1956: The Suez Crisis leads to the evacuation of British troops from Egypt and, arguably, the beginning of the end of the British Empire.
1960: The independence of Nigeria and the Somali Republic mark the beginning of a decade in which Britain loses loses almost all of its African colonies.
1968: The beginning of the troubles in Northern Ireland.
1973: Britain joins the European Economic Community, the precursor of the European Union.
1978: Independence of Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands.
1984: Britain and China agree on a timetable for returning Hong Kong to China.
1997: Britain cedes Hong Kong to China, ending British colonial rule in all but a handful of mostly island territories.
1998: The Scotland Act creates the Scottish Parliament, which is given authority over some domestic issues such as education, health and social services, and the environment.
2011: The Scottish National Party (SNP) gains a majority in the Scottish Parliament.
2014: Scotland votes on independence from the United Kingdom. They decided to stay.
--Cooter
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