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Timeline British History |
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| 1902 | Britain defeats Dutch settlers in Boer War in South Africa |
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The first old age pension |
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First World
War Compulsory military service and food rationing introduced |
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 Republic of Ireland gains
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| 1937 | Sir Frank Whittle invents the Jet Engine |
| 1939 - 1945 |
 The Second World War |
1951 |
Festival of Britain |
1952 |
 Elizabeth II becomes Queen |
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II |
| 1973 | Britain joins the European Community |
| 1979 | Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman prime minister |
| 1982 | Falklands War |
| 1991 | Gulf War |
| 1991 | Sir Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web |
| 1994 | Channel Tunnel links Britain back to the European continent |
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 Welsh national assembly
and  Scottish parliament |
2003 |
The Second Gulf War |
2003 |
England Wins the Rugby World Cup |
2003 |
Britain joins the US in an invasion of Iraq |
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