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famous novelist 'Oliwer Twist' and 'The Pickwick Papers' The 20th c. The House of SaxeCoburgGotha 19011910 King Edward VII an able monarch, Queen Victoria's eldest son 19101936 King George V changed the family name to Windsor in 1917 World War I 19141918 'It will be over by Christmas' (wrong) the Allies vs. Germany,AustriaHungary,Turkey Fighting for independence in Ireland Easter Monday 1916, uprising 1921 the Irish Free State ( changed into the Republic of Ireland in 1949 NorthernIreland remains annexed to the UK The General Strike 4.May 1926 in support of the miners the only one in British history Fighting for the right to vote suffrage all men&women over 21 got the right to vote in 1928 Emmeline Pankhurst(died in 1928) a fighter for women's rights, especially voting 1936 A sensation! Edward XIII changes royal history abdicated (vabatahtlikult troonist loobuma) to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson (divorcee from the USA)