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| 1869 | Birth |  |
| 18th Mar Birmingham Birth of Neville Chamberlain, son of a businessman |
| 1915 | Lord Mayor | |
| Appointed Lord Mayor of Birmingham & establishes the first municipal bank |
| 1916 | Director National Service Chamberlain | |
| London Appointed Dircetor General of National Service |
| 1918 | Member of Parliament | |
| Ladywood Appointed Member of Parliament for Ladywood |
| 1922 | Paymaster General | |
| London Appointed Paymaster General |
| 1922 | Postmaster General | |
| Appointed Postmaster General |
| 1923 | Chancellor | |
| Aug Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term |
| 1923 | Minister of Health | |
| 7th Mar Appointed Minister of Health, 1st term |
| 1924 | Minister of Health | |
| Nov Appointed Minister of Health, 2nd term |
| 1930 | Chairman Conservative Party | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party |
| 1931 | Chancellor | |
| 9th Nov Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term |
| 1931 | Minister of Health | |
| Appointed Minister of Health, 3rd term |
| 1932 | Budget | |
| 19th April London Includes low expenditure on Defense |
| 20th April London Sets up an Exchange Equalization Fund to prevent sudden fluctuations in sterling |
| 1932 | Conference of Imperial | |
| 21st July Ottowa Opening day of the Ottawa Imperial Economic Conference |
| 20th Aug Ottowa Final day of the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottowa |
| 20th Aug Ottowa The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade |
| 1932 | Conference of World Economic | |
| 27th July Kensington Fails to agree on methods to check spread of trade barriers |
| 1932 | Imperial Preference | |
| 20th Aug Ottowa The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade |
| 1932 | Reform | |
| 1st Mar London Britain returns to protectective tariffs |
| 1932 | Resignation | |
| 28th Sep London National Liberal free traders resign from government over Imperial preference |
| 1932 | Trade Imperial Preference | |
| 28th Sep London National Liberal free traders resign from government over Imperial preference |
| 1934 | Diplomacy | |
| 21st Dec London Concludes the coal & cattle pact, a trade agreement made with the Irish Free State |
| 1934 | Reform | |
| 14th May London Creates an unemployment assistance board to administer aid at a fixed national rate |
| 20th Nov London Announces economic relief for depressed areas |
| 1936 | Diplomacy | |
| 10th June London Attacks the League of Nation's sanctions against Italy for its invasion of Abyssina |
| 1937 | Armament | |
| Inroduces a "National Defence Contribution", defeated by the City & backbenchers |
| 1937 | Constitution | |
| 29th Dec The State of Eire exists within the Commonwealth but has no links with the crown |
| 1937 | Diplomacy | |
| London USA has "a long way to go yet before they become helpful partners in world affairs" |
| Dec Berchesgaden Halifax & Hitler, "discuss practical questions involved in a European settlement" |
| Dec Berchtesgaden Halifax & Hitler, "discuss practical questions involved in a European settlement" |
| 1937 | Election | |
| 31st May Derby, seconded by Churchill, proposes Chamberlain for Leadership |
| 1937 | Independence | |
| 29th Dec The Irish free state is replaced by the sovereign State of Eire |
| 29th Dec The State of Eire exists within the Commonwealth but has no links with the crown |
| 1937 | Prime Minister | |
| 28th May Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| 1937 | Scottish Office | |
| Edinburgh The Gilmour Committee reports its findings & a Scottish Office is set up in Edinburgh |
| 1938 | Anschluss | |
| 11th Mar While Ribbentrop is at Chequers Hitler announces the Anschluss |
| 1938 | Armament | |
| 19th Feb London Says in cabinet rearmament in 2 yrs will create "the gravest financial dislocation" |
| Oct London The rearmament programme is stepped up with an emphasis on heavy bombers |
| 1938 | Capture of Prague | |
| 15th Mar London Declares in the Commons policy will not change despite Hitler's occupation of Prague |
| 1938 | Conference of Munich | |
| 28th Sep London In the Commons announces an invitation to attend a 4 power conference |
| 29th Sep Munich Attends the Conference at the Fuhrerhaus with Hitler, Mussolini & Daladier |
| 1938 | Diplomacy | |
| Sudetenland Suggests "Plan Z" to Hitler, a Sudentenland plebiscite for inclusion in the Reich |
| 27th Feb Britain and France recognize the Franco government in Spain |
| Mar Announces negotiations in Italy for a settlement of "outstanding questions" |
| 3rd Mar Henderson offers Germany colonial territory |
| 3rd Mar Hitler says he is concerned by the 10 million Germans who live outside the Reich |
| 11th Mar While Ribbentrop is at Chequers Hitler announces the Anschluss |
| 28th April Daladier & Bonnet invite Britain to defend Czech from German invasion, Britain refuses |
