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This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
This is a timeline of English history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in England and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England .
British history divided into 10 main timelines explaining what was happening in England and Britain during the last six thousand years
- 1 January 1947. Britain's coal industry is nationalised. The nationalisation of the coal industry represents a major shift in industrial policy. It allowed for the rationalisation of the coal industry, with the closure of many small pits, although the nationalised industry soon came to need state subsidies in order to delay further restructuring and closures.
- 15 August 1947. India gains independence from Britain. India was regarded as the most valuable British imperial possession. World War Two forced Britain to realise that it could not maintain a global empire and the British agreed to Indian self-government.
- 22 June 1948. Post-war immigration from the Commonwealth begins. The liner 'SS Empire Windrush' docked at Tilbury carrying nearly 500 Caribbean immigrants to Britain, many attracted by offers of work.
- 5 July 1948. National Health Service is established. The National Health Service, established by the post-war Labour government, represented a fundamental change in the provision of medical services.
Below is a summary of the periods of Britain’s history, with dates. Click on a period to take you to a timeline for that period – or select from the drop-down menu. Each timeline includes the dates of significant events in Britain’s story.
Explore all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline.
The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland , [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain .
