 : Death date of Gladys MCLENNAN
4 Nov 1923 : Birth date of James Ernest MCLENNAN
1924 : Birth date of Florence HODGSON
23 Apr 1924 : First royal transmission by wireless
7 Feb 1925 : Birth date of John Clifford SUtherland MCLENNAN
1926 : Invention of the liquid-fuelled rocket by R Goddard
1926 : First demonstration of television by J L Baird
10 May 1926 : TUC calls first General Strike
24 Aug 1926 : Birth date of CHarlotte Elizabeth GANE
1927 : Death date of Rev. Roderick MCLENNAN
9 Jun 1927 : Marriage date of Walter James BIRSTON = Alice Ellen GRAY
1928 : Birth date of Rene CAMPBELL
7 Jan 1928 : River Thames floods killing 14
2 Mar 1928 : Birth date of Lillian May BIRSTON
9 Jun 1928 : Birth date of Jeanette May MCLENNAN
28 Jun 1928 : Birth date of James Murray WEDDELL
30 Sep 1928 : Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming
1929 : Birth date of William HODGSON
5 Mar 1929 : Birth date of Emily Ellen BIRSTON
1930 : Death date of William MCLENNAN
27 Apr 1930 : Birth date of Gertrude MCLENNAN
24 May 1930 : Amy Johnson flies solo to Australia
5 Oct 1930 : Airship R101 crashes in France killing 48
19 Nov 1930 : Birth date of Thomas Emerson BIRSTON
6 Dec 1930 : Marriage date of Oscar Ivor OLSEN = Edna May Olive MCLENNAN
27 Dec 1930 : Death date of Charlotte Mary SMITH
1931 : Birth date of Nellie HODGSON
1 Feb 1932 : Death date of Laurence James MCLENNAN
12 Feb 1932 : Whipping of children under 14 is banned
1 Mar 1932 : Birth date of William Harold BIRSTON
2 Apr 1932 : Death date of Thomas Charles VINE
30 Sep 1932 : Unemployment reaches 25%
12 Oct 1932 : Birth date of Kenneth MCLENNAN
20 Jul 1933 : Death date of Ernest MCLENNAN
Aug 1933 : Marriage date of Charles Harold MCLENNAN = Dena Olea SODERLAND
1934 : Invention of first practical radar by Watson-Watt
1934 : Marriage date of George SPRING = Alice VINE
4 Apr 1934 : Birth date of Floyd Dale MCLENNAN
May 1934 : Death date of Isabella SUTHERLAND
21 Sep 1934 : 262 killed in blast at Gresford colliery
1935 : Marriage date of Horace Sydney AVERY = Phoebe Ethel VINE
18 Mar 1935 : Thousands protest in Wales at "means test"
8 Jun 1935 : Death date of James MCLENNAN
2 Sep 1935 : Birth date of Rita Alice BIRSTON
18 Nov 1935 : Marriage date of John Colin HOWARD = Mabel Winifred Pearl MCLENNAN
1936 : Sir Frank Whittle invents the jet engine
1936 : Invention of helicopter by H Focke
20 Jan 1936 : End of reign of George V
21 Jan 1936 : Start of reign of Edward VIII
10 May 1936 : Birth date of Gerald John MCLENNAN
11 Nov 1936 : Jarrow Crusade reaches London
10 Dec 1936 : Edward VIII abdicates
10 Dec 1936 : End of reign of Edward VIII
11 Dec 1936 : Start of reign of George VI
23 Jan 1937 : Birth date of Arthur CHarles BIRSTON
28 May 1937 : Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister
1938 : Discovery of nuclear fission by Hahn and Strassmann
11 Jul 1938 : Last British troops leave Eire
25 Aug 1939 : IRA bomb Coventry killing 5
1 Sep 1939 : Germany invades Poland
Sep 1939 : Children evacuated from London and major cities
3 Sep 1939 : Start of World War II
3 Sep 1939 : Britain and France declare war on Germany
6 Oct 1939 : Birth date of Nellie Isabel Marjorie BIRSTON
17 Dec 1939 : the Graf Spee scuttled off Montevideo
10 May 1940 : Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
10 May 1940 : Churchill takes over as Prime Minister
12 May 1940 : Germany invades France
26 May 1940 : Allied evacuation from Dunkirk begins
10 Jun 1940 : Italy invades France
10 Jun 1940 : Italy declares war on France and Britain
14 Jun 1940 : Germans enter Paris unopposed
22 Jun 1940 : France surrenders to Germany
7 Aug 1940 : Birth date of Marjorie Dolores MCLENNAN
