Timeline
1600 1700 1800 1900 2000
Friday 18 January 1689 : End of reign of James VII
Monday 4 February 1689 : Start of reign of William III and Mary II
Wednesday 17 July 1689 : Battle of Killiecrankie
ABT 1690 : Birth date of [P258] Alexander ROSSE
Saturday 21 June 1690 : Battle of The Boyne
ABT 1692 : Birth date of [P1763] James COUPER
Wednesday 3 February 1692 : MacDonalds massacred at Glencoe
ABT 1693 : Birth date of [P1764] Margret SLOWEN
ABT 1695 : Birth date of [P259] Jean GREIG
Thursday 21 March 1700 : Scottish colony on Darien fails
Wednesday 25 February 1702 : End of reign of William III and Mary II
Thursday 26 February 1702 : Start of reign of Anne
1704 : Edmund Halley discovers Halley's comet
1706 : Act of Union
1708 : Invention of piano (hammerklavier)
Friday 6 November 1713 : Marriage date of [F502] - [P1763] James COUPER = [P1764] Margret SLOWEN
Wednesday 21 July 1714 : End of reign of Anne
Thursday 22 July 1714 : Start of reign of George I
Sunday 3 October 1714 : Birth date of [P1765] Marry COOPPER
Saturday 4 June 1715 : Marriage date of [F79] - [P258] Alexander ROSSE = [P259] Jean GREIG
Wednesday 2 November 1715 : Battle of Sheriffmuir
Wednesday 2 November 1715 : Battle of Preston 2
1717 : Machine gun invented by James Puckle
Saturday 30 May 1719 : Battle of Glen Shiel
August 1720 : Collapse of the "South Sea Bubble"
Sunday 18 December 1720 : Birth date of [P1766] Martha COUPER
Thursday 23 March 1721 : Robert Walpole appointed first Prime Minister
ABT 1722 : Birth date of [P1761] Matthew COUPER
1723 : First use of Portland cement
1724 : Invention of mine pump steam engine by Newcomen
ABT 1725 : Birth date of [P1762] Janet BLAIR
Monday 14 June 1725 : Troops fire on tax rioters in Glasgow
1725 : Rob Roy MacGregor sent to Newgate prison
Monday 17 October 1726 : Jonathan Swift publishes "Gulliver's Travels"
Sunday 11 June 1727 : End of reign of George I
Monday 12 June 1727 : Start of reign of George II
ABT 1730 : Birth date of [P1757] Helen MCCLYMONT
1732 : Flying shuttle loom invented by John Kay
Friday 27 August 1736 : Capt. Porteous lynched at the Tollbooth in Edinburgh
1737 : General Wade completes military road building in the Highlands
Friday 30 March 1739 : Dick Turpin hanged for murder
EST 1740 : Birth date of [P250] George GREGG
EST 1740 : Birth date of [P251] Agnes SLOAN
1740 : 13% of Ireland's population die in famine
1744 : Jacquard draw-loom invented
1745 : Marriage date of [F455] - [P1761] Matthew COUPER = [P1762] Janet BLAIR
Thursday 8 August 1745 : Start of Jacobite rebellion (the '45)
Thursday 8 August 1745 : Stuart standard raised at Glenfinnan
Tuesday 10 September 1745 : Battle of Prestonpans
Saturday 7 December 1745 : Battle of Clifton Moor
Monday 6 January 1746 : Battle of Falkirk
Saturday 1 February 1746 : Birth date of [P1767] Agnes COUPER
Saturday 5 April 1746 : Battle of Culloden - last true battle on British soil
Saturday 5 April 1746 : End of Jacobite rebellion (the '45)
Monday 6 April 1747 : Parliament prohibits wearing of tartan
1748 : Birth date of [P1770] Margret COUPER
1748 : Bow Street Runners formed
ABT 1750 : Birth date of [P1749] John COWPPER
Thursday 28 November 1751 : Marriage date of [F299] - [P1749] John COWPPER = [P1757] Helen MCCLYMONT
Saturday 22 August 1752 : UK adopts Gregorian calendar - next day is 14 September
Sunday 24 September 1752 : Birth date of [P252] Agnas COUPER
1754 : Royal and Ancient golf club founded
1754 : Birth date of [P1772] Francis COUPER
Tuesday 15 April 1755 : Dr Johnson publishes dictionary
Thursday 8 May 1755 : Birth date of [P1760] John COWPPER
1756 : Start of Seven Years' War
Sunday 20 June 1756 : 123 Britons die in the Black Hole of Calcutta
1757 : Clive defeats Bengalis - start of Empire in India
Wednesday 29 June 1757 : William Pitt becomes Prime Minister
Monday 19 September 1757 : Birth date of [P1758] William COUPER
1760 : Turnpikes improve travelling by road
Saturday 25 October 1760 : End of reign of George II
Sunday 26 October 1760 : Start of reign of George III
1761 : Link between tobacco and cancer established
Monday 2 November 1761 : Marriage date of [F73] - [P250] George GREGG = [P251] Agnes SLOAN
1763 : End of Seven Years' War
May 1763 : Birth date of [P256] Hugh GREGG
Tuesday 17 May 1763 : Christening date of [P256] Hugh GREGG
1764 : Invention of the spinning jenny by J Hargreaves
Monday 13 February 1764 : Birth date of [P1876] Charles THOM
Saturday 14 July 1764 : Birth date of [P1877] Jean JOHNSTON
1765 : Birth date of [P982] John GREGG
Tuesday 19 March 1765 : Christening date of [P982] John GREGG
Wednesday 25 September 1765 : Birth date of [P1759] Gilbert COUPER
1767 : Birth date of [P973] Agnes GREGG
1767 : Construction of Edinburgh's New Town begins
Thursday 26 March 1767 : Christening date of [P973] Agnes GREGG
1770 : Birth date of [P983] William GREGG
1770 : Burial date of [P251] Agnes SLOAN
Saturday 24 March 1770 : Death date of [P251] Agnes SLOAN
Monday 2 April 1770 : Christening date of [P983] William GREGG
Sunday 6 May 1770 : Capt. Cook discovers Botany Bay
Friday 5 June 1772 : Marriage date of [F74] - [P250] George GREGG = [P252] Agnas COUPER
December 1772 : Birth date of [P242] William GREGG
Friday 25 December 1772 : Christening date of [P242] William GREGG
1774 : Isolation of oxygen by J Priestley
EST 1775 : Birth date of [P254] Robert FORSYTH
ABT 1775 : Birth date of [P1874] Mungo TANNOCH
1775 : Birth date of [P980] Janet GREGG
ABT 1775 : Birth date of [P541] William MCCARGOW
Friday 13 January 1775 : Christening date of [P980] Janet GREGG
ABT 1776 : Birth date of [P1875] Janet DRENNAN
1776 : Birth date of [P223] Sarah MCMURRAY
Friday 28 February 1777 : Birth date of [P222] James GREGG
1778 : Birth date of [P230] David MCILWRAITH
Friday 24 April 1778 : John Paul Jones captures the Drake at Carrickfergus
1779 : Invention of spinning mule by Samuel Crompton
October 1779 : Birth date of [P231] Jean GREGG
Sunday 31 October 1779 : Christening date of [P231] Jean GREGG
Sunday 2 July 1780 : "Gordon" riots in London
Monday 1 January 1781 : World's first iron bridge completed over the River Severn
ABT 1782 : Birth date of [P257] Marion MCWHIRTER
1782 : Invention of modern steam engine by James Watt
September 1782 : Birth date of [P976] Ivie GREGG
Monday 16 September 1782 : Christening date of [P976] Ivie GREGG
1783 : First flight of hot-air balloon by Montgolfier brothers
1783 : First steam powered ship built by d'Abbans
Sunday 26 January 1783 : Birth date of [P243] Marion MCMURRAY
Tuesday 4 February 1783 : Parliament proclaims an end to hostilities in America
Thursday 6 February 1783 : Christening date of [P243] Marion MCMURRAY
Wednesday 3 September 1783 : UK, France, Spain, the Netherlands and the US sign the Treaty of Paris
Monday 2 August 1784 : First mail coach runs from Bristol to London
1785 : First power-driven loom invented by E Cartwright
May 1785 : Birth date of [P974] Andrew GREGG
