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| 1843 | Economist, The |  |
| London Founds The Economist |
| 1843 | Editor | |
| London Appointed Editor of The Economist |
| 1853 | Secretary Treasury | |
| Appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury |
| 1859 | Council India | |
| Appointed financial member of the council of India |
| 1885 | Siege of Khartoum | |
| Khartoum Arrives at Khartoum to find it in the hands of the Mahdi after a 317 day siege |
| 20th Jan Khartoum Arrives at Korti at the head of a relief expedition to relieve Khartoum |
| 20th Jan Korti Arrives at Korti at the head of a relief expedition to relieve Khartoum |
| 1901 | Discovery of South Pole | |
| South Pole Joins Scott's expedition, the team fail to reach the Pole because of scurvey |
| 1907 | Brigadier General | |
| London Appointedrigadier General |
| 1910 | Brigadier General | |
| London Appointed Director of Military Operations |
| 1911 | Director Military Op's Wilson | |
| Appointed Director of Military Operations at the War Office |
| 1912 | Death | |
| 29th Mar Ross Ice Shelf Death of Edward Wilson, freezes alongside Captain Scott |
| 1914 | Principle Liaison Officer | |
| London Appointed Principle Liaison Officer to the French HQ |
| London Appointed Principle Liaison Officer with the French HQ |
| 1916 | Birth | |
| 11th Mar Huddersfield Birth of Harold Wilson |
| 1917 | Commander | |
| Appointed Commander of the Eastern Command |
| 1918 | Chief of Imperial General Staff | |
| Appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1919 | Field Marshal | |
| London Appointed Field Marshal |
| 1935 | Lecturer Economics Wilson | |
| London Appointed lecturer in economics at Oxford University, age 21 |
| 1935 | Major | |
| London Appointed Major General |
| 1938 | Conference of Munich | |
| 29th Sep London The only official taken by Chamberlain to the Munich Conference |
| 1939 | Head Civil Service Wilson | |
| London Appointed Head of the Civil Service |
| 1939 | Lieutenant General | |
| London Commands the forces in Egypt |
| 1941 | Commander | |
| Cyrenaica Appointed Commander of Cyrenaica |
| London Appointed Military Governor of forces in Greece |
| London Appointed to commands the forces in Palestine & Trans jordan |
| Cyrenaica Governs forces in Cyrenaica |
| London Military Governor of forces in Greece |
| 1942 | Commander | |
| London Commands forces in Persia & Iraq |
| 1943 | Commander | |
| London Commands forces in the middle east |
| 1943 | Supreme Commander | |
| 24th Dec Appointed Supreme Commander of the Mediterranean |
| 1944 | Supreme Allied Commander | |
| London Appointed Commander of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean |
| London Appointed Field Marshal |
| 1945 | Chief of Staff | |
| London Appointed in Washington |
| 1945 | Election | |
| Ormskirk First elected to Parliament as MP for Ormskirk |
| 1947 | President | |
| Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 1st term |
| 1947 | Privy Council | |
| London Appointed Member of the Privy Council |
| 1948 | Economy | |
| Exchange controls are removed, a trade surplus changes to a defecit |
| 1948 | Exchange Controls | |
| Exchange controls are removed, a trade surplus changes to a defecit |
| 1949 | Rationing | |
| Rations for clothing are abolished |
| 1950 | President | |
| Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 2nd term |
| 1951 | Resignation | |
| 22nd April Resigns from the Cabinet in protest against health service charges to pay defense |
| 1952 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Hemlock & After" |
| 1955 | Constitution | |
| Heads an NEC working group into why Labour had lost the last 2 elections |
| Heads a subcommittee on the organization of the Labour Party |
| Reports that the Labour Partty is too centralized |
| 1955 | Election | |
| At the General Election doubles his majority in Huyton to 2,558 |
| Decides not to stand for the leadership of the Labour Party but to support Gaitskell |
| 1955 | Shadow Chancellor Exchequer | |
| Appointed Shadow Chancellor after Gaitskell wins the leadership election |
| 1956 | Speech | |
| Birmingham Makes a speech condeming Anglo-French intervention, to his relief it is well received |
| 1956 | Suez Canal Crisis | |
| Claims Eden lost lives Hungary as Russia invaded during the Suez crisis |
| Birmingham Makes a speech condeming Anglo-French intervention, to his relief it is well received |
| 1959 | Chairman Public Accounts Committee | |
| London Appointed Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee |
| 1959 | Constitution | |
