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| 1765 | Grenville, George Nugent Temple |  |
| London The stamp tax leads to a cry of "no taxation without representation" from America |
| 1774 | Dartmouth | |
| 18th April Concord Sends soldiers to capture a military store, they are intercepted by "minute men" |
| 18th April Lexington The first shots of the American war of Independence are fired |
| 1775 | Gage, Thomas | |
| London Resigns after the battle of Bunker Hill as Governor of Massachusetts |
| 19th April Lexington Uses troops to seize military stores & precipitates the Battle of Lexington |
| 17th June Bunker Hill British victory during a siege of American rebels in Boston |
| 1776 | Cornwallis, Charles | |
| New Jersey Drives Wasington out of New Jersey |
| 1776 | Howe, William | |
| 29th Aug Long Island The Patriots are defeated by the Loyalists under General Howe |
| 11th Sep Staten Island Demands revocation of the Declaration of Independence |
| 11th Sep Staten Island Meets John Adams & Benjamin Franklin at a peace conference at Staten Island |
| 15th Sep New York The British occupy New York |
| 7th 17 Nova Scotia Leads a British force to join a loyalist army of 1,000 for a trip to Nova Scotia |
| 1776 | North, Frederick | |
| London Raises land tax to four shillings to help pay for the American War of Independence |
| 1777 | Howe | |
| 11th Sep Brandywine Creek Howe forces George Washington back towards Philadelphia |
| 1778 | Clinton, Henry | |
| 8th May London Appointed Commander of the British forces in America |
| 28th June Plymouth Fights General Washington to a stand off |
| 1778 | Jervis, John | |
| 27th July Levant Commands the Foudroyant |
| 1778 | North, Frederick | |
| France declares war on Britain & sends an army to nth America |
| 17th June London Congress rejects offers of a British Peace Commission & insists on independence |
| 1780 | Arbuthnot, Marriot | |
| 11th Feb Charleston 11 Feb-12 May, the British capture Charles ton & Carolina then enforce conscription |
| 1780 | Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Appointed Commander of the South |
| 16th Aug Camdem Defeats an American force led by General Gates |
| 1780 | Ferguson, Patrick | |
| 7th Oct King's Mount Defeat causes Cornwallis to postpone his invasion of Carolina |
| 7th Oct King's Mount Defeated & killed by American forces led by Shelby & Campbell |
| 1780 | Kalb, Johann De | |
| 16th Aug Camden The Continentals, led by de Kalb, are defeated |
| 1780 | North, Frederick | |
| 20th Dec Declares War on the Netherlands |
| 1780 | Rodney | |
| 16th Jan Gibraltar Defeats the Spanish during their siege of Gibraltar |
| 16th Jan Cape Vincent Gibraltar is relieved by the British, all but four of the Spanish fleet are destroyed |
| Feb St Eustatius Captures the Dutch Carribean Island of Eustatius, cripples the USAcontrabrand trade |
| Feb St Martin Captures the Dutch Carribean Island of St Martin, cripples the USAcontrabrand trade |
| 1781 | Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Washington Washington allows 2 days for written peace proposals but insists on complete surrender |
| 15th Mar Guildford Despite victory Cornwallis cannot hold Georgia & the Carolinas |
| 6th July Jamestown Ford Defeats General Lafayette at James town Ford, Virginia |
| 19th Oct Yorktown Surrenders 7,000 soldiers ending the American Revolution & the War of Independence |
| 1781 | Graves, Thomas | |
| 9th Sep Dunes The British leave the sea near Chesapeake to the French & Graves returns to New York |
| 1781 | Johnstone, George | |
| 16th April Porto Praya Defeated by the Dutch on his way to attack the Dutch colony of Cape of Good Hope |
| 1782 | Jervis, John | |
| 19th April Captures the French ship of the line, Pegase |
| 1782 | North, Frederick | |
| 24th Feb London Parliament votes to abandon the American War of Independence |
| 27th Feb Resigns after Britain's defeat |
| 5th Mar London Parliament enacts legislation empowering the Crown to negotiate peace with the US |
| 1782 | Watson-Wentworth | |
| Paris Commences peace negotiations |
| 1783 | Petty, William | |
| Versailles The USA has its independence recognized by the treaty of Versailles |
| Gibraltar Under the treaty of Versailles Gibraltar is renounced by Spain & returned to Britain |
| 4th Feb London Parliament proclaims an end to all hostilities in nth America |
| 15th April Mississippi Britain relinquishes all land east of the Mississippi |
| 30th Nov Versailles Britain regains the West Indies |
