3 January – soldiers blockade Folkestone harbour in a successful protest against being returned to France.[1] This month, other mutinies take place in France and across England.[2]
23 January – "Harbour Riot" in Glasgow: confrontation between white and black merchant seamen.[1]
27 January – general strike call over working hours led by engineering workers in Glasgow and Belfast;[1] in Belfast the strike collapses after a month.
31 January – Battle of George Square: the police deal with riots associated with a strike to gain a 40-hour working week in Glasgow; the civil authorities call in the army (with tanks).[1]
19 July – Peace Day: victory parades across Britain celebrate the end of World War I.[10] Rioting ex-servicemen burn down Luton Town Hall.
31 July
Police strike in London and Liverpool for recognition of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers. Rioting breaks out in Liverpool on 1 August.[1] Over 2,000 strikers are dismissed.
9 August – the Anglo-Persian Agreement, signed in Tehran, grants the UK access to all Iranian oilfields in exchange for financial and other contributions. The Majlis (Iranian parliament) refuses to ratify it on 22 June 1921.[13]
15 August – the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act provides for returning servicemen to get their old jobs back.[14]
30 September – compositors and pressmen working at the Daily Sketch newspaper in London refuse to print the paper until an editorial criticising the railway strike is deleted.
17 October – with the collapse of Leeds City, a new football club is formed for the city – Leeds United. With Port Vale set to take the old club's place in the Football League, the new Leeds club will have to wait until at least the next football season for a chance of Football League membership.[19]
21 October – Atlas Copco Ltd is incorporated in the UK as a subsidiary of the Swedish mechanical engineering company.
4 November – the Cabinet's Irish Committee settles on a policy of creating two Home Rule parliaments in Ireland – one in Dublin and one in Belfast – with a Council of Ireland to provide a framework for possible unity.[20]
23 December – Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act removes legal disabilities on women entering the secular professions, becoming justices of the peace or being granted university degrees.[26]
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