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This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1903
The Rise of The Suffragettes

The Suffragettes wanted the right for women to vote. The move for women to have the vote had really started in 1897 when Millicent Fawcett founded the National Union of Women's Suffrage. "Suffrage" means the right to vote and that is what women wanted


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1914
The First World War Starts

Following the German invasion of Belgium, Great Britain declared war on Germany on August 4th 1914. It was a decision that is seen as the start of World War One.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1916
The Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme started in July 1st 1916. It lasted until November 1916. For many people, the Battle of the Somme was the battle that symbolised the horrors of warfare in World War One.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1918
First World War Ends

November 11th 1918 saw the end of the First World War and the start of the changing face of Europe.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1919
League of Nation Established

The League of Nations came into being after the end of World War One. The League of Nation's task was simple - to ensure that war never broke out again. After the turmoil caused by the Versailles Treaty, many looked to the League to bring stability to the world.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1928
Votes For Women!

Women in Britain get the right to vote in elections for the very first time.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1939
Second World War Starts

With Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany, 1st September 1939.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese armed forces launched massive attack on the USA naval base at Pearl Harbor. America was now to enter the Second World War.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1943
The Battle of Stalingrad

After invading Russia, Hitler's armies were surrounded at Staligrad and Germany suffered her first major defeat. The tide was turning for Nazi Germany.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1945
The First Atom Bomb Dropped

The first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan by the United State of America. The Second World War was at an end.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1948
The State of Israel Established

Having suffered so greatly during the Second World War the Jewish people were given their own nation in Israel.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1957
European Community Set Up

The EEC was established in March 1957 to improve trade andf relations across Europe. Britain did not join.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1965
Malcolm X assassinated

Malcolm X was a militant leader of the Nation of Islam, a Black Muslim organization, in the 1950s and early 1960s. He was assassinated on 25th Febuary 1965.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1966
US ban segregation on buses

Following a long campaign by black activists, segregation on buses was banned. Black no longer had to sit in special places. The civil Rights Movement was growing in strength.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1968
Martin Luther King Assassinated

Martin Luther King was an American clergymen, Nobel Peace Prize winner and one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movements. He was assassinated on 4 April 1968 during a visit to Memphis, Tennessee.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1990
Nelson Mandela Released from Prison

Having spent 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela was released from prison. He was to become South Africa's first black Prime Minister.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1998
The Good Friday Agreement

After decades of conflict in Northern Ireland peace came to the province with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 1999
Scottish and Welsh Assemblies

The people of Scotalnd and Wales get more say in the running of their countries with the opening of the Scottish and Welsh Assemblies.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 2001
9/11 Terrorist Attack

On the morning of the 9th September 2001 terrorists crashed hijacked aircraft into the Twin Towers in New York and The Pentagon in Washington. Over 3 000 people died and the world no longer felt safe.


This item is on the timeline at the following index: 2004
Beslan School Terroist Attack

On 3rd September Chechen terrorist occupied Beslan School in Russia. Over a 1000 children and adults were held hostage. The seige was to end in the deaths of 331 people, of which there were 186 children.