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| 1897 | Birth |  |
| 12th June Windlestone Birth of Robert Anthony Eden, Windlestone, Co Durham |
| 1917 | Medal | |
| London Awarded the Military Cross |
| 1923 | Armament | |
| 5th July Stoke on Trent Makes a speech at Stoke-on-Trent in favour of the rearmament of Great Britain |
| 1923 | Diplomacy | |
| 17th Sep London Makes a speech at the Council of the League of Nations in favour of Russian membership |
| 1923 | Member of Parliament | |
| London Appointed Member of Parliament for Warwick & Leamington |
| 1926 | PPS | |
| London Appointed PPS to Austen Chamberlain |
| 1931 | Under Secretary | |
| Appointed Under Secretary at the Foreign Office |
| 1934 | Armament | |
| 17th April Attempts a 4 power convention for a rearmament settlement with the Germans |
| 17th April The French refuse to negotiate & allow any increase in German arms |
| 5th July Speaks up in favour of British rearmament at a speech made in Stoke-on-Trent |
| 1934 | Conference of Disarmament | |
| 28th May Geneva Final day of the conference but the French & German positions are irreconcilable |
| 1934 | Diplomacy | |
| London Approves of Russia's membership of the League of Nations |
| 1934 | Embargo Bolivia | |
| 17th May The League of Nations League Council agree Eden's arms embargo on Bolivia & Paraguay |
| 1934 | Embargo | |
| 17th May The League of Nations League Council agree Eden's arms embargo on Bolivia & Paraguay |
| 1934 | Lord Privy Seal | |
| Appointed Lord Privy Seal |
| 1934 | Minister of League of Nations | |
| 7th June Appointed Minister of the League of Nations |
| 1935 | Communique | |
| 25th Mar Berlin Meets Hitler to discuss the terms of the London Commuique agreed with France |
| 1935 | Diplomacy | |
| 25th Mar London Meets Hitler to discuss the terms of the London Commuique agreed with France |
| 1935 | Invasion of Abyssinia | |
| 19th Oct London Britain supports the League of Nations sanctions against Italy for invading Abyssinia |
| 1935 | Minister of League of Nations | |
| 7th June Appointed Minister without Portfolio for the League of Nations |
| 1935 | Referendum | |
| 3rd Dec Saarland Gains government support for an international peacekeeping force in the Saarland |
| 6th Dec Saarland Laval accepts Eden's offer of a British led peacekeeping force in the Saarland |
| 1935 | Sanctions | |
| Rallies the Assembly of the League of Nations against Italy if Abyssinia is invaded |
| 19th Oct London Britain supports the League of Nations sanctions against Italy for invading Abyssinia |
| 1935 | Trustee National Gallery Eden | |
| London Appointed Trustee of the National Gallery |
| 1937 | Armament | |
| 16th Nov London Protests to Chamberlain about Halifax's visit to Germany |
| Dec London Supports a "genaral settlement" with Germany including a disarmament & a Western pact |
| 1937 | Conference of Nyon | |
| 9th Sep Nyon Italy & Germany refuse to attend the conference, Eden promises to keep them informed |
| 10th Sep Nyon Mediterranean Powers discuss protection of shipping during the Spanish Civil War |
| 11th Sep Nyon 9 powers agree Britain & France will patrol Mediterranean trade with 60 destroyers |
| 11th Sep Nyon The Eastern countries will patrol their own shores |
| 14th Sep Nyon Proposes submarine patrols to protect neutral vessels off Spain, France & Spain agree |
| 14th Sep Nyon The Nyon powers sign decisions agreed at the conference, without Mussolini |
| 1937 | Diplomacy | |
| 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 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1937 | Treaty of Mediterranean | |
| Makes a "gentlemen's agreement" with Ciano about the Mediterranean balance of power |
| 1938 | Resignation | |
| 19th Feb London Eden offers Chamberlain his resignation, Chamberlain agrees to "sleep on the matter" |
| 20th Feb London Resigns over Chamberlain's relations with Italy but generally critical of appeasement |
| 1938 | Treaty of Munich | |
| Oct Munich Abstains in the Commons on the Munich Agreement vote |