Monday 30 May 1785 : Christening date of [P974] Andrew GREGG
1786 : Robert Burns publishes "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect"
1787 : Transportation of criminals to Botany Bay begins
Tuesday 28 April 1789 : Mutiny aboard HMS Bounty
Friday 12 June 1789 : Marriage date of [F532] - [P1876] Charles THOM = [P1877] Jean JOHNSTON
1791 : The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain is founded
1793 : Invention of cotton gin by Eli Whitney
Friday 1 February 1793 : France declares war on Britain and the Netherlands
Wednesday 23 April 1794 : Birth date of [P1872] Charles THOM
1795 : Poor Law devised
1796 : Discovery of Smallpox vaccine by E Jenner
Thursday 26 May 1796 : Marriage date of [F531] - [P1874] Mungo TANNOCH = [P1875] Janet DRENNAN
ABT 1797 : Marriage date of [F72] - [P541] William MCCARGOW = [P973] Agnes GREGG
EST 1797 : Birth date of [P255] Douglas MCCULLOCH
Tuesday 21 February 1797 : French landing in Wales repulsed at Fishguard
Saturday 15 April 1797 : First naval mutiny at Spithead
Friday 30 June 1797 : Second naval mutiny at the Nore
Saturday 25 November 1797 : Marriage date of [F303] - [P254] Robert FORSYTH = [P980] Janet GREGG
Thursday 14 December 1797 : Marriage date of [F68] - [P222] James GREGG = [P223] Sarah MCMURRAY
1798 : Typhus epidemic kills thousands
Monday 9 April 1798 : Birth date of [P247] Agnes GREGG
Tuesday 10 April 1798 : Christening date of [P247] Agnes GREGG
Tuesday 14 August 1798 : Christening date of [P248] Agnes MCCARGOW
Wednesday 9 January 1799 : Parliament passes the first income tax
1800 : Birth date of [P1805] John MCILWRAITH
Friday 25 July 1800 : Christening date of [P196] Jean MCCARGOW
Thursday 13 November 1800 : Birth date of [P932] William GREGG
Saturday 22 November 1800 : Marriage date of [F70] - [P230] David MCILWRAITH = [P231] Jean GREGG
Thursday 1 January 1801 : Birth date of [P135] Jane THOM
1801 : Birth date of [P979] Agnes FORSYTH
1801 : Electric arc lamp invented by Sir Humphrey Davy
1801 : Birth date of [P1847] Agnes MCILWRAITH
Wednesday 17 June 1801 : Christening date of [P979] Agnes FORSYTH
Wednesday 12 August 1801 : Birth date of [P1873] Willemina TANNOCH
Tuesday 18 August 1801 : Christening date of [P1873] Willemina TANNOCH
1802 : Birth date of [P1848] Elsie MCILWRAITH
Saturday 27 February 1802 : Marriage date of [F71] - [P242] William GREGG = [P243] Marion MCMURRAY
1803 : Birth date of [P978] Agnes FORSYTH
Thursday 13 January 1803 : Birth date of [P240] Jane GREGG
Friday 28 January 1803 : Christening date of [P240] Jane GREGG
Saturday 5 March 1803 : Birth date of [P245] George GREGG
Tuesday 15 March 1803 : Christening date of [P245] George GREGG
Sunday 29 May 1803 : Christening date of [P93] Mary MCCARGOW
Sunday 7 August 1803 : Christening date of [P978] Agnes FORSYTH
1804 : Birth date of [P1849] Kathren MCILWRAITH
Sunday 15 January 1804 : Birth date of [P195] Thomas MCMILLAN
August 1804 : Birth date of [P1055] William GREGG
Thursday 23 August 1804 : Christening date of [P1055] William GREGG
1805 : Birth date of [P224] Janet GREIG
Sunday 14 July 1805 : Christening date of [P192] Anna MCCARGOW
Saturday 3 August 1805 : Birth date of [P966] John MCAUGHTRIE
Wednesday 21 August 1805 : Birth date of [P244] William GREGG
Monday 21 October 1805 : Nelson dies victorious at Trafalgar
1806 : Birth date of [P1850] Jean MCILWRAITH
Monday 4 August 1806 : Birth date of [P915] Ivie GREGG
Thursday 14 August 1806 : Christening date of [P915] Ivie GREGG
1807 : Birth date of [P225] George GREGG
EST 1808 : Birth date of [P421] William LOVE
1808 : Birth date of [P233] John MCILWRAITH
Sunday 21 August 1808 : Sir Arthur Wellesley leads campaign in Peninsular War
Friday 11 November 1808 : Birth date of [P246] Jean GREGG
Sunday 13 November 1808 : Christening date of [P246] Jean GREGG
Friday 28 July 1809 : French driven from Portugal
EST 1810 : Birth date of [P1056] Agnes MUIR
1810 : Birth date of [P1851] Rosie MCILWRAITH
EST 1810 : Birth date of [P226] Janet MCCARGOW
Tuesday 4 September 1810 : Christening date of [P179] Agnes MCCARGOW
Friday 16 November 1810 : Birth date of [P2] Thomas GREIG
Saturday 17 November 1810 : Christening date of [P2] Thomas GREIG
1811 : Luddites attack textile machinery
EST 1811 : Birth date of [P3] Marion CALDWELL
February 1811 : Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent due to King's insanity
1812 : French retreat from Moscow
ABT 1812 : Birth date of [P810] Mary MCCUBBIN
ABT 1812 : Birth date of [P1871] Elizabeth TANNOCH
Saturday 15 February 1812 : Birth date of [P600] Charles MCCARGOW
Monday 17 February 1812 : Christening date of [P600] Charles MCCARGOW
Wednesday 12 August 1812 : Wellington takes Madrid
1813 : Birth date of [P232] George MCILWRAITH
Wednesday 17 March 1813 : Birth date of [P238] Lilias(Lilly) GREGG
Monday 22 March 1813 : Christening date of [P238] Lilias(Lilly) GREGG
Friday 17 December 1813 : Birth date of [P206] Andrew GREGG
1815 : Humphry Davy invents mining safety lamp
ABT 1815 : Birth date of [P1570] Alexander KELLY
EST 1815 : Birth date of [P968] William KENNEDY
Sunday 18 June 1815 : Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
Tuesday 3 October 1815 : Birth date of [P239] Margaret GREGG
Sunday 8 October 1815 : Christening date of [P239] Margaret GREGG
Saturday 9 December 1815 : Marriage date of [F77] - [P256] Hugh GREGG = [P257] Marion MCWHIRTER
EST 1816 : Birth date of [P263] Jannet TURNER
1816 : Birth date of [P260] John GREGG
1816 : Invention of bicycle by K D von Sauerbronn
1816 : Invention of phosphorous match by F Derosne
1817 : Potato famine kills thousands in Ireland
Saturday 8 November 1817 : Birth date of [P921] Sarah GREGG
1818 : Mary Shelley publishes "Frankenstein"
Tuesday 12 May 1818 : Birth date of [P266] James MCBRIDE
Saturday 28 November 1818 : Christening date of [P921] Sarah GREGG
1819 : Birth date of [P234] Francis MCILWRAITH
1819 : Birth date of [P214] John GREGG
EST 1819 : Birth date of [P781] Agnes GREGG
1819 : Invention of stethoscope by R Laennec
1819 : MacAdam revolutionises road building
Sunday 2 May 1819 : Christening date of [P214] John GREGG
Wednesday 22 September 1819 : Death date of [P222] James GREGG
1820 : Birth date of [P1669] Janet BAIRD
Saturday 29 January 1820 : End of reign of George III
Sunday 30 January 1820 : Start of reign of George IV
Tuesday 20 June 1820 : Marriage date of [F530] - [P1872] Charles THOM = [P1873] Willemina TANNOCH
1821 : Birth date of [P215] Elizabeth MCWHIRTER
1821 : Birth date of [P261] Marion ANDERSON
Thursday 8 March 1821 : Birth date of [P249] Sarah GREGG
Friday 16 March 1821 : Christening date of [P249] Sarah GREGG
Sunday 22 July 1821 : Birth date of [P912] George GREGG
Monday 30 July 1821 : Christening date of [P912] George GREGG
1822 : Invention of electric motor by Michael Faraday
1823 : Birth date of [P1569] Jennet GREGG
Friday 28 March 1823 : Death date of [P224] Janet GREIG
Saturday 7 June 1823 : Marriage date of [F76] - [P255] Douglas MCCULLOCH = [P247] Agnes GREGG
