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| 1894 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Maurice Harold MacMillan |
| 1923 | Election | |
| Stands for Parliament for the 1st time at Stokton & is defeated by just 73 votes |
| 1924 | Election | |
| Stockton Elected Member of Parliament for Stockton, majority of 3,000 |
| 1925 | Speech | |
| London Maiden Speech, supports the budget introducing contributory pensions & reduced inc tax |
| 1926 | Strike | |
| London Helps pack copies of The Times during the General Strike |
| 1927 | Publication | |
| Advocates a "middle way" in industrial relations between socialism & laissez-faire |
| Publication of, "Industry & the State" |
| 1927 | Reform | |
| 2nd May London Makes a speech in support of the Trades Disputes Bill |
| 1929 | Election | |
| Stockton Loses Stockton at the general election by 2,389 votes |
| 1931 | Election | |
| Stockton Wins Stockton as the National Candidate with a majority of 11,031 votes |
| 1933 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Reconstruction", calls for economic planning |
| 1935 | Election | |
| Stockton Wins Stockton with a majority of 4,000 & rejoins the Conservative Party |
| 1936 | Vote Confidence | |
| London Votes against Baldwin for lifting sanctions against Italy after it invaded Abyssinia |
| 1946 | Diplomacy | |
| London Says Russia is becoming isolationist within a cordon sanitaire of dependent states |
| 1946 | Speech | |
| London Says Russia is becoming isolationist within a cordon sanitaire of dependent states |
| 1948 | Congress of Europe | |
| London Attends the Congress of Europe at the Hague |
| 1949 | Diplomacy | |
| 23rd Mar London Argues for a trade embargo with Eastern Europe |
| 1951 | Housing | |
| London Calls for a housing crusade & the revival of 1940 spirit |
| 29th Nov London Announces the design for the "People's House" |
| 1951 | Minister of Housing | |
| Appointed Minister of Housing |
| 1951 | Reform | |
| London Makes the Housing Department productive rather than administritive |
| London While in office constructs 300,000 houses per year |
| 1952 | Housing | |
| London Announces 1,000 more houses are being built per week than under the Labour government |
| London Sets a target of 260,000 houses for 1953 & 300,000 houses for 1954 |
| 1953 | Broadcast | |
| May London Selected to give the first party political broadcast on television |
| 1953 | Reform | |
| Dec London The Housing Repairs & Rents Bill passes 2nd reading, allows rent increases for repairs |
| 1954 | Minister of Defense | |
| 9th Oct Appointed Minister of Defense |
| 1954 | Poll Daily Mirror | |
| A poll on who should succeed Churchill reveals 2% support MacMillan & 52% support Eden |
| 1954 | Resignation | |
| London Opposes Churchill's resignation but changes his mind by January 1955 |
| 1955 | Chancellor | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1955 | Conference of Geneva | |
| Geneva Discusses German reunification, there is no agreement between East & West |
| 1955 | Election | |
| Increases his majority at Bromley by 1,014 |
| 1955 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1955 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| London Produces a White Paper for the adoption of the British hydrogen bomb |
| Produces a White Paper for the adoption of the British hydrogen bomb |
| 2nd Mar London Finishes off the debate in Parliament, "we have to prevent hot war & win the cold war" |
| 2nd Mar Finishes off the debate in Parliament, "we have to prevent hot war & win the cold war" |
| 1955 | Resignation | |
| 24th Jan London Advises Churchill to retire, the only member of the Government brave enough to do so |
| 1956 | Budget | |
| London Introduces Premium Bonds & cuts Government food subsidies |
| 1956 | Premium Bonds | |
| London Introduces Premium Bonds |
| 1956 | Suez Canal Crisis | |
| 7th Nov Washington Sent to Washington to gain support for a collapsing œ |
| 1957 | Armament | |
| 19th Feb London Makes a speech in Parliament calling for global disarmament & a summit |
| 1957 | Diplomacy | |
| Mar Meets President Eisenhower at Bermuda & reaffirms the freedom of the Suez Canal |
| Oct Signs a "Declaration of Common Purpose" with the USA |
| 1957 | European Union | |
| 25th Mar Rome Britain's entry to the EC is vetoed by de Gaulle because of Britain's ownership of US missiles |
| 1957 | Government | |
| 10th Jan Summoned by Elizabeth II to succeed Eden |
| 13th Jan Forms a government |
| 1957 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| London Agrees with President Eisenhower to test the British hydrogen bomb on Chris tmas Island |
| Agrees with President Eisenhower to test the British hydrogen bomb on Chris tmas Island |
| 1957 | Party Leader | |
| London Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party |
| 1957 | Prime Minister | |
| 10th Jan Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| 1957 | Treaty of Rome | |
| 25th Mar Rome Britain's entry to the EC is vetoed by de Gaulle because of Britain's ownership of US missiles |
| 1958 | Constitution | |
| Flies to Turkey, they refuse to accept his plans for a duel constitution for Cyprus |
| Life Peerages Act, life Peers are members of the House of Lords who are appointed for life-long terms, but whose membership of the House cannot be inherited by their descendants |
| Works out a Turkish-Greek duel constitutiuon for Cyprus to protect British bases |
| 1958 | Diplomacy | |
| Flies to Athens & Ankara, they refuse to accept a duel constitution for Cyprus |
| 1958 | Independence | |
| Athens Flies to Athens & Ankara, they refuse plans for a duel constitution for Cyprus |
| Ankara Flies to Athens & Ankara, they refuse to accept a duel constitution for Cyprus |
