Boys Welfare Association
Appointed President of the Boys Welfare Association
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1919 in Great Britain — Page 3
Explore 138 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1919.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1919
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British Army of the Rhine Battalion Command
Commands a Royal Fusiliers battalion serving with the British Army of the Rhine after the First World War.
CBE
Made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Central Labour College
Studies at Central Labour College with union sponsorship.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
Civic Centre Plan
Produces plans that influence Birmingham’s later civic centre development.
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief in the East
Constitution of Great Britain
Supports the Protestants by vetoing proposal by the Ulster Government to introduce PR
Daily Herald
Founds the Daily Herald
Editor
Appointed Editor of the Daily Herald
Egypt and Sudan Administration
Begins service as Special High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan.
Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal
Field Marshal Promotion
Is promoted to field marshal after his wartime victories.
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term
Governor
Appointed Governor General of Australia
Governor
Appointed Governor General of Nigeria
Greenwich Observatory Supports Eclipse Research
Astronomers associated with the Royal Observatory supported observations of the solar eclipse used to test general relativity.
Honours
Awarded the Order of Merit
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
Publication of "Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy"
Law Becomes Lord Privy Seal
Bonar Law ceases serving as chancellor and continues as a senior coalition minister and Commons leader.
Law Leads House of Commons
Bonar Law directs government business in the Commons during the first postwar year.
Local Government Board
Appointed President of the Local Government Board
Lord Chancellor
Appointed Lord Chancellor
Lord Privy Seal
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Major General
Appointed Major General
Mayor
Attlee returns to local politics becoming Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney
Observatory Time Ball Renewal
A replacement time ball was installed at Greenwich, continuing the public time signalling tradition of the observatory founded under Flamsteed.
Ode to Death
Composes, "Ode to Death"
Paris Peace Conference
Milner attends the Paris Peace Conference and is one of the signatories of the Treaty of Versailles
Parliament and Revolution
Publication of "The Government of India". Publication of "Parliament and Revolution"
Peerage
Created Baron Byng of Vimy, 1st
Peerage
Created Earl of Bemersyde, 1st
Peerage
Created Baron Stirkoke, 1st
Pirrie Ends Shipping Control Service
Pirrie retired from a senior wartime and postwar shipping control role while remaining active in shipbuilding.
Postwar Debt and Reconstruction
Withers edited The Economist amid British postwar debt, inflation and debates about restoring financial stability after the armistice.
Postwar Middle East Service
Remains in the Middle East after the war as Britain's senior representative in Egypt.
Pre-War Gold Parity Policy
The government accepts the policy of eventually restoring sterling to its pre-war gold parity, making deflationary monetary adjustment an official postwar objective.
Proton as Nuclear Charge Carrier
Identifies the hydrogen nucleus as a fundamental positive particle, helping connect atomic number with the positive charge of the atomic nucleus.
Reception of Eminent Victorians
Strachey's biographical essays influenced debates about Victorian reputation and modern criticism.
Relativity, Theory of
Arthur Eddington and Astronomer Royal Frank Watson Dyson organized two expeditions to observe a solar eclipse in 1919 to make the first empirical test of Einsteins theory: the measurement of the deflection of light by the suns gravitational field
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