| Date | Event |
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| 5 Feb 1538 | Thomas Cromwell introduces an Act for Parish Registers |
| 20 Jan 1649 | Charles I Goes on Trial |
| 19 May 1649 | Cromwell Declares England a Commonwealth |
| 16 Dec 1689 | The 'Bill of Rights' established |
| 31 Dec 1695 | Window Tax Introduced |
| 12 Jun 1701 | The Act of Settlement |
| 1 Jan 1707 | The Act of Union Signed |
| 14 Sep 1752 | Britain Adopts Gregorian Calendar |
| 13 May 1787 | First convicts sent to Australia |
| 31 Dec 1800 | 1800 Census Act |
| 10 Mar 1801 | 1801 Census |
| 25 Mar 1807 | Slave trade is abolished in the British empire |
| 27 May 1811 | 1811 Census |
| 28 May 1821 | 1821 Census |
| 30 May 1831 | 1831 Census |
| 7 Jun 1832 | The Great Reform Act changes Parliamentary constituencies |
| 1834 | The Poor Law set up workhouses |
| 1 Aug 1834 | Britain abolishes slavery |
| 1 Jul 1837 | Civil registration starts in England and Wales |
| 6 Apr 1841 | Census Amendment Act, 1841 |
| 6 Jun 1841 | 1841 Census |
| 1842 | The Mines Act ended child labour |
| 26 Jun 1846 | Corn Laws abolished |
| 30 Mar 1851 | 1851 Census |
| 1 Jan 1855 | Civil registration starts in Scotland |
| 7 Apr 1861 | 1861 Census |
| 1 Jan 1864 | Civil registration starts in Ireland |
| 1870 | Education Act means school for everyone |
| 10 Aug 1870 | 1870 Census Act |
| 2 Apr 1871 | 1871 Census |
| 7 Sep 1880 | 1880 Census Act |
| 3 Apr 1881 | 1881 Census |
| 5 Apr 1891 | 1891 Census |
| 2 Aug 1894 | Death Duties Introduced |
| 31 Mar 1901 | 1901 Census |
| 2 Apr 1911 | 1911 Census |
| 16 Aug 1920 | 1920 Census Act |
| 5 Sep 1939 | National Registration Act |
| 1973 | Britain joins the European Community |
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