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In her 2020 book, Johns Hopkins University SAIS political scientist Alice Pannier writes that there is a growing "special relationship" between France and the UK in terms of defence cooperation. [163] Signing of the defence co-operation treaties. On 2 November 2010, France and the UK signed two defence co-operation treaties. They provide for ...
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1930 AD until 1949 AD. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related History of the British Isles.
This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...
The impact of the Triple Entente was to improve British relations with France and its ally Russia and to demote the importance to Britain of good relations with Germany. After 1905, foreign policy was tightly controlled by the Liberal foreign minister Edward Grey (1862–1933), who seldom consulted the Cabinet. Grey shared the strong Liberal ...
International relations (1919–1939) covers the main interactions shaping world history in this era, known as the interwar period, with emphasis on diplomacy and economic relations. The coverage here follows the diplomatic history of World War I and precedes the diplomatic history of World War II .
15 July – Signing of the Four-Power Pact by the UK, France, Germany and Italy. [3] 26 July – Battersea Power Station, London, first generates electricity. 28 July – Grand jury abolished in English law. late July–early October – Albert Einstein is on a visit to Britain, for some time living in a wooden hut near Roughton, Norfolk ...
The Great Depression starting in 1929 put enormous pressure on the British economy. Britain revived Imperial Preference, which meant low tariffs within the British Empire and higher barriers to trade with outside countries. The flow of money from New York dried up, and the system of reparations and payment of debt died in 1931.
5 October – British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden overseas voyage [6] killing 48 of the 54 on board. 6–10 October – annual Labour Party Conference (at Llandudno ), the first chaired by a woman, Susan Lawrence , M.P. [ 11 ] Oswald Mosley unsuccessfully attempts to persuade it to adopt the 'Mosley Memorandum ...