1874
Born at Blenheim Palace

Born at Blenheim Palace

30th November 1874 Born at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Son of Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome. 

1888
Attended Harrow School

Attended Harrow School

1893

Attended and graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst

1895

Lord Randolph Churchill dies

24th January 1895 Lord Randolph Churchill dies (Sir Winston Churchill's father).

1895
Joined the British Army

Joined the British Army

24th January 1895 Commisioned into the 4th Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

1896

Military service in Egypt, India and Sudan

1896 - 1899

1899

Campaigns for Parliament

1900

Elected into Parliament as MP for Oldham

1904

Leaves the Conservative Party

Joins the Liberal Party.

1908
Proposes to Clementine Hozier

Proposes to Clementine Hozier

Proposes to Clementine Hozier in the Temple of Diana, Blenheim Palace.

1908

Marries Clementine Hozier

12th September 

1911

Becomes first Lord of Admiralty

1914

WW1 Begins

4th August 1914

1918

WW1 Ends

11th November 

1921

Signs the Anglo-Irish treaty

6th December 1921

1924
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

6th November 1924

1939

WW2 Begins

3rd September 1939

1940

"Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat..."

13th May 1940 Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister and delivers his first speech to the House of Commons.

1940

"We shall fight on the beaches..."

4th June 1940 Winston Churchill's second famous WWII speech was given to the House of Commons. In this speech, he spoke of the great military disaster that was Dunkirk and warned of the expected invasion by Nazi Germany.

1940

"This was their finest hour..."

18th June 1940 Winston Churchill's third famous wartime speech prepares the nation for the Battle of Britain...

1940

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few..."

20th August 1940 This speech referred to the ongoing efforts of the Royal Air Force pilots who were at the time fighting the Battle of Britain, the pivotal air battle between the German Luftwaffe and Britain’s RAF.

1945

VE Day

8th May 1945 Victory in Europe Day, also known as VE Day, marked the formal acceptance by the allied forces of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.

1945

WW2 Ends

1st September 1945

1951

Elected Prime Minister for a second term

25th October 1951

1953

Awarded the Noble Prize for Literature

15th October 1953

1963

Is made an honorary American citizen

9th April 1963

1965

Dies at the age of 90

24th January 1965 Dies at the age of 90 and is buried at St Martin’s Churchyard in Bladon, Oxfordshire, within sight of Blenheim Palace.