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** – Death of [[Sir Isaac Newton]], Britain's greatest scientist, sometimes considered to have been gay. | ** – Death of [[Sir Isaac Newton]], Britain's greatest scientist, sometimes considered to have been gay. | ||
* '''1732''' – [[Beggar's Benison Club]] founded in Anstruther, Scotland. | * '''1732''' – [[Beggar's Benison Club]] founded in Anstruther, Scotland. | ||
* '''1737''' – [[Robert | * '''1737''' – [[Robert Thistlethwayte]], Warden of Wadham College Oxford, flees to France to escape prosecution. | ||
* '''1748''' – Publication of ''Roderick Random'' by [[Tobias Smollett]], including an explicitly gay character. | * '''1748''' – Publication of ''Roderick Random'' by [[Tobias Smollett]], including an explicitly gay character. | ||
* '''1749''' – Publication of ''Fanny Hill'' by [[John Cleland]], sometimes thought to have been a homoerotic work in disguise. | * '''1749''' – Publication of ''Fanny Hill'' by [[John Cleland]], sometimes thought to have been a homoerotic work in disguise. | ||
Revision as of 18:10, 6 September 2012
Note: strictly speaking the year 2000 belongs to the 20th century, but for convenience it is treated here as belonging to the 21st (and similarly with other centuries).
1st century BC
- 55 BC – Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain.
1st century AD
- AD 43 – Roman invasion and establishment of the province of Britannia.
2nd century
- 122 – Emperor Hadrian visits Britain.
5th century
- 410 – usual date for the end of Roman rule in Britannia.
6th century
- c547 – Death of King Maelgwn of Gwynedd.
- 597 – St Augustine becomes first Archbishop of Canterbury.
- late 6th century – Findchán and Áid the Black cursed by St Columba.
7th century
- 670 – St Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, prescribes fasts and penances for various homosexual acts.
9th century
- 804 – Death of Alcuin.
11th century
- 1066 – Battle of Hastings and Norman conquest of England.
12th century
- 1100 – Death of King William II.
- 1102 – Council of London condemns homosexuality.
- 1109 – Death of Saint Anselm
- 1125 – Hilarius writing around this time.
- 1167 – Death of Saint Aelred
- 1187 – Gerald of Wales describes the practice of same-sex marriage in Ireland.
- 1199 – Death of King Richard I
13th century
- c.1290 – Publication of Fleta, first book to suggest a punishment (which was not enforced) for homosexuality in English law.
14th century
- 1327 – Murder of King Edward II.
- 1376 – The Good Parliament petitions King Edward III to banish foreign traders for having introduced "the too horrible vice which is not to be named".
- 1391 – Death of Sir John Clanvowe and Richard Neville.
- 1395 – John Rykener arrested for cross-dressing.
15th century
- 1400 – Death of King Richard II
16th century
- 1533 – Buggery Act 1533 brings in the death penalty (hanging) for gay sex.
- 1541 - Nicholas Udall convicted of buggery and imprisoned.
17th century
- 1603 – King James VI of Scotland becomes King of England as James I, uniting the two crowns but not yet the two countries.
- 1625 – Death of King James I.
- 1625 – Death of Francis Bacon (philosopher).
- 1628 – Assassination of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
- 1631 – Mervyn Tuchet beheaded for alleged sodomy with his page.
- 1664 – Death of Katherine Philips
- 1688 – "Glorious Revolution" brings William III to power.
18th century
- 1702 – William III dies, succeeded by Queen Anne.
- 1703 – First performance of Tunbridge-Walks by Thomas Baker, containing a "molly" character.
- 1706 – Thomas Vaughan accused of blackmailing Edward Barker.
- 1707 – Act of Union unites England and Scotland as the Kingdom of Great Britain
- 1726 – Three men convicted of sodomy following cases brought by Thomas Newton.
- – Death of Sir Isaac Newton, Britain's greatest scientist, sometimes considered to have been gay.
- 1732 – Beggar's Benison Club founded in Anstruther, Scotland.
- 1737 – Robert Thistlethwayte, Warden of Wadham College Oxford, flees to France to escape prosecution.
- 1748 – Publication of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett, including an explicitly gay character.
- 1749 – Publication of Fanny Hill by John Cleland, sometimes thought to have been a homoerotic work in disguise.
- – Publication of a defence of homosexuality, Ancient & Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd by Thomas Cannon.
- 1780 – The Ladies of Llangollen set up home together.
- 1781 – Edward Onslow forced to resign his seat in Parliament and flee to France.
19th century
- 1801 – Act of Union creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1806 – Gay club discovered in Great Sankey, Cheshire.
- 1810 – The White Swan, Vere Street raided.
- 1822 – Percy Jocelyn deposed as Bishop of Clogher for "Sodomitical practices".
- – Suicide of Lord Castlereagh.
- 1859 – sudden resignation of Charles John Vaughan as Headmaster of Harrow School, for reasons not explained until the 1970s.
- 1861 – The Offences against the Person Act 1861 abolished the death sentence for gay sex.
