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| 1953 | Birth |  |
| 6th May Edinburgh Birth of Anthony Blair, son of a barrister & university lecturer |
| 1955 | Education | |
| Durham Attends Western Hill pre-pre school |
| 1961 | Education | |
| Durham Attends Chorister School |
| 1966 | Education | |
| Edinburgh Attends Fettes College |
| 1972 | Education | |
| Oxford Reads law at St John's College |
| 1974 | Confirmation Blair | |
| Oxford Confirmed in the Church of England by College Chaplain |
| 1975 | Death | |
| Death of Hazel Blair, mother |
| 1975 | Education | |
| Oxford Graduates with an Upper Second degree in law |
| Oct Begins 1 yr Bar course at Lincoln's Inn |
| 1975 | Labour Party | |
| Appointed Member of the Labour Party, in Chelsea |
| 1980 | Marriage | |
| 29th Mar Oxford Tony & Cherie Blair marry at St John's College Chapel |
| 1982 | Election | |
| 27th May Beconsfield Contests the Beconsfield by-election during the Falklands War, loses deposit |
| 1983 | Election | |
| 20th May Sedgfield Selected as candidate for Sedgfield |
| 9th June Sedgfield Elected Member of Parliament for Sedgefield |
| 1984 | Shadow Cabinet | |
| 7th Nov Appointed Junior Treasury spokesman |
| 1987 | Election | |
| 11th June Sedgfield Elected Member of Parliament for Sedgefield |
| 1987 | Shadow Cabinet | |
| 8th July Appointed Deputy to Bryan Gould, Shadow Trade & Indus try Secretary |
| 8th July Appointed Spokesman on the City & Consumer Affairs |
| 1988 | Closed Shop | |
| 17th Dec Announces Labour will not bring back the closed shop |
| 1988 | Shadow Cabinet | |
| Appointed Member of the Shadow Cabinet, Shadow Energy Secretary |
| 1989 | Shadow Cabinet | |
| Nov Appointed Member of the Shadow Cabinet, Shadow Employment Secretary |
| 1992 | Crime | |
| Announces the Labour will be "tough on crime & tough on the causes of crime" |
| 1992 | Election | |
| 2nd in the Shadow Cabinet elections |
| 9th April Sedgfield Elected Member of Parliament for Sedgefield |
| Oct Elected Member of the National Executive Council |
| 1992 | NEC | |
| Oct Appointmed Member of the National Executive Council |
| 1992 | Shadow Cabinet | |
| July Appointed Member of the Shadow Cabinet, Shadow Home Secretary |
| 1994 | Alliance | |
| 31st May Blair & Brown meet at Granita restaurant in Islington and reportedly agree a deal |
| 1994 | Conference of Labour Party | |
| April At a special Conference Clause 4 of the Party is changed to reflect the "New Labour" |
| 4th Oct 1st conference speech as leader calling on the party to drop clause IV |
| 1994 | Constitution | |
| April At a special Conference Clause 4 of the Party is changed to reflect the "New Labour" |
| 4th Oct 1st conference speech as leader calling on the party to drop clause IV |
| 1994 | Death | |
| May Death of Labour Leader John Smith, Tont Blair & Gordon Brown agree at the Granita restaurant that Tony Blair should stand for the leadership |
| 1994 | Election | |
| 21st July Blair beats Prescott & Beckett to become leader of Labour party with 57 |
| 1994 | Leader Opposition Blair | |
| Appointed Leader of the Opposition |
| 1994 | Party Leader | |
| 21st July Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party |
| 1994 | Reform | |
| April At a special Conference Clause 4 of the Party is changed to reflect the "New Labour" |
| 1995 | Constitution | |
| 29th April Party backs rewriting of clause IV Labours historic commitment to nationalisation |
| 1995 | Defection | |
| 7th Oct Tory MP and former minister Alan Howarth resigns from the Tories and crosses the floor |
| 1995 | New Labour | |
| 29th April At a special Conference Clause 4 of the Party is changed to reflect the "New Labour" |
| 1995 | Reform | |
| 29th April At a special Conference Clause 4 of the Party is changed to reflect the "New Labour" |
| 1995 | Speech | |
| 25th April Taunts Prime Minister John Major at PMQs saying I lead my party he follows his |
| 1996 | Diplomacy | |
| The EC imposes sanctions on British beef |
| 1996 | Election | |
| 11th April Staffordshire Labour wins the Staffs South East byelection reducing the government majority to 3 |
| 1996 | European Union | |
| The EC imposes sanctions on British beef |
| 1996 | Health | |
| The EC imposes sanctions on British beef |
| 1996 | Manifesto Labour Party | |
| Oct The manifesto entitled New Labour is endorsed by Conference |
| 1996 | New Labour | |
| Oct The manifesto entitled New Labour is endorsed by Conference |
| 1996 | Sanctions | |
| The EC imposes sanctions on British beef |
| 1997 | Ceasefire | |
| 20th July The IRA restores its ceasefire |