Monday 11 August 1823 : Birth date of [P208] Izabella MCILWRAITH
Monday 8 September 1823 : Christening date of [P208] Izabella MCILWRAITH
Monday 12 April 1824 : Birth date of [P1865] James MCCULLOCH
August 1824 : Birth date of [P934] William GREGG
Sunday 29 August 1824 : Christening date of [P934] William GREGG
Tuesday 27 September 1825 : First passenger train service from Stockton to Darlington
Monday 30 January 1826 : Telford's Menai suspension bridge completed
1827 : G S Ohm postulates Ohm's Law
Friday 27 April 1827 : Christening date of [P1865] James MCCULLOCH
Thursday 26 July 1827 : Birth date of [P729] James GREGG
Tuesday 22 January 1828 : Wellington becomes Prime Minister
Friday 13 June 1828 : Marriage date of [F62] - [P195] Thomas MCMILLAN = [P240] Jane GREGG
1829 : George Stephenson builds first steam locomotive
Wednesday 28 January 1829 : William Burke hanged for murder in Edinburgh
Wednesday 12 August 1829 : Birth date of [P199] John MCMILLAN
Saturday 26 September 1829 : First proper police force established in London
Friday 27 November 1829 : Marriage date of [F45] - [P1055] William GREGG = [P135] Jane THOM
EST 1830 : Birth date of [P730] Mary ELLIS
Saturday 26 June 1830 : End of reign of George IV
Sunday 27 June 1830 : Start of reign of William IV
Saturday 7 August 1830 : Marriage date of [F293] - [P966] John MCAUGHTRIE = [P246] Jean GREGG
Tuesday 7 September 1830 : Birth date of [P919] James GREGG
Wednesday 8 September 1830 : Christening date of [P919] James GREGG
Wednesday 15 September 1830 : Liverpool to Manchester railway opens
Monday 18 October 1830 : Birth date of [P137] Marion MCAUGHTRIE
Wednesday 20 October 1830 : Christening date of [P137] Marion MCAUGHTRIE
Saturday 4 December 1830 : Marriage date of [F533] - [P244] William GREGG = [P1056] Agnes MUIR
1831 : Invention of the friction match by C Sauria
Thursday 12 May 1831 : Birth date of [P1800] Robert MCMILLAN
Sunday 20 November 1831 : Marriage date of [F529] - [P1870] James KENNEDY = [P1871] Elizabeth TANNOCH
1832 : M Faraday invents electric dynamo
Tuesday 17 April 1832 : Birth date of [P84] Charles GREGG
Thursday 19 April 1832 : Christening date of [P84] Charles GREGG
Sunday 27 May 1832 : Birth date of [P1775] Thomas MCAUGHTRIE
June 1832 : Cholera epidemic strikes Britain
Sunday 3 June 1832 : Christening date of [P1775] Thomas MCAUGHTRIE
Thursday 7 June 1832 : Parliament passes Reform Act
Saturday 20 October 1832 : Marriage date of [F69] - [P225] George GREGG = [P226] Janet MCCARGOW
Sunday 12 May 1833 : Birth date of [P200] Agnes ROSS
July 1833 : Birth date of [P1616] Anne MCCULLOCH
Friday 12 July 1833 : Christening date of [P1616] Anne MCCULLOCH
Monday 29 July 1833 : Slavery abolished throughout British Empire
Saturday 3 August 1833 : Marriage date of [F431] - [P421] William LOVE = [P238] Lilias(Lilly) GREGG
Saturday 30 November 1833 : Birth date of [P227] James GREGG
Tuesday 3 December 1833 : Christening date of [P227] James GREGG
Saturday 14 December 1833 : Birth date of [P1801] James MCMILLAN
Wednesday 12 February 1834 : Death date of [P230] David MCILWRAITH
March 1834 : Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation
Wednesday 6 August 1834 : Birth date of [P922] Jane GREGG
Thursday 14 August 1834 : Christening date of [P922] Jane GREGG
Wednesday 15 October 1834 : Birth date of [P271] Agnes GREGG
Sunday 19 October 1834 : Christening date of [P271] Agnes GREGG
Tuesday 18 November 1834 : Birth date of [P1777] Isabella MCAUGHTRIE
Thursday 20 November 1834 : Death date of [P232] George MCILWRAITH
Sunday 23 November 1834 : Christening date of [P1777] Isabella MCAUGHTRIE
Friday 19 December 1834 : Birth date of [P780] James KENNEDY
1835 : Samuel Colt invents the revolver
1835 : Birth date of [P746] William JOHNSTON
EST 1835 : Marriage date of [F81] - [P260] John GREGG = [P263] Jannet TURNER
Friday 12 June 1835 : Marriage date of [F2] - [P2] Thomas GREIG = [P3] Marion CALDWELL
1836 : Invention of screw propeller by F P Smith
1836 : Charles Darwin returns from South America
1836 : Birth date of [P797] James LOVE
ABT 1836 : Birth date of [P1917] Margaret GREIG
February 1836 : Birth date of [P1617] Sarah MCCULLOCH
Tuesday 1 March 1836 : Christening date of [P1617] Sarah MCCULLOCH
Thursday 17 March 1836 : Marriage date of [F264] - [P915] Ivie GREGG = [P810] Mary MCCUBBIN
Wednesday 23 March 1836 : Birth date of [P265] Jane GREGG
Sunday 17 April 1836 : Christening date of [P265] Jane GREGG
Saturday 23 July 1836 : Death date of [P1877] Jean JOHNSTON
Sunday 14 August 1836 : Birth date of [P272] Sarah GREGG
Tuesday 6 September 1836 : Christening date of [P272] Sarah GREGG
Friday 28 October 1836 : Birth date of [P731] Sarah GREIG
Monday 7 November 1836 : Christening date of [P731] Sarah GREIG
EST 1837 : Birth date of [P85] Janet LEES
1837 : Invention of telegraph by S F B Morse
Monday 10 April 1837 : Birth date of [P4] Marion McGarvie GREGG
Thursday 4 May 1837 : Christening date of [P4] Marion McGarvie GREGG
Tuesday 20 June 1837 : End of reign of William IV
Wednesday 21 June 1837 : Start of reign of Queen Victoria
1838 : Birth date of [P798] William LOVE
April 1838 : First steam crossing of the Atlantic
Thursday 26 April 1838 : Birth date of [P197] Agnes MCMILLAN
Monday 21 May 1838 : Birth date of [P1737] Agnes MCAUGHTRIE
Monday 28 May 1838 : Christening date of [P1737] Agnes MCAUGHTRIE
Saturday 11 August 1838 : Marriage date of [F527] - [P600] Charles MCCARGOW = [P1868] Agnes WILSON
September 1838 : Grace Darling rescues survivors of the "Forfarshire"
Saturday 10 November 1838 : Birth date of [P935] William GREGG
Monday 17 December 1838 : Birth date of [P5] Jane GREIG
1839 : Rubber vulcanisation developed by C Goodyear
Friday 4 January 1839 : Marriage date of [F496] - [P1570] Alexander KELLY = [P781] Agnes GREGG
Sunday 6 January 1839 : Marriage date of [F80] - [P260] John GREGG = [P261] Marion ANDERSON
Monday 7 January 1839 : Christening date of [P5] Jane GREIG
Sunday 20 January 1839 : Marriage date of [F302] - [P968] William KENNEDY = [P239] Margaret GREGG
Friday 15 February 1839 : Birth date of [P262] George GREGG
Sunday 10 March 1839 : Christening date of [P262] George GREGG
Monday 20 May 1839 : Birth date of [P241] Sarah KENNEDY
Sunday 2 June 1839 : Christening date of [P241] Sarah KENNEDY
Sunday 27 October 1839 : Birth date of [P1776] Helen Gibson MCAUGHTRIE
Thursday 31 October 1839 : Birth date of [P799] Sarah LOVE
Sunday 10 November 1839 : Christening date of [P1776] Helen Gibson MCAUGHTRIE
BEF 1840 : Death date of [P84] Charles GREGG
ABT 1840 : Development of photography
1840 : Birth date of [P1879] Charles GREGG
1840 : Birth date of [P1573] Margaret KELLY
April 1840 : Birth date of [P1618] Agnes MCCULLOCH
Tuesday 7 April 1840 : Christening date of [P1618] Agnes MCCULLOCH
Saturday 2 May 1840 : Christening date of [P1573] Margaret KELLY
Wednesday 6 May 1840 : Penny Post introduced
