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Timeline of the Isle of Man

This scheme is a timelime of the history of the Isle of Man, part of the series of Series of multiple timelines of European countries and territories.

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The Isle of Man (Isle of Man / Ellan Vannin) is a crown dependency of the United Kingdom and has a lieutenant governor as representative of the monarch, a bicameral parliament, Tynwald, with the House of Keys elected in free elections and the Legislative Council mainly elected by the chamber, and a government responsible to the parliament.

Kingdom of the Isles 890: The Kingdom of the Isles is established, including present-day Isle of Man and parts of Scotland. Kingdom of Man and the Isles 1237: The kingdom evolves into a Norwegian vassal state. Haraldr Óláfsson becomes king. Kingdom of Scotland 1266: Man is ruled by the king of Scotland. Kingdom of England 1290: Man is ruled by the king of England. Kingdom of Scotland 1293: Man is ruled by the king of Scotland. Kingdom of England 1296: Man is ruled by the king of England. Kingdom of Scotland 1313: Man is ruled by the king of Scotland. Kingdom of England 1317: Man is ruled by the king of England. Kingdom of Scotland 1328: Man is ruled by the king of Scotland. Kingdom of Man 1333: Man is restored as kingdom with William Montagu as king. 1399: Man gets under English suzerainity. Henry Percy becomes king. 15th century: Man develops a parliament with coopted members for life. Isle of Man → England/Great Britain/United Kingdom 1504: Man becomes a lordship as a English and later British crown dependency. Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby becomes lord of Mann. 1600: The Parliament becomes a permanent body. 1660: The Isle of Man gets a governor appointed by the lord of Mann. 1765: Lady Charlotte Murray sells the suzerainty of the island to the British government, and king George III of Great Britain becomes lord of Mann. 1866: The Isle of Man has a bicameral parliament, the house of keys with elected members and a legislative council with ex officio members 1919: Part of the members of the legislative council are elected by the house of keys. In reforms later the number of elected members is raised. As a result the Isle of Man has since that moment a governor as representative of the monarch and a bicameral parliament with a chamber elected in free elections on a universal suffrage and a council mainly elected by the chamber. The government is responsible to the parliament. Most of the elected members run as independent candidates. 1961: The Executive Council gets a chairman elected by parliament. 1986: The title of the chairman of the Executive Council is changed into chief minister.