| 1997 | Conference of Amsterdam | |
| 16th June Amsterdam Minor amendments are agreed to the European treaties |
| 1997 | Constitution | |
| 11th Sep "Yes-Yes" vote in referendum on Scottish Parliament |
| 18th Sep A majority of 50.3% in Wales vote in favour of a Welsh assembly |
| 18th Sep "Yes" vote in the referendum on Welsh Assembly |
| 27th Nov The Government of Wales Bill is introduced to the House of Commons |
| 1997 | Death | |
| 31st Aug Calls Diana Princess of Wales, "the peoples princess" |
| 1997 | Devolution Scotaland | |
| 12th Sep Scotland backs devolution by referendum |
| 1997 | Devolution Wales | |
| 19th Sep Wales backs devolution by referendum |
| 1997 | Economy | |
| 6th May Chancellor Gordon Brown gives the Bank of England the freedom to set interest rates |
| 6th May The Bank of England is made independent & free to set interest rates |
| 1997 | Election | |
| 18th Mar The Sun announces it will back Blair at the general election |
| 1st May Labour wins 43.2% of votes cast & 418 MPs, Commons majority of 179 |
| 1st May Labour wins the largest number of seats & the highest majority in it's history |
| 1st May Labour win the election by a landslide ending 18 yrs of Tory rule |
| 1st May Says of the election, "We won as New Labour, we will govern as New Labour" |
| 1st May Sedgefield Wins the Sedgfield election with a majority of 25,143 |
| 2nd May Tony Blair becomes the youngest prime minister since 1812 |
| 31st July Uxbridge The Conservatives increase their majority |
| 1997 | European Union | |
| 18th June Britain signs up to the EUs Social Chapter |
| Nov Brown rules out entry before 1999 to the EMU saying 5 key economic tests are not met |
| 1997 | Independence | |
| 11th Sep "Yes-Yes" vote in referendum on Scottish Parliament |
| 18th Sep "Yes" vote in referendum on Welsh Assembly |
| 1997 | Millenium Dome | |
| 19th June Blair decides to save the Millenium Dome |
| 1997 | New Labour | |
| 1st May Says of the election, "We won as New Labour, we will govern as New Labour" |
| 1997 | Peace | |
| 16th May Blair travels to Belfast to restart the peace talks |
| 20th July The IRA restores its ceasefire |
| 1997 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, youngest PM since Lord Liverpool in 1812 |
| 1997 | Referendum | |
| 11th Sep "Yes-Yes" vote in referendum on Scottish Parliament |
| 18th Sep "Yes" vote in referendum on Welsh Assembly |
| 1997 | Reform | |
| 6th May The Bank of England is made independent & free to set interest rates |
| 23rd July The student fees plan is announced |
| 10th Dec 47 Labour MPs vote against the cut in lone-parent benefits |
| 1997 | Rule of Hong Kong | |
| 30th June Hong Kong Hong Kong is returned to China |
| 1997 | Scandal | |
| 5th Nov Plan to exempt Formula I from tobacco advertising ban is reported |
| 11th Nov Bernie Ecclestone reveals 1 million pound donation to Labour |
| 11th Nov Blair apologises on TV for the handling of the Ecclestone affair |
| 1997 | Summit | |
| 22nd June Denver 1st day of the G7 summit |
| 1997 | Taxation | |
| 20th Jan Labour pledges not to raise personal tax rates during 1st term in office |
| 1998 | Accords of Good Friday | |
| Catholics are to suspend the goal of a united Ireland-a territorial claim that was the raison d'ˆtre of the IRA and was written into the Irish Republic's constitution-unless the largely Protestant North voted in favor o |
| Chaired by former USASenator George Mitchell, the talks are advanced by a high-profile set of mediators, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, and President Bill Clinton |
| The accord calls for Protestants to share political power with the minority Catholics, and gives the Republic of Ireland a voice in Northern Irish affairs |
| 10th April Cross -border links & constitutional & ecomomic changes in Nth Ireland are agreed |
| 11th May Dublin A Sinn Fein conference approves the Good Friday Accord |
| 22nd May Commitment to the settlement is demonstrated in a dual referendum, the North approves the accord by a vote of 71% to 29%, and in the Irish Republic 94% favor it |
| 23rd May 71% ov voters in Nth Ireland support the Good Friday Accord |
| 1998 | Bombing of Omagh | |
| 15th Aug Omagh The "Real IRA" kill 29, including Protestants & Catholics |
| 1998 | Cloning | |
| 12th Jan 19 European countries sign an agreement banning human cloning |
| 1998 | Constitution | |
| 10th April The Good Friday agreement for Northern Ireland is signed |
| 21st April The Northern Ireland Electons Bill is introduced to the House of Commons |
| 7th May The Northern Ireland Electons Bill receives royal assent |