Tuesday 2 June 1840 : Britain annexes New Zealand
Saturday 25 July 1840 : Birth date of [P907] Agnes GREGG
BEF 1841 : Death date of [P262] George GREGG
BEF 1841 : Death date of [P254] Robert FORSYTH
1841 : Birth date of [P1590] John GREGG
Friday 9 April 1841 : Birth date of [P198] William MCMILLAN
Monday 10 May 1841 : Birth date of [P6] Barbara GREGG
Sunday 23 May 1841 : Christening date of [P6] Barbara GREGG
Tuesday 6 July 1841 : First national census taken
Thursday 8 July 1841 : Birth date of [P311] John KENNEDY
Sunday 11 July 1841 : Christening date of [P311] John KENNEDY
September 1841 : Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister
Sunday 14 November 1841 : Birth date of [P1869] Mary THOM
Sunday 28 November 1841 : Christening date of [P1869] Mary THOM
1842 : First use of ether as anesthetic by CW Long
Friday 21 January 1842 : Birth date of [P1606] Marian KELLY
Friday 21 January 1842 : Birth date of [P1595] John KELLY
Sunday 30 January 1842 : Christening date of [P1595] John KELLY
Sunday 30 January 1842 : Christening date of [P1606] Marian KELLY
February 1842 : Birth date of [P1619] Margaret MCCULLOCH
Sunday 27 February 1842 : Christening date of [P1619] Margaret MCCULLOCH
Saturday 26 March 1842 : Birth date of [P800] John LOVE
Thursday 14 April 1842 : Death date of [P198] William MCMILLAN
Monday 6 June 1842 : Christening date of [P1750] Sarah MCAUGHTRIE
August 1842 : Birth date of [P936] William GREGG
Sunday 28 August 1842 : Christening date of [P936] William GREGG
Sunday 18 December 1842 : Marriage date of [F82] - [P266] James MCBRIDE = [P249] Sarah GREGG
1843 : Birth date of [P975] Hugh GREGG
Sunday 8 January 1843 : Christening date of [P975] Hugh GREGG
Monday 13 March 1843 : Birth date of [P325] Mary KENNEDY
Sunday 19 March 1843 : Christening date of [P325] Mary KENNEDY
Tuesday 28 March 1843 : Birth date of [P8] John GREGG
Sunday 9 April 1843 : Christening date of [P8] John GREGG
Wednesday 1 November 1843 : Birth date of [P1751] Barbara MCBRIDE
Sunday 31 December 1843 : Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol"
ABT 1844 : Birth date of [P713] William LAFFERTY
ABT 1844 : Birth date of [P1783] Mary KELLY
June 1844 : Mines Act prohibits use of women and boys in mines
1845 : Invention of pneumatic tyre by R W Thompson
EST 1845 : Birth date of [P801] Female LOVE
1845 : Birth date of [P1778] Izabella MCAUGHTRIE
Wednesday 8 January 1845 : Birth date of [P1731] William MCBRIDE
Friday 28 February 1845 : Birth date of [P1802] Jane MCMILLAN
Monday 28 July 1845 : Birth date of [P7] Grace Gibson GREGG
Sunday 10 August 1845 : Christening date of [P7] Grace Gibson GREGG
Tuesday 12 August 1845 : Death date of [P233] John MCILWRAITH
Saturday 15 November 1845 : Marriage date of [F67] - [P214] John GREGG = [P215] Elizabeth MCWHIRTER
1846 : Birth date of [P1591] Ann GREGG
1846 : Birth date of [P219] George GREGG
ABT 1846 : Birth date of [P1631] Sarah KELLY
Monday 4 May 1846 : Death date of [P245] George GREGG
Monday 1 June 1846 : Death date of [P197] Agnes MCMILLAN
Sunday 7 June 1846 : Marriage date of [F64] - [P206] Andrew GREGG = [P208] Izabella MCILWRAITH
July 1846 : Potato famine hits Ireland and Scotland
Monday 20 July 1846 : Death date of [P242] William GREGG
Monday 26 October 1846 : Death date of [P223] Sarah MCMURRAY
ABT 1847 : Birth date of [P1901] Maragret KENNEDY
1847 : Birth date of [P1902] Agnes KENNEDY
Wednesday 17 March 1847 : Birth date of [P1733] Marian MCBRIDE
April 1847 : Thousands emigrate from Ireland on "Coffin" ships
Wednesday 12 May 1847 : Birth date of [P1779] Agnes GREGG
Thursday 16 September 1847 : Birth date of [P802] Hugh LOVE
1848 : Birth date of [P221] David GREGG
1848 : Birth date of [P1592] Janet GREGG
ABT 1848 : Birth date of [P1915] Janet GREIG
Tuesday 25 January 1848 : Death date of [P1876] Charles THOM
Thursday 27 July 1848 : Death date of [P231] Jean GREGG
ABT 1849 : Birth date of [P1756] John MCBRIDE
Sunday 7 January 1849 : Death date of [P234] Francis MCILWRAITH
October 1849 : Birth date of [P913] Hugh GREGG
Sunday 7 October 1849 : Christening date of [P913] Hugh GREGG
November 1849 : Cholera epidemic takes 2000 lives a week
ABT 1850 : Birth date of [P79] Julia Louisa DOYLE
1850 : Death date of [P243] Marion MCMURRAY
1850 : Birth date of [P803] Jean LOVE
ABT 1850 : Birth date of [P1914] Sarah GREIG
1850 : Invention of refrigerator by Twining / Harrison
1850 : Birth date of [P1593] Jean GREGG
1850 : Birth date of [P1903] William KENNEDY
August 1850 : Birth date of [P1784] William KELLY
December 1850 : Birth date of [P1781] John GREGG
BEF 1851 : Death date of [P271] Agnes GREGG
Saturday 18 January 1851 : Birth date of [P1732] Mary Dempster MCAUGHTRIE
Friday 24 January 1851 : Christening date of [P1732] Mary Dempster MCAUGHTRIE
Monday 31 March 1851 : 1851 national census taken
Thursday 10 April 1851 : Birth date of [P1752] Andrew MCBRIDE
Thursday 1 May 1851 : Great Exhibition opened in Hyde Park
Friday 8 August 1851 : Birth date of [P1780] William GREGG
Tuesday 30 September 1851 : Death date of [P226] Janet MCCARGOW
ABT 1852 : Birth date of [P1916] Agnes GREIG
Saturday 22 May 1852 : Death date of [P227] James GREGG
Wednesday 4 August 1852 : Marriage date of [F239] - [P729] James GREGG = [P730] Mary ELLIS
October 1852 : Death date of [P730] Mary ELLIS
October 1852 : Burial date of [P730] Mary ELLIS
ABT 1853 : Transportation of criminals to Australia ends
1853 : Smallpox vaccination becomes compulsory
1853 : Birth date of [P1753] Margaret MCBRIDE
1853 : Birth date of [P216] Wilhemina GREGG
ABT 1853 : Birth date of [P1782] Marion GREGG
ABT 1853 : Birth date of [P1736] Hugh GREGG
ABT 1854 : Birth date of [P1642] Andrew KELLY
Sunday 19 February 1854 : Marriage date of [F63] - [P199] John MCMILLAN = [P200] Agnes ROSS
Sunday 26 March 1854 : Britain and France declare war on Russia
Sunday 26 March 1854 : Start of Crimean War
October 1854 : Birth date of [P926] Marion GREGG
Sunday 15 October 1854 : Christening date of [P926] Marion GREGG
Tuesday 19 December 1854 : Death date of [P600] Charles MCCARGOW
ABT 1855 : Birth date of [P310] Marion GREGG
ABT 1855 : Birth date of [P211] Martha ROSS
1855 : Marriage date of [F491] - [P729] James GREGG = [P1669] Janet BAIRD
1855 : Invention of the safety match by J E Lundstrom
Monday 22 January 1855 : Birth date of [P202] Jane Gregg MCMILLAN
Friday 6 July 1855 : Birth date of [P1734] Elizabeth MCBRIDE
Wednesday 8 August 1855 : Birth date of [P237] Janet GREGG
Monday 17 March 1856 : Birth date of [P220] Elizabeth GREGG
Sunday 30 March 1856 : End of Crimean War
Friday 25 April 1856 : Birth date of [P1739] Jane Cochrane MCROBERTS
Monday 8 December 1856 : Marriage date of [F526] - [P746] William JOHNSTON = [P265] Jane GREGG
Wednesday 8 April 1857 : Death date of [P225] George GREGG
Monday 4 May 1857 : Birth date of [P1638] Agnes KELLY
Sunday 10 May 1857 : Sepoy mutiny in India
Monday 24 August 1857 : Death date of [P246] Jean GREGG
