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American Indian Wars

First Maroon War

Industrial Revolution

First Anglo-Maratha War

French Revolutionary Wars

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Australian frontier wars

Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)

Spithead and Nore mutinies

War of the Second Coalition

French campaign in Egypt and Syria

Battle of the Nile

Convention of Alkmaar

Acts of Union 1800

English Wars (Scandinavia)

Battle of Abukir (1801)

Battle of Mandora

Battle of Alexandria (1801)

Siege of Fort Julien

Battle of Copenhagen (1801)

Siege of Cairo (1801)

Siege of El Rahmaniya

Algeciras campaign

First Battle of Algeciras

Second Battle of Algeciras

Capitulation of Alexandria (1801)

Siege of Alexandria (1801)

Saint-Domingue expedition

Treaty of Amiens

Napoleonic Wars

Blockade of Saint-Domingue

Irish rebellion of 1803

Second Anglo-Maratha War

Siege of Aligarh

Battle of Delhi (1803)

Battle of Assaye

Battle of Laswari

Battle of Argaon

Invasion of Surinam (1804)

Action of 5 October 1804

Siege of Delhi (1804)

War of the Third Coalition

Siege of Bharatpur (1805)

Trafalgar campaign

Battle of Diamond Rock

Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)

Battle of Trafalgar

Franco-Swedish War

Battle of Cape Ortegal

War of the Fourth Coalition

British invasions of the River Plate

Ashanti–Fante War

Battle of Blaauwberg

Battle of San Domingo

Invasion of Naples (1806)

Java campaign of 1806–1807

Battle of Maida

Anglo-Turkish War (1807–1809)

Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814

Siege of Kolberg (1807)

Alexandria expedition of 1807

Siege of Danzig (1807)

Slave Trade Act 1807

Chesapeake–Leopard affair

Battle of Copenhagen (1807)

Battle of Køge

Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812)

Dano-Swedish War (1808–1809)

Battle of Zealand Point

Battle of Alvøen

Battle of Roliça

Battle of Vimeiro

Convention of Cintra

Blockade of Barcelona

Siege of Roses (1808)

Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo

Battle of Sahagún

Battle of Benavente

Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811

Battle of Cacabelos

Treaty of the Dardanelles

Portuguese conquest of French Guiana

Battle of Corunna

War of the Fifth Coalition

Battle of the Basque Roads

Battle of Grijó

Second Battle of Porto

Battle of Alcántara (1809)

Battle of Talavera

Walcheren Campaign

Persian Gulf campaign of 1809

Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810)

Siege of Cádiz

Invasion of the Spice Islands

Invasion of Isle Bonaparte

Combat of the Côa

Battle of Grand Port

Battle of La Bisbal

Battle of Bussaco

Battle of Fuengirola

Anglo-Swedish war of 1810–1812

Battle of Barrosa

Battle of Pombal

Battle of Redinha

Battle of Lissa (1811)

Battle of Casal Novo

Battle of Foz de Arouce

Battle of Campo Maior

Battle of Sabugal

Blockade of Almeida

Second siege of Badajoz (1811)

Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro

Siege of Tarragona (1811)

Battle of Albuera

Battle of Usagre

Invasion of Java (1811)

Battle of El Bodón

Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos

Action of 29 November 1811

Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)

Battle of Pirano

Siege of Badajoz (1812)

Assassination of Spencer Perceval

Battle of Almaraz

Battle of Lyngør

Battle of Salamanca

Battle of García Hernández

Siege of Riga (1812)

Battle of Majadahonda

Siege of Detroit

USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere

Siege of Burgos

Battle of Queenston Heights

Battle of Venta del Pozo

Battle of Tordesillas (1812)

USS Constitution vs HMS Java

War of the Sixth Coalition

German campaign of 1813

Battle of Frenchtown

Battle of Castalla

Siege of Fort Meigs

Battle of Fort George

Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor

Capture of USS Chesapeake

Siege of Tarragona (1813)

Battle of Stoney Creek

Battle of Vitoria

Battle of Beaver Dams

Siege of Pamplona (1813)

Battle of Tolosa (1813)

Siege of San Sebastián

Battle of Roncesvalles (1813)

Battle of the Pyrenees

Battle of Sorauren

Battle of Lake Erie

Battle of Ordal

Battle of the Göhrde

Battle of the Thames

Battle of the Bidassoa

Campaign in south-west France (1814)

Siege of Cattaro

Battle of Leipzig

Battle of the Chateauguay

Battle of Nivelle

Battle of Crysler's Farm

Siege of Zara (1813)

Battle of the Nive

Battle of Sehested

Campaign in north-east France (1814)

Battle of Hoogstraten

Siege of Ragusa (1814)