| 30th Nov Versailles France regains St Lucia, Tobago & the East Indies |
| 30th Nov West Indies In the Treaty of Paris Britain is awarded the West Indies |
| 30th Nov Versailles The treaty of Paris cedes Florida to Spain |
| 30th Nov Versailles The treaty of Paris recognizes the independence of the 13 American colonies |
| 30th Nov St Lucia Under the treaty of Paris Britain cedes St Lucia to France |
| 30th Nov Tobago Under the treaty of Paris Britain cedes Tobago to France |
| 1783 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 4th Feb Proclaims an end to British hostilities in America |
| 3rd Sep Versailles Britain signs a Peace Pact with France & Spain at Versailles , ceding Florida to Spain |
| 3rd Sep Versailles The treaty of Paris is signed by Britain & the US, formally ending the war |
| 3rd Sep Florida Under the treaty of Paris Britain cedes Florida to Spain |
| 1784 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Puts government contracts out to competitive tender |
| Rises taxes, e.g. window tax, & creates a sinking fund |
| 14th Jan Paris The USACongress ratifies the treaty of Paris |
| 1826 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 4th April St Petersburg Wellington signs the St Petersburg Protocol with Russia to intervene in the Greek revolt against Turkey |
| 1827 | Codrington, Edward | |
| 20th Oct Navarino A fleet seeks out Turkish & Egyptian fleets sinking 50 & destroying the Turkish fleet |
| 1829 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 22nd Mar London A London Conference agrees the boundaries of an independent Greece |
| 1830 | Lamb, William | |
| 3rd Feb London Establishes a Greek Kingdom |
| 3rd Feb London Independence is guaranteed by Britain, France & Russia by means of the London Protocol |
| 1830 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Allows Belgian independence |
| 4th Nov Palmerston is determined that Belgium should become independent |
| 1st Dec London Informs Belgium any threat to Luxemburg will justify German intervention |
| 1830 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 4th Nov London Welles ley opens the London Conference to discuss Belgian independence |
| 1831 | Temple, Henry John | |
| 17th April Persuades France to accept the Bases de Separation for Belgian frontiers |
| 17th May Agrees to Leopold's demands that Luxemburg should become part of Belgium |
| 1832 | Temple, Henry John | |
| London Grants Greek independence |
| 1850 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Siciliy Privations of political prisoners make Gladstone a "Nationalist" & "Revolutionary" |
| London Publishes letters to Lord Aberdeen pressing him for Austrian reform |
| 1856 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Wallachia Under the Congress of Paris Wallachia & Moldavia unite to form Romania |
| 1857 | Havelock, Henry | |
| 25th Sep Lucknow Fights through enemy lines & enters the Residency |
| 1857 | Inglis, John | |
| 4th July Lucknow Appointed to command the British garrison during the 2nd day of the siege |
| 1857 | Lawrence, Henry | |
| 2nd July Lucknow 1st day of the siege, moved many of the local British into the garrison for safety |
| 4th July Lucknow Killed during the 2nd day of the siege |
| 1857 | Nicholson, John | |
| 14th June Delhi The arrival of more British reinforcements finally leads to the defeat of the mutineers by John Nicholson, Commander of the relief force, after six days of street fighting, Delhi is recaptured |
| 1861 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Supports the Risorgimento & proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy |
| 1867 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th Dec Clerkenwell The rescue of 2 Fenians in Clerkenwell gaol causes 12 deaths |
| 15th Dec Clerkenwell Gladstone proclaims the need to address the Irish Proble |
| 1868 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Gladstone claims his policy is to "pacify Ireland" |
| 1869 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Disestablishes the Irish Church |
| 1870 | Butt, Isaac | |
| Limerick Founds the Home Rule Association, to repeal the Act of Union with Ireland |
| 1884 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Transvaal Recognizes the Trans vaal but it cannot conclude treaties without British permission |
| 1884 | Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| 18th Feb Khartoum Arrives at Khartoum & declares the independence of Sudan |
| 1885 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 17th Dec London Newspapers quote Herbert Gladstone about his father's conversion to Irish home rule |