Thursday 29 October 1857 : Birth date of [P210] Ivie GREIG
Sunday 13 December 1857 : Birth date of [P1785] Peter MCBRIDE
Tuesday 29 December 1857 : Marriage date of [F24] - [P1879] Charles GREGG = [P85] Janet LEES
ABT 1858 : Birth date of [P1680] Mary Jessie Gray BALLANTYNE
Wednesday 13 January 1858 : Birth date of [P217] John McWhirter GREGG
Thursday 14 January 1858 : Death date of [P1784] William KELLY
Saturday 27 November 1858 : Birth date of [P749] William GREGG
1859 : First oil well sunk by E L Drake in Pennsylvania
Monday 7 February 1859 : Birth date of [P704] John GREGG
Friday 10 June 1859 : Birth date of [P1641] James KELLY
Thursday 24 November 1859 : Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species"
1860 : Death date of [P239] Margaret GREGG
Monday 27 February 1860 : Birth date of [P201] Margaret MCMILLAN
Friday 15 June 1860 : Birth date of [P218] James GREGG
Sunday 24 June 1860 : Birth date of [P235] Jane GREIG
Sunday 19 August 1860 : Death date of [P1785] Peter MCBRIDE
Sunday 19 August 1860 : Birth date of [P1735] Georgiana MCBRIDE
1861 : Gatling gun invented by R J Gatling
Monday 21 January 1861 : Death date of [P201] Margaret MCMILLAN
Monday 8 April 1861 : 1861 national census taken
Sunday 28 April 1861 : Death date of [P1779] Agnes GREGG
1862 : Death date of [P257] Marion MCWHIRTER
Thursday 9 January 1862 : Death date of [P272] Sarah GREGG
Monday 21 April 1862 : Birth date of [P203] James MCMILLAN
Thursday 19 June 1862 : Death date of [P256] Hugh GREGG
Tuesday 1 July 1862 : Birth date of [P722] David GREIG
Saturday 10 January 1863 : London Underground opens
Saturday 31 January 1863 : Birth date of [P207] Agnes GREGG
Wednesday 4 March 1863 : Death date of [P214] John GREGG
Friday 8 May 1863 : Birth date of [P748] Margaret GREGG
Wednesday 17 June 1863 : Death date of [P202] Jane Gregg MCMILLAN
Sunday 15 November 1863 : Birth date of [P1788] Jane GREIG
Friday 25 December 1863 : Marriage date of [F528] - [P780] James KENNEDY = [P1869] Mary THOM
1864 : Birth date of [P1846] Mary KELLY
Sunday 13 November 1864 : Birth date of [P1804] Helen or Ellen BAIRD
1865 : Death date of [P203] James MCMILLAN
Monday 10 April 1865 : Birth date of [P703] John GREGG
Monday 29 May 1865 : Birth date of [P732] James GREIG
Sunday 30 July 1865 : Birth date of [P236] Sarah Isabella GREGG
Friday 15 September 1865 : Birth date of [P1905] Janet JESS
ABT 1866 : Invention of the breech-loading rifle
EST 1866 : Birth date of [P209] William BROADFOOT
Friday 20 April 1866 : Death date of [P3] Marion CALDWELL
September 1866 : Cholera sweeps London
Friday 16 November 1866 : Birth date of [P1754] Janet Jane MCBRIDE
Monday 24 December 1866 : Birth date of [P747] Jane GREGG
1867 : Joseph Lister pioneers antiseptic techniques
1867 : Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1867 : Invention of the typewriter by Sholes and Glidden
Friday 14 June 1867 : Marriage date of [F540] - [P713] William LAFFERTY = [P907] Agnes GREGG
1868 : Death date of [P936] William GREGG
February 1868 : Disraeli becomes Prime Minister
Friday 28 February 1868 : Birth date of [P1953] John LAFFERTY
Monday 19 October 1868 : Death date of [P1778] Izabella MCAUGHTRIE
Sunday 20 December 1868 : Birth date of [P1397] Marion GREGG/ARMSTRONG
1869 : D Mendeleev constructs Periodic Table of elements
Saturday 9 January 1869 : Birth date of [P779] Sarah GREIG
Saturday 23 January 1869 : Birth date of [P1755] James MCBRIDE
Wednesday 26 May 1869 : Birth date of [P1954] William Greig LAFFERTY
Tuesday 17 August 1869 : Birth date of [P204] Robert MCMILLAN
Wednesday 1 September 1869 : Death date of [P204] Robert MCMILLAN
Monday 20 September 1869 : Death date of [P1570] Alexander KELLY
1870 : Electric incandescent lamp invented by T A Edison
Tuesday 12 April 1870 : Death date of [P2] Thomas GREIG
Tuesday 13 September 1870 : Birth date of [P86] Andrew GREGG
Monday 12 December 1870 : Birth date of [P1955] David LAFFERTY
Monday 16 January 1871 : Birth date of [P1803] William MCMILLAN
Monday 3 April 1871 : 1871 national census taken
Saturday 11 November 1871 : Death date of [P913] Hugh GREGG
Wednesday 17 January 1872 : Birth date of [P1956] Hugh LAFFERTY
May 1872 : Gladstone becomes Prime Minister
December 1872 : "Marie Celeste" discovered abandoned
1873 : Invention of pianoforte by J Broadwood
Friday 7 March 1873 : Death date of [P260] John GREGG
Saturday 29 March 1873 : Birth date of [P1957] Marion Anderson Greig LAFFERTY
Sunday 13 July 1873 : Marriage date of [F543] - [P1914] Sarah GREIG = [P1923] Thomas ROSS
Monday 17 November 1873 : Death date of [P1869] Mary THOM
Friday 28 November 1873 : Marriage date of [F139] - [P221] David GREGG = [P1739] Jane Cochrane MCROBERTS
Monday 21 September 1874 : Death date of [P1731] William MCBRIDE
Tuesday 27 October 1874 : Birth date of [P1958] John LAFFERTY
Friday 6 November 1874 : Death date of [P1734] Elizabeth MCBRIDE
Wednesday 25 November 1874 : Marriage date of [F240] - [P780] James KENNEDY = [P731] Sarah GREIG
ABT 1875 : Birth date of [P1743] Mary Hall GREGG
1876 : Marriage date of [F495] - [P219] George GREGG = [P79] Julia Louisa DOYLE
ABT 1876 : Marriage date of [F96] - [P1681] Peter MILNE = [P310] Marion GREGG
1876 : Invention of the telephone by A G Bell
Wednesday 16 February 1876 : Birth date of [P1959] Andrew LAFFERTY
Sunday 19 March 1876 : Death date of [P1669] Janet BAIRD
1877 : Invention of reinforced concrete by J Monier
1877 : Phonograph invented by Thomas Edison
ABT 1877 : Birth date of [P1744] James GREGG
Tuesday 10 July 1877 : Birth date of [P1960] Alexander Malcolm LAFFERTY
Saturday 8 September 1877 : Birth date of [P205] James(2) MCMILLAN
Thursday 4 October 1877 : Death date of [P1619] Margaret MCCULLOCH
1878 : Birth date of [P1715] Elizabeth Francis GREGG
Tuesday 29 January 1878 : Death date of [P205] James(2) MCMILLAN
Monday 17 June 1878 : Death date of [P1957] Marion Anderson Greig LAFFERTY
BEF 1879 : Death date of [P779] Sarah GREIG
Thursday 6 March 1879 : Death date of [P266] James MCBRIDE
Sunday 4 May 1879 : Birth date of [P1961] Agnes LAFFERTY
Tuesday 18 November 1879 : Marriage date of [F66] - [P210] Ivie GREIG = [P211] Martha ROSS
Sunday 28 December 1879 : Tay Bridge disaster
1880 : Birth date of [P1716] Wilhemena Emily GREGG
Tuesday 22 March 1881 : Death date of [P261] Marion ANDERSON
Tuesday 22 March 1881 : Birth date of [P212] Andrew GREIG
Sunday 3 April 1881 : 1881 national census taken
Thursday 21 April 1881 : Birth date of [P1962] Agnes Greig LAFFERTY
1882 : Birth date of [P1723] Andrew KELLY
1882 : Isolation of tuberculosis bacteria by R Koch
1882 : Birth date of [P1717] Hubert John GREGG
1883 : Cholera bacteria isolated by Robert Koch
Sunday 26 August 1883 : Krakatoa erupts
Monday 10 December 1883 : Birth date of [P1963] Ivie Gregg LAFFERTY
1884 : Birth date of [P1724] Isabelle KELLY
1884 : Fountain pen invented by L E Waterman
Thursday 14 February 1884 : Marriage date of [F65] - [P209] William BROADFOOT = [P207] Agnes GREGG