Battle of Garris

Battle of Orthez

Battle of Bayonne

Treaty of Chaumont

Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1814)

Battle of Toulouse (1814)

Treaty of Paris (1814)

Battle of Chippawa

Battle of Lundy's Lane

Siege of Fort Erie

Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814

Battle of Bladensburg

Burning of Washington

Battle of Plattsburgh

Battle of North Point

Battle of Baltimore

Congress of Vienna

Battle of Lake Borgne

Treaty of Ghent

Battle of New Orleans

Siege of Gaeta (1815)

Waterloo campaign

Battle of Quatre Bras

Battle of Waterloo

Quadruple Alliance (1815)

Treaty of Paris (1815)

Bombardment of Algiers (1816)

Rush–Bagot Treaty

Quintuple Alliance

Peterloo Massacre

Persian Gulf campaign of 1819

Pains and Penalties Bill 1820

Greek War of Independence

Congress of Verona

Anglo-Ashanti wars

First Anglo-Burmese War

Anglo-Burmese Wars

Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824

Stockton and Darlington Railway

Treaty of London (1827)

Battle of Navarino

Austrian expedition against Morocco (1829)

London Conference of 1830

London Protocol (1830)

Treaty of Constantinople (1832)

Reform Act 1832

Slavery Abolition Act 1833

Burning of Parliament

Lord Eliot Convention

Battle of Oriamendi

Lower Canada Rebellion

Battle of Saint-Eustache

Battle of the Windmill

Russian conquest of Central Asia

First Anglo-Afghan War

Uruguayan Civil War

Treaty of London (1839)

Bedchamber crisis

Battle of Ghazni

First Opium War

Battle of Kowloon

Battle of Chuenpi

Treaty of Waitangi

Capture of Chusan

Convention of London (1840)

Storming and Capture of Acre

Convention of Chuenpi

Second Battle of Chuenpi

Battle of the Bogue

Battle of Canton (March 1841)

Battle of Canton (May 1841)

London Straits Convention

Capture of Chusan (1841)

Battle of Chinhai

Battle of Jalalabad (1842)

Battle of Gandamak

Battle of Ningpo

Battle of Tzeki

Battle of Chapu

Battle of Congella

Battle of Woosung

Battle of Chinkiang

Kabul Expedition (1842)

Webster–Ashburton Treaty

Treaty of Nanking

British conquest of Sindh

New Zealand Wars

Battle of Ōhaeawai

Great Famine (Ireland)

Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata

Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

First Anglo-Sikh War

Battle of Mudki

Battle of Aliwal

Battle of Sobraon

Repeal of the Corn Laws

Jarnac Convention

Convention of Gramido

Second Anglo-Sikh War

Young Ireland rebellion

Battle of Boomplaats

Battle of Ramnagar

Battle of Chillianwala

Taiping Rebellion

Great Exhibition

Reduction of Lagos

Second Anglo-Burmese War

Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)

Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty

Orange River Convention

1854 bombardment of Odessa

Battle of Bomarsund

Siege of Petropavlovsk

1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak

Battle of the Alma

Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)

Battle of Balaclava

Charge of the Light Brigade

Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava)

Battle of Inkerman

Battle of Eupatoria

Siege of Kars (1855)

Siege of Taganrog

Bombardment of Sveaborg

Battle of the Great Redan

Battle of Kinburn (1855)

Congress of Paris (1856)

Treaty of Paris (1856)

Second Opium War

Anglo-Persian War

Battle of Khushab

Treaty of Paris (1857)

Indian Rebellion of 1857

Siege of Delhi (1857)

Battle of Najafgarh

Second Battle of Cawnpore

Battle of Canton (1857)

Siege of Jhansi

Battle of Taku Forts (1858)

Treaty of Tientsin

Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce

Battle of Taku Forts (1859)

First Taranaki War

Battle of Taku Forts (1860)

Battle of Zhangjiawan

Battle of Palikao

Convention of Peking

Battle of Shanghai (1861–1862)

1862 International Exhibition

Invasion of the Waikato

Shimonoseki campaign

Bombardment of Kagoshima

Battle of Ridgeway

Transatlantic telegraph cable

British expedition to Abyssinia

Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty (1867)

Canadian Confederation

Battle of Magdala

Wolseley expedition

Treaty of Washington (1871)

Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870–1871

Pangkor Treaty of 1874

Battle of Amoaful

Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention

Battle of Pacocha

Second Anglo-Afghan War

Midlothian campaign

Congress of Berlin

Treaty of Berlin (1878)