| 1939 | Secretary of Dominions, The | |
| Appointed Dominions Secretary |
| 1940 | Evacuation Dunkirk | |
| 30th May Dunkirk Decides "no further proporionate damage could be inflicted on the enemy" |
| 30th May Dunkirk Orders Gort to capitulate the BEF |
| 1940 | Home Guard | |
| 23rd July London The Local Defense Volunteers are renamed the Home Guard, risen to 1,250,00 |
| 1940 | LDV | |
| 14th May London Calls for volunteers to form the LDV, within 24 hours 250,000 enrol |
| 1940 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term |
| 1940 | Secretary of War | |
| May Appointed Secretary for War, May-December |
| 1943 | Diplomacy | |
| Istanbul Tries to get Turkish alliance with a Balkan bloc, Russia dissaproves & Eden withdraws |
| 1944 | Trail War Crimes | |
| 16th June London Draws up a list of 33 top German war criminals |
| 1951 | EDC Membership | |
| Attends a NATO meeting & says that Britain cannot join the European Defence Community |
| Rome Attends a NATO meeting & says that Britain cannot join the European Defence Community |
| 1951 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 27th Oct Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1952 | Demonstrations | |
| 25th Jan Ismailia Anti-British riots follow after the British sieze the police HQ at Ismailia |
| 27th Jan Cairo The Shepheard Hotel is burnt down killing 17 people during anti-British demonstrations |
| 1952 | Diplomacy | |
| 27th Jan Cairo The Shepheard Hotel is burnt down killing 17 people during anti-British demonstrations |
| 1952 | Siege of Ismailia | |
| 25th Jan Ismailia Anti-British riots follow after the British sieze the police HQ at Ismailia |
| 1952 | Suez Canal Crisis | |
| 25th Jan Ismalia Anti-British riots follow after the British sieze the police HQ at Ismailia |
| 1954 | Conference of Geneva | |
| 27th July Geneva Serves with Molotov as joint Chairman of the Geneva Conference |
| 1955 | Conference of Geneva | |
| July Geneva Attends the Geneva Summit conference |
| 1955 | Constitution | |
| Geneva The West forward the "Eden Plan" for demilitarization of East Germany & free elections |
| 1955 | Demilitarization Germany | |
| Geneva The West forward the "Eden Plan" for demilitarization of East Germany & free elections |
| 1955 | Eden Plan | |
| Geneva The East rejects the "Eden Plan" |
| Geneva The West forward the "Eden Plan" for demilitarization of East Germany & free elections |
| 1955 | Election | |
| The Conservatives win 49.7% of votes cast & 345 seats to Labour's 277 |
| The Conservatives win an overall majority of 59 |
| 14th April Calls a general election, the 1st in which television is extensively used |
| 1955 | Party Leader | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party |
| 1955 | Prime Minister | |
| 6th April Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| 1956 | 1st Nuclear Power Station | |
| 20th Aug Calder Hall 1st nuclear power is generated in Britain is produced in Calder Hall |
| 1956 | Bombing of Egypt | |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Nasser then sinks all 40 ships in the canal & closes it until 1957 |
| 1956 | Broadcast | |
| 4th Nov London Makes a TV broadcast to the nation appealing for national unity |
| 1956 | Capture of Gaza | |
| 2nd Nov Gaza Gaza falls to the British forces |
| 1956 | Conference of Sevres | |
| Sevres The Canal owners, Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, hod a secret meeting between Israel, France & Britain at SŠvres, outside Paris |
| Nov Sevres The Allies agree Israel should invade & Britain & France would intervene & instruct the Israeli & Egyptian armies to withdraw 10 miles either side of the canal |
| 1956 | Demonstrations | |
| 4th Nov London Demonstrators advance on Downing St from Trafalgar Sqr |
| 1956 | Economy | |
| Nov Suez Canal The USAwill support Britain if it accepts the UN solution, the pound collapses |
| 1956 | Health | |
| 12th Dec Eden goes to Jamaica for the sake of his health |
| 14th Dec Returns from Jamaica |
| 1956 | Invasion of Egypt | |
