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1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.; 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (poster pictured), based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
18 February – The Australian sport of motorcycle speedway is competitively demonstrated for the first time in the UK with a meet at High Beach in Epping Forest. 12 March – Malta becomes a British dominion. 1 April – Cinematograph Films Act 1927 comes into force, setting a minimum quota for British films to be shown in UK cinemas.
The UK is the best site in Europe for wind energy, and its wind power production is its fastest-growing supply. In 2021, the UK was the world's 14th-largest consumer of energy and the 22nd-largest producer. [327] The UK is home to many large energy companies, including two of the six major oil and gas companies – BP and Shell. [328]
Events from the year 1927 in the United Kingdom.. This year saw the renaming of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, recognising in name the Irish Free State's independence, it having come into existence with the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922.
16 February – A Commission of Government for the Dominion of Newfoundland is sworn in as a form of return to direct colonial rule by the UK forced by the island's economic collapse. [3] 27 March – The Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 is passed. Part 1 (betting) is designed to restrict betting on racecourses and tracks to a maximum of 104 days ...
January–June – The United Kingdom holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time.; January – The Ford Fiesta car goes on sale in the UK.; 3 January – Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary, announces he is leaving the House of Commons to become President of the European Commission.
4 November – opening of Hornsey Town Hall, London, designed by Reginald Uren, the first major UK building in the International Style. 6 November – maiden flight of the Royal Air Force's Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, at Brooklands. [2]
25 February – UK première of the historical film Fire Over England, providing the first pairing of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. 8 March – Prince Edward, the former King Edward VIII, is created Duke of Windsor. 19 March – Regency Act 1937 provides for the minority, incapacity or absence abroad of any future monarch.