Battle of Ali Masjid

Battle of Peiwar Kotal

Battle of Isandlwana

Battle of Rorke's Drift

Siege of Eshowe

Battle of Intombe

Battle of Hlobane

Battle of Kambula

Battle of Gingindlovu

Treaty of Gandamak

Battle of Ulundi

Siege of the British Residency in Kabul

Battle of Charasiab

Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment

Battle of Ahmed Khel

Battle of Maiwand

Battle of Kandahar (1880)

Melbourne International Exhibition

Battle of Bronkhorstspruit

Scramble for Africa

Battle of Elandsfontein

Battle of Laing's Nek

Battle of Schuinshoogte

Battle of Majuba Hill

Pretoria Convention

Anglo-Egyptian War

Bombardment of Alexandria

Battle of Kafr El Dawwar

Battle of Tell El Kebir

Battle of Shaykan

Korea–United Kingdom Treaty of 1883

Nile Expedition

First and second battles of El Teb

London Convention (1884)

Siege of Khartoum

Battle of Tamai

Berlin Conference

Battle of Abu Klea

Panjdeh incident

Port Hamilton incident

Madrid Protocol of 1885

Battle of Tofrek

Matchgirls' strike

Battle of Suakin

1889 London dock strike

Treaty of Berlin (1889)

Battle of Toski

9 by 5 Impression Exhibition

Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty

Royal baccarat scandal

Hunza–Nagar Campaign

First Matabele War

Nicaragua Crisis of 1894–1895

Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation

Battle of Ferkeh

Anglo-Zanzibar War

Benin Expedition of 1897

Siege of Malakand

Battle of Saragarhi

Second Samoan Civil War

Battle of Atbara

Battle of Omdurman

Fashoda Incident

Hague Convention of 1899

Paris Arbitral Award

Second Boer War

Siege of Mafeking

Battle of Kraaipan

Siege of Kimberley

Boxer Rebellion

Battle of Talana Hill

Battle of Elandslaagte

Battle of Ladysmith

Siege of Ladysmith

Battle of Belmont (1899)

Battle of Willow Grange

Battle of Umm Diwaykarat

Battle of Graspan

Battle of Modder River

Tripartite Convention

Battle of Stormberg

Battle of Magersfontein

Second Battle of Colenso

Battle of Spion Kop

Battle of Vaal Krantz

Battle of the Tugela Heights

Battle of Paardeberg

Bloody Sunday (1900)

War of the Golden Stool

Battle of Poplar Grove

Battle of Driefontein

Battle of Biddulphsberg

Seymour Expedition

Battle of Diamond Hill

Battle of the Taku Forts (1900)

Battle of Langfang

Siege of the International Legations

Battle of Dwarsvlei

Battle of Tientsin

Battle of Elands River (1900)

Battle of Beicang

Battle of Yangcun

Battle of Peking (1900)

Battle of Bergendal

Battle of Bothaville

Battle of Nooitgedacht

Battle of Helvetia

Federation of Australia

Battle of Blood River Poort

Battle of Bakenlaagte

Hay–Pauncefote Treaty

Anglo-Japanese Alliance

Battle of Tweebosch

Battle of Rooiwal

Treaty of Vereeniging

British expedition to Tibet

Convention of Lhasa

Entente Cordiale

Bambatha Rebellion

Algeciras Conference

South Africa Act 1909

Siege of Sidney Street

Marconi scandal

Sinking of the Titanic

Blockade of Montenegro

Dublin lock-out

Serbian campaign of World War I

U-boat campaign

Blockade of Germany (1914–1919)

East African campaign (World War I)

African theatre of World War I

Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I

German invasion of Belgium (1914)

Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau

British declaration of war upon Germany (1914)

Kamerun campaign

Battle of the Frontiers

Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I

Togoland campaign

Adriatic Campaign of World War I

Battle of Antivari

Sinking of SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse

Battle of Le Cateau

Siege of Tsingtao

Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)

Affair of Néry

First Battle of the Marne

First Battle of the Aisne

Race to the Sea

Sinking of SMS Cap Trafalgar

South West Africa campaign

Battle of Zanzibar

Action of 22 September 1914

Siege of Antwerp (1914)

Battle of the Rufiji Delta

Battle of La Bassée

Battle of Messines (1914)

Battle of Armentières

Battle of the Yser

First Battle of Ypres

Battle of Penang

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

Battle of Coronel

Caucasus campaign

Battle of Tanga

Raid on Yarmouth

Battle of Kilimanjaro

Mesopotamian campaign

South Arabia during World War I

Battle of Basra (1914)

Persian campaign (World War I)

Battle of Qurna

Battle of the Falkland Islands

Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

First Battle of Artois

Winter operations 1914–1915

Chilembwe uprising

Battle of Jarrab

Battle of Jassin

Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)

