Historical timeline: 1901 - 1950

Date	Coutts event	World event
1901		Death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII
1902		End of the Boer War
1903		The Wright Brothers fly the first heavier-than-air, powered aeroplane
1904	After 165 years at 59 Strand, Coutts moves to its current location at 440 Strand	The New York subway opens
1905		The massacre of peaceful protesters by the Imperial Guard in Russia marks the beginning of the 1905 Russian Revolution
1906	Angela Burdett-Coutts dies at the age of 92	A major earthquake and fire in San Francisco kills thousands and destroys much of the city
1910		Death of Edward VII and accession of George V
1911	Coutts hire their first female staff as typists	The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre
1912		The Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage with the loss of over 1,500 lives
1914	Coutts acquire the private bank Robarts, Lubbock & Co., giving Coutts a seat in the City Clearing House and its first branch	The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo precipitates the start of World War I
1915		The first air raid on London
1916		The Battle of The Somme
1917		The Russian Revolution of 1917 leads to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
1918	Twenty-eight Coutts clerks lost their lives during World War I	End of World War I
1919	Coutts enters into an affiliation with the National Provincial Bank	The Treaty of Versailles is signed
1920		Prohibition comes into force in USA
1921	Coutts opens its branch at 1 Old Park Lane in London	The Irish Free State is created
1922		The USSR is created
1926	Coutts arrange special buses to transport members of staff to work during the general strike of 1926	The 1926 general strike lasts for nine days in an unsuccessful attempt to ensure better wages and working conditions for coal miners
1927	Coutts opens its branch at 16 Cavendish Square in London	Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, from New York City to Paris
1928		An act is passed enabling women to vote on the same terms as men
1929	Coutts opens its branch at Cadogan Place	The Wall Street Crash leads to global Depression
1935		Hitler renounces the Treaty of Versailles
1936		Abdication of Edward VIII and accession of George VI
1939		Outbreak of World War II
1940	The 440 Strand building receives some damage during The Blitz	Food rationing is introduced in the UK
1941		The US joins the war, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
1945	Nineteen Coutts clerks lost their lives during World War II	The US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1946	Sir Jasper Ridley becomes the Chairman of Coutts	The British government takes control of Bank of England
1947		Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey
1948		Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi