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| 1969 |
| | | The Provisional IRA reintroduces terrorism to northern Ireland after Protestants attack a civil rights march | |
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| 1970 |
| | | Edward Heath is prime minister after leading the Conservatives to UK election victory | |
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| 1971 |
| | | Ian Paisley and others in northern Ireland form the Democratic Unionist Party, as the intransigent wing of Ulster Unionism | |
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| 1971 |
| | | Gerry Adams is imprisoned for suspected IRA links but is released for lack of evidence | |
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| 1972 |
| | | British paratroops open fire on a civil rights march in Derry, killing thirteen, in what becomes known as Bloody Sunday | |
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| 1972 |
| | | The British government suspends the parliament at Stormont and imposes direct rule from Westminster | |
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| 1973 |
| | | Prime minister Edward Heath takes Britain into the European Community, on the third attempt | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Former prime minister Harold Wilson returns to Downing Street as leader of a minority government, but wins a second general election later in the year | |
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| 1974 |
| | | The SNP achieves a surge in Scottish nationalism, winning eleven seats at Westminster on 30% of the Scottish vote | |
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| 1976 |
| | | Harold Wilson unexpectedly resigns as the British prime minister and is succeeded by James Callaghan | |
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