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| Armament Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| Offers Germany a "naval holiday" & to halt naval armament, the Germans refuse |
| 21st May The new Naval Law is passed by the Reichstag in order to expand the German navy |
| 28th Aug Draws up detailed plans to create a War Fleet of 79 battleships by 1920 |
| Arrest of Pankhurst Pankhurst, Emily | |
| 3rd April London Imprisoned for inciting people to place explosives outside Lloyd George's house |
| Arrest of Pankhurst Pankhurst, Sylvia | |
| 8th July London Sentenced to 3 months for inciting suffragettes to bomb Lloyd George's Surrey home |
| Birth of Britten, Benjamin Britten, Benjamin | |
| 22nd Nov Lowestoft Birth of Benjamin Britten |
| Birth of Grimmond, Jo Grimmond, Jo | |
| Birth of Jo Grimmond |
| Composition of Holst Holst, Gustav Theodore | |
| London Composes, "St Paul's Suite" |
| Constitution Lloyd George, David | |
| London Provisional Collection of Taxes Act makes the Budget law after read in Parliament |
| Death of Davison, Emily Davison, Emily | |
| 5th June London Fatally injured when throwing herself in front of the King's horse during the Derby |
| Death of Wilding, Emily Wilding, Emily | |
| Killed after jumping under the King's horse at the Derby as a Suffragette protest |
| Diplomacy Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 13th Dec London Britain & France jointly oppose the German-Turkish military convention |
| Diplomacy Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 26th Mar London Proposes an Anglo-German "naval holiday" to reduce expenditure on armaments |
| Field Marshal French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| Appointed Field Marshal |
| Film Chaplain Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| 16th Dec Hollywood Chaplin reports to work at Keystone Studios to launch a legendary film career |
| Lecturer London School of Economics Attlee Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| London Appointed Lecturer in social science at the London School of Economics |
| Legislation Political Levy Osborne, Walter | |
| London Legislation allows a political levy & gives trade union members a voluntary opt-out |
| Legislation Taxation Lloyd George, David | |
| London Provisional Collection of Taxes Act makes the Budget law after read in Parliament |
| New Statesman Webb | |
| London Helps found the New States man |
| Plot Pankhurst, Sylvia | |
| 8th July London Sentenced to 3 months for inciting suffragettes to bomb Lloyd George's Surrey home |
| Poet Laureate Bridges, Robert | |
| 16th July Appointed Poet Laureate |
| Publication of MacDonald MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| Publication of, "The Awakening of India" |
| Publication of, "The Social Unrest" |
| Publication of, "Labour and the Empire" |
| Publication of Russell Russell | |
| Publication of, "Principia Mathmatica" |
| Publication of Wells Wells, Herbert George | |
| Publication of, "The Passionate Friends" |
| Reform of Budget Lloyd George, David | |
| London Provisional Collection of Taxes Act makes the Budget law after read in Parliament |
| Reform of Church Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 8th July London The Commons passes a Bill to disestablish the Church in Wales, rejected by the Lords |
| Reform of Ireland Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 7th July London The House of Commons passes the Irish Home Rule Bill, rejected by the Lords |
| 5th Dec London A Royal Proclamation bans the import of arms into Ulster |
| Reform of Political Levy Osborne, Walter | |
| London Legislation allows a political levy & gives trade union members a voluntary opt-out |
| Reform of Taxation Lloyd George, David | |
| London Provisional Collection of Taxes Act makes the Budget law after read in Parliament |
| Scandal Lloyd George, David | |
| 18th June London Exonerated of illegally dealing in Marconi shares by a debate in the House of Commons |
