8 September 2022 — Queen Elizabeth II dies.

9 September 1996 — ECtHR accepts a case involving a 12-year-old boy who was challenging British laws that permitted parents to use corporal punishment on their children.

10 September 1897 — The first person to be convicted of drunk driving is fined 20 shillings. He admitted that he’d had ‘two or three glasses of beer’.

11 September 1836 — Register Office marriages were introduced in Britain after the Registration Act 1836 was passed.

12 September 1960 — The MOT test for cars was introduced through the Road Traffic Act 1960. Initially the first test was required after 10 years, but this was soon changed to the current 3 years.

13 September 1902 — Harry Jackson becomes the first person in Britain to be convicted on fingerprint evidence.

14 September 1752 — The Julian Calendar is replaced by the Gregorian Calendar through the Calendar Act 1750. This resulted in an 11 day being skipped, with the 3rd of September becoming 14th of September.

15 September 1960 — Traffic wardens are introduced in London after the Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960 is passed.

16 September 1968 — Britain introduces First and Second Class for letters and parcels.

17 September 1944 — Blackout is replaced by the ‘dim-out’, allowing a limited amount of light no brighter than moonlight during WWII.

18 September 1914 — The Irish Home Rule Act is passed, which provided self-government for Ireland, but this was delayed until after World War I.

19 September 1960 — The new traffic wardens, which came into force through the Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960 4 days prior, have issued 344 parking tickets in London.

20 September 1909 — The South Africa Act is passed, unifying the British colonies of the Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange River.

21 September 1931 — As a result of the Great Depression, Britain withdraws from the gold standard, allowing the British pound to float freely and depreciate, helping to alleviate some of the economic difficulties.

22 September 1735 — Sir Robert Walpole became the first prime minister to occupy 10 Downing Street. He refused the property as a personal gift and asked the King to make it available as an official residence to him and future prime ministers.

23 September 1817 — UK and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid (68 CTS 45) to end slave trade.

24 September 2019 — The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks ahead of Britain's exit from the EU was unlawful.

25 September 2019 — As per the above, Parliament resumes. Boris Johnson states he disagrees with the ruling but that he would respect it.

26 September 1984 — A draft of the Sino-British Joint Declaration is finished. The final version would be signed on 19 December that same year, agreeing to formally handover Hong Kong to the Republic of China in 1997.

27 September 1672 — The Royal Africa Company was granted exclusive rights to the African slave trade to America, offering discounts to buyers who purchased entire shiploads.

28 September 1928 — The Dangerous Drugs Act 1928 is passed, imposing restrictions on cannabis. The previous Act passed in 1920 imposed restrictions on morphine, cocaine and heroin.

29 September 1829 — The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 comes into force. Later that year the Metropolitan Police of London was inaugurated.

30 September 1939 — After the National Registration Act 1939 received Royal Assent at the beginning of that month, identity cards were issued in Britain.