Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
17Records
1886–1974Date range
8Named people
6Places
Chronological records
1886
Alfred Milner Milner, 1st1886
London · Government / Conservative Party Government
Helps defeat Gladstones Irish Home Rule Bill
1909
Arthur James Balfour Balfour, 1st7 December 1909
Government / Conservative Party Government
A Royal Proclamation creates the self-governing body of South Africa
1928
Stanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st12 February 1928
Malta · Government / Conservative Party Government
Malta is granted Dominion status
Stanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st20 February 1928
Government / Conservative Party Government
Britain recognizes the indepence of Transjordan
1930
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood Halifax, 3rdOctober 1930
Government / Conservative Party Government
Supports the idea of "Dominion Status" for India
1937
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill1937
London · Government / Conservative Party Government
Rejects the recommendation of the Peel Commission that Palestine should be partitioned
1958
Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st1958
Ankara · Government / Conservative Party Government
Flies to Athens & Ankara, they refuse to accept a duel constitution for Cyprus
Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st1958
Athens · Government / Conservative Party Government
Flies to Athens & Ankara, they refuse plans for a duel constitution for Cyprus
1959
Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st1959
Zurich · Government / Conservative Party Government
Turkey & Greece accept plans for the basis of an independent Cyprus. The basis for Cyprus independence is agreed, Britain can keep its sovereign bases
1960
Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st3 February 1960
Cape Town · Government / Conservative Party Government
In a speech to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Macmillan spoke of the "wind of change" blowing through the continent of Africa
Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st26 June 1960
Government / Conservative Party Government
British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain
1962
Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st1962
Government / Conservative Party Government
Aden is given partial self-Government
1964
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th6 July 1964
London · Government / Conservative Party Government
Malta is given independence after 73 years of British colonial rule
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th21 September 1964
London · Government / Conservative Party Government
Malta is given independence after 140 years of British colonial rule
1971
Edward Richard George Heath24 November 1971
Government / Conservative Party Government
Agreement is reached on the new Rhodesian constitution
1972
Edward Richard George Heath1972
Government / Conservative Party Government
The Pearce Comission says terms offered to Smith are unacceptable to Rhodesian blacks
1974
Edward Richard George Heath7 February 1974
Government / Conservative Party Government
The island nation of Grenada wins independence from Britain, includes the northern islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Names involved
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14thAlfred Milner Milner, 1stArthur James Balfour Balfour, 1stEdward Frederick Lindley Wood Halifax, 3rdEdward Richard George HeathMaurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1stStanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1stWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Provenance
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