Town of Mafeking relieved by British forces, the most important symbolic event of the Boer War.
1901
22 January
Death of Queen Victoria, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, having ascended the throne in 1837
1902
31 May
Boer War formally ends following the signing of an armistice at Vereeniging.
9 August
Coronation of King Edward VII
1908
21 June
Greatest suffragette rally in Hyde Park.
1910
6 May
Death of King Edward VII
1911
4 January
Siege of Sidney Street begins after members of an anarchist gang thought to have murdered a police officer are traced to a house in Houndsditch.
22 June
Coronation of King George V
1912
14 April
The ocean liner Titanic strikes an iceberg and sinks on her maiden voyage
1914
28 June
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is assassinated in Sarajevo, the event said to have triggered World War I.
4 August
Britain enters war following ultimatum to Germany to withdraw from Belgium
1916
24 April
Armed uprising in Dublin centred around the Post Office. Although it is quickly crushed and its leaders executed, this will become one of the pivotal events leading to Irish independence.
31 May
Battle of Jutland secures British control over the seas, forcing the German navy to return to port.
1 July
Battle of the Somme begins. On the first day, 20,000 Britons are killed and 40,000 injured.
7 December
New coalition government formed under David Lloyd George
1917
7 November
Bolsheviks led by Lenin overthrow provisional government in Petrograd in the 'October Revolution' (so called because Russia was using an older calendar at the time)
1918
10 January
Married women over 30 granted the vote.
23 October
House of Commons votes to allow women MPs.
11 November
Germany signs armistice with Allies. Though the First World War only formally ends with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles the following June, all fighting ceases as of this date.
1919
28 June
Peace treaty signed at Versailles, formally ending the First World War.
