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  • 2016 BCE

    2016

    2016
    Britain exits the European Union, despite the prime minister wanting to stay.
  • 1973 BCE

    1973

    1973
    • Britain joined European Economic Community.
  • 1959 BCE

    1959

    1959
    • The first highway is opened.
  • 1953 BCE

    1953

    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 BCE

    1939

    1939
    • Britain declares war on Germany again, now it’s the Second World War.










  • 1918 BCE

    1918

    1918
    • Women gets the right to vote and in 1928 everybody may vote
  • 1914 BCE

    1914

    1914
    • Great Britain declares war on Germany. The First World War was in Britain known as “The Great War”, until 1940’s.

  • 1800 BCE

    1800

    1800
    • The Irish Parliament is closed and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is made
  • 1788 BCE

    1788

    1788
    • The UK began to colonize Australia.
  • 1783 BCE

    1783

    1783
    • Britain loses the southern half of its North American colonies (giving birth to the USA).
  • 1707 BCE

    1707

    1707
    • The Act of Union. Under this agreement, the Scottish parliament was dissolved.