Winston Churchill died at the age of 90 in London. He was given a state funeral, and his coffin lay in state at Westminster Hall before being buried at St Martin's Church, Bladon.

Churchill suffered his final stroke.

Churchill resigned as Prime Minister and was succeeded by Anthony Eden.

Churchill suffered a serious stroke but recovered by November.

Churchill became Prime Minister again after the Conservatives won the general election.

Churchill delivered his 'Iron Curtain' speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

The results of the general election were announced, and Churchill lost to the Labour Party led by Clement Attlee.

Churchill attended the Potsdam Conference with Eden and Attlee.

Churchill resigned as Prime Minister and formed a caretaker government.

The Allies accepted Germany's surrender, and Churchill broadcast to the nation that Germany had surrendered, marking Victory in Europe Day (VE Day).

Churchill visited Normandy to see General Montgomery's HQ, and the first V-1 flying bombs were launched that evening.

Churchill delivered a speech at Mansion House in London, marking the victory at El Alamein.

Singapore fell to the Japanese, which Churchill described as 'the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British military history'.

The Kriegsmarine pulled off the 'Channel Dash,' a significant blow to British naval prestige.

Churchill addressed a joint meeting of the US Congress and later suffered a heart attack.

Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the joint statement known as the Atlantic Charter.

Churchill addressed the Commons to outline the situation during the Battle of Britain and coined the term 'the few' for RAF fighter pilots.

Churchill addressed the Commons with one of his most famous speeches, predicting the 'Battle of Britain'.

The Dunkirk evacuation ended, and Churchill referred to it as 'a miracle of deliverance' in his 'we shall fight on the beaches' speech.

Churchill delivered his 'blood, toil, tears and sweat' speech to the House of Commons.

German forces invaded Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, and Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Britain declared war on Germany, and Churchill was reappointed as First Lord of the Admiralty.

Churchill's temporary promotion as lieutenant-colonel ended, and he returned to the rank of major.

Churchill resigned from the government after being demoted from the Admiralty due to the failure of the Gallipoli campaign.

Clementine gave birth to their third child, Sarah.

Chancellor David Lloyd George presented his 'People's Budget,' which proposed unprecedented taxes on the rich to fund Liberal welfare programs.

Churchill married Clementine Hozier at St Margaret's, Westminster.

Churchill lost the Manchester North West by-election but was soon elected for the safe seat of Dundee.

Churchill crossed the floor to sit as a member of the Liberal Party, opposing the government's proposed Aliens Bill.

Churchill sailed from Bombay, determined to launch a career in politics.

Churchill embarked for India to settle his military business and complete his resignation from the British Army.

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at his family's ancestral home, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. He was of mixed English and American parentage, being a member of the aristocratic Spencer family.