| 1886 | Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| London The Liberal Party splits over Irish Home Rule, Campbell-Bannerman supports Gladstone |
| 1886 | Milner, Alfred | |
| London Helps defeat Gladstone's Irish Home Rule Bill |
| 1886 | Victoria | |
| London Opposes Gladstone's Home Rule Bill which would give Ireland its own Parliament |
| 1893 | Victoria | |
| London Gladstone's Home Rule Bill is defeated in the Lords |
| 1899 | Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| 10th Oct Transvaal The Boers resent Chamberlain's policy of depriving Trans vaal of independence |
| 1905 | Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| Orange Free Agrees to requests from Smuts for self-government in the Trans vaal & Free State |
| Transvaal The Traansval is awarded self-government |
| 1907 | Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| Orange Riv Col The Orange River Colony is awarded self-government |
| 1909 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 7th Dec A Royal Proclamation creates the self-governing body of Sth Africa |
| 1910 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Parliament ratifies the National Convention's constitution for unified government |
| 1910 | Carson | |
| 21st Feb London Opposes Irish Home Rule |
| 1911 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Sets up a Committee on Home Rule for Ireland under the chairmanship of Lord Loreburn |
| Sets up a Home Rule Comm of Lloyd George, Birrell, Churchill, Grey, Haldane & Samuel |
| 1912 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 11th April London Asquith renews Liberal efforts to establish Irish Home Rule |
| 11th April London Home Rule Bill, The Irish Home Rule Bill is introduced in the House of Commons |
| 1914 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 21st July London 1st day of the Irish Home Rule Conference in Buckingham Palace |
| 1916 | Buchanan, George | |
| Glasgow Introduces the Federal Home Rule Bill to create a Parliament for Scotland |
| 1916 | Lloyd George, David | |
| The government calls a truce & leaves the Republicans in control of much of the South |
| 1919 | Lloyd George, David | |
| Dec A new Home Rule Bill is passed for Ireland to remain part of the Empire as a Dominion |
| 1920 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Proclaims that he is in favour of a Jewish State |
| 1921 | Chamberlain, Austen | |
| London Urges the creation of the Irish Free State |
| 1921 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Mar Helps found the Arab Kingdom of Iraq |
| 1922 | Lloyd George, David | |
| The Irish agree the King should be Head of State |
| The Irish Free State will become part of the Commonwealth & be sovereign |
| 21st Feb Great Britain grants Egypt independence |
| 28th Feb Britain declares Egypt a sovereign state, but British troops remain |
| 16th Mar Sultan Fuad I is crowned king of Egypt. England recognizes Egypt |
| 1928 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| 12th Feb Malta Malta is granted Dominion status |
| 20th Feb Britain recognizes the indepence of Trans jordan |
| 1930 | MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| 20th Oct Recommends an end to Jewish immigration into Palestine in the Passfield White Paper |
| 1930 | Simon | |
| 24th June London Produces the Simon Report |
| 24th June London Recommends responsible government in the provinces |
| 24th June London Talks with Indian rulers on the future of central government |
| 1930 | Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley | |
| Oct Supports the idea of "Dominion Status " for India |
| 1931 | George V | |
| 4th Nov London Hosts a visit by Gandi in Buckingham Palace during the Round Table Conference on India |
| 1931 | MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| 11th Dec London The Statute of Westminster provides for a course of independence for the Dominions |
| 1937 | Chamberlain, Neville | |
| 29th Dec The Irish free state is replaced by the sovereign State of Eire |
| 29th Dec The State of Eire exists within the Commonwealth but has no links with the crown |
| 1937 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Rejects the recommendation of the Peel Commission that Palestine should be partitioned |
| 1944 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London The Cabinet agrees to partition Palestine & create a Jewish state after the war |
| 1945 | Attlee, Clement Richard | |