1885 : Death date of [P248] Agnes MCCARGOW
1885 : Birth date of [P1718] George GREGG
1885 : Vaccine against rabies discovered by Louis Pasteur
1885 : First internal combustion carriage built by K. Benz
Monday 26 January 1885 : General Gordon killed at Khartoum
Saturday 21 February 1885 : Birth date of [P213] Gilbert GREIG
Wednesday 8 April 1885 : Death date of [P216] Wilhemina GREGG
Thursday 11 June 1885 : Death date of [P206] Andrew GREGG
Friday 19 June 1885 : Death date of [P195] Thomas MCMILLAN
Saturday 29 May 1886 : Death date of [P1776] Helen Gibson MCAUGHTRIE
Thursday 16 December 1886 : Death date of [P86] Andrew GREGG
1887 : Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur Conan Doyle
1887 : Birth date of [P1719] David GREGG
ABT 1887 : Birth date of [P1940] Agnes GREIG
1888 : Invention of hand-held camera by George Eastman
Thursday 9 February 1888 : Death date of [P249] Sarah GREGG
April 1888 : Death date of [P781] Agnes GREGG
Wednesday 2 May 1888 : Birth date of [P1725] Agnes KELLY
Friday 8 June 1888 : Marriage date of [F537] - [P1780] William GREGG = [P1905] Janet JESS
October 1888 : Jack the Ripper terrorises London's East End
1889 : Invention of the bolt-action rifle by P von Mauser
1889 : Birth date of [P1720] James Doyle GREGG
Tuesday 19 February 1889 : Marriage date of [F493] - [P217] John McWhirter GREGG = [P1680] Mary Jessie Gray BALLANTYNE
Thursday 14 November 1889 : Completion of the Forth Bridge - first large steel structure
1890 : Discovery of diphtheria vaccine by E von Behring
1890 : Birth date of [P1726] Marian KELLY
Saturday 1 February 1890 : Death date of [P966] John MCAUGHTRIE
Sunday 16 February 1890 : Death date of [P907] Agnes GREGG
Thursday 19 June 1890 : Birth date of [P1942] Isabella McIllwraith GREIG
Friday 27 June 1890 : Death date of [P217] John McWhirter GREGG
Tuesday 30 September 1890 : Death date of [P240] Jane GREGG
1891 : Invention of the zip fastener by W L Judson
Wednesday 18 February 1891 : Death date of [P915] Ivie GREGG
Wednesday 1 April 1891 : 1891 national census taken
1892 : Birth date of [P1727] James Gregg KELLY
Saturday 12 March 1892 : Birth date of [P1943] Thomas Jess GREIG
Wednesday 20 July 1892 : Birth date of [P1907] Mary Gray MCMINN
1893 : Thomas Edison invents motion pictures
1893 : Birth date of [P1721] Marion Milne GREGG
Friday 25 August 1893 : Birth date of [P1906] Andrew GREIG
1894 : Death date of [P1805] John MCILWRAITH
1894 : Tower Bridge opens in London
Saturday 15 December 1894 : Death date of [P810] Mary MCCUBBIN
1895 : Wireless telegraphy invented by G Marconi
1895 : Discovery of x-rays by W K Roentgen
1895 : Death date of [P1801] James MCMILLAN
1895 : Birth date of [P1728] Sarah KELLY
ABT 1895 : Birth date of [P1730] Mable Mae EDWARDS
Thursday 14 March 1895 : Death date of [P1733] Marian MCBRIDE
Monday 20 May 1895 : Death date of [P207] Agnes GREGG
Saturday 14 September 1895 : Birth date of [P1944] Mary Flemming GREIG
1896 : Discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel
Tuesday 22 June 1897 : Victoria celebrates her Diamond Jubilee
Saturday 25 December 1897 : Death date of [P1956] Hugh LAFFERTY
1899 : Introduction of aspirin by Felix Hoffman
1899 : Invention of first tape recorder by V Poulsen
Friday 27 January 1899 : Birth date of [P1941] Agnes Mclelland GREIG
Sunday 7 May 1899 : Death date of [P1569] Jennet GREGG
Wednesday 28 June 1899 : Birth date of [P1945] Ivie GREIG
October 1899 : Start of Boer War
1900 : Invention of agricultural tractor by B Holt
1900 : Invention of rigid airship by von Zeppelin
August 1900 : Boxer rebellion in Peking
1901 : First successful safety razor sold by K Gillette
Tuesday 22 January 1901 : End of reign of Queen Victoria
Wednesday 23 January 1901 : Start of reign of Edward VII
Sunday 10 March 1901 : Death date of [P218] James GREGG
Sunday 23 February 1902 : Death date of [P1954] William Greig LAFFERTY
Saturday 5 April 1902 : 20 killed as terracing collapses at Ibrox Park
Sunday 1 June 1902 : End of Boer War
Thursday 4 September 1902 : Death date of [P219] George GREGG
Sunday 3 May 1903 : Death date of [P713] William LAFFERTY
Friday 18 September 1903 : Death date of [P199] John MCMILLAN
Monday 28 December 1903 : Death date of [P209] William BROADFOOT
Sunday 17 January 1904 : Death date of [P208] Izabella MCILWRAITH
Tuesday 26 January 1904 : Death date of [P1775] Thomas MCAUGHTRIE
Thursday 4 August 1904 : Death date of [P1606] Marian KELLY
Wednesday 4 October 1905 : Convicted Suffragettes choose to go to prison
1906 : Wassermann test for syphilis developed
Saturday 10 March 1906 : Birth date of [P1911] Sarah Prestly GREIG
1907 : Albert Einstein postulates "E=mc²" theory
Sunday 15 December 1907 : Death date of [P215] Elizabeth MCWHIRTER
Tuesday 21 January 1908 : Death date of [P212] Andrew GREIG
Tuesday 26 May 1908 : Death date of [P7] Grace Gibson GREGG
1910 : Invention of first synthetic plastic, Bakelite
Friday 6 May 1910 : End of reign of Edward VII
Saturday 7 May 1910 : Start of reign of George V
Sunday 17 July 1910 : Death date of [P729] James GREGG
Sunday 31 July 1910 : Radio used to arrest Dr Crippen fleeing to Quebec
Friday 5 August 1910 : Death date of [P137] Marion MCAUGHTRIE
BEF 1911 : Death date of [P1953] John LAFFERTY
BEF 1911 : Death date of [P1958] John LAFFERTY
BEF 1911 : Death date of [P1955] David LAFFERTY
BEF 1911 : Death date of [P1961] Agnes LAFFERTY
1911 : E. Rutherford puts forward nuclear model of the atom
AFT 1911 : Death date of [P704] John GREGG
AFT 1911 : Death date of [P926] Marion GREGG
Tuesday 3 January 1911 : Three policemen die in the Seige of Sidney Street
Thursday 31 August 1911 : Troops clash with strikers in north of England
Sunday 3 December 1911 : Death date of [P1751] Barbara MCBRIDE
Monday 15 April 1912 : SS Titanic sinks with loss of 1513 lives
Monday 10 February 1913 : Capt. Scott found dead in Antartica
June 1913 : Suffragette dies under King's horse at Epsom
1914 : Invention of military tank by E Swinton
Thursday 26 March 1914 : Death date of [P1737] Agnes MCAUGHTRIE
Sunday 28 June 1914 : Austrian Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo
Friday 17 July 1914 : Death date of [P200] Agnes ROSS
Tuesday 28 July 1914 : Start of World War I
Tuesday 28 July 1914 : Austria declares war on Serbia
Saturday 1 August 1914 : Germany declares war on Russia
August 1914 : Battle of Tannenberg
Monday 3 August 1914 : Germany declares war on France
Tuesday 4 August 1914 : Germany invades Belgium
Tuesday 4 August 1914 : Britain declares war on Germany
September 1914 : First Battle of the Marne
Sunday 4 October 1914 : First bombs fall on London
1915 : Death date of [P1726] Marian KELLY
February 1915 : Start of German submarine blockade of Britain
Wednesday 24 February 1915 : Death date of [P1800] Robert MCMILLAN
Thursday 22 April 1915 : Germans first use of mustard gas at Ypres
Monday 26 April 1915 : British land in Turkey
Friday 7 May 1915 : SS Lusitania sunk by German submarine
