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English Regnal Dates
1066 Battle of Hastings (Norman Conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy)
1085 Engish Domesday Surveys Commence
1087 William II is crowned King of England
1100 Henry I is crowned King of England
1107 King Alexander is crowned King of Scotland
1124 King Alexander dies at Stirling Castle, is succeeded by King David
1135 Stephen is crowned King of England
1138 King David of Scotland defeated by England at the Battle of the Standard
1139 David is recognized as King of an independent Scotland by King Stephen
1154 Henry II is crowned King of England
1169 1st Norman settlers arrive in County Wicklow, Ireland
1171 Henry II conquers Ireland (1171-2)
1189 Richard I is crowned King of England
1199 John is crowned King of England
1215 King John signs English Magna Carta
1216 Henry III is crowned King of England
1249 University, 1st college of Oxford University, is founded
1272 Edward I is crowned King of England
1284 Peterhouse, 1st college of Cambridge University, is founded
1307 Edward II is crowned King of England
1314 Robert Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn
1327 Edward III is crowned King of England
1347 Bubonic Plague strikes Europe
1337 Edward III claims the French crown (onset of 100 Years War: 1337-1453)
1377 Richard II is crowned King of England
1381 Wat Tyler leads Peasants Revolt in England
1399 Henry IV is crowned King of England
1413 Henry V is crowned King of England
1422 Henry VI is crowned King of England (1 Sep 1422 - 4 Mar 1461; and 9 Oct 1470 - 14 Apr 1471)
1438 Worshipful Company of Drapers, London, is granted a Charter of Incorporation
1461 Edward IV (4 Mar 1461 - 9 Apr 1483) is crowned King of England
1483 Edward V (9 Apr 1483 - 25 Jun 1483) is crowned King of England
1483 Richard III (26 Jun 1483 - 22 Aug 1485) is crowned King of England
1485 Henry VII (22 Aug 1485 - 21 Apr 1509) is crowned King of England
1492 Christopher Columbus lands in Americas
1509 Henry VIII (22 Apr 1509 - 28 Jan 1547) is crowned King of England
1534 Henry VIII breaks with Rome; makes himself head of English Church
1534 Jacques Cartier makes first expedition to settle in Canada
1541 Henry VIII declares himself King of Ireland
1543 Mary Queen of Scots is crowned (Queen of Scotland)
1547 Edward VI (28 Jan 1547 - 6 Jul 1553) is crowned King of England
1553 Mary (6 Jul 1553 - 24 Jul 1554) is crowned Queen of England
1554 Philip & Mary (25 Jul 1554 - 17 Nov 1558) are crowned King & Queen of England
1558 Elizabeth I (17 Nov 1558 - 24 Mar 1602/3) is crowned Queen of England
1562 Elizabethan Wars in Ireland
1567 King James VI is crowned King of Scotland
1577 Francis Drake sails around the world (1577-1580)
1582 University of Edinborough is founded
1585 1st Roanoke Island (now North Carolina) settlement by Sir Walter Raleigh fails
1587 Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded
1588 English Fleet defeats the Spanish Armada (29 Jul O.S.)
1591 Trinity College founded in Dublin, Ireland
1603 James VI of Scotland (24 Mar 1602/3 - 27 Mar 1625) is crowned King James I of England
1603 Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (Ireland), surrenders; English law is enforced in Ireland
1605 Gunpowder Plot fails (Guy Fawkes' aborted attempt to blow up Parliament)
1606 James I of England authorizes first American colonial charters (London and Plymouth Companies)
1606 England confiscates land in the six counties of Ulster, Ireland
1607 James I grants charter (its 2nd) to the Worshipful Company of Drapers
1607 Jamestown (Virginia) is founded
1608 Quebec, Canada colony is founded by the French
1609 James I authorizes second Virginia Company Charter. John Combe is an investor
1612 James I authorizes third Virginia Company Charter
1613 English and Scots are "planted" in Ulster
1616 William Shakespeare dies at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
1620 The Mayflower arrives at Plymouth Colony
1621 Charter granted to Sir William Alexander of Menstrie to colonise Nova Scotia
1622 Patent issued to Sir Ferdinando Gorges for Maine
1622 1st Jamestown massacre, William Combe is among the dead; Virginia Company goes into receivership