Raid on the Suez Canal

Sinai and Palestine campaign

Gallipoli campaign

Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign

Battle of Neuve Chapelle

Battle of Más a Tierra

Battle of Shaiba

Capture of Hill 60 (Western Front)

Second Battle of Ypres

Landing at Cape Helles

Landing at Anzac Cove

Treaty of London (1915)

First Battle of Krithia

Battle of Gurin

Second Battle of Krithia

Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

Second Battle of Artois

Battle of Aubers

Battle of Festubert

Bussa rebellion

Third Battle of Krithia

Battle of Bukoba

Battle of Gully Ravine

Battle of Gotland

Battle of Sari Bair

Landing at Suvla Bay

Battle of Lone Pine

Battle of Krithia Vineyard

Battle of the Nek

Battle of the Gulf of Riga

Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli)

Battle of Scimitar Hill

Baralong incidents

Third Battle of Artois

Battle of Es Sinn

Jungle Movement of Gilan

Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt

Macedonian front

Battle of Banjo

Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)

Battle of Kosturino

Battle of Durazzo (1915)

Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad

Battle of Wadi (1916)

Battle of Hanna

Battle of Salaita Hill

Action of Agagia

Action of 29 February 1916

Battle of Dujaila

Battle of Latema Nek

Invasion of Darfur (1916)

Raid on Jifjafa

Battle of Katia

Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft

Gas attacks at Hulluch

Sykes–Picot Agreement

Battle of Jutland

Battle of Mont Sorrel

Battle of Mecca (1916)

Battle of Taif (1916)

Battle of the Somme

Battle of Albert (1916)

First day on the Somme

Battle of Delville Wood

Battle of Bazentin Ridge

Attack at Fromelles

Battle of Pozières

Battle of Romani

Fighting for Mouquet Farm

Battle of Doiran (1916)

Battle of Bir el Abd

Action of 19 August 1916

Tabora offensive

Battle of Guillemont

Battle of Ginchy

Monastir offensive

Battle of Flers–Courcelette

Battle of Thiepval Ridge

Battle of Morval

Battle of the Ancre Heights

Battle of Le Transloy

Battle of the Ancre

Battle of Magdhaba

Battle of Behobeho

Raid on Bir el Hassana

Second Battle of Kut

Capture of Baghdad (1917)

Samarra offensive

Action of 16 March 1917

Operation Alberich

First Battle of Gaza

Stalemate in Southern Palestine

Battle of Vimy Ridge

Battle of Arras (1917)

Nivelle offensive

Second Battle of Gaza

Battle of Dover Strait (1917)

Battle of Doiran (1917)

Action of 4 May 1917

Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)

Battle of Messines (1917)

Battle of Aqaba

Battle of Passchendaele

Battle of Pilckem Ridge

Battle of the Menin Road Ridge

Battle of Polygon Wood

Battles of Ramadi (1917)

Operation Albion

Battle of Poelcappelle

First Battle of Passchendaele

Battle of Mahiwa

Action off Lerwick

Battle of Moon Sound

Second Battle of Passchendaele

Battle of Beersheba (1917)

Southern Palestine offensive

Third Battle of Gaza

Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe

Balfour Declaration

Battle of Hareira and Sheria

Russian Civil War

Battle of Mughar Ridge

Battle of Jerusalem (1917)

Second Battle of Heligoland Bight

Battle of Nebi Samwil

Battle of Cambrai (1917)

Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia

Action of 11–12 December 1917

Battle of Jaffa (1917)

Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

Battle of Imbros

Finnish Civil War

British occupation of the Jordan Valley

Representation of the People Act 1918

Operation Michael

German spring offensive

Viena expedition

First Battle of Amman

Battle of Moreuil Wood

First Battle of the Jordan

Battle of the Lys (1918)

First Ostend Raid

Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux

Second Battle of the Jordan

Second Ostend Raid

Third Battle of the Aisne

Battle of Skra-di-Legen

Battle of Belleau Wood

North Russia intervention

Second Battle of the Piave River

Battle of Hamel

Battle of Abu Tellul

Second Battle of the Marne

Battle of Soissons (1918)

Siberian intervention

Battle of Amiens (1918)

Hundred Days Offensive

Second Battle of the Somme

Battle of the Scarpe

Battle of Binagadi

Battle of Lioma

Battle of Havrincourt

Vardar offensive

Battle of Doiran (1918)

Battle of Épehy

Battle of Megiddo (1918)

Battle of Tulkarm

Battle of Sharon

Battle of Nablus (1918)

Battle of Arara

Battle of Nazareth

Battle of Haifa (1918)

Second Battle of Amman

Battle of Samakh

Capture of Damascus (1918)

