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acontecimiento · 1799 British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.

fallecimiento · 1859 F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1782)

acontecimiento · 1960 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation.

fallecimiento · 1928 H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1852)

nacimiento · 1869 Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1940)

fallecimiento · 2005 James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1912)

nacimiento · 1943 John Major, English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

acontecimiento · 2017 Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

nacimiento · 1920 Liam Cosgrave, Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2017)

nacimiento · 1847 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1929)

acontecimiento · 1940 World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.

fallecimiento · 1812 Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1762)

acontecimiento · 2010 David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.

acontecimiento · 1812 Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.

nacimiento · 1947 John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2024)

fallecimiento · 2011 Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1926)

acontecimiento · 1988 Margaret Thatcher holds her controversial Sermon on the Mound before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

acontecimiento · 2019 Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.

fallecimiento · 1878 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1792)

fallecimiento · 1850 Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1788)

nacimiento · 1903 Alec Douglas-Home, English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995)

fallecimiento · 1845 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1764)

nacimiento · 1951 Bertie Ahern, Irish accountant and politician, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland

nacimiento · 1925 Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2006)

fallecimiento · 1995 Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903)

acontecimiento · 1984 The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds at least 31 others.

acontecimiento · 2022 Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister (49 days).

fallecimiento · 1999 Jack Lynch, Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1917)

fallecimiento · 1923 Bonar Law, Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1858)

nacimiento · 1782 F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1859)

fallecimiento · 1940 Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1869)

acontecimiento · 1985 The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.

acontecimiento · 1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.

fallecimiento · 1947 Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1867)

acontecimiento · 1984 The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997, is signed in Beijing by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.

fallecimiento · 1986 Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1894)