Permanent historical factsheet

Rule of Falkland Islands

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1966–1976Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1966

Harold Wilson14 January 1966

Falkland Islands · Government / Labour Party Government

Britain agrees to United Nations resolution to find a "peaceful solution to the problem"

1968

Harold Wilson1968

Falkland Islands · Government / Labour Party Government

Agrees a "Memorandum of Understanding" to transfer sovereignty

1976

Harold Wilson13 January 1976

Falkland Islands · Government / Labour Party Government

Argentina ousts a British envoy in dispute over the Falkland Islands

Names involved

Harold Wilson

Provenance

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