3 February 1935Visit to LondonStanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st
Flandin and Laval visit London. Anglo-French memorandum for Germany over arms and League of Nations membership
Historical records for Great Britain in 1935, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Flandin and Laval visit London. Anglo-French memorandum for Germany over arms and League of Nations membership
Birth of Alex Harvey
Birth of John Atyeo, later Bristol City and England forward.
Suggests detecting aircraft by reflected radio waves.
Birth of Mark McManus
Demonstrates aircraft detection using a BBC transmitter signal.
Helps show that reflected radio signals can reveal aircraft.
Proposes and demonstrates aircraft detection using reflected radio signals.
Leaves RAF service shortly before his final accident.
Signs a White Paper to modernize equipment & increase estimates
Rearmament of "statement relating to Defence", recognizes the need to rearm
Publishes A Clergyman's Daughter.
Moves that increased arms budgets are at variance with the League of Nations
The Government protests about Germany's conscription & existence of the Luftwafe
The Government protests about Germany's conscription & existence of the Luftwafe
Birth of Brian Clough, born at number 11 Valley Road, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, the son of a local sweet factory worker, and the fifth of eight children
Meets Hitler to discuss the terms of the London Communique agreed with France
Meets Hitler to discuss the terms of the London Communique agreed with France
Birth of Peter Grant, later Led Zeppelin's manager.
Celebrates his Silver Jubilee
Birth of John "Jack" Charlton
Crashes his Brough Superior motorcycle near Clouds Hill and is fatally injured.
Dies from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near Clouds Hill.
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Resigns due to ill health
Appointed Home Secretary
Appointed Minister without Portfolio for the League of Nations
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 4th term
Resigns due to ill health
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement fixed a ratio whereby the total tonnage of the Kriegsmarine was to be 35% of the total tonnage of the Royal Navy on a permanent basis.
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement fixed a ratio whereby the total tonnage of the Kriegsmarine was to be 35% of the total tonnage of the Royal Navy on a permanent basis. Anglo-German Naval Agreement was signed between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement is signed, a naval agreement between Britain and Germany regulating the size of the Kriegsmarine in relation to the Royal Navy.
This marked the beginning of a series of attempts by Adolf Hitler to improve relations between the two countries, form a pact, and isolate the Soviet Union, while both the Soviet Union and Britain attempted to do the same and isolate Germany
German-British Fleet agreement, the German fleet is set to 35% of the British, supports the revision of the Versailles Treaty and leads to some discomfort between France and Great Britain
German-British Fleet agreement, the German fleet is set to 35% of the British, supports the revision of the Versailles Treaty and leads to some discomfort between France and Great Britain. Anglo-German Naval Agreement was signed between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
German-British Fleet agreement, the German fleet is set to 35% of the British, supports the revision of the Versailles Treaty and leads to some discomfort between France and Great Britain
This marked the beginning of a series of attempts by Adolf Hitler to improve relations between the two countries, form a pact, and isolate the Soviet Union, while both the Soviet Union and Britain attempted to do the same and isolate Germany
German-British Fleet agreement, the German fleet is set to 35% of the British, supports the revision of the Versailles Treaty and leads to some discomfort between France and Great Britain
Burmese Days is published in Britain after earlier American publication.
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term
Cabinet supports League action during the Abyssinia crisis.
Cabinet decides to uphold the Covenant of the League of Nations and support Abyssinia
Cabinet decides to uphold the Covenant of the League of Nations and support Abyssinia
Supports League collective security during the Abyssinia crisis.
Declares Britain will use collective resistance against aggression
Declares Britain will use collective resistance against aggression
Hood & Renown arrive in Gibraltar to impose sanctions & uphold collective security
Hood & Renown arrive in Gibraltar to impose sanctions & uphold collective security
Birth of James Christopher "Jimmy" Armfield
Presses for League resistance to Italian aggression.
Presses for League action as Italy prepares aggression against Abyssinia
Birth of Henry Paul Guinness Channon
Britain supports League sanctions against Italy.
The League of Nations votes by 50 nations to 1 to impose sanctions against Italy
Britain supports the League of Nations sanctions against Italy for invading Abyssinia
Britain supports the League of Nations sanctions against Italy for invading Abyssinia
Enters Balliol College Oxford to study philosophy politics and economics.
Wins an organ scholarship and continues his strong interest in music at university.
Appointed Foreign Minister
Retains Wakefield for Labour in the general election.
Requests 2,000 troops to control the Saarland
Requests 2,000 troops to control the Saarland. Fears the Germans will use the strategy used in Austria when Dolfuss was assassinated
Is elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party after Clement Attlee wins the party leadership.
