Events
- January - The London Underground diagram designed by Harry Beck is introduced to the public.
- 9 February - The King and Country debate: The Oxford Union student debating society passes a resolution stating, "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and country."
- 2 April - In a cricket test match against New Zealand, batsman Wally Hammond scores a record 336 runs.
- 3 April - The Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale leads an expedition to be the first to fly an aircraft over Mount Everest.
- 27 April - The Jessop & Son department store in Nottingham is acquired by the John Lewis Partnership, its first store outside London.
- 30 April - First air service internal to Scotland, Renfrew–Campbeltown, operated by Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd.
- 2 May - First modern 'sighting' of the Loch Ness Monster.
- 3 May
- Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald arrives back in Britain after talks with American President Roosevelt on the global economic situation.
- In the Irish Free State, Dáil Éireann abolishes the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown.
- 1 July - London Passenger Transport Board begins operations, unifying multiple earlier services.
- 15 July - Signing of the Four-Power Pact by Britain, France, Germany and Italy.
- 12 August - Winston Churchill makes his first public speech warning of the dangers of German rearmament.
- 17 August - Release of the film The Private Life of Henry VIII. Charles Laughton receives an Academy Award for the title rôle (16 March 1934), making this the first British film to win an Oscar.
- 21 December - Newfoundland returns to Crown Colony status following financial collapse.
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