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Date	Type	Value	Author/Source	Title
45 May 8 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	VE Day
45 Jul 5 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour Government formed (146 majority)
45 Aug 6 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Hiroshima destroyed by A-bomb
45 Aug 16 Th		Key	[Chronology]	VJ Day
50 Feb 23 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour Government formed (5 majority)
51 Oct 25 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative Government formed (13 majority)
51 Dec 13 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Marriage of Margaret Roberts and Denis Thatcher
53 Dec 1 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT took her bar finals
55 Apr 5 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Churchill resigned as Prime Minister; Eden succeeded
55 May 26 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative Government formed (58 majority)
56 Feb 28 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT asked that her name be returned to Conservative candidates' list
56 Jul 26 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Nasser announced nationalisation of Suez Canal
56 Oct 30 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt; Soviet invasion of Hungary
56 Oct 31 We		Key	[Chronology]	Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov
57 Jan 9 We		Key	[Chronology]	Eden resigned as Prime Minister; Macmillan succeeded (10 Jan)
57 Mar 25 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Treaty of Rome
58 Jan 6 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Thorneycroft, Powell and Birch resigned as Treasury Ministers
58 Jul 31 Th		Key	[Chronology]	MT adopted candidate for Finchley
59 Oct 8 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative Government formed (100 majority)
60 Feb 3 We		Major	[Chronology]	Macmillan speaking in South Africa: "a wind of change is blowing through the continent"
61 Oct 9 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	MT appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary (Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
62 Jul 13 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	"Night of the Long Knives": 7 of 21 Cabinet Ministers sacked
63 Jan 14 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	De Gaulle vetoed British entry to EEC
63 Feb 14 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Harold Wilson elected Labour leader following death of Gaitskell (18 Jan)
63 Jun 4 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Profumo resigned
63 Oct 10 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Macmillan’s decision to resign as PM announced; Home succeeded; Macleod and Powell refused to serve (13 Oct)
63 Nov 22 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Kennedy assassinated
64 Oct 15 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour Government formed (4 majority); MT became a shadow spokesman on pensions
65 Jan 24 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Churchill died
65 Jul 25 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Home resigned as Conservative leader; Heath elected successor (28 Jul)
65 Oct 18 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	MT moved to shadow Housing and Land
65 Nov 11 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Rhodesia declared UDI
66 Mar 31 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour Government formed (98 majority)
66 Apr 19 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	MT moved to shadow Treasury as deputy to Iain Macleod
66 May 3 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget (introduced Selective Employment Tax)
66 Jul 20 We		Major	[Chronology]	Labour spending cuts and wages freeze
66 Nov 10 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Labour Government announced EC entry application; Conservative support
67 Apr 11 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget
67 Jun 5 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Middle East: Six Day War (ended 10 Jun)
67 Jul 27 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Britain to withdraw forces East of Suez
67 Oct 10 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power
67 Nov 27 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	De Gaulle vetoed British application to EC
67 Nov 29 We		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Callaghan became Home Secretary, Jenkins Chancellor
68 Feb 22 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Callaghan announced immediate legislation checking Kenyan Asian immigration
68 Mar 15 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Sterling under pressure: London Foreign Exchange Market closed; Brown resigned
68 Mar 17 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Grosvenor Square riot against Vietnam War
68 Mar 19 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget: 923m increase in indirect taxation
68 Apr 4 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Assassination of Martin Luther King
68 Apr 20 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Enoch Powell's "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr)
68 May 3 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	France: student clashes with police began `events' of May 1968
68 Aug 20 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
68 Oct 5 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: violence at Londonderry civil rights demonstration
68 Nov 14 Th		Key	[Chronology]	MT reshuffled to shadow Transport
69 Aug 14 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast
69 Oct 21 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	MT appointed shadow education spokesman
70 Jan 30 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb
70 Feb 10 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT's father died
70 Jun 18 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31)
70 Jun 19 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	MT given her first Cabinet post (Secretary of State for Education and Science)
