John Burns Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Burns, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

3 records1887–19093 events2 places

Chronological biography

1887

Bloody Sunday13 November 1887

Politics / Social Protest · Radical MP · Trafalgar Square

Is arrested during the London protest.

1909

Housing and Town Planning ActDecember 1909

Government / Liberal Party Government · President of Local Government Board · London

Secures major housing and town-planning legislation.

Urban Planning ReformDecember 1909

Government / Liberal Party Government · President of Local Government Board · London

Expands public powers over housing standards and planned development.

Titles and roles

President of Local Government Board · Radical MP

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.