- 1883 – Publication of A problem in Greek ethics by John Addington Symonds, one of the first essays in defense of homosexuality in the English language.
- 1885 – Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 made "gross indecency" (homosexual acts, even in private) a crime. The ‘Labouchere Amendment’ was known as the “Blackmailer’s Charter”.
- 1895 – Oscar Wilde convicted of gross indecency.
- – Winston Churchill successfully sues for libel.
- 1897 – First English-language publication of Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds, the first medical textbook about homosexuality.
20th century
- 1900 – Death of Oscar Wilde.
- 1928 – Publication of lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall.
- 1954 – Lord Montagu of Beaulieu convicted of gay offences.
- 1957 – Wolfenden Report recommends decriminalisation of homosexuality.
- 1958 – Albany Trust and Homosexual Law Reform Society formed.
- 1962 – John Vassall arrested and charged with spying.
- 1963 – Founding of lesbian magazine Arena Three.
- 1965 – Founding of lesbian organisation Kenric.
- – Rose Robertson founds Parents Enquiry.
- 1966 – Founding of trans organisation the Beaumont Society.
- – publication of trans-related film I want what I want
- 1967 – Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decriminalises sex between men in England and Wales.
- – North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee formed, later to be re-founded as CHE.
- 1968 – the Home Secretary confirms that Sir Ewan Forbes is male and can succeed to the baronetcy, despite having been registerd ad originally borught up as female.
- 1971 – the Corbett v Corbett case, involving April Ashley, established the precedent that a person's sex could not legally be changed from what it was at birth.
- – London Friend formed.
- – CHE London Group Seven (later Croydon Area Gay Society) founded.
- – GLF Gay March: first London Gay March took place protesting against the unequal age of consent for men.
- 1972 – release of trans-related film, I want what I want
- – Allegro Music Group formed.
- – Gay News first published.
- – first London Pride march and carnival.
- 1974 – London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard launched providing shared LGBT accommodation to Londoners.
- 1980 – Heaven, the first all-week gay nightclub, opens in London.
- – Scotland decriminalises male homosexuality.
- 1981 - London Bi Group forms, the first bi-specific social/support group.
- 1982 – Terrence Higgins Trust the HIV/AIDs charity formed.
- – Northern Ireland decriminalises male homosexuality.
- 1984 – Chris Smith MP Culture Secretary, becomes first MP to come out as being gay whilst in office. In 2005, he was the first politician to disclose he was HIV positive.
- 1988 – Section 28 passed.
- 1989 – Stonewall (UK) launched.
- – London Raiders LGBT Softball team begins.
- 1992 – Death of Francis Bacon (artist).
- 1993 – Back Pocket Guide to London first published.
- 1995 – Adonis Art Gallery founded.
- – Launch of South London Gays.
- 1998 – LGBT Consortium founded.
- – The Bolton Seven convicted for consensual sex.
- 1999 – Admiral Duncan pub bombed (30 April).
21st century
- 2000 – Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 repeals Section 28 in Scotland.
- – Removal of ban on gay people serving in the Armed Forces.
- – "ADT" is awarded compensation for being convicted for private grou sex.
- – Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 equalises the age of consent.
- 2001 – Croydon Friend closed.
- 2002 - First Cake Awards presented.
- 2003 – Section 28 repealed in England and Wales.
- – Europride held in Manchester
- – Discrimination at Work on the grounds of sexual orientation becomes illegal.
- 2004 – Civil Partnership Act 2004 gives legal equal rights to lesbian and gay couples.
- 2005 – First Civil partnerships performed.
- 2006 – Europride held in London
- 2009 – First Derek Oyston Film Award.
- 2010 – LGBT London website set up.
- 2011 – LGBT History Project website set up.
- – Diversity Role Models launched.
- – First Out Café London, closes after 25 years.
- – Civil partnership ceremonies permitted on religious premises
- 2012 – Europride to be held in London
External links
Some other LGBT timelines:
- Wikipedia: Timeline of (world) LGBT history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history
- Wikipedia: Timeline of UK LGBT history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_Britain
- Timeline of events recorded in the Hall-Carpenter Archives: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/online_resources/lgbt/timeline.aspx
- Gay Chronicles from the beginning of time to the end of World War II: http://www.webcitation.org/5knsbJ2KF
- Stonewall (UK) History of LGB equality: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/at_home/history_of_lesbian_gay_and_bisexual_equality/default.asp
- NHS Northwest LGB&T Timeline: http://www.help.northwest.nhs.uk/lgbt_timeline
- PCS Ourstory: http://www.pcsproud.org.uk/our_story.pdf
- Glasgow Lesbian Archive and Information Centre timeline: http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/laic/laictimeline/laictimeline.html
- Jobcentre Plus Timeline of gay history: http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/website/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/9631_GHW-A3FlagPoster.pdf
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia: United Kingdom History http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/united_kingdom_01.html
- UK Gay News Timeline Of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, Partnership or Unions Worldwide: http://ukgaynews.org.uk/marriage_timeline.htm