| 1660 | Englishman Samuel Pepys began his famous diary |
| 1781 | The first ever all iron bridge opened at Ironbridge, England |
| 1858 | Van Dieman's Land was renamed Tasmania |
| 1862 | Lagos Island annexed as a colony of Britain |
| 1909 | In Britain, the first ever old age pensions were paid |
| 1913 | Film censorship began in the Britain |
| 1914 | The Northern and Southern Protectorates are amalgamated and called the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria; Lord Lugard becomes Governor-General. |
| 1914 | The Northern and Southern Protectorate are amalgamated and called the colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Lord Lugard becomes Governor-General. |
| 1921 | Car tax discs were first introduced in Britain |
| 1947 | The (Sir Arthur) Richard's Constitution comes into effect. |
| 1948 | British Railways was nationalised |
| 1952 | The Macpherson Constitution comes into effect. |
| 1960 | Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa becomes Nigeria's first Prime Minister. |
| 1961 | The birth control pill was launched in the UK |
| 1963 | The state of emergency imposed on the Western Region is lifted. |
| 1973 | Britain became a member of the European Economic Community |
| 1977 | Britain (along with others) extended its fishing limit to 200 miles |
| 1980 | Alhaji Shugaba Abdulrahman Darman, Borno State House of Assembly Majority
Leader, is deported to Chad on the allegation that he is not a Nigerian. |
| 1981 | Greece became the tenth member of the Europen Economic Community |
| 1985 | General Buhari presents an Nil billion budget to the nation, 44 per cent of total estimated foreign exchange is to be spent on debt servicing. |
| 1986 | The President presents a N15.6billion budget to the nation. Embargo on food and agricultural imports is lifted; 80 per cent of the subsidy on petroleum products
except kerosene is also removed. On |
| 1988 | President Babangida presents a N24 billion budget for the year 1988. |
| 1990 | President Babangida presents a 39.7 billion naira budget to the nation for 1990. Also proposed along with the budget is a 142 billion naira three-year rolling plan. |
| 1991 | The Federal Government puts the burden of primary education on Local Governments and also promises to create 1.6 million jobs. |
| 1991 | The Federal Government puts the burden of primary education on Local Governments and also promises to create 1.6 million jobs. |
| 1992 | President Babangida announces a N27.5 billion budget for 1992. |
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