| 29th April Chamberlain fears a break with France & agrees to joint diplomatic action |
| May Chamberlain warns Berlin Britain will support France's Czech treaty obligations |
| May German troops move to the Czech border |
| 22nd May Warns Germany not to attack Czech |
| 22nd May Warns Germany off military action against Czech but fails to support France |
| 23rd May Tells France Britain will not take joint military action to defend Czech from Germany |
| 26th July Announces in the Commons that Runciman is going to Prague as requested by Czech |
| 15th Sep Berchtesgaden Visits Hitler who tells Chamberlain that he will annex the Sudetenland |
| 18th Sep Sudetenland Britain & France persuade Czech to hand over areas greater than 50% German |
| 18th Sep Sudetenland Britain & France urge Czech to transfer Sudeten areas to Germany |
| 22nd Sep Bad Godesberg Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia |
| 22nd Sep Godesberg Hitler receives Chamberlain & demands the immediate cession of all Sudetenland |
| 22nd Sep Bad Godesberg Offers Hitler the Sudetenland |
| Oct Talks are held with the Fench, Chamberlain keeps his "limited liabilty" war policy |
| 1st Oct Returns having failed to satisy Hitler who will invade the Sudetenland 1st Oct |
| Nov Assures Chautemps & Delbos that Britain will not conclude an Anglo-German agreement |
| 1938 | Invasion of Czech | |
| 28th April Daladier & Bonnet invite Britain to defend Czech from German invasion |
| 23rd May Tells France Britain will not take military action to defend Czech from Germany |
| 1938 | Invasion of Sudetenland | |
| 1st Oct Sudetenland Returns having failed to satisy Hitler who will invade the Sudetenland 1st Oct |
| 1938 | Plan Z | |
| Sudetenland Suggests "Plan Z" to Hitler, a Sudentenland plebiscite for inclusion in the Reich |
| 1938 | Referendum | |
| Sudetenland Suggests "Plan Z" to Hitler, a Sudentenland plebiscite for inclusion in the Reich |
| 1938 | Resignation | |
| 20th Feb Anthony Eden resigns as Foreign Secretary in a dispute with PM Neville Chamberlain, he says Chamberlain is appeasing Germany |
| 1938 | Rule of Sudetenland | |
| 18th Sep Sudetenland Britain & France urge Czech to transfer Sudeten areas to Germany |
| 22nd Sep Godesberg Hitler receives Chamberlain & demands the immediate cession of all Sudetenland |
| 22nd Sep Sudetenland Offers Hitler the Sudetenland |
| 1938 | Treaty of Munich | |
| 29th Sep Munich Ruthenia & a part of Slovakia is ceded to Hungary |
| 29th Sep Munich The Sudetenland is ceded to Germany & Teschen is ceded to Poland |
| 30th Sep Munich Agreed in the early hours, Chamberlain & Daladier must break it to the Czechs |
| 30th Sep London Brings "peace with honor" |
| 30th Sep London Declares from 10 Downing St there will be "peace for our time" |
| 3rd Oct Munich The Commons debate on the Munich Agreement begins |
| 1939 | Alliance | |
| 29th Mar Embarks on policy which leads to British declaration of war against Germany |
| 29th Mar Ends appeasement of Germany by commiting Britain to defend Poland |
| 31st Mar Britain & France pledge to support Poland |
| April An alliance is signed with Poland providing for reciprocal guarantees |
| 13th April Britain & France pledge to support Greece |
| 13th April Britain & France pledge to support Romania |
| 23rd April Warns Hitler Britain will support Poland in the event of an attack |
| 25th Aug After Germany's pact with Russia Britain completes the Anglo-Polish Defence Alliance |
| 1939 | Armament | |
| 3rd Sep Parliament passes the National Services (Armed Forces) Act |
| 1939 | Bombing of Firth of Forth | |
| 16th Oct Firth of Forth 1st air attack on British territory |
| 1939 | Conscription | |
| 27th April Conscription is introduced |
| 1939 | Crisis | |
| 21st Aug Danzig Calls an emergency Cabinet meeting on the Danzig crisis & threat to peace |
| 1939 | Declaration of War | |
| 3rd Sep London Declares war on Germany, at 11 AM |
| 1939 | Diplomacy | |
| London A coal agreement is signed with Germany & a team of negotiators visits Britain |
| Signs an agreement with Poland |
| Signs an agreement with Turkey |
| Jan Visits Rome to prise Italy from the Axis, invited by Mussolini to pressurise France |
| Jan Rome Visits Rome to prise Italy from the Axis, invited by Mussolini to pressurise France |
| 27th Feb London Recognizes the Franco Government in Spain |
| 14th Mar London Announces in the Commons Britain cannot honour Czech obligations |
| 18th April The Soviet Union offers a Soviet-British-French alliance which would guarantee the integrity of Poland, the consulations are unproductive |
| 28th April Hitler accuses Britain of "encirclement" |
| 28th April Hitler denounces Germany's non-aggression pact with Poland |
| May Russia offers a tripartite alliance with France & Britain |
| 19th Sep Danzig Hitler triumphantly enters Danzig & offers concilliation with France & Britain |