70 Jun 30 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive
70 Jul 20 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Death of Iain Macleod; Barber became Chancellor
70 Oct 27 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget
70 Oct 29 Th		Major	[Chronology]	EC entry talks began
71 Feb 4 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Rolls-Royce nationalisation announced
71 May 20 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Heath-Pompidou summit in Paris removed final obstacles to EC entry
71 Aug 9 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: internment introduced
72 Jan 9 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Miners' strike began
72 Jan 12 We		Major	[Chronology]	MT and senior officials met Heath at Chequers; reinforced her authority
72 Jan 20 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Unemployment passed 1m
72 Jan 30 Su		Key	[Chronology]	"Bloody Sunday": British troops killed 13 in Londonderry
72 Feb 10 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Saltley Coke depot closed by pickets
72 Feb 19 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Heath conceded miners' demands
72 Mar 21 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget: full scale reflation
72 Mar 22 We		Key	[Chronology]	Industry White Paper, basis of 1972 Industry Act
72 Mar 24 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: Stormont suspended; direct rule began
72 Jun 23 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Sterling floated: left European `snake' and unpegged from dollar
72 Jul 21 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Five dockers jailed in Pentonville (decision reversed 26 Jly)
72 Aug 8 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Ugandan Asians expelled by Idi Amin
72 Sep 26 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Tripartite talks began (broke down 2 Nov)
72 Nov 6 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Statutory control of pay, prices, dividends and rents (Phase I)
72 Dec 7 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Sutton and Cheam by-election: Liberal gain from Conservatives
73 Jan 1 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Britain acceded to the European Community
73 Jan 17 We		Major	[Chronology]	Phase II of pay policy announced
73 Mar 6 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget: introduced VAT, at 10 per cent
73 Apr 1 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Phase II of pay policy began
73 May 21 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Sex scandals hit government (Lambton resigned; Jellicoe followed (24 May))
73 Jul 26 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Ripon and Ely by-elections: Liberal gains from Conservatives
73 Oct 6 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Arab-Israeli War (ended 24 Oct); oil price increased 70 per cent
73 Oct 8 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Phase III announced: 2.25 or 7 per cent; inflation linked `threshold' payments
73 Nov 12 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	NUM overtime ban began; State of Emergency following day
73 Dec 2 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Whitelaw became Employment Secretary
73 Dec 9 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Sunningdale Agreement
73 Dec 13 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Three day week announced
73 Dec 17 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Emergency budget: 1200m reduction in planned expenditure
74 Jan 9 We		Major	[Chronology]	TUC offered to treat miners' pay claim as special case; rejected by government
74 Feb 5 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	NUM strike ballot: 81 per cent in favour
74 Feb 7 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election called for 28 Feb
74 Feb 10 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Miners' strike began (ended 11 Mar)
74 Feb 21 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Pay Board leak: miners claim consistent with Phase III
74 Feb 23 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Powell said he would vote Labour
74 Feb 28 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: no overall majority for any party
74 Mar 2 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Heath offered Liberals seats in coalition; rejected by them
74 Mar 11 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Shadow Cabinet formed; MT shadowing Environment
74 May 15 We		Key	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: Loyalist strike began; executive resigned (28 May)
74 Jun 22 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph’s Upminster speech
74 Jun 26 We		Major	[Chronology]	Heath speech on national unity theme
74 Aug 9 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Nixon resigned over Watergate
74 Sep 5 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph’s Preston speech
74 Sep 18 We		Major	[Chronology]	General Election called for 10 October
74 Oct 2 We		Major	[Chronology]	Heath urged a Government "of all the talents"
74 Oct 5 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Guildford pub bombs: five killed
74 Oct 10 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour majority of three
74 Oct 15 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	1922 Committee met in Milk Street
74 Oct 19 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph’s Edgbaston speech
74 Nov 7 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle of Shadows: MT to assist Carr on Treasury questions
74 Nov 14 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Heath announced Home Committee to review leadership election procedure
74 Nov 21 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph told MT he would not stand for the leadership; MT decided she would
74 Dec 17 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Home Committee (leadership election procedure) reported
75 Jan 15 We		Major	[Chronology]	Du Cann announced he would not run for Conservative leadership
75 Jan 23 Th		Major	[Chronology]	European referendum announced; ministers free to differ
