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Nathanville Family History Timeline
| DATE |
UK POPULATION |
UK MONARCHS |
UK POLITICS |
UK WARS |
WORLD
INVENTIONS |
| 1656 | No Monarchs in the UK | 1656: Clock - Pendulum (Netherlands) | |||
| 1660 | King Charles II 1660-1685 | ||||
| 1670 | 5.8 million | ||||
| 1679 | |||||
| WHIG party formed | |||||
| 1680 | Tory party formed | ||||
| 1685 |
King James II 1685-1688 | ||||
| 1688 | 2nd revolution which established Parliamentery control over Monarchy - 1st revolution in 1640 | ||||
| 1689 | Queen Mary II 1689-1694 King William III 1689-1702 |
1689: Steam Engine (Great Britain) | |||
| 1694 |
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| Parliamentary Terms 3 years | |||||
| 1700 | |||||
| 6 million | |||||
| 1702 | |||||
| Queen Anne 1702-1714 | |||||
| 1707 | English and Scottish Parliaments united | ||||
| 1712 | 1712: Steam Engine - Piston (Great Britain) | ||||
| 1714 | King George I 1714-1727 | ||||
| 1716 | Parliamentary Terms 3 years | ||||
| 1727 | King George II 1727-1760 | ||||
| 1750 | 6.5 million | ||||
| 1752 | |||||
| 1752: Lightening Conductor (USA) | |||||
| 1760 | King George III 1760-1820 | 1760's-1830's Industrial Revolution | |||
| 1764 | 1764: Steam Engine - Condenser (Scotland) and Spinning Jenny (Great Britain) | ||||
| 1769 | 1769: Spinning Frame (Great Britain) and Car - Steam (France) | ||||
| 1775 | 1775-1783 American war of Independence | 1775: Ship - Steam (France) | |||
| 1780 | 1780: Bifocal Lens (USA) | ||||
| 1783 | 1783: Balloon (France) | ||||
| 1785 | 1785: Loom, power (Great Britain) | ||||
| 1787 | 1787: Telegraph (France) | ||||
| 1792 | 1792-1815 France, and 1808-1814 Peninsular war with France | 1792: Gas lighting (Great Britain) | |||
| 1797 | 1797: Parachute (France) | ||||
| 1800 | 11.9 million | ||||
| 1804 | 1804: Locomotive (Great Britain) | ||||
| 1808 | 1808: Typewriter (Italy) | ||||
| 1814 | |||||
| 1817 | 1817: Dental Plate (USA) | ||||
| 1820 | King George IV 1820-1830 | ||||
| 1821 | 1821-1922 British and Irish Parliaments united | ||||
| 1824 | 1824: Electromagnet, and cement (Great Britain) | ||||
| 1826 | 1826: Match, safety (Great Britain), and Photography on metal (France) | ||||
| 1829 | 1829: Sewing Machine (France) | ||||
| 1830 | Tory renamed Conservatives | ||||
| 1831 | King William IV 1830-1837 | ||||
| 1832 | WHIG renamed Liberal & votes extended to Middle Class | ||||
| 1835 | |||||
| 1835: Photography on paper (Great Britain) | |||||
| 1839: Bicyle (Scotland) | |||||
| 1839 | Queen Victoria 1837-1901 | ||||
| 1850 | 22 million | ||||
| 1852 | |||||
| 1852: Lift - mechanical (USA) | |||||
| 1854 | |||||
| 1854-1856 Crimean war with Russia | |||||
| 1855 | 1855: Steal production (Great Britain) | ||||
| 1856 | |||||
| 1860 | |||||
| 1860: Lino (Great Britain) | |||||
| 1864 | 1864: Radio Telegraphy (USA) | ||||
| 1867 | Votes extended to Urban Working Class | ||||
| 1869 | 1869: Margarine (France) | ||||
| 1873 | 1873: Electric Motor DC (Belgium) | ||||
| 1877 | 1877-1881 Boer war in South Aftican with Dutch farmers | ||||
| 1878 | 1878: Telephone Exchange, and Gramophone (USA) | ||||
| 1879 | 1879: Electric Lamp (USA) | ||||
| 1881 | |||||
| 1884 | Votes extended to Agricultural Labourers | ||||
| 1888 | 1888: Bicyle Tyres (Great Britain), and Car - petrol (Germany) | ||||
| 1895 | 1895: Cinema (France), and X-ray (Germany) | ||||
| 1899 | 1899-1902 Boer war in South African with Dutch farmers | ||||
| 1900 | 38 million | Labour Pary formed | 1900: Airship - rigid (Germany) | ||
| 1902 | |||||
| King Edward VII 1901-1910 | |||||
| 1903 | 1903: Aeroplane (USA) | ||||
| 1907 | 1907: Washing machine - electric (USA) | ||||
| 1910 | |||||
| 1911 | King George V 1910-1936 | House of Lords powers restricted by Act of Parliament - and Terms 5 years | |||
| 1914 | 1914-1918 World War I with Germany | 1914: Tank (Great Britain) | |||
| 1918 | 1918 & 1928 votes extended to Women | ||||
| 1922 | 1821-1922 British and Irish Parliaments united | 1922: Radar | |||
| 1926 | 1926: Television (Great Britain), and Film - talking (USA) | ||||
| 1928 | 1918 & 1928 votes extended to Women | ||||
| 1934 | 1934: Launderette (USA) | ||||
| 1936 | King Edward VIII - abdicated | ||||
| 1937 | King George VI 1936-1952 | 1937: Jet Engine (Great Britain), and Nylon (USA) | |||
| 1939 | 1939-1945 World War II with Germany | ||||
| 1942 | 1942: Electronic Computer (USA) | ||||
| 1945 | |||||
| 1948 | National Health Service & Welfare State set-up by Labour Party | 1948: Transister, and Record - long playing (USA) | |||
| 1950 | 50 million | ||||
| 1952 | |||||
| 1955 | Queen Elizabeth II 1952- | ||||
| 1955: Hovercraft (Great Britain) | |||||
| 1960 | 1960: Laser (USA) | ||||
| 1973 |
Membership to European Community | ||||
| 1979 | Start of Thatcherism & First European Election | ||||
| New Technology Revolution | |||||
| 1981 | Formation of strong middle ground Alliance Parties - splitting the Left vote | ||||
| 1982 | Falklands war with Agentina | ||||
| 1992 | Relaxation of European Trade Barriers | ||||
| 1999 | 59.9 million |
| Also on Nathanville |
Timeline - Chronological Table of Events in Ancient History and List of Principal Events in Modern History to 1809. |
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This page was last updated on Thursday, 6 August, 2009