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An inspector calls

By rthorpe4nrt@nsix.org.uk
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    An inspector calls

  • Liberals form a government under Henry Campbell-Bannerman

  • Liberals win the election but lose their overall majority

  • Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V

  • Liberals propose Irish 'Home Rule' for the third tim

  • Suffragette Emily Davison is killed by the king's horse

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo

  • Britain declares war on Germany in response to the invasion of Belgium

  • Britain declares war on the Ottoman Empire

  • Massive flu epidemic reaches Britain

  • World War One ends when Germany signs an armistice

  • David Lloyd George's coalition wins the post-war election

  • Exclusion of women from many jobs is made illega

  • Unemployment reaches a post-war high of 2.5 million

  • Prime Minister David Lloyd George resigns as his wartime coalition breaks up

  • Conservative Stanley Baldwin becomes prime minister

  • Ramsay Macdonald becomes the first Labour prime minister

  • Chancellor Winston Churchill returns Britain to the 'Gold Standard'

  • Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa are recognised as autonomous

  • All women over the age of 21 get the vote

  • Labour wins the general election with Ramsay Macdonald as prime minister

  • Wall Street Crash sparks the Great Depression

  • Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald resigns in a row over the budget

  • 'National government' coalition wins the election, but Labour support plummets

  • Scottish Nationalist Party is founded to fight for an independent Scotland

  • Conservative Stanley Baldwin becomes prime minister for the third time

  • George V dies and is succeeded by Edward VIII

  • Jarrow men march to London to highlight local poverty and unemployment

  • George VI is crowned king

  • Britain guarantees territorial integrity of Poland

  • Britain declares war on Germany in response to the invasion of Poland

  • Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of the coalition government

  • Allied leaders shape the post-war world at the Yalta Conference

  • Britain celebrates the end of war on Victory in Europe Day

  • Labour wins the general election by a landslide

  • United Nations comes into existence with Britain as a founder member