75 Feb 4 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Conservative leadership first ballot: Heath resigned
75 Feb 11 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Conservative leadership second ballot: MT elected leader
75 Feb 18 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Shadow Cabinet complete
75 Mar 10 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Dublin European Council (ended 11 Mar): British `renegotiation’ concluded
75 Mar 18 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Government to recommend Britain remain in EC
75 Apr 9 We		Key	[Chronology]	MT met Ronald Reagan for the first time (or possibly the second)
75 Apr 15 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget
75 Apr 17 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Cambodia: Phnom Penn fell to Khmer Rouge
75 Apr 30 We		Major	[Chronology]	Vietnam: fall of Saigon
75 Jun 5 Th		Key	[Chronology]	European Referendum: 67.2 per cent for; 32.8 per cent against (64 per cent turnout)
75 Jun 10 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Benn and Varley swapped jobs (Industry and Energy)
75 Jun 26 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Woolwich West by-election: Conservative gain
75 Jul 1 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Labour Government proposed pay policy; White Paper (11 Jly)
75 Jul 14 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Unemployment passed 1m
75 Aug 31 Su		Minor	[Chronology]	MT visited Rumania (returned 3 Spt)
75 Sep 13 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	MT visited USA and Canada (returned 26 Spt)
75 Nov 27 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Ross McWhirter murdered by IRA - MT given 24 hour police protection
76 Jan 29 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Norman Scott allegations against Jeremy Thorpe
76 Feb 19 Th		Minor	[Chronology]	Fishing war: Iceland broke off diplomatic relations with UK
76 Mar 2 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Sterling crisis began as sterling fell below $2
76 Mar 16 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Wilson announced his resignation as Prime Minister
76 Apr 5 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Callaghan elected Labour leader; became Prime Minister
76 Apr 7 We		Key	[Chronology]	Government lost its majority (Stonehouse resigned whip)
76 May 5 We		Major	[Chronology]	Stage II of pay policy agreed with TUC
76 May 6 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Local elections: large Conservative gains (1800+)
76 May 10 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Thorpe resigned as Liberal leader over Scott affair
76 May 26 We		Major	[Chronology]	Wilson's resignation honours list published; scandal
76 May 27 Th		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Heseltine mace incident (government whip broke pair)
76 May 28 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Opposition withdrew cooperation over Commons business
76 Jun 7 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	UK given $5,300m standby credit by Bank of International Settlements
76 Jun 22 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Government conceded in pairing dispute; cooperation resumed
76 Jul 7 We		Major	[Chronology]	David Steel elected Liberal leader
76 Aug 2 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Government lost Tameside case in House of Lords
76 Aug 30 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Riot at Notting Hill carnival
76 Sep 28 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Sterling crisis resumed: Healey turned back from Heathrow
76 Oct 4 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	The Right Approach published
76 Nov 1 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	IMF team arrived in Britain
76 Nov 2 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	US: Carter won presidential election
76 Nov 4 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Walsall North and Workington by-elections: Labour lost to Conservatives
76 Nov 19 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Shadow reshuffle: Maudling dropped (replaced by John Davies)
76 Dec 1 We		Key	[Chronology]	Shadow Cabinet decided to oppose devolution on 2R; Buchanan-Smith and Rifkind resigned
76 Dec 15 We		Key	[Chronology]	Budget: Letter of Intent to IMF published (loan granted 3 Jan 77)
76 Dec 16 Th		Major	[Chronology]	HC: 2R Scotland and Wales Bill passed 292:247
77 Feb 6 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Silver Jubilee of the Queen's accession
77 Feb 19 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Death of Tony Crosland; Owen became Foreign Secretary (21 Feb)
77 Feb 22 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	HC: devolution guillotine defeated 312:283
77 Mar 17 Th		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Government defeat on public expenditure; MT moved confidence motion
77 Mar 23 We		Key	[Chronology]	Lib-Lab Pact
77 Apr 27 We		Major	[Chronology]	Ashfield by-election: Conservative gain mining seat from Labour
77 May 5 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Local elections: large Conservative gains, including GLC
77 Jun 13 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Grunwick dispute: mass picketing began
77 Jun 16 Th		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Rooker-Wise-Lawson amendments (indexing tax allowances)
77 Jul 15 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Government set out next stage of pay policy
77 Jul 25 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Maudling cleared in Poulson case but John Cordle resigned as MP
77 Jul 28 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Lib-Lab Pact renewed for coming session
77 Aug 26 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Scarman Report on Grunwick dispute
77 Sep 6 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited USA (returned 15 Spt)
77 Oct 8 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Reg Prentice joined Conservative Party
77 Oct 8 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	The Right Approach to the Economy published