Attlee is opposed by Herbert Morrison and Arthur Greenwood. With a general election looming, the Parliamentary Labour Party appoints Attlee as interim leader with a leadership election after the general election
Attlee led Labour through the 1935 general election, which saw the party stage a partial recovery from its disastrous performance in 1931, gaining over one hundred seats
In the post-election leadership contest held in November 1935, Attlee was opposed by Herbert Morrison and Arthur Greenwood
Gains Government support for an international peacekeeping force in the Saarland
Laval accepts Edens offer of a British led peacekeeping force in the Saarland
Scores all seven Arsenal goals in a 7-1 league victory over Aston Villa.
George Lansbury, a convinced pacifist, resigned as leader at the 1935 Labour Party conference, after the party voted in favour of sanctions against Italy for its aggression against Abyssinia
George Lansbury, a convinced pacifist, resigned as leader at the 1935 Labour Party conference, after the party voted in favour of sanctions against Italy for its aggression against Abyssinia
Appointed Chairman of the 1922 Committee
Guides Arsenal to a third consecutive league championship, completing the club's dominant mid-1930s run.
Publication of "A Handful of Dust"
Backs urgent development of radar for air defence.
Signed by Hoare & Laval, to settle dispute between Abyssinia & Italy. Large parts of Abyssinia are ceded to Italy, an outcry forces Hoare to resign
Appointed Ambassador of Argentina
Appointed Ambassador of Poland
Renames the company Anglo-Iranian Oil Company after Persia formally adopts Iran as its international name.
Begins delivering BBC talks on German politics, philosophy and international affairs.
Stars in, Bonnie Scotland
Publication of "Burmese Days"
The Government of India Act, 11 British Indian provinces with Parliaments are created
The Conservative Party wins 53.3% of votes cast & 429 MPs
In his election address Foot contended that "the armaments race in Europe must be stopped now". Foot joins the Labour Party and first stands for Parliament at the age of 22 in the 1935 general election, when he contests Monmouth
Wins Stockton with a majority of 4,000 & rejoins the Conservative Party
Supports a radical economic programme proposed by Lloyd George, despite it being a complete repudiation of Snowdens own record
First stands for Parliament in the 1935 general election, unsuccessful in the Conservative-held Oxford constituency
Publication of "I Claudius"
Publication of "In Praise of Idleness"
Despite a British fleet in the Mediterranean & sanctions, Italy invades Abysinnia
Is elected a Fellow of Kings College for his mathematical work.
Receives a knighthood
Joins the Labour Party after moving away from his Liberal family tradition.
Enters films with the newspaper thriller, Late Extra
Appointed Leader of the House of Commons
Appointed Leader of the House of Lords
Appointed Lord Chancellor
The Government of India Act, 11 British Indian provinces with Parliaments are created
Appointed Lord President of the Council
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Appears in the film version of Lorna Doone
Appointed Major General
Appointed Major General
Elected Member of Parliament for Southend
Elected Member of Parliament & regains his seat of Manchester Platting
Elected Member of Parliament for Leicester West
Appointed Minister of Labour
Publication of "Murder on the Orient Express"
Appointed Trustee of the National Gallery
Completes fellowship work titled On the Gaussian Error Function, demonstrating his growing strength in probability and analysis.
Chairs the Oxford Labour Party while combining local politics with writing and teaching.
Baldwins Government negotiates the Hoare-Laval Pact, permits Itay to annex Ethiopia
Emerges as a forceful critic of Conservative policy.
Attlee came first in both the first and second ballots and retains the leadership
Appointed Leader of the Opposition
Appointed President of the Governing Commission for the Saarland Plebiscite
Appointed President of the Governing Commission for the Saarland Plebiscite
Appointed President of the Royal Society
Baldwins Government negotiates the Hoare-Laval Pact, permits Itay to annex Ethiopia
Appointed President of the Governing Commission for the Saarland Plebiscite
Rallies the Assembly of the League of Nations against Italy if Abyssinia is invaded
Healey wins academic recognition that helps take him from Bradford Grammar School to Oxford.
Appointed President of the Scottish National Party
Appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Neville Chamberlain
Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Appointed Secretary for War
Composes, "Symphony no 4"
Directs The 39 Steps, refining the wrong-man thriller formula that becomes central to his later work.
Publication of "The African Queen"
Makes his film debut in 1935 in The Case of Gabriel Perry
Collates manuscripts of Thucydides as part of the textual research that occupies much of his early scholarly career.
Signs for Second Division club Burnley, despite flat feet and needing to wear orthotics, as a striker, he rapidly achieved fame for his pace, heading ability and two-footed effectiveness in front of goal
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