| 1958 | Legislation | |
| Life Peerages Act, life Peers are members of the House of Lords who are appointed for life-long terms, but whose membership of the House cannot be inherited by their descendants |
| 1958 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Announces a nuclear test ban for 1 year |
| 1958 | Rule of Cyprus | |
| Flies to Athens & Ankara, they refuse to accept a duel constitution for Cyprus |
| 1959 | Conference of Allies | |
| Dec London The 4 major western allies agree to attend a summit with Britain as its organiser |
| 1959 | Conference of Geneva | |
| 11th May Geneva Attended by the Foreign Ministers of Britain, Russia, America & France |
| 11th May Geneva The conference place at MacMillan's instigation |
| 1959 | Diplomacy | |
| Washington Visits Eisenhower & gets agreement for a meeting of Foreign Ministers at a summit |
| 21st Feb London Visits Khruschev to "have an exploratory exchange of views on world problems" |
| 1959 | EFTA Membership | |
| 20th Nov Takes Britain into EFTA |
| 1959 | Election | |
| 8th Sep Calls for n election to be held 8th Oct |
| Oct During the election coins the phrase, "you have never had it so good" |
| 8th Oct The Conservatives win 49.4% of votes cast, 365 seats, Labour win 258 seats |
| 1959 | Independence | |
| Zurich The basis for Cyprus' independence is agreed, Britain can keep its sovereign bases |
| Zurich Turkey & Greece accept plans for the basis of an independent Cyprus |
| 19th Feb Zurich The basis for Cyprus' independence is agreed, Britain can keep its sovereign bases |
| 19th Feb Zurich Turkey & Greece accept plans for the basis of an independent Cyprus |
| 1959 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Geneva Attends but a treaty is not agreed due to US opposition, the "big hole" theory |
| Attends but a treaty is not agreed due to US opposition, the "big hole" theory |
| 1959 | Prime Minister | |
| 10th Jan Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1960 | Blue Streak | |
| London "Blue Streak" is cancelled, threatens an independent British deterrent |
| 1960 | Conference of Paris | |
| 16th May Paris Attends the Allied Summit in Paris |
| 17th May Paris The Paris Summit ends after Khruschev walks out, MacMillan spent 2 yrs organising it |
| 1960 | Diplomacy | |
| 26th Jan Salisbury Greeted by rioters in Rhodes ia |
| 3rd Feb Pretoria Visits Sth Africa & says "a wind of change is blowing through the continent" |
| 1960 | Independence | |
| 3rd Feb Cape Town In a speech to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Macmillan spoke of the "wind of change" blowing through the continent of Africa |
| 26th June British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain |
| 1960 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| London "Blue Streak" is cancelled, threatens an independent British deterrent |
| 1960 | Speech | |
| 3rd Feb Cape Town In a speech to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Macmillan spoke of the "wind of change" blowing through the continent of Africa |
| 3rd Feb Cape Town Macmillan's "wind of change" speech became a historical landmark, the first sign that the British government accepted that the days of Empire were over |
| 1961 | Diplomacy | |
| Mar Meets Kennedy but finds out the US does not need a "broker" with Russia |
| 1961 | European Union | |
| July London Applies to join the Common Market |
| 1961 | Reform | |
| 1st Jan London The farthing ceases to be legal tender |
| 1st Nov London Commonwealth Immigrants must have a job to come or have useful qualifications |
| 1st Nov London The Government introduces a Bill to reduce Commonwealth Immigration |
| 1962 | Concorde | |
| 29th Nov The British & French governments agree to build what will become Concorde |
| 1962 | Diplomacy | |
| Paris Visits de Gaulle to discuss British entry into the EC & Anglo-French nuclear strategy |
| 1962 | Election | |
| 14th Mar Orpington The Liberals win a Conservative seat overturning a majority of 14,760 |
| 1962 | European Union | |
| London Visits de Gaulle to discuss British entry into the Common Market |
| 1962 | Independence | |
| Aden is given partial self-government |
| 1962 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| London Visits de Gaulle to discuss Anglo-French co-operation in nuclear weopons |
| Visits de Gaulle to discuss Anglo-French co-operation in nuclear weopons |
| 1962 | Purchase Polaris | |
| 21st Dec London The USA agrees to sell Polaris to Britain |
| 1962 | Purge | |
| 13th July London Purges a Cabinet of 21 of 7 its ministers after a poor by-election resul at Orpington |
| 1962 | Rule of Aden | |
| Aden is given partial self-government |
| 1963 | Diplomacy | |
| Paris After the French veto UK EC entry Princess Margaret is refused to dine with de Gaulle |
| 1963 | European Union | |
| Paris After the French veto UK EC entry Princess Margaret is refused to dine with de Gaulle |
| 14th Jan London Britain is not accepted as a member of the EC, the application is vetoed by de Gaulle |
| 1963 | Health | |
| Diagnosed with prostrate problems, causes his resignation |
| 1963 | Resignation | |
| 4th June London Profumo resigns from the Government |
| 10th Oct London Resigns as Prime Minister during the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool |
| 1963 | Rule of Aden | |
| Aden becomes part of Saudi Arabia |
| 1963 | Scandal | |
| 4th June London Profumo resigns from the government |
| 1964 | Election | |
| 10th Oct The Conservatives win 43.4% of votes cast & 304 MPs |
| 1976 | Broadcast | |
| 20th Oct Calls for a government of national unity on television |
| 1984 | Peerage | |
| Stockton Created Earl of Stockton, 1st |