77 Nov 14 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Firemen's strike began (ended in defeat 16 Jan 78)
77 Nov 19 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Egypt/Israeli accord: Sadat visited Jerusalem
77 Nov 29 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Amnesty for illegal immigrants before 1 Jan 1976
77 Dec 13 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	HC: European elections; Government proposal of PR rejected
78 Jan 25 We		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Cunningham amendment (40 per cent threshold for devolution)
78 Mar 3 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Rhodesia: "internal settlement" (Muzorewa joined Smith Government)
78 Mar 16 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Italy: kidnap of Aldo Moro (found dead 9 May)
78 May 8 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Opposition amendment carried reducing basic rate by 1p
78 May 10 We		Major	[Chronology]	HC: second Finance Bill defeat for Government
78 May 25 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Steel announced end of Lib-Lab Pact after Parliamentary session
78 Jul 7 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Bremen European Council: decision to establish EMS
78 Jul 21 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Stage 3 White Paper: 5 per cent pay guideline
78 Aug 4 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Thorpe and three others charged with conspiracy to murder
78 Sep 5 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Callaghan teased TUC about election dates ("waiting at the church")
78 Sep 7 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Callaghan surprise broadcast: no autumn General Election
78 Sep 21 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Ford strike: settled 2 Nov over 5 per cent limit
78 Oct 2 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Labour Conference (ended 6 Oct): rejected pay policy
78 Oct 10 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Conservative Conference (till 14 Oct): disputes over pay policy
78 Nov 8 We		Major	[Chronology]	HC: 114 Conservatives defied the whip (Rhodesian sanctions)
78 Nov 15 We		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Pym replaced John Davies as shadow Foreign Secretary
78 Nov 27 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	MT met Ronald Reagan for the second time (or possibly the third)
78 Nov 28 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Government announced sanctions against Ford for breaching pay policy
78 Dec 12 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Public sector unions rejected Stage 3
78 Dec 13 We		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Government defeated on Ford sanctions
79 Jan 3 We		Key	[Chronology]	Lorry drivers’ strike began; "Winter of Discontent" peaking
79 Jan 10 We		Key	[Chronology]	Callaghan's return from Guadelope Summit: "Crisis, What Crisis?" ( Sun )
79 Jan 16 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Iran: Shah fled the country; Khomeini returned from exile, 2 Feb
79 Jan 22 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	1m local authority workers' "Day of Action"
79 Feb 23 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Government-TUC "Concordat"
79 Mar 1 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Devolution referendums: devolution defeated
79 Mar 13 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	EMS came into operation
79 Mar 28 We		Key	[Chronology]	HC: Government fell
79 Mar 29 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election announced for 3 May
79 Mar 30 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Airey Neave murdered by INLA
79 Apr 11 We		Major	[Chronology]	Southall riot
79 May 3 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Conservative victory (43 majority)
79 May 4 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	MT appointed Prime Minister
79 May 5 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Cabinet announced
79 May 10 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit in London
79 Jun 5 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in Paris
79 Jun 7 Th		Key	[Chronology]	European Elections
79 Jun 12 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget
79 Jun 18 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	SALT II signed in Vienna
79 Jun 21 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Strasbourg European Council (ended 22 Jun)
79 Jun 26 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT stop-over in Moscow en route to Tokyo G7
79 Jun 27 We		Major	[Chronology]	Tokyo G7 (ended 29 Jun)
79 Jun 30 Sa		Minor	[Chronology]	MT arrived in Australia (returned 1 Jul via Singapore)
79 Jul 31 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Lusaka Commonwealth Meeting began (ended 8 Aug)
79 Aug 27 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	IRA murdered Mountbatten and 18 soldiers (Warrenpoint)
79 Sep 5 We		Major	[Chronology]	MT met Irish PM at No.10
79 Sep 10 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Lancaster House Conference opened (ended 21 Dec)
79 Oct 4 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Italian summit in Rome (ended 5 Oct)
79 Oct 23 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Exchange controls abolished
79 Oct 28 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Visit of Chinese President Hua (ended 3 Nov)
79 Oct 31 We		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit in Bonn
79 Nov 4 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Iran: US Embassy in Tehran occupied
79 Nov 15 Th		Major	[Chronology]	MLR increased 3 per cent (14 to 17 per cent)
79 Nov 19 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in London
79 Nov 29 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Dublin European Council (ended 30 Nov); budget row
79 Dec 6 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Dutch summit in London
79 Dec 16 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-US summit in Washington (ended 18 Dec)
79 Dec 21 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Lancaster House Agreement signed