14 Nov 1940 : Coventry bombed
ABT 1941 : Death date of Arthur Ernest VINE
3 Jan 1941 : Death date of William Richard MCLENNAN
17 Apr 1941 : Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany
27 Apr 1941 : British leave Greece
22 Jun 1941 : Germany attacks Russia
14 Aug 1941 : Britain and USA sign Atlantic Charter
7 Dec 1941 : Japan attack USA at Pearl Harbour
11 Dec 1941 : Germany and Italy declare war on USA
11 Dec 1941 : Britain and USA declare war on Japan
15 Feb 1942 : British surrender Singapore to Japanese
9 Apr 1942 : USA surrenders Bataan peninsula to Japanese
6 May 1942 : USA surrenders Corregidor Island to Japanese
27 May 1942 : Marriage date of Peter Herbert MCLENNAN = Evelyn Margaret WINTER
10 Jun 1942 : Lidice, Czechoslovakia razed by Germans
22 Jul 1942 : Birth date of Verna BIRSTON
22 Jul 1942 : Birth date of Vernon BIRSTON
8 Nov 1942 : British and US troops land in North Africa
14 Jan 1943 : Casablanca conference
1 Feb 1943 : Germans surrender at Stalingrad
24 Apr 1943 : Death date of Alice HYMARK
12 May 1943 : War in Africa ends
30 May 1943 : Birth date of Dennis Blane ZUTZ
25 Jul 1943 : Mussolini deposed
3 Sep 1943 : Allies land in Italy
8 Sep 1943 : Italy surrenders
10 Sep 1943 : Germans take Rome
22 Nov 1943 : Cairo conference
28 Nov 1943 : Teheran Conference
22 Jan 1944 : British and US troops land at Anzio
Jun 1944 : Marriage date of John Clifford SUtherland MCLENNAN = CHarlotte Elizabeth GANE
4 Jun 1944 : British and US troops enter Rome
8 Aug 1944 : Death date of James Ernest MCLENNAN
25 Aug 1944 : Paris liberated
13 Oct 1944 : Athens liberated
20 Oct 1944 : USA invades Philippines
16 Dec 1944 : Battle of the Bulge
11 Feb 1945 : Yalta agreement
25 Apr 1945 : Marriage date of Winford William Wilbert MCLENNAN = Violet Ivy MATHEWS
28 Apr 1945 : Mussolini killed at Lake Como
1 May 1945 : Hitler's suicide announced
2 May 1945 : Berlin falls
7 May 1945 : VE Day. Germany surrenders
17 Jul 1945 : Potsdam conference
6 Aug 1945 : USA drops atom bomb on Hiroshima
8 Aug 1945 : USSR declares war on Japan
9 Aug 1945 : USA drops atom bomb on Nagasaki
14 Aug 1945 : Japan surrenders
2 Sep 1945 : End of World War II
2 Sep 1945 : VJ Day. Japanese sign surrender aboard USS Missouri
Feb 1946 : 50,000 "GI brides" shipped out to the USA
26 Jun 1946 : Birth date of Roberta June SHIELS
Dec 1946 : Fuel and food shortages continue
1947 : Birth date of Laryl Dennis PROUSE
20 Nov 1947 : Princess Elizabeth marries the Duke of Edinburgh
1948 : Death date of Alice KIRTON
1 Jan 1948 : Railways nationalised
28 Jun 1948 : Troops break dockers' strike
12 Sep 1948 : Death date of Walter James BIRSTON
Dec 1948 : Labour government constructs "Welfare State"
15 Dec 1948 : Birth date of Norma Jean MCLENNAN
8 Jan 1949 : Birth date of Donald Grant CAMPBELL
15 Mar 1949 : Clothes rationing ends
18 Apr 1949 : Eire becomes Republic of Ireland
ABT 1950 : Albert Einstein puts forward theories of relativity
28 Jun 1950 : Royal Navy enters Korean War
2 Nov 1950 : Birth date of Lance William CAMPBELL
25 Dec 1950 : Stone of Destiny taken from Westminster Abbey
29 Dec 1950 : Birth date of Sharon Arlene MCLENNAN
7 Jun 1951 : Soviet spies Burgess and MacLean disappear
6 Feb 1952 : End of reign of George VI
7 Feb 1952 : Start of reign of Elizabeth II
28 Jun 1952 : Marriage date of Raymond WALKER = Emily Ellen BIRSTON
24 Nov 1952 : "Mousetrap" opens in London
11 Dec 1952 : Derek Bentley sentenced to hang
1953 : Discovery of measles vaccine by Enders and Peebles
31 Jan 1953 : Ferry Princess Victoria sinks in the Irish Sea
31 Jan 1953 : Marriage date of Thomas Emerson BIRSTON = Joyce ANDERSON