| 22nd May 71% of the turnout in Northern Ireland vote for the Good Friday Agrrement |
| 25th June Elections to the newly formed Northern Ireland assembly |
| 31st July The European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into UK law by passing the Human Rights Act |
| 31st July The Government of Wales Bill receives royal assent |
| Nov Acts of parliament bring about Scottish and Welsh devolution, paving way for Scottish, Welsh elections |
| 1998 | Legislation | |
| 31st July The European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into UK law by passing the Human Rights Act |
| Nov Acts of parliament bring about Scottish and Welsh devolution, paving way for Scottish, Welsh elections |
| 1998 | Millenium Dome | |
| 24th Feb Greenwich Unveils plans for the interior of the Millenium Dome |
| 1998 | Peace | |
| 10th April A Northern Ireland peace deal is reached |
| 10th May Sinn Fein backs the peace deal |
| 8th Sep The real IRA announce a ceasefire |
| 1998 | Scandal | |
| 1st Jan Jack Straw's son is exposed for selling cannabis |
| 1999 | Bombing of Yugoslavia | |
| Nov Blair sends troops to join NATO bombing campaign on Yugoslavia in a bid to halt suppression of ethnic Albanians |
| 1999 | British Beef | |
| 8th Dec France refuses to lift its ban on British beef |
| 1999 | Constitution | |
| The House of Lords Act permits jusy ninety-two hereditaries to remain in the House of Lords |
| 1999 | Declaration of Hillsborough | |
| 1st April Hillsborough Ahern & Blaire make the Hillsborough declaration |
| 1999 | Diplomacy | |
| May Britain & Iran exchange ambassadors for the 1st time since 1989 |
| 1999 | Electon | |
| 3rd June A collapse in Labour's core vote in elections for the European Parliament hands Blair his first electoral defeat |
| 1999 | Homosexuals | |
| 12th Dec The ban on homosexuals serving in the armed forces is to be lifted |
| 1999 | Legislation | |
| The House of Lords Act permits jusy ninety-two hereditaries to remain in the House of Lords |
| 1999 | Rule of Northern Ireland | |
| 2nd Dec The Eire government drops its territorial claim to Northern Ireland |
| 2000 | Constitution | |
| The Freedom of Information Act is passed, introduces a public "right to know" in relation to public bodies |
| 2000 | Diplomacy | |
| 17th April Putin meets Tony Blair and promises to implement economic reforms and root out corruption |
| 2000 | Disaster | |
| 17th Oct Hatfield Hatfield train crash, leads to very restrictive speed limits |
| 2000 | Electoral Commission | |
| The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act, creates the Electoral Commission to regulate elections and referendums and party spending to an extent |
| 2000 | Legislation | |
| The Freedom of Information Act is passed, introduces a public "right to know" in relation to public bodies |
| The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act, creates the Electoral Commission to regulate elections and referendums and party spending to an extent |
| The Trans port Act creates the Strategic Rail Authority |
| 2000 | Mobile Phone Licences | |
| The government earns 22.47 billion pounds from the sale of mobile phone licences |
| 2000 | Reform | |
| The Trans port Act creates the Strategic Rail Authority |
| 2000 | Sale Mobile Phones Licences | |
| The government earns 22.47 billion pounds from the sale of mobile phone licences |
| 2001 | Bombing of al Qaeda Saudi Arabia | |
| 7th Oct Kabul American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul |
| 2001 | Bombing of Kabul Saudi Arabia | |
| 7th Oct Kabul American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul |
| 2001 | Diplomacy | |
| Jack Straw makes the 1st visit to Iran by a British Foreign Minister since 1979 |
| 2001 | Election | |
| Sedgefield Elected Member of Parliament for Sedgefield, majority of 17,713 |
| The Labour Party win 42.0% of votes cast & 413 MPs |
| 2001 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 2002 | Constitution | |
| Oct Northern Ireland returns to direct rule from London after the suspension of the local assembly following allegations of Irish Republican Army spying |
| 2002 | Reform | |
| The Strategic Rail Authority abolishes long term franchises |
| The Strategic Rail Authority halves the number of train companies |
| Oct Network Rail, a non profit company, replaces Railtrack |
| 2002 | Rule of Northern Ireland | |
| Oct Northern Ireland returns to direct rule from London after the suspension of the local assembly following allegations of Irish Republican Army spying |
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