Neville Chamberlain was born on 18 March 1869 in Birmingham. A British Conservative politician, Chamberlain served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and then as Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940. He is chiefly remembered for the policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany, which culminated in the 1938 Munich Agreement, by which Czechoslovakia was forced to give up the Sudetenland. He returned declaring peace for our time, but Germany occupied the rest of the country in 1939. He led Britain into war after the invasion of Poland, and resigned in May 1940 after the failure of the Norwegian campaign, being succeeded by Winston Churchill. Historians remain divided over his policy.
Before and after
- from 27 January 1869 to 27 June 1869Republic of Ezo
- 14 February 1869Birth of Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
- 6 March 1869Periodic table
- 8 March 1869Death of Hector Berlioz
- 18 March 1869Birth of Neville Chamberlain
- 20 March 1869Publication of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- 6 April 1869Founding of American Museum of Natural History
- 10 May 1869The first US transcontinental railroad is completed
- 25 May 1869Construction of Vienna State Opera house
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- from 18 March 1839 to 29 August 1842First Opium War
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