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| 1725 | George I |  |
| London Promises to return Gibraltar to Spain |
| 1727 | George I | |
| 3rd June Hanover Visits Hanover |
| 1741 | Walpole, Robert | |
| 13th Feb London 1st to use the phrase "Balance of Power" to express the British foreign policy |
| 1774 | George III | |
| 31st Mar Boston Closes Boston harbour until the East India Company is reimbursed for lost tea |
| 1774 | North, Frederick | |
| Boston Closes Boston harbour until the East India Company is reimbursed for lost tea |
| Newfoundland Forbids American access to Newfoundland fisheries |
| Newfoundland Forbids trade between New England colonies & British Dominions |
| 20th May Boston Closes the port of Boston & reduces the power of the Massachusetts legislature |
| 20th May Parliament punishes the American colonists for the anti-British behaviour |
| 2nd June Boston Requires colonists to house British troops where barracks are not available |
| 1785 | George III | |
| 1st June London Receives John Adams The first American ambassador to Britain |
| 1786 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Negotiates a favourable commercial Treaty with France |
| 1794 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 17th Oct Cuts finances to the Prussian military, blames them for defeat to France in Germany |
| 1811 | Perceval, Spencer | |
| 2nd May The USApasses the Non-Intercourse Act against British commerce |
| 5th Nov Madison recommends war against Britain in Congress |
| 1834 | Temple, Henry John | |
| London Changes the custom of writing diplomatic despatches in French to English |
| 1835 | Temple, Henry John | |
| London Asks Spain for payment of interest on loans & arms made during the Spanish Civil War |
| London Refuses to ratify the trade agreement & loan to Spain |
| 1835 | Villiers | |
| London Negotiates a trade agreement with the Spanish Government |
| 1835 | Villiers, George William Frederick | |
| London Negotiates a trade agreement with the Spanish Government |
| 1837 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Threatens to withdraw aid to Spain if interest to British bondholders is unpaid |
| Threatens to withdraw from the Quadruple Alliance |
| 1838 | Temple, Henry John | |
| 3rd May London Demands payment to bondholders, suggests revenue from the Spanish colony of Cuba |
| 26th July London Suspends military aid to Spain until its Government pays for arms already supplied |
| 1840 | Victoria | |
| 2nd June London Acts as host to Emperor Nicholas I |
| 1843 | Victoria | |
| Paris Visits Louis -Philippe of France, the 1st royal visit to France since 1520 |
| 1850 | Russell | |
| France, Britain & Russia sign a protocol recognizing Danish rule in Holstein |
| France, Britain & Russia sign a protocol recognizing Danish rule in Schleswig |
| 4th Nov Calls Pius IX's brief to establish a Catholic hierarchy in England & Wales "insolent" |
| 1851 | Temple, Henry John | |
| 3rd Dec London Meets French Ambassador, Walewski, & congratulates him on Louis Napoleon's coup d'etat |
| 5th Dec London The Cabinet remains neutral towards Louis Napoleon after his coup d'etat |
| 1853 | Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Feb London Russia proposes that the two countries share out the remains of the Ottoman Empire |
| 2nd June Besika Bay The fleet is ordered to Besika Bay to warn Russia not to attack the Ottoman Empire |
| 1854 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Causes outrage by blockading Greece in order to secure compensation for Don Pacifico |
| 1855 | Molesworth | |
| London Sweden signs a Treaty of fiendship with Britain & France |
| 1855 | Victoria | |
| Supports Palmerston's policy in the Crimea & visits Napoleon III |
| 1857 | Victoria | |
| Keeps Prussia out of the war between Austria & Sardinia |
| 1858 | Victoria | |
| Calls for leniency in dealing with the Indian rebels |
| 1860 | Edward VII | |
| 1st tour of the USA undertaken by a British Prince |
| 1861 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Sends troops to Canada on the outbreak of the American Civil War |
| 1870 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Gets France & Prussia to sign a treaty recognizing Belgian neutrality |
| Tells France the Spanish succession is a matter between Spain & the Hohenzollerns |
| 1871 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Washington Britain & the USA resolve claims from the American Civil War |
| 1896 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 26th Nov Russia disclosed a plan to seize Constantinople if Britain intervenes in Crete |