Saturday 22 May 1915 : 200 soldiers killed in train crash at Quintinshill
Monday 12 July 1915 : Death date of [P1963] Ivie Gregg LAFFERTY
Monday 6 September 1915 : Poland and Lithuania overrun by Germany
Thursday 14 October 1915 : Britain and France declare war on Bulgaria
Monday 20 December 1915 : British withdraw from Gallipoli
February 1916 : Battle of Verdun
Friday 10 March 1916 : Marriage date of [F538] - [P1906] Andrew GREIG = [P1907] Mary Gray MCMINN
Monday 24 April 1916 : 450 die in Easter Rising in Dublin
Wednesday 31 May 1916 : Battle of Jutland
Saturday 1 July 1916 : Death date of [P213] Gilbert GREIG
Saturday 1 July 1916 : Start of Battle of the Somme
Sunday 27 August 1916 : Romaina declares war on Austria-Hungary
Saturday 4 November 1916 : Death date of [P1750] Sarah MCAUGHTRIE
Wednesday 15 November 1916 : End of Battle of the Somme
Saturday 2 December 1916 : Death date of [P6] Barbara GREGG
Friday 23 March 1917 : Death date of [P221] David GREGG
Saturday 31 March 1917 : Birth date of [P1910] William GREIG
Friday 6 April 1917 : USA declares war on Germany
October 1917 : Start of Battle of Caporetto
December 1917 : End of Battle of Caporetto
Friday 7 December 1917 : USA declares war on Austria-Hungary
Saturday 15 December 1917 : Russian Bolsheviks now allies with Germany
1918 : Death date of [P1735] Georgiana MCBRIDE
Thursday 21 March 1918 : Start of German offensive
Monday 1 April 1918 : Royal Air Force created
Saturday 18 May 1918 : Sinn Féin banned and leaders arrested
July 1918 : Second Battle of the Marne
Thursday 8 August 1918 : End of German offensive
Friday 4 October 1918 : Germany offers surrender
Monday 11 November 1918 : End of World War I
Monday 11 November 1918 : Hostilities cease on Western Front
Saturday 28 December 1918 : Women allowed to vote for the first time
March 1919 : Spanish flu kills 150,000 throughout Britian
March 1919 : Birth date of [P1946] Elizabeth GREIG
Monday 28 July 1919 : Death date of [P1946] Elizabeth GREIG
Sunday 28 December 1919 : Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister
Monday 15 March 1920 : Death date of [P1944] Mary Flemming GREIG
Friday 30 April 1920 : Birth date of [P1909] Janet Jess GREIG
Tuesday 31 August 1920 : Death date of [P1780] William GREGG
Monday 18 October 1920 : State of emergency declared as miners strike
Sunday 21 November 1920 : "Bloody Sunday" - 12 Irish killed by the Black and Tans
Tuesday 6 December 1921 : Irish Free State created
1922 : Banting and MacLeod isolate human insulin
Tuesday 15 May 1923 : Birth date of [P1908] Margaret Stobbs GREIG
Wednesday 19 March 1924 : Death date of [P1802] Jane MCMILLAN
Wednesday 23 April 1924 : First royal transmission by wireless
Tuesday 16 September 1924 : Birth date of [P1947] John Gordon McMinn GREIG
Wednesday 17 September 1924 : Death date of [P1947] John Gordon McMinn GREIG
Sunday 12 October 1924 : Death date of [P236] Sarah Isabella GREGG
1926 : Invention of the liquid-fuelled rocket by R Goddard
1926 : First demonstration of television by J L Baird
Monday 10 May 1926 : TUC calls first General Strike
Friday 11 February 1927 : Death date of [P1943] Thomas Jess GREIG
Saturday 7 May 1927 : Birth date of [P1948] Mary GREIG
Sunday 8 May 1927 : Christening date of [P1948] Mary GREIG
Saturday 7 January 1928 : River Thames floods killing 14
Tuesday 5 June 1928 : Death date of [P1781] John GREGG
Sunday 30 September 1928 : Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming
1929 : Death date of [P1736] Hugh GREGG
1929 : Death date of [P1721] Marion Milne GREGG
Saturday 24 May 1930 : Amy Johnson flies solo to Australia
Sunday 5 October 1930 : Airship R101 crashes in France killing 48
Monday 2 February 1931 : Death date of [P1782] Marion GREGG
Friday 12 February 1932 : Whipping of children under 14 is banned
Monday 29 August 1932 : Death date of [P211] Martha ROSS
Friday 30 September 1932 : Unemployment reaches 25%
Monday 15 May 1933 : Death date of [P1752] Andrew MCBRIDE
1934 : Invention of first practical radar by Watson-Watt
Friday 21 September 1934 : 262 killed in blast at Gresford colliery
1935 : Death date of [P1727] James Gregg KELLY
Monday 18 March 1935 : Thousands protest in Wales at "means test"
Saturday 20 April 1935 : Death date of [P1901] Maragret KENNEDY
Friday 3 May 1935 : Death date of [P220] Elizabeth GREGG
1936 : Sir Frank Whittle invents the jet engine
1936 : Invention of helicopter by H Focke
Monday 20 January 1936 : End of reign of George V
Tuesday 21 January 1936 : Start of reign of Edward VIII
Tuesday 10 November 1936 : Death date of [P1803] William MCMILLAN
Wednesday 11 November 1936 : Jarrow Crusade reaches London
Thursday 10 December 1936 : End of reign of Edward VIII
Thursday 10 December 1936 : Edward VIII abdicates
Friday 11 December 1936 : Start of reign of George VI
Friday 28 May 1937 : Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister
1938 : Discovery of nuclear fission by Hahn and Strassmann
Monday 11 July 1938 : Last British troops leave Eire
1939 : Death date of [P1732] Mary Dempster MCAUGHTRIE
Thursday 9 March 1939 : Death date of [P1641] James KELLY
Friday 25 August 1939 : IRA bomb Coventry killing 5
September 1939 : Children evacuated from London and major cities
Friday 1 September 1939 : Germany invades Poland
Sunday 3 September 1939 : Start of World War II
Sunday 3 September 1939 : Britain and France declare war on Germany
Thursday 14 September 1939 : Death date of [P1906] Andrew GREIG
Sunday 17 December 1939 : the Graf Spee scuttled off Montevideo
Monday 25 March 1940 : Death date of [P1907] Mary Gray MCMINN
Friday 10 May 1940 : Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
Friday 10 May 1940 : Churchill takes over as Prime Minister
Sunday 12 May 1940 : Germany invades France
Sunday 26 May 1940 : Allied evacuation from Dunkirk begins
Monday 10 June 1940 : Italy declares war on France and Britain
Monday 10 June 1940 : Italy invades France
Friday 14 June 1940 : Germans enter Paris unopposed
Saturday 22 June 1940 : France surrenders to Germany
Thursday 14 November 1940 : Coventry bombed
1941 : Death date of [P1723] Andrew KELLY
Thursday 17 April 1941 : Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany
Sunday 27 April 1941 : British leave Greece
Sunday 22 June 1941 : Germany attacks Russia
Thursday 14 August 1941 : Britain and USA sign Atlantic Charter
Sunday 7 December 1941 : Japan attack USA at Pearl Harbour
Thursday 11 December 1941 : Britain and USA declare war on Japan
Thursday 11 December 1941 : Germany and Italy declare war on USA
Sunday 15 February 1942 : British surrender Singapore to Japanese
Thursday 9 April 1942 : USA surrenders Bataan peninsula to Japanese
Wednesday 6 May 1942 : USA surrenders Corregidor Island to Japanese
Wednesday 10 June 1942 : Lidice, Czechoslovakia razed by Germans
Sunday 8 November 1942 : British and US troops land in North Africa
Thursday 14 January 1943 : Casablanca conference
