1805 Battle of Trafalgar
1815 Battle of Waterloo
1820-1830 George IV
1830-1837 William IV
1833 Abolition of Slavery
1837-1901 Queen Victoria
1851 The Great Exhibition - Crystal Palace
1854 Crimea War
1857 Indian Mutiny
1861 American Civil War
1868 Public Hanging Abolished
1872 Licensing Act
1880 School attendance becomes compulsory
1891, 1899 - 1902 Boer Wars
1901 - 1910 Edward VII
1902 First powered flight
1910 - 1936 George V
1914 -1918 First World War
1917 Russian Revolution
1918 Women over 30 get the vote
1926 General Strike
1928 Women over 21 get the vote
1936 - 1952 George VI
1939 - 1945 World War Two
6th June 1944 D-Day
1951 Festival of Britain
1952 Queen Elizabeth II
1955 Mass migration takes off