| Sinai Calls for Israel to invade Sinai |
| Suez Canal Issues an ultimatum to Egypt & Israel to withdraw forces from the Suez Canal |
| 1956 | Muskateer | |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Nasser then sinks all 40 ships in the canal & closes it until 1957 |
| Nov Sevres The Allies agree Israel should invade & Britain & France would intervene & instruct the Israeli & Egyptian armies to withdraw 10 miles either side of the canal |
| 1956 | Nationalization | |
| Suez Canal Eden compares Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal with the nationalism of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler 20 yrs earlier |
| 26th July Suez Canal Nasser announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, which operated the vital trade route to the east, in which British banks & business held a 44% stake |
| 1956 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 20th Aug Calder Hall 1st nuclear power is generated in Britain is produced in Calder Hall |
| 1956 | Siege of El Gamil Airfield | |
| 5th Nov El Gamil Airfield The 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment drops at El Gamil Airfield, establishing a secure base for incoming support aircraft & reinforcement |
| 1956 | Suez Canal Crisis | |
| Suez Canal Eden compares Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal with the nationalism of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler 20 yrs earlier |
| Suez Canal The Canal owners, Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, hod a secret meeting between Israel, France & Britain at SŠvres, outside Paris |
| 23rd Sep Suez Canal Submits the Suez dispute to the UN Security Council |
| 30th Oct Suez Canal Egypt turns down the Anglo-French ultimatum for a cease-fire |
| 30th Oct Suez Canal Israel accepts the Anglo-French ultimatum to withdraw 10 miles from Suez |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal British & French planes bomb Egyptian airfields |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Nasser then sinks all 40 ships in the canal & closes it until 1957 |
| Nov Suez Canal The Allies agree Israel should invade & Britain & France would intervene & instruct the Israeli & Egyptian armies to withdraw 10 miles either side of the canal |
| Nov Suez Canal The USAwill support Britain if it accepts the UN solution, the pound collapses |
| 4th Nov Suez Canal Makes a TV broadcast to the nation appealing for national unity |
| 4th Nov Suez Canal The UN adopts a Canadian resolution to send a UN force, Britain & France abstain |
| 5th Nov Port Said Paratroops land to recover the canal Eden says is vital if Britain is not to starve |
| 5th Nov Suez Canal the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment drops at El Gamil Airfield, establishing a secure base for incoming support aircraft & reinforcement |
| 7th Nov Suez Canal Britain says she will evacuate her troops from Suez on the arrival of the UN forces |
| 7th Nov Suez Canal Cease-fire commences after the Russian threat of rockets |
| 7th Nov Suez Canal Eden announces in the Commons UN forces will be used & military operations cease |
| 8th Nov Suez Canal No confidence debate in the Commons |
| 15th Nov Suez Canal The UN forces arrive in Suez |
| 22nd Nov Port Said The last Anglo-French forces leave Port Said |
| 14th Dec Suez Canal Makes a speech in the Commons denying all knowedge of the invasion of Suez |
| 27th Dec Suez Canal The UN fleet begins clearing the canal of scuttled ships |
| 1956 | Ultimatum | |
| Suez Canal Issues an ultimatum to Egypt & Israel to withdraw forces from the Suez Canal |
| 1957 | Resignation | |
| 8th Jan London Eden informs Elizabeth II he is resigning |
| 9th Jan London Eden resigns as Prime Minister |
| 1960 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Full Circle" |
| 1962 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Facing The Dictators" |
| 1965 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "The Reckoning" |
| 1977 | Death | |
| 14th Jan Death of Robert Anthony Eden |