79 Dec 24 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	USSR invaded Afghanistan
80 Jan 2 We		Key	[Chronology]	Steel strike began (ended 3 April)
80 Mar 25 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget
80 Mar 27 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit at Chequers
80 Apr 2 We		Major	[Chronology]	Riots in Bristol
80 Apr 27 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Luxembourg European Council (ended 28 Apr)
80 Apr 30 We		Major	[Chronology]	London Iranian Embassy siege began (SAS stormed 5 May)
80 May 7 We		Major	[Chronology]	MT attended Tito's funeral in Belgrade
80 May 14 We		Major	[Chronology]	TUC "Day of Action"
80 Jun 2 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Cabinet agreed European budget proposal
80 Jun 12 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Venice European Council (ended 13 Jun)
80 Jun 22 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Venice G7 (ended 23 Jun)
80 Sep 19 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in Paris
80 Sep 22 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Iran-Iraq war began
80 Sep 24 We		Minor	[Chronology]	MT visited Yugoslavia (ended 26 Spt)
80 Oct 15 We		Major	[Chronology]	Callaghan resigned as Labour leader (Foot elected 10 Nov)
80 Oct 27 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	1st Republican hunger strike began (ended 18 Dec)
80 Nov 4 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Reagan elected US President
80 Nov 16 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit in Bonn
80 Nov 23 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Italian summit in Rome
80 Nov 24 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	MLR reduced 2 per cent, 16 to 14 per cent
80 Dec 1 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Luxembourg European Council (ended 2 Dec)
80 Dec 8 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Irish summit in Dublin
81 Jan 5 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Stevas, Maude left cabinet; Brittan joined
81 Jan 25 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Council for Social Democracy set up
81 Feb 6 Fr		Minor	[Chronology]	Anglo-Dutch summit at The Hague
81 Feb 10 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	NCB announced pit closures (abandoned 18 Feb)
81 Feb 25 We		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited Reagan in Washington (returned 1 Mar)
81 Mar 1 Su		Key	[Chronology]	2nd Republican hunger strike began (ended 3 Oct)
81 Mar 6 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited Northern Ireland
81 Mar 10 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget
81 Mar 23 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Maastricht European Council (ended 24 Mar)
81 Mar 26 Th		Key	[Chronology]	SDP formed (Alliance formed 16 June)
81 Mar 30 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Reagan shot
81 Apr 9 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Bobby Sands (IRA hunger striker) elected an MP
81 Apr 11 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Brixton riots began (ended 13 Apr)
81 Apr 15 We		Major	[Chronology]	MT began tour of India, returning via Gulf (ended 25 Apr)
81 May 10 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Mitterrand elected French President
81 May 18 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Keith Speed dismissed as Navy Minister
81 Jun 29 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Luxembourg European Council (ended 30 Jun)
81 Jul 3 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Southall riot
81 Jul 4 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Toxteth riot (until 8 Jul); riots in Manchester (Moss Side)
81 Jul 16 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Warrington by-election: SDP defeated but performed well
81 Jul 20 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Ottowa G7 opened (ended 21 Jul)
81 Jul 23 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Cabinet discussion of public expenditure revealed deep rifts
81 Jul 29 We		Major	[Chronology]	Wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer
81 Sep 14 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Soames, Gilmour, Carlisle dropped; Prior moved to Northern Ireland; Tebbit joined Cabinet to replace him at Employment; Lawson joined Cabinet (Energy); Parkinson became Party Chairman
81 Sep 25 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	MT toured Gulf prior to Melbourne Commonwealth Meeting (returned 8 Oct)
81 Sep 30 We		Major	[Chronology]	MLR increased 2 per cent (14 to 16 per cent)
81 Oct 10 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	IRA bombed Chelsea barracks
81 Oct 21 We		Major	[Chronology]	Cancun North-South Summit (ended 24 Oct)
81 Nov 6 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Irish summit in London
81 Nov 18 We		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit in Bonn
81 Nov 26 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Crosby by-election: Shirley Williams won Conservative seat for SDP
81 Dec 8 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Scargill elected NUM president
81 Dec 13 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Poland: martial law imposed and Solidarity suppressed
82 Jan 26 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Unemployment passed 3 million
82 Mar 9 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget
82 Mar 19 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit at Chequers
82 Mar 25 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Glasgow Hillhead by-election: Roy Jenkins won Conservative seat for SDP
82 Mar 29 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Brussels European Council (ended 30 Mar)
82 Mar 31 We		Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: Argentine invasion learned to be imminent
82 Apr 2 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: Argentina invaded
82 Apr 3 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: UN SCR 502 demanding Argentine withdrawal
82 Apr 5 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: FCO Ministers resigned, Pym new Foreign Secretary; Task Force sailed
