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*1879 Zulu War. | *1879 Zulu War. | ||
*1899 Boer War. | *1899 Boer War. | ||
*1931 Statute of Westminster | *1887: The first [http://archive.org/details/cihm_03397 Colonial Conference] beginning a series of consultations between Britain and its colonies. | ||
* | *1926 The 6th [http://foundingdocs.gov.au/resources/transcripts/cth11_doc_1926.pdf Imperial Conference] established the Dominions as equal communities within the [[British Empire]], with a common allegiance to the Crown. | ||
*1930: First [[Commonwealth of Nations#Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] held in Hamilton, Canada. | |||
*1931 [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/4/introduction Statute of Westminster] confirmed the equality of Britain and the Dominions of [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[South Africa]], [[Ireland]], and [[Newfoundland]]. | |||
*1949 The [[Commonwealth of Nations/Addendum#The London Declaration of 1949| London Declaration]] | |||
Revision as of 06:48, 14 May 2012
- 1600 English East India Company gets a royal charter..,
- 1606 The Virginia Company[1] gets a royal charter.
- 1607 Jamestown Virginia is founded by the Virginia Company[2].
- 1620 Voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers[3].
- 1623 British settlements in the West Indies[4].
- 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.
- 1757 Clive wins the Battle of Plassey in India[5].
- 1759 Wolfe defeats French at Heights of Abraham in Canada.
- 1773 Boston Tea Party
- 1776 American Declaration of Independence
- 1783 Treaty of Paris establishes independence of the United States
- 1788 New South Wales founded as a penal colony.
- 1807 The Slave Trade Act ends British slave trade.
- 1814 Cape of South Africa ceded to Britain.
- 1819 East India Company buys Singapore.
- 1842 Treaty of Nanking - China cedes Hong Kong to Britain.
- 1857 Indian Mutiny.
- 1879 Zulu War.
- 1899 Boer War.
- 1887: The first Colonial Conference beginning a series of consultations between Britain and its colonies.
- 1926 The 6th Imperial Conference established the Dominions as equal communities within the British Empire, with a common allegiance to the Crown.
- 1930: First Commonwealth Games held in Hamilton, Canada.
- 1931 Statute of Westminster confirmed the equality of Britain and the Dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, and Newfoundland.
- 1949 The London Declaration