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8 March – The notable composer Sir William Walton dies aged 80 at La Mortella, his home on the Italian island of Ischia. 15 March – The Budget raises tax allowances, and cuts taxes by £2 billion. 26 March – Liverpool win the Football League Cup for the third year in succession, beating Manchester United 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium.
March 5. March 5 is the 64th day of the year (65th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 301 days remain until the end of the year.
IRA bombs explode in Whitehall and the Old Bailey in London. 10 March – The governor of Bermuda, Sir Richard Sharples, and his aide-de-camp are assassinated. [ 6 ] 17 March – Elizabeth II opens the replacement London Bridge. [ 7 ] 21 March – Seven men are killed in the Lofthouse Colliery disaster in Yorkshire.
5 March Henry II, the future king of England (r. 1154-1189), is born in Le Mans, France, to parents Geoffrey V of Anjou and Matilda. 1135: The Anarchy began, a civil war resulting from a dispute over succession to the throne that lasted until 1153. 1138
9 March–1 May – Pink's War: The British Royal Air Force bombards mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan. 9 April – Administration of Estates Act abolishes the legal rule of primogeniture in England and Wales [ 3 ] and the remnants of gavelkind in Kent ; Law of Property Act modernises the law relating to real estate ...
1 January New Year's celebrations all over the UK fall silent for two minutes as a mark of respect for those who died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.; The Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the main provisions of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004 (introducing a Child Trust Fund with a government contribution for children that were born on or ...
27 April – ending of the First Anglo-Ashanti War (1823–1831). 28 April–1 June – general election results in a Whig victory, and a mandate for electoral reform. [3] May–June – Merthyr Rising in Merthyr Tydfil. 30 May – census in the United Kingdom. 1 June – Royal Navy officer and explorer James Clark Ross leads the first ...
24 March. England – Death of Queen Elizabeth I. James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England ). 1605. 5 November. England and Scotland – The Gunpowder plot is uncovered, in which Guy Fawkes and others attempted to blow up the king, James VI and I and the Parliament of England . 1606.