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| 1883 | Birth |  |
| 3rd Jan Birth of Clement Richard Attlee |
| 1906 | Education | |
| Called to the bar by the Inner Temple |
| 1908 | Party Leader | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Independent Labour Party |
| 1913 | Lecturer London School of Economics Attlee | |
| London Appointed Lecturer in social science at the London School of Economics |
| 1919 | Mayor | |
| Stepney Appointed Mayor of Stepney |
| 1922 | Election | |
| Limehouse Elected Member of Parliament for Limehouse |
| 1924 | Under Secretary | |
| Appointed under Secretary for War |
| 1929 | Chancellor | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| 1935 | Armament | |
| 11th Mar Moves that increased arms budgets is at variance with the League of Nations |
| 1935 | Party Leader | |
| London Appointed leader of the opposition |
| 1940 | Lord Privy Seal | |
| Appointed Lord Privy Seal |
| 1940 | Resignation | |
| 9th May Bournemouth Sends a letter to Chamberlain saying Labour will not serve under Chamberlain |
| 1940 | War Cabinet | |
| 11th May London Appointed Member of the War Cabinet |
| 1942 | Deputy Prime Minister | |
| London Appointed Deputy Prime Minister, serves under Winston Churchill |
| 1942 | Secretary of Dominions, The | |
| Appointed Dominions Secretary |
| 1943 | Lord President | |
| Appointed Lord President of the Council |
| 1945 | Conference of Potsdam | |
| July Potsdam Attlee & Truman meet & decide to establish the Nurnberg Tribunal for war crimes |
| 1945 | Election | |
| 259 new Labour MPs are elected |
| Labour win 393 seats, the Conservatives win 210 seats |
| The Labour Party wins 48% of votes cast & 393 MPs |
| 1945 | Independence | |
| 19th Sep Promises India independence |
| 1945 | Party Leader | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party |
| 1945 | Prime Minister | |
| 26th July Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| 1945 | Resignation | |
| 21st May Rejects Churchill's offer to continue Coaltion Government |
| 23rd May The government resigns |
| 1945 | Rule of Falklands, The | |
| 26th July Falklands, The Britain states that as an essential precondition for the fulfilment of UN Resolution 1514, regarding the de-colonisation of all territories still under foreign occupation, the Falklanders have to vote for British withdrawal at a referendum |
| 1945 | United Nations | |
| 26th July Falklands, The Britain states that as an essential precondition for the fulfilment of UN Resolution 1514, regarding the de-colonisation of all territories still under foreign occupation, the Falklanders have to vote for British withdrawal at a referendum |
| 1946 | Diplomacy | |
| Concludes a secret agreement on intelligence collaboration with the USA |
| 4th Mar A Treaty of alliance is signed with France |
| 1946 | Independence | |
| 7th Jan Russia, Britain, the USA & France recognize Austria with its 1937 boundaries |
| 1946 | Occupation Germany | |
| 3rd Dec The American & British zones are economically joined together |
| 1947 | CEPS | |
| Mar Founds the Central Economic Planning Staff |
| 1947 | Diplomacy | |
| 21st Feb Informs the USABritain cannot afford to keep troops in Greece & will withdraw by April |
| 1947 | Independence | |
| Grants independence to Pakistan |
| 20th Feb Agrees to grant Indian independence no later than 1948 |
| 1947 | Nationalization | |
| 1st Jan The coal industry is nationalized |
| 1948 | Alliance | |
| London Informs the Cabinet Defence Committee the USA will be the major partner in conflicts |
| 1948 | Blockade of Berlin | |
| Berlin During the Berlin crisis makes paper plans for war |
| Berlin The Russians blockade Berlin, the west responds with an airlift |
| 26th June Berlin Demands Russia lift it's bloackade |
| 1948 | Constitution | |
| 7th June London The London Reccomendations call Lander Premiers to convene a Constituent Assembly |
| 1948 | Diplomacy | |
| London Concludes a further secret agreement on intelligence collaboration with the USA |
| London Informs the Cabinet Defence Committee the USA will be the major partner in conflicts |
| 1948 | Independence | |
| 4th Jan London Burma becomes an independent republic |
| 14th May London Britain surrenders it's mandate over Palestine |
| 1948 | Mobilization | |
| London The Civil Defence Act is passed |
| 1948 | Nationalization | |
| London The railways are nationalized |