82 Apr 7 We		Major	[Chronology]	Falklands: 200 mile Maritime Exclusion Zone declared
82 Apr 8 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Falklands: Haig's first visit to London
82 Apr 12 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Falklands: Haig's second visit to London (ended 13 Apr)
82 Apr 25 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: South Georgia recaptured
82 Apr 30 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: US `tilt' in favour of Britain; Total Exclusion Zone put in force
82 May 17 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in London
82 May 20 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Final British proposals published, after Argentine rejection
82 May 21 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: British Forces landed at San Carlos Bay
82 Jun 4 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Versailles G7 (ended 6 Jun)
82 Jun 7 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Reagan visited Britain (until 9 Jun)
82 Jun 10 Th		Major	[Chronology]	NATO Summit in Bonn
82 Jun 14 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: Argentine surrender
82 Jun 22 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited US (UN and Reagan)
82 Jun 28 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Brussels European Council
82 Jul 7 We		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Italian summit in Rome
82 Jul 20 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	IRA bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park
82 Jul 26 Mo		Minor	[Chronology]	Falklands Thanksgiving Service at St Paul's
82 Sep 17 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited Far East (Japan, China, Hong Kong - ended 29 Spt)
82 Oct 1 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Kohl became West German Chancellor
82 Oct 28 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit in Bonn; visit to Berlin
82 Nov 5 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in Paris
82 Nov 10 We		Major	[Chronology]	Brezhnev died (Andropov succeeded him 12 Nov)
82 Dec 3 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Copenhagen European Council (ended 4 Dec)
83 Jan 6 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Heseltine replaced Nott at Defence
83 Jan 7 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	MT flew to the Falklands (returned 13 Jan)
83 Jan 23 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Water workers strike began (ended 22 Feb)
83 Feb 4 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit at Chequers
83 Feb 18 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Falklands: Franks Report published
83 Feb 24 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Bermondsey by-election: Labour lost to SDP
83 Feb 25 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Italian summit in London
83 Mar 2 We		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Dutch summit in London
83 Mar 10 Th		Major	[Chronology]	NUM ballot rejected national strike
83 Mar 15 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget
83 Mar 21 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Brussels European Council (ended 22 Mar)
83 Mar 23 We		Key	[Chronology]	Reagan announced Star Wars programme (SDI)
83 Apr 21 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit in London
83 May 5 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Local elections
83 May 9 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	General Election announced for 9 Jun
83 May 28 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Williamsburg G7 Summit (MT returned 29 May)
83 Jun 9 Th		Key	[Chronology]	1983 General Election: Conservative majority 144
83 Jun 11 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	New Government formed
83 Jun 13 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Jenkins resigned as SDP leader; Owen elected unopposed 21 Jun
83 Jun 15 We		Major	[Chronology]	Foot resigned as Labour leader; Kinnock elected his successor, 2 Oct
83 Jun 16 Th		Minor	[Chronology]	Abolition of CPRS announced
83 Jun 17 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Stuttgart European Council (ended 18 Jun)
83 Sep 20 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited British Army in Germany with Chancellor Kohl (returned 21 Spt)
83 Sep 25 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Mass break out from Maze prison
83 Sep 25 Su		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited Canada and USA (returned 30 Spt)
83 Oct 14 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Cecil Parkinson resigned over Keays affair
83 Oct 20 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in London (ends 21 Oct)
83 Oct 25 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	US invasion of Grenada
83 Oct 31 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	NUM began overtime ban
83 Nov 7 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Irish summit at Chequers
83 Nov 14 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Cruise missiles arrived at Greenham Common
83 Nov 22 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	New Delhi Commonwealth Meeting (ended 29 Nov)
83 Dec 4 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Athens European Council (ended 6 Dec)
83 Dec 17 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	IRA bombed Harrods
84 Jan 23 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in Paris
84 Jan 25 We		Major	[Chronology]	GCHQ union ban announced
84 Jan 27 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Italian summit in Rome
84 Feb 2 Th		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited Hungary (returned 4 Feb)
84 Feb 9 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Andropov died; MT attended funeral (14 Feb)
84 Feb 28 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit at No.10
84 Mar 5 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit at Chequers
84 Mar 12 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Coal strike began
84 Mar 13 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget
84 Mar 19 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Brussels European Council (ended 20 Mar)