| Nov Blackpool Describes reforming Clause IV as "taking Genisis out of the Bible" |
| Nov Blackpool Gaitskell accepts Wilson's Clause IV reform of the Labour Party for "common ownership" |
| 1959 | Election | |
| Huyton At the General Election doubles his majority in Huyton to 5,927 |
| 1960 | Constitution | |
| Clause IV, supporting "common ownership" |
| 1960 | Election | |
| Nov Contests the party leadership, wins 81 votes to Gaitskell's 166 |
| 1960 | Reform | |
| London Clause IV, "common ownership" |
| 1961 | Election | |
| Unsuccessfully contests the deputy leadership of the party, defeated by George Brown |
| 1961 | Manifesto Labour Party | |
| Calls for a national economic plan |
| Calls for capital gains tax, nationalization of building land & public schools |
| Calls for raising the school leaving age to 16 |
| Prepares the economic section of the Labour maifesto, "Signpost for the Sixties" |
| 1961 | Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
| Appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary after the leadership election |
| 1963 | Conference of Labour Party | |
| Oct London Speech about the "white heat" of scientific revolution |
| 1st Oct Scarborough Advocates policy of supporting science & technology for the future of Britain |
| 1963 | Election | |
| 1st ballot for the party leadership, Wilson wins 115, Brown 88 & Callaghan 41 votes |
| 19th Jan Decides to stand for leadership of the Labour Party after the death of Hugh Gaitskell |
| 1963 | Lecture Wilson | |
| London Goes on a lecture tour of the United States |
| 1963 | Party Leader | |
| London Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party |
| 1964 | Diplomacy | |
| A run on the œ causes Wilson to ask Johnson for an IMF loan, Johnson is non-committal |
| onvinces the USAthat a labour Government would not be anti USA |
| London Visits Kennedy, differences on nuclear weapons but supports the Nassau agreement |
| London Visits the USA & addresses the Chamber of Commerce |
| Moscow Wilson & Walker visit Khrushchev & reach a "friendly understanding" except for Berlin |
| 1964 | Economy | |
| A run on the œ causes Wilson to ask Johnson for an IMF loan, Johnson is non-committal |
| 1964 | Election | |
| Launches a campaign in the Spring, convinced there will be a general election in May |
| April A National Opinion Poll shows Wilson with a commanding lead, 71% "brilliant" |
| 15th Oct The Labour Party win 44.1% of votes cast & 317 MPs |
| 15th Oct The Labour Party win the general election by 4 seats |
| 1964 | Prime Minister | |
| 16th Oct Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| 1965 | DEA | |
| The Department for Economic Affairs is established under George Brown |
| 1965 | Death | |
| 24th Jan An official announcement from 10 Downing Street at 8:55am by Harold Wilson |
| 1965 | Independence | |
| The OAU calls members to break with Britain if Smith's regime is not brought down |
| 30th Oct In a broadcast rules out military intervention if Rhodes ia declares UDI |
| 11th Nov Rhodes ia declares Unilateral Declaration of Independence |
| 1965 | Legislation | |
| The Race Relations Act outlaws discrimination & establishes a Race Relations Board |
| 1965 | Publication | |
| 16th Sep Labour's National Plan is published |
| 1965 | Reform | |
| The Race Relations Act establishes a Race Relations Board |
| The Race Relations Act outlaws racial discrimination |
| The Redundancy Payments Act provides payments of workers who are made redundant |
| The Rent Act fixes fair rents for private tenants & provides security of tenure |
| 1965 | Sanctions | |
| Falsely predicts Ian Smith's downfall as a result of sanctions |
| Launches oil sanctions against Rhodes ia for declaring UDI |
| 1966 | Diplomacy | |
| Sep OAU will sever relations with Britain if Smith's regime is not broken by Dec |
| 1966 | Election | |
| 28th Feb Announces a general election for the 31st of March in order to win a working majority |
| 11th Mar 1st day of the election campaign, Labour have a 9% lead in the polls |
| 31st Mar Labour win with 363 seats to 253 Tory, 12 Liberal & 2 others, a majority of 97 |
| 31st Mar The Labour Party win 48% of votes cast & 364 MPs |
| 1966 | European Union | |
| Pompidou says Britain will have to devalue before being considerred for EU membership |
| 10th Nov The Labour government announces its intention to make a 2nd application to join the EU |
| 1966 | Independence | |
| Sep OAU countries will break off relations if Smith's regime is not broken by Dec |
| Sep Wilson agrees to recognise Ian Smith & negotiate with him |
| 6th Dec Talks to resolve the Rhodes ia UDI break down |