| 6th Oct Hitler's offers of peace to France & Britain are rejected |
| 12th Oct Chamberlain dismisses Hitler's offer of peace |
| 26th Oct A pact of mutual assistance is signed between Turkey, France & Britain |
| 1939 | Invasion of Czech | |
| 14th Mar London Germany invades Prague despite the Munich Agreement |
| 14th Mar London Says Britain has no obligation to Czech because it has ceased to exist as a state |
| 1939 | Invasion of Poland | |
| 1st Sep London Demands Hitler halt his Invasion of Poland |
| 19th Sep Danzig Hitler triumphantly enters Danzig & offers concilliation with France & Britain |
| 1939 | Legislation | |
| 3rd Sep Parliament passes the National Services (Armed Forces) Act |
| 1939 | Mobilization | |
| Mar Cabinet decides in the event of war with Germany an army will be sent to Europe |
| 29th Mar Cabinet decides to double the territorial force |
| 27th April Conscription is introduced |
| 29th April London Conscription is created for 6 months service for men aged 20 |
| 12th Sep Abbeville Advises Daladier that it had been wise not to undertake large scale operations |
| 12th Sep Abbeville Attends the 1st meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council |
| 1939 | Pact | |
| 26th Oct A pact of mutual assistance is signed between Turkey, France & Britain |
| 1939 | Parliament | |
| 29th Aug London Parliament is reopened |
| 1939 | Prime Minister | |
| 1st Sep Asks Churchill to join the Cabinet as First Lord of the Admiralty |
| 1939 | Reform | |
| 29th April London Conscription is created for 6 months service for men aged 20 |
| 24th Aug London Gives full authority of the law to the "defense regulations" issued by the government |
| 1939 | Resignation | |
| 9th May London Appeals for unity & invites Greenwood & Attlee to join the government with him as PM |
| 1939 | Sinking Clement | |
| 30th Sep The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the steamship Clement |
| 1939 | Sinking Royal Oak | |
| 14th Oct Scapa Flow A U-47 penetrates the British anchorage & sinks the Royal Oak |
| 1940 | Death | |
| 9th Nov London Death of Neville Chamberlain, age 71 |
| 1940 | Invasion of Norway | |
| 12th Jan Narvik The War Cabinet decides not to act against German iron ore supplies from Narvik |
| 5th Feb Narvik The British Chiefs -of-Staff set 20th March as the date for a landing at Narvik |
| 29th Feb Calls off mining Norwegian waters, might effect neutrals such as the USA & Sweden |
| 12th Mar Narvik The War Cabinet agrees to go ahead with the Narvik landing |
| 13th Mar Narvik Gives a "standstill order" on Narvik after the surrender of the Finns to Russia |
| 28th Mar Narvik Launched to prevent Germany getting Swedish ore |
| 28th Mar Narvik The Supreme War Council agrees minefields will be laid off Norway on 8th April |
| 28th Mar Narvik The Supreme War Council agrees to A British landing at Narvik on 8th April |
| 28th Mar Narvik The Supreme War Council agrees to Chamberlain's request |
| 28th Mar Narvik The Supreme War Council agrees to mine Norwegian waters on 8th April |
| 13th April Narvik General Mackesy calls off the British occupation of Narvik |
| 15th April Narvik The Allied Expeditionary Force lands at Narvik |
| 16th April Namsos The Allied Expeditionary Force lands at Namsos |
| 18th April Andalsnes The Allied Expeditionary Force lands at Andalsnes |
| 26th April Trondheim General Mackesy is forced to call off the pincer assault on Trondheim |
| 1st May Andalsnes British Forces are withdrawn from Andalsnes |
| 3rd May Namsos British Forces are withdrawn from Namsos |
| 1940 | Lord President | |
| Appointed Lord President of the Council |
| 11th May Given 11 Downing St as part of his appointment as Lord President |
| 1940 | Mining Norway | |
| 29th Feb Calls off mining Norwegian waters, might effect neutrals such as the USA & Sweden |
| 28th Mar Narvik The Supreme War Council agrees minefields will be laid off Norway on 8th April |
| 28th Mar Narvik The Supreme War Council agrees to mine Norwegian waters on 8th April |
| 1940 | Resignation | |
| 10th May London After the failure of appeasement & there is a need for strong government |
| 10th May London Attlee informs Chamberlain saying Labour will serve in the government without him |
| 10th May London Labour will not serve in a government with Chamberlain in |
| 1940 | Siege of Narvik | |
| 12th Jan Narvik The War Cabinet decides not to act against German iron ore supplies from Narvik |
| 12th Mar Narvik The War Cabinet agrees to go ahead with the Narvik landing |
| 13th Mar Narvik Gives a "standstill order" on Narvik after the surrender of the Finns to Russia |
| 1940 | Siege of Trondheim | |
| 26th April Trondheim General Mackesy is forced to call off the pincer assault on Trondheim |
| 1940 | War Cabinet | |
| 11th May London Appointed Member of the War Cabinet |