| 1898 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Mar Fashoda The French & British agree that the source of the Nile and the Congo rivers should mark the frontier between their spheres of influence |
| 3rd Nov Fashoda The French government orders it's forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident |
| 1898 | Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 2nd Aug Fashoda Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims |
| 19th Sep Fashoda Reaches Fashoda where Colonel Marchand is claiming the region for France |
| 4th Nov Fashoda The Fashoda incident passes off peacefully when the French recall Marchand |
| 1900 | Victoria | |
| Dublin Lifts the ban on wearing green & supports St Patrick's Day parades |
| Dublin Visits Dublin for the 1st time in 40 years |
| 1903 | Edward VII | |
| 1st May Paris 1st day of a good will visit to Paris |
| 1904 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| Concludes diplomatic means of resolving colonial conflicts between Britain & France |
| France & Britain recognize each others spheres of interest eg in Morocco & Egypt |
| 1904 | Edward VII | |
| Contributes to the Entente Cordiale with France |
| 1907 | Edward VII | |
| Contributes to the Anglo-Russian Agreement |
| 1907 | Grey, Edward | |
| London Concludes the Anglo-Russian entente |
| St Petersburg Russia and Great Britain signed the Convention of St Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russia's sphere of influence |
| 1909 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 15th Sep A guest at military manoevres in Germany |
| 15th Sep Shakes hands with the Kaiser |
| 1911 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| July Agadir Because of Germany's action at Agidir Churchill supports France & informs Lloyd-George |
| 4th July Cabinet decides Germany should consult Britain over Morocco |
| 4th July London Cabinet decides Germany should not influence Morocco without consulting Britain |
| 25th July In a letter to Grey proposes the British detach Spain from her pro-German position |
| 23rd Aug Forecasts German military plans in an attack on France at the Comm of Imperial Defence |
| 23rd Aug Forecasts the Germans will cross the Meuse on the 20th day of the invasion on France |
| 30th Aug Proposes to Grey France, Britain & Russia safeguard Belgium, Holland & Denmark |
| 1911 | Lloyd George, David | |
| 21st July The Germans call Lloyd-George's Mansion House speech, "warning bordering on menace" |
| 21st July Warns Germany not to endanger peace over Morocco during his Mansion House speech |
| 1912 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 18th Mar London Proposes a "Naval holiday", a suspension of naval construction by Britain & Germany |
| 1912 | Haldane, Robert Anthony | |
| 8th Feb London Visits Berlin to seek a reduction of tension between Britain & Germany |
| 1913 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 13th Dec London Britain & France jointly oppose the German-Turkish military convention |
| 1913 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 26th Mar London Proposes an Anglo-German "naval holiday" to reduce expenditure on armaments |
| 1914 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 15th June London British-German agreement on the Baghdad Railway & Mesopotamia |
| 1914 | Grey, Edward | |
| Bethman-Hollweg offers not to invade France if Britain remains neutral, Grey refuses |
| 1915 | Grey, Edward | |
| Warns Bulgaria that if she attacks Serbia Britain will come to Serbia's assistance |
| 1917 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| London Heads a diplomatic mission to the USA |
| 1917 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 17th Sep London Meets the French to discuss munitions |
| 1918 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 8th Aug London Urges the continuation of existing relations with Russia |
| 1918 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 3rd June Paris Visits GHQ in Paris & the Front |
| 1921 | Lloyd George, David | |
| 16th Mar An agreement is made to resume Anglo-Soviet trade relations |
| 1923 | Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 17th Sep London Makes a speech at the Council of the League of Nations in favour of Russian membership |
| 1924 | MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| London Britain recognozes the Soviet government & makes plans for a loan |
| July London Persuades Germany to sign for fresh agreements on peace & reparaions |
| 1925 | Chamberlain, Austen | |
| Facilitates Germany's membership into the League of Nations |
