Historical events for context
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Jan-1901
First successful tractor
Dan Albone -
Jan-1901
Queen Victoria > Edward VII
22 January 1901 -
Jan-1902
A Deep Sense of Portals Opening
Dunlop Essay -
Jul-1902
Steiner to UK #1
London -
Jul-1902
PM: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil > Arthur Balfour
11 July 1902 -
Jul-1903
Steiner to UK #2
London, Esher, Oxford -
May-1904
Steiner to UK #3
London -
Jul-1905
Steiner to UK #4
London -
Dec-1905
PM: Arthur Balfour > Henry Campbell-Bannerman
4 December 1905 -
Apr-1908
PM: Henry Campbell-Bannerman > H. H. Asquith
3 April 1908 -
May-1910
Edward VII > George V
6 May 1910 -
Jan-1912
Republic of China
Dynasty over -
May-1913
Steiner to UK #5
London -
Jul-1914
World War I starts
28 July 1914 -
Dec-1916
PM: H. H. Asquith > David Lloyd George
5 December 1916 -
Nov-1917
Bolshevik Revolution
Red! -
Nov-1918
World War I ends
28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 -
Jan-1922
Men of the Trees
Tree planter extraordinaire -
Apr-1922
Steiner to UK #6
London, Kings Langley, Stratford -
Sep-1922
Steiner to UK #7
London, Oxford -
Oct-1922
PM: David Lloyd George > Andrew Bonar Law
19 October 1922 -
Nov-1922
Steiner to UK #8
London -
May-1923
PM: Andrew Bonar Law > Stanley Baldwin I
20 May 1923 -
Sep-1923
Steiner to UK #9
Ilkely, Bingley, Penmanmawr, London -
Jan-1924
PM: Stanley Baldwin I > Ramsey MacDonald I
22 January 1924 -
Aug-1924
Steiner to UK #10
Torquay, Tintagel, London -
Nov-1924
PM: Ramsey MacDonald I > Stanley Baldwin II
4 November 1924 -
Jun-1929
PM: Stanley Baldwin II > Ramsey MacDonald II
4 June 1929 -
Feb-1930
Pluto discovered
Wikipedia -
Oct-1931
Gandhi Visits Sunfield
Mahatma to Selly Oak -
Jan-1932
Atomic nucleus split
Cockcroft and Walton -
Jun-1935
PM: Ramsey MacDonald II > Stanley Baldwin III
7 June 1935 -
Nov-1935
Vorstand > Hitler
Protestation -
Jan-1936
George V > Edward VIII
20 January 1936 -
Dec-1936
Edward VIII > George VI
11 December 1936 -
May-1937
PM: Stanley Baldwin III > Neville Chamberlain
28 May 1937 -
Mar-1938
Camphill
Anke Wiehs was at the start -
Sep-1939
World War II starts
1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 -
May-1940
PM: Neville Chamberlain > Winston Churchill I
10 May 1940 -
Jul-1940
Battle of Britain
The RAF and others defend the UK -
Jan-1941
Kimberton Farm School
Dr Pfeiffer in the USA -
Jun-1944
D-Day
The war turns -
Jul-1945
PM: Winston Churchill I > Clement Attlee
26 July 1945 - Sep-1945
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Aug-1947
Agriculture Bill
Guaranteed prices for farmers -
Jul-1948
NHS established
Socialised medicine -
Jan-1950
Green Revolution
Third agricultural revolution -
Oct-1951
PM: Clement Attlee > Winston Churchill II
26 October 1951 -
Feb-1952
George VI > Elizabeth II
6 February 1952 -
May-1954
Rock Around the Clock released
B side - "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)" -
Jul-1954
End of rationing
Post WWII -
Apr-1955
PM: Winston Churchill II > Anthony Eden
5 April 1955 -
Jan-1957
PM: Anthony Eden > Harold Macmillan
9 January 1957 -
Oct-1963
PM: Harold Macmillan > Alec Douglas-Home
18 October 1963 -
Oct-1964
PM: Alec Douglas-Home > Harold Wilson I
16 October 1964 -
Jan-1969
‘The troubles’ start
British army move in -
Jun-1970
PM: Harold Wilson I > Edward Heath
19 June 1970 -
Feb-1971
Decimalisation
Sixpence is now 2 1/2p -
Jan-1973
UK joins ‘Common Market’
Barriers down -
Jan-1974
First transgenic animal
Transgenic mouse -
Mar-1974
PM: Edward Heath > Harold Wilson II
4 March 1974 -
Oct-1975
Bohemian Rhapsody released
Mamma mia let me go -
Apr-1976
PM: Harold Wilson II > James Callaghan
5 April 1976 -
May-1979
PM: James Callaghan > Margaret Thatcher
4 May 1979 -
May-1981
Conference
BDA Conference The Early Days – Karl Lang Paradise House - Apr-1982
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Jan-1983
First Transgenic Plant
GM Tobacco -
Feb-1983
Dornach Conference
BD's task - Jan-1986
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Jan-1990
BSE
Mad English cows -
Nov-1990
PM: Margaret Thatcher > John Major
28 November 1990 -
Jul-1996
Dolly The Sheep
Famous UK cloned pioneer -
May-1997
PM: John Major > Tony Blair
2 May 1997 -
Feb-2001
Foot and Mouth
Resist the man -
Jun-2007
PM: Tony Blair > Gordon Brown
27 June 2007 -
May-2010
PM: Gordon Brown > David Cameron
11 May 2010 -
Jun-2016
Brexit referendum
Referendum leading to the UK leaving the EU in 2020 -
Jul-2016
PM: David Cameron > Theresa May
13 July 2016 -
Feb-2017
Prince Charles
Prince Charles on BD -
Jul-2019
PM: Theresa May > Boris Johnson
24 July 2019 -
Sep-2022
PM: Boris Johnson > Liz Truss
5 September 2022 – 24 October 2022 -
Sep-2022
Death of Elizabeth II
Text content -
Oct-2022
PM: Liz Truss > Rishi Sunak
25 October 2022 -
Jul-2024
Rishi Sunak > Kier Starmer
A landslide for the enigmatic Mr Starmer