KEY EVENTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Useful context for English Literature in the 20th and 21st Centuries
● Start of 20th Century
○ New reforms in relation to voting / social issues / etc
○ The Liberals are in government
● 1912
○ Titanic sinks
● 1914
○ World War One begins
● 1917
○ February Revolution (Fall of Tsar Nicholas and the Romanovs in
Russia)
○ October Revolution (Rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in Russia)
● 1918
○ World War One ends
● 1919
○ Treaty of Versailles
● 1921/1922
○ Formation of the Irish Free State
○ Ongoing Irish republicanism
○ Formation of Northern Ireland
● 1929
○ Wall Street Crash
○ Global depression (The Great Depression)
● 1931
○ Statute of Westminster
○ More power to dominions in the Commonwealth
● 1933
○ Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor in Germany
○ Start of the rise of the Nazis in Germany and wider Europe
● 1936
○ Abdication crisis with the British royal family
● 1939
○ Start of World War Two
○ The United Kingdom enters World War Two
● 1940
○ Battle of Britain
■ Part of World War Two
○ Start of the London Blitz
● 1941
○ The USA joins World War Two
○ Pearl Harbour attacks
Useful context for English Literature in the 20th and 21st Centuries
● Start of 20th Century
○ New reforms in relation to voting / social issues / etc
○ The Liberals are in government
● 1912
○ Titanic sinks
● 1914
○ World War One begins
● 1917
○ February Revolution (Fall of Tsar Nicholas and the Romanovs in
Russia)
○ October Revolution (Rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in Russia)
● 1918
○ World War One ends
● 1919
○ Treaty of Versailles
● 1921/1922
○ Formation of the Irish Free State
○ Ongoing Irish republicanism
○ Formation of Northern Ireland
● 1929
○ Wall Street Crash
○ Global depression (The Great Depression)
● 1931
○ Statute of Westminster
○ More power to dominions in the Commonwealth
● 1933
○ Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor in Germany
○ Start of the rise of the Nazis in Germany and wider Europe
● 1936
○ Abdication crisis with the British royal family
● 1939
○ Start of World War Two
○ The United Kingdom enters World War Two
● 1940
○ Battle of Britain
■ Part of World War Two
○ Start of the London Blitz
● 1941
○ The USA joins World War Two
○ Pearl Harbour attacks