3 Feb 1953 : Hundreds die as East Coast is flooded
21 Feb 1953 : Death date of Winford Roderick MCLENNAN
27 Feb 1953 : Burial date of Winford Roderick MCLENNAN
30 May 1953 : Edmund Hillary reaches the top of Mount Everest
1954 : Discovery of first polio vaccine by J E Salk
May 1954 : "Teddy Boys" appear
1 Jul 1954 : Death date of Farquhar Frank MCLENNAN
3 Jul 1954 : Rationing ends
1955 : Death date of Marie Olive TELLIER
5 Apr 1955 : Death date of Robina Pearl MCLENNAN
2 Jun 1955 : Birth date of June Janet MCLENNAN
13 Jul 1955 : Ruth Ellis is the last woman to be hanged
31 Aug 1955 : Birth date of Patrick Shane HALL
1956 : Death date of Herbert 'Bertie' MCLENNAN
21 Aug 1956 : Birth date of Debra Marie CAMPBELL
31 Oct 1956 : Britain invades Suez
17 Oct 1957 : Air borne radiation leaks from Windscale
6 Feb 1958 : 7 members of Manchester United die in plane crash
17 Feb 1958 : Birth date of Mary Patricia MCCAULEY
18 Apr 1958 : Birth date of Richard Roger MCLENNAN
7 Sep 1958 : Birth date of Kimberly Ann APPS
15 Sep 1958 : Birth date of William John MCLENNAN
5 Dec 1958 : First motorway in Britain, M6 Preston Bypass opens
2 Nov 1959 : Birth date of Steven MCLENNAN
2 Jun 1960 : Birth date of Leonard William APPS
14 Dec 1960 : Birth date of Heather JHean MCLENNAN
31 Dec 1960 : National Service abolished
1961 : Death date of Winford William Wilbert MCLENNAN
17 Jul 1962 : Birth date of Cameron Garth WEDDELL
2 Oct 1962 : Birth date of Sherry Ann MCLENNAN
14 Jan 1963 : Death date of Joseph Pendleton MCLENNAN
17 Jan 1963 : Burial date of Joseph Pendleton MCLENNAN
27 Mar 1963 : Dr Beeching proposes cutting 25% of rail lines
5 Jun 1963 : John Profumo resigns after sex scandal
17 Jul 1963 : Birth date of James Gavin WEDDELL
4 Nov 1963 : The Beatles appear in the Royal Variety Show
9 Nov 1963 : Birth date of Kenneth APPS
18 Feb 1964 : Birth date of Wade Kenneth HRAPPSTEAD
19 May 1964 : Birth date of William Leo John MCLENNAN
21 Dec 1964 : Death penalty abolished in Britain
1965 : Death date of Rannveig (Raenka) TOMASSON
7 Jun 1965 : Birth date of Shelagh Catherine WEDDELL
7 Jun 1965 : Birth date of Jean Ann WEDDELL
28 Oct 1965 : Brady and Hindley charged with Moors Murders
ABT 1966 : Death date of Harold VINE
21 Oct 1966 : 144 die in Aberfan as coal bing buries school
1967 : Emergence of Flower Power
15 Jan 1967 : Death date of Peter Herbert MCLENNAN
27 Feb 1969 : Birth date of Tracey Lyn MCLENNAN
5 Mar 1969 : London gangsters the Kray twins sentenced to life
ABT 1970 : Death date of Hardy VINE
2 Jan 1970 : Death date of Edwin Charles HODGSON
28 May 1970 : Birth date of Tyler ROSS
23 Nov 1970 : Death date of William George BIRSTON
1971 : Birth date of Walter KOSHEL
2 Jan 1971 : 66 die when barriers collapse at Ibrox Park
15 Feb 1971 : British currency goes decimal
26 Oct 1971 : Birth date of Laurel Shannon PROUSE
8 Nov 1971 : Death date of Charles Harold MCLENNAN
22 Jan 1972 : Britain joins the EEC
30 Jan 1972 : 13 shot in another Bloody Sunday in Derry
Feb 1972 : Miners strike leads to power cuts
14 Jun 1972 : Birth date of Sandi Dawn HALL
30 Sep 1972 : Death date of William John MCLENNAN
30 Sep 1972 : Death date of Laryl Dennis PROUSE
8 Mar 1973 : IRA begins mainland bombing
17 Dec 1973 : Three day week introduced
9 Aug 1974 : Marriage date of George FORKE = Lillian May BIRSTON
12 Nov 1974 : Lord Lucan escapes and disappears
11 Jul 1975 : Inflation reaches 25%
Aug 1976 : Drought causes water shortages
2 Apr 1977 : Red Rum wins the Grand National for the third time
28 May 1977 : Birth date of Amber Lyn ZUTZ
22 Sep 1977 : Birth date of Courtney ROWE
1978 : Death date of Phoebe Ethel VINE
