3 January – soldiers blockade
Folkestone harbour in a successful protest against being returned to France.[1] This month, other mutinies take place in France and across England.[2]
23 January – "Harbour Riot" in Glasgow: confrontation between white and black merchant seamen.[1]
27 January – general strike call over working hours led by engineering workers in Glasgow and Belfast;[1] in Belfast the strike collapses after a month.
31 January –
Battle of George Square: the police deal with riots associated with a strike to gain a 40-hour working week in
Glasgow; the civil authorities call in the army (with
tanks).[1]
19 July – Peace Day: victory parades across Britain celebrate the end of World War I.[10] Rioting ex-servicemen burn down
Luton Town Hall.
31 July
Police strike in
London and
Liverpool for recognition of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers. Rioting breaks out in Liverpool on 1 August.[1] Over 2,000 strikers are dismissed.
9 August – the
Anglo-Persian Agreement, signed in
Tehran, grants the UK access to all Iranian oilfields in exchange for financial and other contributions. The
Majlis (Iranian parliament) refuses to ratify it on 22 June 1921.[13]
15 August – the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act provides for returning servicemen to get their old jobs back.[14]
30 September – compositors and pressmen working at the Daily Sketch newspaper in London refuse to print the paper until an editorial criticising the railway strike is deleted.
17 October – with the collapse of Leeds City, a new football club is formed for the city –
Leeds United. With
Port Vale set to take the old club's place in the Football League, the new Leeds club will have to wait until
at least the next football season for a chance of
Football League membership.[19]
21 October –
Atlas Copco Ltd is incorporated in the UK as a subsidiary of the Swedish mechanical engineering company.
4 November – the
Cabinet's Irish Committee settles on a policy of creating two Home Rule parliaments in Ireland – one in
Dublin and one in
Belfast – with a Council of Ireland to provide a framework for possible unity.[20]
23 December –
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act removes legal disabilities on women entering the secular professions, becoming justices of the peace or being granted university degrees.[26]
^Nicholson, G. W. L. (1962). Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919: Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War. Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
^Fox, Seamus (31 August 2008).
"November 1919". Chronology of Irish History 1919–1923. Dublin. Archived from
the original on 23 November 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
^Beadle, Jeremy; Harrison, Ian (25 September 2007). "First two-minute silence". Military. Firsts, Lasts & Onlys. London: Robson. p. 113.
ISBN9781905798063.
^"The Family Butcher: Further Concessions By Controller". The Times. No. 42282. London. 13 December 1919. p. 14.
^Fox, Seamus (31 August 2008).
"December 1919". Chronology of Irish History 1919–1923. Dublin. Archived from
the original on 15 November 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
^Oliver & Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository for the Year 1921. p. 213.
^"History". About Magistrates. Magistrates' Association. 19 October 2006. Archived from
the original on 19 October 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
^Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (rev. ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
^Noble, Peter (1970). British film and television year book. Cinema TV Today. p. 394.
3 January – soldiers blockade
Folkestone harbour in a successful protest against being returned to France.[1] This month, other mutinies take place in France and across England.[2]
23 January – "Harbour Riot" in Glasgow: confrontation between white and black merchant seamen.[1]
27 January – general strike call over working hours led by engineering workers in Glasgow and Belfast;[1] in Belfast the strike collapses after a month.
31 January –
Battle of George Square: the police deal with riots associated with a strike to gain a 40-hour working week in
Glasgow; the civil authorities call in the army (with
tanks).[1]
19 July – Peace Day: victory parades across Britain celebrate the end of World War I.[10] Rioting ex-servicemen burn down
Luton Town Hall.
31 July
Police strike in
London and
Liverpool for recognition of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers. Rioting breaks out in Liverpool on 1 August.[1] Over 2,000 strikers are dismissed.
9 August – the
Anglo-Persian Agreement, signed in
Tehran, grants the UK access to all Iranian oilfields in exchange for financial and other contributions. The
Majlis (Iranian parliament) refuses to ratify it on 22 June 1921.[13]
15 August – the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act provides for returning servicemen to get their old jobs back.[14]
30 September – compositors and pressmen working at the Daily Sketch newspaper in London refuse to print the paper until an editorial criticising the railway strike is deleted.
17 October – with the collapse of Leeds City, a new football club is formed for the city –
Leeds United. With
Port Vale set to take the old club's place in the Football League, the new Leeds club will have to wait until
at least the next football season for a chance of
Football League membership.[19]
21 October –
Atlas Copco Ltd is incorporated in the UK as a subsidiary of the Swedish mechanical engineering company.
4 November – the
Cabinet's Irish Committee settles on a policy of creating two Home Rule parliaments in Ireland – one in
Dublin and one in
Belfast – with a Council of Ireland to provide a framework for possible unity.[20]
23 December –
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act removes legal disabilities on women entering the secular professions, becoming justices of the peace or being granted university degrees.[26]
^Nicholson, G. W. L. (1962). Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919: Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War. Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
^Fox, Seamus (31 August 2008).
"November 1919". Chronology of Irish History 1919–1923. Dublin. Archived from
the original on 23 November 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
^Beadle, Jeremy; Harrison, Ian (25 September 2007). "First two-minute silence". Military. Firsts, Lasts & Onlys. London: Robson. p. 113.
ISBN9781905798063.
^"The Family Butcher: Further Concessions By Controller". The Times. No. 42282. London. 13 December 1919. p. 14.
^Fox, Seamus (31 August 2008).
"December 1919". Chronology of Irish History 1919–1923. Dublin. Archived from
the original on 15 November 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
^Oliver & Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository for the Year 1921. p. 213.
^"History". About Magistrates. Magistrates' Association. 19 October 2006. Archived from
the original on 19 October 2006 – via Wayback Machine.
^Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (rev. ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
^Noble, Peter (1970). British film and television year book. Cinema TV Today. p. 394.