Battle of the Canal du Nord

Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub

Fifth Battle of Ypres

Battle of the St Quentin Canal

Mediterranean U-boat campaign of World War I

Battle of Durazzo (1918)

Battle of Cambrai (1918)

Battle of Courtrai (1918)

Battle of the Lys and the Escaut

Battle of Sharqat

Battle of Vittorio Veneto

Battle of Aleppo (1918)

Charge at Haritan

Armistice of Mudros

Battle of the Sambre (1918)

Armistice of 11 November 1918

Occupation of Constantinople

British campaign in the Baltic (1918–1919)

Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919

Estonian War of Independence

Latvian War of Independence

1919 Egyptian revolution

Kuwait–Najd War

Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)

Irish War of Independence

Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Third Anglo-Afghan War

Turkish War of Independence

Greek landing at Smyrna

Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow

Treaty of Versailles

Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919

Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)

Battle of Petrograd

Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine

Somaliland campaign (1920)

Anzali Operation

Greek Summer Offensive

Treaty of Trianon

Treaty of Sèvres

Washington Naval Treaty

Washington Naval Conference

Anglo-Irish Treaty

Ikhwan raids on Transjordan

Nine-Power Treaty

Armistice of Mudanya

Carlton Club meeting

Uqair Protocol of 1922

Treaty of Lausanne

Locarno Treaties

1929 United Kingdom general election

London Naval Treaty

1931 United Kingdom general election

Statute of Westminster 1931

Anglo-German Naval Agreement

Government of India Act 1935

Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits

Second London Naval Treaty

1936–1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine

Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936

Abdication of Edward VIII

Second Sino-Japanese War

Munich Agreement

British pet massacre

S-Plan

London Conference of 1939

Adriatic campaign of World War II

Air raids on Japan

Anglo-Polish alliance

Invasion of Poland

European theatre of World War II

Battle of the Atlantic

British declaration of war on Germany (1939)

Defence of the Reich

Battle of the River Plate

Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939)

Norwegian heavy water sabotage

Manchester Blitz

Liverpool Blitz

Altmark incident

Namsos campaign

Åndalsnes landings

Operation Weserübung

Norwegian campaign

British occupation of the Faroe Islands

Battle of France

German invasion of Luxembourg

German invasion of the Netherlands

German invasion of Belgium (1940)

Battle of Zeeland

Battle of Rotterdam

Battle of Sedan (1940)

Battle of Arras (1940)

Siege of Calais (1940)

Operation Alphabet

Battle of Dunkirk

Dunkirk evacuation

Battle of Abbeville

North African campaign

East African campaign (World War II)

Battle of the Mediterranean

Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

Northern front, East Africa, 1940

Western Desert campaign

Siege of Malta (World War II)

Operation Collar (commando raid)

Battle of the Espero Convoy

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

Battle of Calabria

Battle of Britain

Operation Ambassador

Battle of Cape Spada

Operation Hurry

Birmingham Blitz

Italian invasion of Egypt

Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II

Battle of Britain Day

Battle of Dakar

Action off Cape Passero

Bombing of Bahrain in World War II

Greco-Italian War

Balkans campaign (World War II)

Battle of Taranto

Action in the Strait of Otranto

Battle of Cape Spartivento

Siege of Giarabub

Operation Compass

Attack on Nibeiwa

Battle of Sidi Barrani

Bombing of Königsberg in World War II

Battle of the Caribbean

Bombing of Bangkok in World War II

Battle of Bardia

Operation Excess

British capture of Tobruk

Operation Berlin (Atlantic)

Action at Mechili

Battle of Agordat (1941)

Capture of Kufra

Battle of Keren

Operation Sonnenblume

Battle of Beda Fomm

Operation Colossus

Operation Abstention

Clydebank Blitz

Operation Claymore

Raid on Souda Bay

Battle of Cape Matapan

German invasion of Greece

World War II in Yugoslavia

Operation Appearance

Siege of Tobruk

Battle of Vevi (1941)

Battle of the Tarigo Convoy

Battle of Thermopylae (1941)

Middle East Theatre of World War II

Anglo-Iraqi War

Battle of Amba Alagi (1941)

Operation Rheinübung

Battle of Crete

Battle of Heraklion

Battle of the Denmark Strait

Last battle of Bismarck

Operation Skorpion

Syria–Lebanon campaign

Battle of the Litani River

Battle of Kissoué

Allied occupation of Iceland

Battle of Damascus (1941)

Battle of Palmyra (1941)

Battle of Deir ez-Zor (1941)

Battle of Beirut (1941)

Twin Pimples raid

Raid on Grand Harbour

Operation Substance

Operation EF (1941)