| 1948 | Reccomendations of London | |
| 7th June London The London Reccomendations call Lander Premiers to convene a Constituent Assembly |
| 1948 | Vittles | |
| 26th June Berlin 1st day of the Berlin Airlift |
| 1949 | Blockade of Berlin | |
| 12th May Berlin The Berlin blockade ends after 327 days |
| 1949 | Independence | |
| London 6 counties outside Nth Ireland are granted full independent status |
| London Ireland ceases to have Dominion status |
| 1949 | Mobilization | |
| London Completes the plans for a World War III British state |
| London Creates a secret group of ministers to approve subversion behind the Iron Curtain |
| 1950 | Battle of Pusan | |
| 12th Sep Taegu British troops take up their position near Taegu |
| 1950 | Budget | |
| London Agrees to increae the defence budget from œ3,400 to œ4,700 under pressure from the USA |
| 1950 | Diplomacy | |
| 6th Jan London Britain recognizes Communist China |
| 30th Jan Baltic Britain signs a Treaty with Norway, Denmark & Sweden for more economic co-operation |
| 30th Jan Baltic Sea Britain signs a Treaty with Norway, Denmark & Sweden for more economic co-operation |
| 27th Mar London Great Britain recognizes Israel |
| 1950 | Election | |
| Walthamstow Elected Member of Parliament for West Walthamstow |
| 23rd Feb A swing of 3.3% from Labour to Conservative produces a Labour majority of 6 |
| 23rd Feb Labour polls a popular vote not exceeded by any politial party until 1992 |
| 23rd Feb Reduced Labour majority , Labour 315, Conservatives 298, Liberals 9 & others 8 |
| 23rd Feb The Labour Party wins 48.8% of votes cast, a record, & 315 MPs |
| 1950 | Mobilization | |
| London Completes detailed procedures for an atomic World War III |
| 1950 | Parliament | |
| 21st Sep London Visits George VI with a request to dissolve Parliament |
| 1950 | Plan Schumann | |
| May London Monnet invites Britain to join the European Coal & Steel Community, the British refuse |
| 1st June London Rejects France's demand for Britain to join the European Coal & Steel Community |
| 1950 | Prime Minister | |
| 11th Jan Announces a general election will be held February 23 |
| 28th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1950 | Reform | |
| 15th Sep London National Service is extended to two years |
| 2nd Oct London Legal Aid comes into force |
| 1950 | United Nations | |
| 3rd July Moscow The British appeal to Moscow to ask Nth Korea to stop the war, Russia declines |
| 5th July London Proclaims in the Commons that "aggression should be halted at the outset" |
| 9th Sep London Measures are passed in the House of Commons for more British participation in the war |
| 1951 | Diplomacy | |
| 26th May Britain submits Iranian oil nationalization to the International Court of Justice |
| 12th Oct Britain's oil dispute with Iran is placed before the UN Security Council |
| 1951 | Election | |
| 25th Oct The Labour Party win 48.8% of votes cast & 295 MPs |
| 1951 | Nationalization | |
| 26th May Britain submits Iranian oil nationalization to the International Court of Justice |
| 5th July Iran rejects an interim order by the International Court of Justice |
| 1951 | Parliament | |
| Oct London Calls for dissolution after Labour's introduction of prescription charges |
| 1951 | Resignation | |
| 26th Oct London Attlee hands in his resignation as Prime Minister to George VI |
| 1952 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 3rd Oct Monte Bello Britain explodes its 1st atomic bomb off Australia, 3rd member of the "nuclear club" |
| 1952 | Rebellion | |
| 19th Oct British troops are despatched to Kenya folowing Mau Mau disturbances |
| 1952 | Reform | |
| Oct A Party Conference attacks the Bevanites by criticizing a "party within a party" |
| 1954 | Armament | |
| Gets the Parliamentary Labour Party to support German rearmament |
| 1954 | Resignation | |
| Bevan resigns over the governments support for German rearmament |
| 1955 | Election | |
| The Conservatives win 344 seats, Labour 277, Liberals 6 & United Ireland 3 |
| 1955 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 2nd Mar Supports the debate in Parliament for investing in a British hydrogen bomb |
| 1955 | Peerage | |
| Created Baron Attlee, 1st |
| 1955 | Resignation | |
| 7th Dec London Resigns as Party Leader of the Labour Party after losing 2 elections |
| 1967 | Death | |
| Death of Clement Richard Attlee |