Monday 1 February 1943 : Germans surrender at Stalingrad
Wednesday 12 May 1943 : War in Africa ends
Sunday 25 July 1943 : Mussolini deposed
Friday 3 September 1943 : Allies land in Italy
Wednesday 8 September 1943 : Italy surrenders
Friday 10 September 1943 : Germans take Rome
Monday 22 November 1943 : Cairo conference
Sunday 28 November 1943 : Teheran Conference
Saturday 22 January 1944 : British and US troops land at Anzio
Sunday 4 June 1944 : British and US troops enter Rome
Friday 25 August 1944 : Paris liberated
Friday 13 October 1944 : Athens liberated
Friday 20 October 1944 : USA invades Philippines
Saturday 16 December 1944 : Battle of the Bulge
Sunday 11 February 1945 : Yalta agreement
Saturday 31 March 1945 : Death date of [P210] Ivie GREIG
Saturday 28 April 1945 : Mussolini killed at Lake Como
Tuesday 1 May 1945 : Hitler's suicide announced
Wednesday 2 May 1945 : Berlin falls
Monday 7 May 1945 : VE Day. Germany surrenders
Tuesday 17 July 1945 : Potsdam conference
Monday 6 August 1945 : USA drops atom bomb on Hiroshima
Wednesday 8 August 1945 : USSR declares war on Japan
Thursday 9 August 1945 : USA drops atom bomb on Nagasaki
Tuesday 14 August 1945 : Japan surrenders
Sunday 2 September 1945 : VJ Day. Japanese sign surrender aboard USS Missouri
Sunday 2 September 1945 : End of World War II
February 1946 : 50,000 "GI brides" shipped out to the USA
December 1946 : Fuel and food shortages continue
EST 1947 : Death date of [P1962] Agnes Greig LAFFERTY
Monday 14 April 1947 : Death date of [P1804] Helen or Ellen BAIRD
Thursday 17 April 1947 : Death date of [P1715] Elizabeth Francis GREGG
Tuesday 24 June 1947 : Death date of [P1718] George GREGG
Thursday 20 November 1947 : Princess Elizabeth marries the Duke of Edinburgh
Thursday 1 January 1948 : Railways nationalised
Monday 28 June 1948 : Troops break dockers' strike
December 1948 : Labour government constructs "Welfare State"
Tuesday 15 March 1949 : Clothes rationing ends
Monday 18 April 1949 : Eire becomes Republic of Ireland
ABT 1950 : Albert Einstein puts forward theories of relativity
1950 : Death date of [P1724] Isabelle KELLY
Tuesday 6 June 1950 : Death date of [P235] Jane GREIG
Wednesday 28 June 1950 : Royal Navy enters Korean War
Monday 25 December 1950 : Stone of Destiny taken from Westminster Abbey
Thursday 7 June 1951 : Soviet spies Burgess and MacLean disappear
Wednesday 6 February 1952 : End of reign of George VI
Thursday 7 February 1952 : Start of reign of Elizabeth II
Monday 24 November 1952 : "Mousetrap" opens in London
Thursday 11 December 1952 : Derek Bentley sentenced to hang
1953 : Discovery of measles vaccine by Enders and Peebles
Saturday 31 January 1953 : Ferry Princess Victoria sinks in the Irish Sea
Tuesday 3 February 1953 : Hundreds die as East Coast is flooded
Saturday 30 May 1953 : Edmund Hillary reaches the top of Mount Everest
1954 : Discovery of first polio vaccine by J E Salk
May 1954 : "Teddy Boys" appear
Saturday 3 July 1954 : Rationing ends
Saturday 15 January 1955 : Death date of [P1716] Wilhemena Emily GREGG
Wednesday 13 July 1955 : Ruth Ellis is the last woman to be hanged
Wednesday 31 October 1956 : Britain invades Suez
Thursday 17 October 1957 : Air borne radiation leaks from Windscale
Thursday 6 February 1958 : 7 members of Manchester United die in plane crash
Friday 5 December 1958 : First motorway in Britain, M6 Preston Bypass opens
1960 : Death date of [P1728] Sarah KELLY
Saturday 31 December 1960 : National Service abolished
Sunday 29 April 1962 : Death date of [P1942] Isabella McIllwraith GREIG
Wednesday 27 March 1963 : Dr Beeching proposes cutting 25% of rail lines
Wednesday 5 June 1963 : John Profumo resigns after sex scandal
Monday 4 November 1963 : The Beatles appear in the Royal Variety Show
Monday 21 December 1964 : Death penalty abolished in Britain
Thursday 28 October 1965 : Brady and Hindley charged with Moors Murders
Friday 21 October 1966 : 144 die in Aberfan as coal bing buries school
1967 : Emergence of Flower Power
Wednesday 10 May 1967 : Death date of [P1945] Ivie GREIG
Wednesday 5 March 1969 : London gangsters the Kray twins sentenced to life
Saturday 2 January 1971 : 66 die when barriers collapse at Ibrox Park
Monday 15 February 1971 : British currency goes decimal
Friday 31 December 1971 : Death date of [P1941] Agnes Mclelland GREIG
Saturday 22 January 1972 : Britain joins the EEC
Sunday 30 January 1972 : 13 shot in another Bloody Sunday in Derry
February 1972 : Miners strike leads to power cuts
Thursday 8 March 1973 : IRA begins mainland bombing
Monday 17 December 1973 : Three day week introduced
Tuesday 12 November 1974 : Lord Lucan escapes and disappears
Friday 11 July 1975 : Inflation reaches 25%
1976 : Death date of [P1910] William GREIG
August 1976 : Drought causes water shortages
Saturday 2 April 1977 : Red Rum wins the Grand National for the third time
Wednesday 13 December 1978 : Jeremy Thorpe charged with incitement to murder
January 1979 : "Winter of Discontent" causes chaos
Friday 4 May 1979 : Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman Prime Minister
Sunday 2 September 1979 : Yorkshire Ripper claims 12th victim
Monday 5 May 1980 : SAS storms Iranian embassy in London
July 1981 : Riots break out in 8 inner city areas
Friday 2 April 1982 : Argentina invades Falkland Islands
Monday 14 June 1982 : British troops regain control of Falklands
Sunday 25 September 1983 : 134 IRA prisoners escape from the Maze prison
May 1984 : Coal strikes crushed by riot police
Friday 12 October 1984 : IRA bombs Tory conference in Brighton
Saturday 11 May 1985 : 40 killed as fire destroys Bradford City stand
Friday 16 October 1987 : Hurricane hits southern England
Wednesday 18 November 1987 : 30 die in King's Cross Underground fire
Wednesday 6 July 1988 : North sea oil rig Piper Alpha explodes
Thursday 22 December 1988 : Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Lockerbie killing 270
Saturday 15 April 1989 : 94 football fans crushed to death at Hillsborough
September 1989 : Thousands of Scots elect not to pay new Poll Tax
Thursday 19 October 1989 : "Guildford Four" released from prison
Saturday 9 June 1990 : Death date of [P1911] Sarah Prestly GREIG
Thursday 23 August 1990 : British and US troop build up in Persian Gulf
Thursday 17 January 1991 : Operation "Desert Storm" defeats Iraq
Thursday 7 February 1991 : Downing Street hit by IRA mortar bomb
Thursday 14 March 1991 : "Birmingham Six" released from prison
September 1995 : Britain hit by worst drought for over 250 years
February 1996 : Major oil spill from "Sea Empress" at Milford Haven
Saturday 6 September 1997 : Funeral of Diana Princess of Wales held in London
Thursday 1 July 1999 : After 292 years Scotland again has its own parliament
Sunday 14 November 1999 : Death date of [P1908] Margaret Stobbs GREIG
November 2000 : Heavy rain causes worst flooding since records began
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