Arctic convoys of World War II

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

Mediterranean U-boat campaign of World War II

Operation Halberd

Battle of the Duisburg Convoy

Operation Flipper

Battle of Gondar

Operation Crusader

Action at Bir el Gubi (November 1941)

Action at Bir el Gubi (December 1941)

Malayan campaign

Dutch East Indies campaign

South-East Asian theatre of World War II

Battle of Hong Kong

Battle of Kota Bharu

Bombing of Singapore (1941)

Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire

British declaration of war on Japan

Operation Krohcol

Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse

Battle of Jitra

Battle of Cape Bon (1941)

Japanese invasion of Burma

Battle of Borneo (1941–1942)

First Battle of Sirte

Raid on Alexandria (1941)

Operation Anklet

Operation Archery

Battle of Kampar

Solomon Islands campaign

Japanese occupation of Singapore

Declaration by United Nations

Operation Bernhard

Operation Postmaster

New Guinea campaign

Battle off Endau

Battle of Singapore

Battle of Bukit Timah

Operation Donnerkeil

Battle of Palembang

Battle of Pasir Panjang

Invasion of Sumatra

Battle of Badung Strait

Battle of Bilin River

Battle of Timor

Battle of Sittang Bridge

Battle of the Java Sea

Operation Biting

Battle of Java (1942)

Second Battle of the Java Sea

Operation Sportpalast

Battle of the Yunnan–Burma Road

Operation Neuland

Attack on Broome

Second Battle of Sirte

St Nazaire Raid

Indian Ocean raid

Battle of Christmas Island

Air raid on Ceylon (5 April 1942)

Battle of Yenangyaung

Operation Abercrombie

Battle of the St. Lawrence

Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)

Battle of Madagascar

Cocos Islands mutiny

Battle of Gazala

Battle of Bir Hakeim

Operation Anthropoid

Attack on Sydney Harbour

Burma campaign (1942–1943)

Operation Harpoon (1942)

Operation Vigorous

Axis capture of Tobruk

Battle of Mersa Matruh

First Battle of El Alamein

Raid on Sidi Haneish Airfield

Operation Pedestal

Guadalcanal campaign

Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo

Manhattan Project

Battle of the Tenaru

Battle of Alam el Halfa

Operation Caravan

Operation Musketoon

Battle of Edson's Ridge

Operation Agreement

Second Battle of El Alamein

Defence of Outpost Snipe

Koli Point action

Operation Torch

Operation Reservist

Tunisian campaign

Arakan campaign (1942–1943)

Battle of Skerki Bank

Carlson's patrol

Battle of El Agheila

Raid on Algiers

Operation Frankton

Battle of the Barents Sea

Bengal famine of 1943

Bombing of Kassel in World War II

Battle of Tripoli (1943)

Battle of Kasserine Pass

Operation Ochsenkopf

Battle of the Ruhr

Battle of Medenine

Battle of the Mareth Line

Operation Mincemeat

Battle of Wadi Akarit

Battle of the Cigno Convoy

Operation Vulcan

Battle of Longstop Hill

Black May (World War II)

Operation Retribution

Operation Chastise

Combined Bomber Offensive

Operation Corkscrew

Operation Mammoth

Operation Animals

Italian campaign

Allied invasion of Sicily

Operation Ladbroke

Battle of Gela (1943)

Operation Chestnut

Operation Fustian

Bombing of Rome in World War II

Bombing of Hamburg in World War II

Battle of Centuripe

Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission

Woyane rebellion

Allied invasion of Italy

Armistice of Cassibile

Operation Baytown

Dodecanese campaign

Operation Slapstick

Operation Avalanche

Operation Source

Battle of Leros

Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan

Operation Leader

Battle of Kos (1943)

Moscow Conference (1943)

Bombing of Bulgaria in World War II

Battle of Sept-Îles

Bombing of Zadar in World War II

Bombing of the Vatican

Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)

Tehran Conference

Air raid on Bari

Battle of Monte la Difensa

Moro River campaign

Battle of the North Cape

Battle of the Bay of Biscay

Action of 1 November 1944

Battle of Monte Cassino

Battle of Anzio

Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine

Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947

Battle of the Admin Box

Indian Ocean raid (1944)

Battle of Imphal

Operation Tungsten

Battle of Kohima

Operation Cockpit

Western New Guinea campaign

Raid on Santorini

Operation Diadem

Siege of Myitkyina

Battle of Mogaung

Operation Tonga

Operation Overlord

Normandy landings

Battle for Caen

Battle of Cherbourg

Invasion of Normandy

Battle of Merville Gun Battery

Capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges

Battle of Port-en-Bessin

Operation Perch

Battle of Ushant (1944)