| 1966 | Manifesto Labour Party | |
| Jan Begins work on, "Time for Decision" |
| 1966 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1966 | Reshuffle Cabinet | |
| July Brown is moved to the Foreign Office & Stewart takes over at the DEA |
| 1966 | Strike | |
| The strike causes a run on the pound |
| 13th May Summons the seamen's leaders to Downing St to avert a strike but the strike continues |
| 29th June The strike comes to an end when payscales are agreed |
| 31st Oct Strikes against redundancies close all British Motor Corporation factories |
| 1967 | Demonstrations | |
| 10th Feb A curfew is imposed in Aden after nationalist riots |
| 1967 | Devaluation | |
| 16th Nov The pound sterling is devalued by 14.5% |
| 18th Nov The pound is devalued from $2.80 to $2.40 |
| 1967 | Economy | |
| 18th Nov The pound is devalued from $2.80 to $2.40 |
| 1967 | Legislation | |
| 25th Oct London The Abortion Bill is passed by Parliament |
| 1967 | Reshuffle Cabinet | |
| Wilson takes over the DEA & Shore appointed Secretary of State |
| 1968 | Economy | |
| 5th Sep The TUC rejects Statutory Incomes Policy & approves voluntary wage restraint |
| 1968 | Statutory Incomes | |
| 5th Sep The TUC rejects Statutory Incomes Policy & approves voluntary wage restraint |
| 1969 | Concorde | |
| 2nd Mar The first prototype of the Concorde makes it's maiden flight |
| 1969 | European Union | |
| French minister Maurice Schumann declares that France would agree to Britain's membership if questions of agricultural finance were settled first |
| 1970 | Election | |
| 18th June The Labour majority of 97 becomes a Conservative majority of 39 |
| 18th June The Labour Party win 43.1% of votes cast & 288 MPs |
| 1971 | Election | |
| May Labour turn a Tory majority of 10,874 to a Labour majority of 1,868 |
| 1971 | Unification | |
| 25th Nov Wilson proposes unification of Ireland within 15 yrs |
| 1973 | European Union | |
| London Barbara Castle & Joan Lester change votes, the NEC votes to stay in the EU 14 to 11 |
| London Wilson threatens to resign if the NEC vote to pull out of the EU |
| 1974 | Cabinet | |
| Mar Calls his Cabinet, "the most experienced & talented this century" |
| 1974 | Diplomacy | |
| 17th July Ecevit asks Britain to support the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, no support is given |
| 1974 | Economy | |
| Propos to increase centrally planned investment through the National Enterprise Board |
| The National Economic Board publishes, "The Regeneration of British Indus try" |
| 1974 | Election | |
| Postpones the election from June to Oct |
| Feb Labour 301, Conservatives 296 & others 37 |
| Feb The RPI shows that fod prices had risen + 20% over the last year |
| 10th Feb London Wilson compares himself to Cromwell prior to Marson Moor |
| 25th Feb London Enoch Powell makes asks the electorate to vote Labour because of their EEC policy |
| 28th Feb No party can form a majority even with the support of the Liberals |
| 28th Feb The Labour Party win 37.2% of votes cast & 301 MPs |
| 28th Feb Wilson wins is 3rd election out of 4 |
| 18th Sep The general election date is announced for Oct 10 |
| 1974 | Invasion of Cyprus | |
| 17th July Ecevit asks Britain to support the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, no support is given |
| 1974 | Prime Minister | |
| 4th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term |
| Oct Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 4th term |
| 1974 | Resignation | |
| 16th Mar Wilson announces his resignation |
| 1974 | Strike | |
| 6th Mar The miners' strike is brought to an end by agreeing to their terms |
| 1974 | Terrorism | |
| 18th April 1st visit to Ulster, asseses power sharing, the extent of terrorism & local support |
| 1975 | Crisis | |
| Dec The government is forced to invest œ184 million to prevent Chrysler leaving the UK |
| 1975 | Economy | |
| 6th Jan OPEC agrees to a 10% increase in the price of crude oil, triggers huge inflation |
| 30th June A "no panic" speech indicates complacency |
| 30th June The œ falls 27.6% against a basket of currencies |
| 11th July Announces the Government's anti-inflationary policy |
| 1975 | Independence | |
| A White Paper offers the Scots a Legislative Assembly but without economic powers |
| 1975 | Reform | |
| The Ryder Repor reports on British Leyland & proposes œ3 billion investment over 3 yrs |
| 1975 | Report Ryder | |
| The Ryder Repor reports on British Leyland & proposes œ3 billion investment over 3 yrs |
| 1976 | Peerage | |
| London Created Sir Harold Wilson |
| 1977 | Publication |