84 Apr 17 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Libyan Embassy siege began after murder of WPC Fletcher (ended 27 Apr)
84 May 2 We		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit at Chequers
84 May 3 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Local elections
84 May 29 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Picket violence at Orgreave coke works (also 18 Jun)
84 Jun 2 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	South African Prime Minister visited Chequers
84 Jun 8 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	London G7 opened (ended 9 Jun)
84 Jun 14 Th		Major	[Chronology]	European Election
84 Jun 25 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Fontainebleau European Council (ended 26 Jun); budget settlement
84 Jun 27 We		Major	[Chronology]	"Day of Action" for miners received uneven support
84 Jul 10 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	1st national dock strike (over coal imports; ended 20 Jly)
84 Jul 16 Mo		Minor	[Chronology]	High Court ruled GCHQ union ban unlawful
84 Aug 24 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	2nd national dock strike (ended 18 Spt)
84 Sep 10 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Hurd replaced Prior as Northern Ireland Secretary
84 Sep 28 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	NACODS (mine supervisors) ballot to strike on 25 Oct (abandoned 24 Oct)
84 Oct 9 Tu		Minor	[Chronology]	Ponting trial began
84 Oct 12 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Brighton bomb
84 Oct 18 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Italian summit in London
84 Oct 25 Th		Major	[Chronology]	High Court ordered sequestration of NUM
84 Oct 31 We		Minor	[Chronology]	Mrs Gandhi assassinated; MT attended funeral (3-4 Nov)
84 Nov 6 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Reagan reelected US President
84 Nov 15 Th		Minor	[Chronology]	Cranley Onslow defeated Edward Du Cann for 1922 Chairmanship
84 Nov 18 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Irish summit at Chequers
84 Nov 20 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Flotation of British Telecom
84 Nov 22 Th		Major	[Chronology]	House of Lords upheld GCHQ union ban
84 Nov 29 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in Paris (returned 1 Dec)
84 Nov 30 Fr		Minor	[Chronology]	Striking miners killed taxi driver in Wales
84 Dec 3 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Dublin European Council (ended 4 Dec)
84 Dec 16 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Gorbachev visited Chequers
84 Dec 19 We		Key	[Chronology]	Hong Kong: MT signed Joint Agreement with China
84 Dec 22 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	MT met Reagan at Camp David
85 Jan 14 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Sterling fell to $1.11; interest rates rose 1.5 per cent to 14 per cent
85 Jan 18 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit in Bonn
85 Feb 11 Mo		Minor	[Chronology]	Ponting acquitted by jury
85 Feb 20 We		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited US (returned 22 Feb)
85 Feb 28 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Newry RUC Station attacked by IRA mortars; 9 killed
85 Mar 3 Su		Key	[Chronology]	NUM voted to end coal strike
85 Mar 11 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Gorbachev Soviet leader on death of Chernenko; MT at funeral 13 Mar
85 Mar 19 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget
85 Mar 29 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Brussels European Council (ended 30 Mar)
85 Mar 31 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Chequers seminar on local government finance; beginnings of community charge
85 Apr 4 Th		Minor	[Chronology]	MT began tour of Far East (returned 14 Apr)
85 May 2 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Bonn G7 (ended 4 May)
85 May 2 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Local elections
85 May 14 Tu		Minor	[Chronology]	Pym formed "Centre Forward" group
85 May 18 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit at Chequers
85 May 29 We		Minor	[Chronology]	Heysel Stadium disaster
85 Jun 3 Mo		Minor	[Chronology]	Fowler Social Security Review: Green Papers published
85 Jun 28 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Milan European Council (ended 29 Jun); IGC set up
85 Jul 4 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Brecon and Radnor by-election: Conservative loss to Alliance on 16 per cent swing
85 Jul 25 Th		Minor	[Chronology]	MT visited US for International Democrat Union Conference (returned 27 Jly)
85 Aug 7 We		Major	[Chronology]	Flotation of Britoil
85 Sep 2 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Hurd replace Brittan at Home Office; Tebbit new Party Chairman
85 Sep 9 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Handsworth riot (ended 10 Spt)
85 Sep 13 Fr		Minor	[Chronology]	24 Soviet diplomats expelled from UK (retaliation 14 Nov)
85 Sep 17 Tu		Minor	[Chronology]	MT visited Egypt and Jordan (returned 20 Spt)
85 Sep 25 We		Major	[Chronology]	Plaza Agreement: G5 policy to drive down the dollar
85 Sep 28 Sa		Minor	[Chronology]	Brixton riot
85 Oct 1 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Kinnock attacked Militant at Labour Conference
85 Oct 1 Tu		Minor	[Chronology]	Riots in Toxteth and Peckham
85 Oct 6 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Broadwater Farm riot; murder of PC Blakelock
85 Oct 16 We		Major	[Chronology]	Nassau Commonwealth Meeting (ended 23 Oct); South Africa dominated
85 Nov 13 We		Major	[Chronology]	Ministerial meeting to consider ERM entry; vetoed by MT
85 Nov 15 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Anglo-Irish Agreement signed at Hillsborough
85 Nov 18 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in London
85 Nov 19 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Geneva (ended 21 Nov)
85 Nov 21 Th		Major	[Chronology]	NATO Summit in Brussels
85 Nov 27 We		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit in London
