Follow Margaret Hilda Thatcher through 580 dated historical records for Great Britain.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
Davidoff sends 40 workmen on naval vessel Bahia Buen Suceso to dismantle Leith whaling station, the workmen fail to ask permission to land from the British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken and hoist the Argentine flag
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Davidoff sends 40 workmen on naval vessel Bahia Buen Suceso to dismantle Leith whaling station, the workmen fail to ask permission to land from the British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken and hoist the Argentine flag
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Britain begins contingency planning for the sending of a task force to the Islands
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
The Joint Intelligence Committee reports an invasion seems imminent, Thatcher orders 3 nuclear submarines south to the Islands
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Orders nuclear submarines south as invasion fears grow.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
At a crisis meeting headed by Thatcher, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Henry Leach advises that Britain can and should send a task force if the islands are invaded.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Thatcher telegraphs American President Ronald Reagan asking him to warn the Argentines off
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
UN Security Council meets at Britain's request and calls for restraint and avoidance of force
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
UN Security Council meets at Britain's request and calls for restraint and avoidance of force
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
UN Security Council meets at Britains request and calls for restraint and avoidance of force
Role range: 1979-1990
UN Security Council meets at Britains request and calls for restraint and avoidance of force
Role range: 1979-1990
1st day of the Falklands War when the Argentines capture the Falklands
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990
Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces"
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces".
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
MPs are recalled for an emergency Saturday sitting after the invasion.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Cabinet approves dispatch of a task force.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
After an emergency meeting of the cabinet, approval is given for the formation of a task force to retake the islands
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Cabinet approves the sending of the task force
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Galtieri hails the "recovery" of the Malvinas, saying Argentina had been left no option other than military action, while Carrington tells Parliament "Port Stanley is now occupied by Argentine military forces"
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
MPs are recalled for a special Saturday sitting of the House of Commons (first since Suez)
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Authorises military action after Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Britains United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons puts a draft resolution to the Security Council condemning the hostilities and demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands
Role range: 1979-1990
The United Nations directive 502 is passed through the House of Commons
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990
UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Backed by an emergency session of the House of Commons
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
The United Kingdom's United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons submits a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, the resolution, which condemned the hostilities and demanded immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply
Role range: 1979-1990
The United Kingdoms United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons submits a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, the resolution, which condemned the hostilities and demanded immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands
Role range: 1979-1990
The United Nations passes Resolution 502 demanding Argentine withdrawal from the Falklands
Role range: 1979-1990
The United Nations directive 502 is passed through the House of Commons
Role range: 1979-1990
UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply
Role range: 1979-1990
The United Kingdom's United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons submits a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, the resolution, which condemned the hostilities and demanded immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
The United Kingdoms United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons submits a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, the resolution, which condemned the hostilities and demanded immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands
Role range: 1979-1990
The task force sails for the Falklands
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1990
British Government announces it will impose a 200-mile exclusion zone around the Islands on 26 April
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible set sail from Portsmouth
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
British Government announces it will impose a 200-mile exclusion zone around the Islands on 26 April
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Announces a 200-mile maritime exclusion zone.
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
Carrington resigns and is replaced as Foreign Secretary by Francis Pym
Role range: 1982-1982 – 1979-1990
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