| 1927 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| Britain severs diplomatic relations with Russia |
| 1927 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Jan Visits Mussolini in Italy, 1st visit to Italy |
| 1927 | George VI | |
| Canberra Attends the inauguration of the Parliament House in Australia |
| 1929 | MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| The USA & Great Britain sign an agreement for complete parity in all naval vessels |
| 3rd Oct Britain & Russia resume diplomatic relations |
| 1931 | George V | |
| 4th Nov London Hosts a visit by Gandi in Buckingham Palace during the Round Table Conference on India |
| 1934 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| April Japan issues the "Amu-Settlement", a "hands off" China warning to the USA & Britain |
| 1934 | Chamberlain, Neville | |
| 21st Dec London Concludes the coal & cattle pact, a trade agreement made with the Irish Free State |
| 1934 | Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| London Approves of Russia's membership of the League of Nations |
| 1935 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| 3rd Feb London Anglo-French memorandum for Germany over arms & League of Nations membership |
| 3rd Feb London Flandin & Laval visit London |
| 18th Mar London The government protests about Germany's conscription & existence of the Luftwafe |
| 18th June German-British Fleet agreement, the German fleet is set to 35% of the British, supports the revision of the Versailles treaty and leads to some discomfort between France and Great Britain |
| 1935 | Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 25th Mar London Meets Hitler to discuss the terms of the London Commuique agreed with France |
| 1935 | Hoare, Samuel | |
| 18th June London German-British Fleet agreement, the German fleet is set to 35% of the British, supports the revision of the Versailles treaty and leads to some discomfort between France and Great Britain |
| 1936 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| 15th Aug London Britain announces an embargo on arms exports to Spain |
| 24th Aug London Germany, Italy & Portugal agree to Anglo-French proposals for non-intervention |
| 9th Sep London A Non-intervention committee is held in London, Italy & Germany ignore it |
| 1936 | Chamberlain, Neville | |
| 10th June London Attacks the League of Nation's sanctions against Italy for its invasion of Abyssina |
| 1936 | Lloyd George, David | |
| Sep Berchtesgaden Impressed by Hitler's conquest of unemployment |
| Sep Berchtesgaden Visits Hitler, repoorts back that Hitler is arming for defence not attack |
| 1937 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| 18th Nov London Italy & Britain make a "gentleman's agreement" not to upset the status quo in the Med |
| 1937 | Chamberlain, Neville | |
| London USA has "a long way to go yet before they become helpful partners in world affairs" |
| Dec Berchesgaden Halifax & Hitler, "discuss practical questions involved in a European settlement" |
| 1937 | Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 17th Aug London Calls a Council of Ministers after Italian submarines attack oil tankers |
| Dec London Supports a "genaral settlement" with Germany including a disarmament & a Western pact |
| 1937 | Edward VIII | |
| 23rd Oct The Duke & Duchess of Windsor begin their visit to Germany & meet Hitler |
| 1937 | George VI | |
| Aug The Windsors travel to Germany on a fact finding tour |
| 1937 | Henderson, Nevile Meyrick | |
| 1st June London Appeals for Better relations with Germany for "peaceful goodwill & co-operation" |
| 1937 | Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley | |
| Oct Berlin Invited by the German Hunting Association, hopes to inprove Anglo-German relations |
| Dec Berchtesgaden Visits Hitler at Berchestgaden, despite opposition from the Foreign Office |
| 1938 | Chamberlain, Neville | |
| Sudetenland Suggests "Plan Z" to Hitler, a Sudentenland plebiscite for inclusion in the Reich |
| 27th Feb Britain and France recognize the Franco government in Spain |
| Mar Announces negotiations in Italy for a settlement of "outstanding questions" |
| 3rd Mar Henderson offers Germany colonial territory |
| 3rd Mar Hitler says he is concerned by the 10 million Germans who live outside the Reich |
| 11th Mar While Ribbentrop is at Chequers Hitler announces the Anschluss |
| 28th April Daladier & Bonnet invite Britain to defend Czech from German invasion, Britain refuses |
| 29th April Chamberlain fears a break with France & agrees to joint diplomatic action |
| May Chamberlain warns Berlin Britain will support France's |
