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Joyce Shearar

Female 1916 - 1919  (3 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1 1916 
  • 1916—1916:
    Compulsory military service introduced in Britain
  • Feb 1916—Feb 1916:
    Battle of Verdun - appalling losses on both sides, stalemate continues
  • 24 Apr 1916—24 Apr 1916:
    Easter Rising in Ireland - after the leaders are executed, public opinion backs independence
  • 21 May 1916—21 May 1916:
    First use of Daylight Saving Time in UK
  • 31 May 1916—31 May 1916:
    Battle of Jutland - only major naval battle between the British and German fleets
  • 5 Jun 1916—5 Jun 1916:
    Sinking of HMS Hampshire and death of Kitchener
  • 3 Aug 1916—3 Aug 1916:
    Sir Roger Casement hanged at Pentonville Prison for treason
  • 15 Sep 1916—15 Sep 1916:
    First use of tanks in battle, but of limited effect (Battle of the Somme 1 July to 18 Nov: over 1 million casualties)
  • 7 Dec 1916—7 Dec 1916:
    Lloyd-George becomes British Prime Minister of the coalition government
2 1917 
  • 1917—1917:
    Battle of Cambrai - first use of massed tanks, but effect more psychological than actual
  • 1917—1917:
    Ministry of Labour is established in Britain
  • Feb 1917—Feb 1917:
    February revolution in Russia; Tsar Nicholas abdicates
  • 16 Apr 1917—16 Apr 1917:
    Lenin returns to Russia after exile
  • 17 Apr 1917—17 Apr 1917:
    USA declares war on Germany
  • 26 May 1917—26 May 1917:
    George V changes surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor (Royal proclamation on 17 July)
  • Jul 1917—Jul 1917:
    Battle of Passchendaele - little gained by either side (Jul-Nov)
  • 7 Nov 1917—7 Nov 1917:
    'October' Revolution in Russia - Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government; Lenin becomes Chief Commissar
  • 6 Dec 1917—6 Dec 1917:
    Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion, one of the world's largest artificial non-nuclear explosions to date: a ship loaded with wartime explosives blew up after a collision, obliterating buildings and structures within two square kilometres of the explosion
  • 9 Dec 1917—9 Dec 1917:
    British forces capture Jerusalem
3 1918 
  • 1918—1918:
    Vote for women over 30, men over 21 (except peers, lunatics and felons)
  • 1918—1918:
    War of Independence in Ireland
  • 1918—1918:
    SA - Influenza epidemic with pneumonia.
  • 18 Jan 1918—18 Jan 1918:
    Bentley Motors founded
  • 8 Mar 1918—8 Mar 1918:
    Start of world-wide 'flu pandemic
  • Jul 1918—Jul 1918:
    Second Battle of the Marne: last major German offensive in WW1 (Jul-Aug)
  • 1 Oct 1918—1 Oct 1918:
    Arab forces under Lawrence of Arabia capture Damascus
  • 11 Nov 1918—11 Nov 1918:
    Armistice signed
  • Dec 1918—Dec 1918:
    First woman elected to House of Commons, Countess Markiewicz as a Sinn Fein member refused to take her seat
4 1919 
  • 1919—1919:
    Britain adopts a 48-hour working week
  • 1919—1919:
    Sir Ernest Rutherford publishes account of splitting the atom
  • 15 Jun 1919—15 Jun 1919:
    Alcock and Brown complete first nonstop flight across the Atlantic
  • 28 Jun 1919—28 Jun 1919:
    Treaty of Versailles signed

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