1978 : Death date of Sarah 'sadie' MCLENNAN
13 Dec 1978 : Jeremy Thorpe charged with incitement to murder
Jan 1979 : "Winter of Discontent" causes chaos
4 May 1979 : Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman Prime Minister
18 May 1979 : Birth date of Gerald Charles HALL
30 Jul 1979 : Death date of Heather JHean MCLENNAN
2 Sep 1979 : Yorkshire Ripper claims 12th victim
5 May 1980 : SAS storms Iranian embassy in London
30 Sep 1980 : Birth date of Charles DOnald Joseph CAMPBELL
17 Feb 1981 : Birth date of Teri-Ann APPS
22 Feb 1981 : Birth date of Michael Blair HRAPPSTEAD
22 Feb 1981 : Birth date of Myles Joseph HRAPPSTEAD
11 May 1981 : Birth date of Cara APPS
Jul 1981 : Riots break out in 8 inner city areas
2 Apr 1982 : Argentina invades Falkland Islands
14 Jun 1982 : British troops regain control of Falklands
10 Apr 1983 : Birth date of Scott MCLENNAN
22 Sep 1983 : Birth date of William Kevin APPS
25 Sep 1983 : 134 IRA prisoners escape from the Maze prison
1984 : Death date of Edwin HODGSON
May 1984 : Coal strikes crushed by riot police
1 Jul 1984 : Death date of Oscar Ivor OLSEN
12 Oct 1984 : IRA bombs Tory conference in Brighton
11 May 1985 : 40 killed as fire destroys Bradford City stand
25 Oct 1986 : Death date of Dena Olea SODERLAND
4 Apr 1987 : Marriage date of Steven MCLENNAN = Carole CHANT
16 Oct 1987 : Hurricane hits southern England
18 Nov 1987 : 30 die in King's Cross Underground fire
6 Jul 1988 : North sea oil rig Piper Alpha explodes
7 Sep 1988 : Birth date of Ruster Meagan APPS
23 Sep 1988 : Birth date of Tara MCLENNAN
22 Dec 1988 : Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Lockerbie killing 270
28 Dec 1988 : Birth date of Amber Charity Lyn PRIMEAU
15 Apr 1989 : 94 football fans crushed to death at Hillsborough
Sep 1989 : Thousands of Scots elect not to pay new Poll Tax
19 Oct 1989 : "Guildford Four" released from prison
13 Nov 1989 : Death date of Gerald John MCLENNAN
ABT 1990 : Death date of Elizabeth SORRELL
24 Feb 1990 : Birth date of Mathew Wade HRAPPSTEAD
1 May 1990 : Birth date of Candice LUSSIER
4 Aug 1990 : Birth date of Aston MCLENNAN
23 Aug 1990 : British and US troop build up in Persian Gulf
17 Jan 1991 : Operation "Desert Storm" defeats Iraq
7 Feb 1991 : Downing Street hit by IRA mortar bomb
26 Feb 1991 : Birth date of Colby James APPS
14 Mar 1991 : "Birmingham Six" released from prison
30 Mar 1991 : Birth date of Mandy Telina HRAPPSTEAD
16 Apr 1991 : Birth date of Brendon MCLENNAN
27 Feb 1992 : Birth date of Thomas Geoffrey MCLENNAN
20 Mar 1992 : Birth date of Justin MCLENNAN
20 Mar 1993 : Birth date of Brady LUSSIER
24 Oct 1993 : Death date of John Clifford SUtherland MCLENNAN
14 Nov 1993 : Birth date of William Richard MCLENNAN
25 Nov 1993 : Birth date of Logan James FREDERICK
26 Feb 1994 : Birth date of Brittany MCLENNAN
27 Jun 1994 : Birth date of Lewes MCLENNAN
1995 : Death date of Edna May Olive MCLENNAN
15 May 1995 : Death date of Gertrude Eva Turner TURNER
8 Jun 1995 : Birth date of Savannah Rae FREDERICK
Sep 1995 : Britain hit by worst drought for over 250 years
Feb 1996 : Major oil spill from "Sea Empress" at Milford Haven
17 Jun 1996 : Birth date of Robert John MCLENNAN
24 Sep 1996 : Birth date of Austin Johnathon ROSS
31 Jan 1997 : Birth date of Taylor Brooke YAMNIUK
11 Apr 1997 : Death date of Mabel Winifred Pearl MCLENNAN
17 Jul 1997 : Birth date of Daley MCLENNAN
6 Sep 1997 : Funeral of Diana Princess of Wales held in London
16 Oct 1998 : Birth date of Brandon Gerald LITTLE
ABT 1999 : Death date of Agnes MATHEWS
1 Jul 1999 : After 292 years Scotland again has its own parliament
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