3 February 2012Royal Borough StatusElizabeth II
Grants Greenwich royal borough status in the Diamond Jubilee year.
Historical records for Great Britain in 2012, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Grants Greenwich royal borough status in the Diamond Jubilee year.
The Scotland Act 2012 receives royal assent.
Wins re-election as Mayor of London.
Captains Chelsea to their first Champions League title after a penalty shootout against Bayern Munich.
Sets out arguments for further welfare reform and a stronger link between support, work and responsibility.
Dies after a career that made him one of hard rock's most influential keyboard players.
Death of Simon Ward
Welcomes the approaching London Olympic and Paralympic Games and highlights Britain's preparations.
The United Nations Secretary-General appoints Brown Special Envoy for Global Education.
Greenwich Park hosts Olympic equestrian and modern pentathlon events.
Represents the government during the London Olympic Games as Britain hosts athletes and visitors from around the world.
Perform at the London Olympics closing ceremony.
Apologises after the Hillsborough Independent Panel report exposes failures and altered police statements.
Starmer orders prosecutors to review newly disclosed Hillsborough evidence for possible offences.
Burnham welcomes official acknowledgement that Hillsborough victims and supporters were wrongfully blamed.
Signs the agreement giving the Scottish Parliament power to hold an independence referendum.
Reports to Parliament on European Council discussions about competitiveness, the eurozone and the EU budget.
Burnham calls for coordinated and properly resourced investigations following the panel's findings.
Releases Take the Crown, restoring his run of solo number one albums.
Brown leads an international petition supporting Malala Yousafzai and universal education.
Releases Fire It Up, his final studio album.
Receives the Leveson report into press culture and ethics.
Presses European partners for tighter long-term limits on European Union spending.
Threatens to veto the EU budget without restraint in spending.
Starmer publishes interim prosecution guidance covering communications made through social media.
Pulp release a newly completed version of After You, their first new recording in many years.
Stars in Anna Karenina
Publication of "Bring Up the Bodies"
Publication of "Bring Up the Bodies, winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize
George Osborne presents the 2012 Budget to the House of Commons as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The 2012 Budget under George Osborne sets out the Government's taxation, expenditure and borrowing plans.
Releases Candy, returning to the top of the UK singles chart.
Completes his three-film Batman cycle with The Dark Knight Rises.
Portrays Marius Pontmercy in the screen musical Les Miserables.
Publication of "Bring Up the Bodies, winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.
Trafalgar Square hosts public celebration during London Olympic year.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Stars in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Directs The Dark Knight Rises, the concluding film of his Batman trilogy.
As producer, helps oversee the large-scale production that brings his three-film Batman cycle to its conclusion.
Co-writes The Dark Knight Rises with Jonathan Nolan, based on a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer.
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