Historical events for context
- 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
- Aug-1947
Agriculture Bill
Guaranteed prices for farmers - 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
- Jan-1983
First Transgenic Plant
GM Tobacco - Feb-1983
Dornach Conference
BD's task - Jan-1986
- 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