Raid on La Caine

Battle of Villers-Bocage

Battle of Bréville

Battle of Ancona

Invasion of Elba

Operation Martlet

Operation Epsom

Bretton Woods Conference

Operation Windsor

Operation Charnwood

Operation Jupiter (1944)

Operation Goodwood

Operation Cobra

Operation Spring

Operation Bluecoat

Battle of Saint-Malo

Operation Lüttich

Battle for Brest

Operation Totalize

Operation Boomerang

Operation Tractable

Operation Dragoon

Liberation of Paris

Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine

Operation Olive

Operation Goodwood (naval)

Clearing the Channel Coast

Allied siege of La Rochelle

Liberation of Belgium

Battle of Gemmano

Operation Astonia

Siege of Dunkirk (1944–1945)

Battle of Morotai

Operation Paravane

Operation Market Garden

Battle of Arnhem

Battle of San Marino

Operation Wellhit

Battle of Nijmegen

Bombing of Belgrade (1944)

Moscow Armistice

Operation Undergo

Battle of Overloon

Battle of the Nijmegen salient

Operation Pheasant

Operation Manna

Battle of the Scheldt

Operation Obviate

Battle of Walcheren Causeway

Burma campaign (1944–1945)

Aitape–Wewak campaign

Burma campaign (1944)

Operation Infatuate

Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945)

Operation Clipper

Operation Catechism

Operation Queen

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of Garfagnana

Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay

Operation Bodenplatte

Battle of Ramree Island

Battle of Hill 170

Operation Blackcock

Yalta Conference

Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations

Operation Veritable

Rhineland Offensive

Black Friday (1945)

Bombing of Dresden

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign

Operation Blockbuster

Operation Plunder

Bombing of the Bezuidenhout

Operation Lumberjack

Battle of the Ligurian Sea

Western Allied invasion of Germany

Operation Varsity

Operation Tombola

Battle of Okinawa

Spring 1945 offensive in Italy

Operation Amherst

Battle of Bologna

Liberation of Arnhem

Battle of the Argenta Gap

Capture of Hamburg

Operation Herring

Bombing of Obersalzberg

Surrender at Caserta

Borneo campaign

Operation Archway

Battle of Elephant Point

German Instrument of Surrender

Operation Doomsday

Battle of the Malacca Strait

Battle of Labuan

Operation Inmate

Charter of the United Nations

Attack on Yokosuka

Battle of the Sittang Bend

1945 United Kingdom general election

Potsdam Conference

Potsdam Declaration

Attacks on Kure and the Seto Inland Sea

Indonesian National Revolution

Occupation of Japan

Operation Jurist

Surrender of Japan

Japanese Instrument of Surrender

Operation Tiderace

War in southern Vietnam (1945–1946)

Battle of Ambarawa

Battle of Surabaya

Iran crisis of 1946

Nuremberg trials

Battle of Medan

International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Paris Peace Treaties, 1947

Treaty of Paris between Italy and the Allied Powers

Indian Independence Act

Treaty of Brussels

Operation Hametz

Arab–Israeli conflict

Malayan Emergency

Berlin Blockade

North Atlantic Treaty

1950 United Kingdom general election

Battle of Chumonchin Chan

Battle of the Pusan Perimeter

Battle of Inchon

Battle of Hill 282

Battle of Yongyu

Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River

Battle of Chosin Reservoir

Third Battle of Seoul

Festival of Britain

Battle of Kapyong

Battle of the Imjin River

Treaty of San Francisco

First Battle of Maryang-san

Decolonisation of Africa

Mau Mau uprising

Great Smog of London

North Sea flood of 1953

London Agreement on German External Debts

Third Battle of the Hook

Battle of the Samichon River

1953 Iranian coup d'état

1954 Geneva Conference

Bonn–Paris conventions

Cyprus Emergency

Austrian State Treaty

1955 United Kingdom general election

Protocol of Sèvres

Operation Musketeer (1956)

Independence of Ghana

1959 United Kingdom general election

Antarctic Treaty System

Night of the Long Knives (1962)

Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election

1964 United Kingdom general election

Independence of Zambia

1966 United Kingdom general election

Aberfan disaster

1967 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

1969 Northern Ireland riots

Battle of the Bogside

Operation Banner

1970 United Kingdom general election

Operation Demetrius

Four Power Agreement on Berlin

Bloody Sunday (1972)

Battle of Mirbat

February 1974 United Kingdom general election

1975 Conservative Party leadership election

Lebanese Civil War

Third Indochina War

3rd G7 summit

Birth of Louise Brown

Winter of Discontent

1979 United Kingdom general election

Warrenpoint ambush

Lancaster House Agreement

Iranian Embassy siege

Operation Black Buck

1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands

Invasion of South Georgia

Operation Paraquet

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp

Sinking of ARA General Belgrano

Pebble Island raid

Battle of San Carlos (1982)

