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This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
The concept of "British history" began to emerge in the 1600s, largely thanks to the attempts of King James II to assert that the Union of the Crowns of 1603 had created a Kingdom of Great Britain, which in fact did not come into existence until a century later.
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21 May – Penguin Books launches its Pelican Books sixpenny paperback non-fiction imprint with a 2-volume edition of Bernard Shaw's The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. [21] Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels Dumb Witness and Death on the Nile. A. J. Cronin's medical novel The Citadel.
[2] 12 November – the bodies of Captain Scott and his team are found in the Antarctic. [2] 27 November – concerted suffragette attacks on pillar boxes. [12] 18 December – Piltdown Man, thought to be the fossilised remains of a hitherto unknown form of early human, presented to the Geological Society of London. It is revealed to be a hoax ...
7 March – Frank Halford, aeronautical engineer (died 1955) 5 April – Chesney Allen, entertainer and singer (died 1982) 25 April – Billy Smart Sr., circus owner (died 1966) 2 May – Joseph Henry Woodger, theoretical biologist (died 1981) 4 May - Mary Louisa Avery , mother, grandmother and great grandmother (died 1988)
31 March – Britain pledges support to Poland in the event of an invasion. [6] 4 April – the Royal Armoured Corps is formed. 11 April – the Women's Royal Naval Service is re-established. [7] 27 April – the Military Training Act (coming into force 3 June) introduces conscription; men aged 20 and 21 must undertake six months military ...
18 February – The Australian sport of motorcycle speedway is competitively demonstrated for the first time in the UK with a meet at High Beach in Epping Forest. 12 March – Malta becomes a British dominion. 1 April – Cinematograph Films Act 1927 comes into force, setting a minimum quota for British films to be shown in UK cinemas.