85 Dec 2 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Luxembourg European Council; Single European Act agreed (ended 3 Dec)
85 Dec 6 Fr		Minor	[Chronology]	UK signed SDI participation agreement
85 Dec 9 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Westland: press coverage of Brittan-Heseltine rift
85 Dec 17 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Ulster Unionist MPs resigned seats in protest at Anglo-Irish Agreement
85 Dec 27 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Palestinian terrorists killed 27 at Rome and Vienna airports; Libya involved
86 Jan 6 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Westland: leak of Attorney-General's letter to Heseltine
86 Jan 9 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Westland: Heseltine resigned; Younger replaced him at Defence; Rifkind joined the Cabinet as Scottish Secretary
86 Jan 13 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Westland: Brittan badly damaged by misleading statement to HC
86 Jan 20 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in Lille
86 Jan 23 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland by-elections
86 Jan 24 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Westland: Brittan resigned; Channon replaced him at DTI
86 Jan 27 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Westland: emergency debate, ending the crisis
86 Jan 28 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Community Charge Green Paper published
86 Feb 3 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Channon confirmed press reports of plans to sell BL to Ford and GM
86 Feb 6 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Sale of Austin Rover to Ford dropped; Land Rover to GM dropped 25 Mar
86 Feb 12 We		Major	[Chronology]	Channel Tunnel Treaty signed in Canterbury
86 Feb 17 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Single European Act signed
86 Mar 12 We		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Italian summit in Florence
86 Apr 10 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Fulham by-election: Labour gain from Conservative
86 Apr 14 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	HC: Shops Bill lost on 2R due to Conservative rebellion
86 Apr 15 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	US air raids on Libya, mainly flown from British bases
86 Apr 17 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Hindawi affair - Syrian attempt to bomb El Al 747 at Heathrow
86 Apr 26 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Chernobyl disaster
86 May 2 Fr		Minor	[Chronology]	MT visited Korea (4 May flew to Japan)
86 May 4 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Tokyo G7 (ended 6 May)
86 May 8 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Ryedale by-election: Conservative loss to Liberals
86 May 18 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Budget
86 May 21 We		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Joseph resigned; Baker replaced him at DES
86 May 24 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	MT visited Israel (returned 27 May)
86 May 30 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Stalker suspended
86 Jun 12 Th		Major	[Chronology]	South Africa: Eminent Persons Group reported; national state of emergency proclaimed
86 Jun 26 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Hague European Council (ended 27 Jun); MT resisted South Africa sanctions
86 Jul 11 Fr		Minor	[Chronology]	MT visited Canada (returned 13 Jly)
86 Jul 20 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Sunday Times report of rift between MT and monarch over South Africa
86 Jul 24 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Edinburgh Commonwealth Games: 32 nations boycotted over South Africa
86 Aug 3 Su		Major	[Chronology]	London Commonwealth Summit on South Africa (ended 5 Aug)
86 Sep 10 We		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle of junior ministers
86 Sep 11 Th		Minor	[Chronology]	MT visited Norway (returned 12 Spt)
86 Sep 16 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-German summit in Bonn followed by visit to British Forces in Germany
86 Sep 16 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	EC sanctions imposed on South Africa
86 Oct 10 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Tebbit complained at BBC coverage of US bombing of Libya
86 Oct 11 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (ended 12 Oct)
86 Oct 24 Fr		Minor	[Chronology]	Syria: Britain broke off diplomatic relations; Hindawi jailed
86 Oct 27 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	City of London "Big Bang"
86 Nov 12 We		Major	[Chronology]	Reagan admitted US had sold arms to Iran
86 Nov 15 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Anglo-US Summit at Camp David: arms control statement agreed
86 Nov 17 Mo		Minor	[Chronology]	Australia: HMG sought injunction to prevent sale of Spycatcher
86 Nov 21 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-French summit in Paris
86 Dec 3 We		Major	[Chronology]	Flotation of British Gas
86 Dec 5 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	London European Council (ended 6 Dec)
86 Dec 18 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Nimrod airborne early warning project abandoned in favour of AWACS
87 Jan 8 Th		Minor	[Chronology]	AIDS education campaign launched
87 Jan 20 Tu		Minor	[Chronology]	Lebanon: Terry Waite kidnapped
87 Jan 20 Tu		Minor	[Chronology]	Birmingham Six case referred back to Court of Appeal (appeal rejected 28 Jan 1988)
87 Feb 6 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Wapping dispute ended by NGA to evade sequestration
87 Feb 11 We		Major	[Chronology]	Flotation of British Airways
87 Feb 11 We		Major	[Chronology]	Anglo-Italian summit in London
87 Feb 22 Su		Key	[Chronology]	"Louvre Accord" to halt decline in the dollar; Lawson began shadowing Deutschmark
87 Feb 26 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Community Charge to replace rates in Scotland from 1 Apr 1989
87 Feb 26 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Greenwich by-election: SDP victory from Labour

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