Battle of Goose Green

Bluff Cove air attacks

Battle of Mount Longdon

Battle of Two Sisters

Battle of Mount Harriet

Battle of Mount Tumbledown

Battle of Wireless Ridge

Argentine surrender in the Falklands War

Mountain War (Lebanon)

1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike

Brighton hotel bombing

Sino-British Joint Declaration

Bradford City stadium fire

Live Aid

Anglo-Irish Agreement

King's Cross fire

Satanic Verses controversy

Lockerbie bombing

Hillsborough disaster

South Armagh Sniper (1990–1997)

Operation Desert Shield

Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany

Human Genome Project

1990 Conservative Party leadership election

Air campaign of the Gulf War

Operation Desert Storm

Battle of Bubiyan

Liberation of Kuwait campaign

Battle of 73 Easting

Highway of Death

Battle of Norfolk

Sierra Leone Civil War

1991 Paris Peace Agreements

1992 United Kingdom general election

NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Operation Southern Watch

Black Wednesday

Budapest Memorandum

Operation Deliberate Force

1996 Manchester bombing

Dunblane massacre

Cloning of Dolly the sheep

Handover of Hong Kong

Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

Good Friday Agreement

1998 bombing of Iraq

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

Operation Barras

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Operation Enduring Freedom

United States invasion of Afghanistan

2001 uprising in Herat

Operation Crescent Wind

Bombing of Kandahar (2001)

Battle of Qala-i-Jangi

Battle of Tora Bora

Operation Anaconda

Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa

2003 invasion of Iraq

Battle of Al Faw (2003)

Anbar campaign (2003–2011)

Battle of Umm Qasr

Battle of Basra (2003)

Battle of Nasiriyah

Battle of Najaf (2003)

Operation Northern Delay

Battle of Baghdad (2003)

Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)

Operation Herrick

Siege of Sadr City

Battle of Najaf (2004)

Second Battle of Fallujah

7 July 2005 London bombings

Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)

Operation Mountain Thrust

Helmand province campaign

Siege of Sangin

Operation Medusa

Operation Mountain Fury

Ramadan Offensive (2006)

Iraq War troop surge

Battle of Najaf (2007)

Operation Kryptonite

2007 Labour Party leadership election

Operation Hoover

Operation Achilles

Operation Pickaxe-Handle

Live Earth

Operation Hammer (Afghanistan)

Battle of Musa Qala

Battle of Basra (2008)

Operation Eagle's Summit

Operation Red Dagger

Operation Diesel

Operation Panther's Claw

Operation Strike of the Sword

Battle of Dahaneh

Operation Ocean Shield

Operation Moshtarak

2010 United Kingdom general election

2010 Labour Party leadership election

Battle of Misrata (2011)

2011 military intervention in Libya

Operation Odyssey Dawn

Operation Ellamy

Operation Unified Protector

2011 England riots

39th G8 summit

War in Iraq (2013–2017)

40th G7 summit

Second Battle of Baiji

Siege of Amirli

2014 Wales NATO summit

2014 Scottish independence referendum

Resolute Support Mission

War in Afghanistan (2015–2021)

Second Battle of Tikrit

2015 United Kingdom general election

2015 Labour Party leadership election

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Dismaland

Battle of Ramadi (2015–2016)

Siege of Fallujah (2016)

Shirqat offensive (2016)

Battle of Sirte (2016)

Brexit

2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

2016 Conservative Party leadership election

2016 Labour Party leadership election

Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)

Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)

Battle of Tabqa

2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election

Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017)

Manchester Arena bombing

43rd G7 summit

2017 London Bridge attack

Battle of Raqqa (2017)

2017 United Kingdom general election

Grenfell Tower fire

Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)

Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal

Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal

April 2018 missile strikes against Syria

Battle of Baghuz Fawqani

Persian Gulf crisis (2019–present)

Essex lorry deaths

2019 United Kingdom general election

2020 Labour Party leadership election

Megxit

COVID-19 pandemic in Europe

First COVID-19 vaccines approved

2021 Northern Ireland riots

47th G7 summit

2021 European floods

2021 Kabul airlift

Battle of Hasakah (2022)

July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis

Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II

September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget

October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis

October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

Attacks on US bases during the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)

Operation Prosperity Guardian

US–UK airstrikes on Yemen

June 2024 Ukraine peace summit

2024 United Kingdom general election

2024 Conservative Party leadership election

2024 Southport stabbings

2024 United Kingdom riots

War on cartels (2025–present)

United Arab Emirates in the 2026 Iran war

2026 Labour Party leadership crisis

2026 Makerfield by-election

2026 Labour Party leadership election