1624 Virginia Company charter is revoked
1625 Charles I is crowned King of England
1625 St. Christopher (Caribbean) settled by the French
1626 Dutch found New Amsterdam
1628 Petition of Right, England: Parliament curtails the King's powers
1629 George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, left Avalon, Newfoundland for visit to Virginia
1629 Charles I attempts to rule England without Parliament (1629-1640)
1629 Massachussetts Colony is founded
1631 Kent Island, Maryland settled by Virginians under William Claiborne
1632 Charles I grants charter to Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, for Province of Maryland
1633 The Ark and the Dove sets sail for Maryland from Cowes, England.
1635 Province of New Hampshire granted to Capt. John Mason
1635 Leonard Calvert, a Catholic, is Maryland's first governor (brother of George, Lord Baltimore).
1636 Rhode Island Colony is founded by Roger Williams
1636 Harvard College is founded in Massachussetts.
1638 George Willys is appointed Governor of Connecticut.
1639 Charles I grants royal charter to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, now lord of the proprietary of Maine
1639 Pacification of Berwick (Charles I retreats and recognizes independent Scot Parliament)
1641 Ulster Irish rebel against English, John Archdale is among those killed
1642 Civil War erupts in England, Scotland and Ireland (1641-1647)
1642 Sir William Berkeley is appointed Governor of Virginia Colony, begins 6-year persecution of Puritans
1644 Scots covenant with English Parliament for establishment of a Presbyterian Church in Enland
1644 2nd Jamestown massacre
1645 Ingle's Rebellion in Maryland
1646 Charles I surrenders to Lord Leven
1646 Bahamas colonised by the English
1648 Charles I of England is beheaded at Whitehall (30 Jan 1648/9)
1649 English Commonwealth Period (Interregnum) commences (1649-1660)
1649 Oliver Cromwell lands at Dublin; imposes English authority on Ireland; pays the soldiers and investors in Parliament's Army with land confiscated from Catholics (both native and Anglo-Irish).
1649 William Stone, a Protestant, is appointed governor of Maryland
1649 Maryland enacts an Act Concerning Religion (religious tolerance)
1650 Catholic landowners in Ireland are banished to Connaught.
1650 Charles II of England crowned King of Scotland (1 Jan 1650/1)
1651 Charles II defeated by Cromwell's forces at Battle of Worcester
1652 Cromwell appoints Sir William Petty to involuntarily transport thousands of Irish to Barbados and other West Indies islands.
1652 Parliamentary Fleet lies off Jamestown. Gov. Berkeley surrenders governance.
1653 Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland & Ireland
1654 A civil survey of major landholders in Ireland is recorded (1654-1656)
1655 English capture Jamaica from Spanish
1655 Virginians defeat Maryland Gov. Stone's forces at Battle of the Severn.
1660 Charles II is crowned King of England (29 May 1660 - 6 Feb 1685) (Restoration)
1661 The Duke of Ormond is appointed Viceroy (ruler) of Ireland (1661-1668)
1661 Sir William Berkeley is elected governor of Virginia
1663 Charles II grants charter for Carolina Colonies
1663 Hearth money rolls registered in Ireland for property owners
1664 English capture New Amsterdam from the Dutch (and rename it New York)
1676 Bacon's Rebellion. In retaliation for an attack by Berkeley, Bacon burns Jamestown.
1678 About 100 Irish families sail from Barbados to Virginia & the Carolinas
1679 Christopher Lovett is elected Lord Mayor of Dublin
1681 LaSalle founds Louisiana
1682 Pennsylvania granted to William Penn
1685 James II is crowned King of England
1688 William of Orange invades southwest England (Nov 1688)
1688 James II of England flees to France (11 Dec 1688)
1689 William III & Mary II (13 Feb 1688/9 - 27 Dec 1694) are crowned King and Queen of England
1689 Protestants revolt in Maryland (1689-90). Associators rule from 1690-1692.
1690 William III of England defeats James II of Scotland (erstwhile England) at Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
1694 William III (28 Dec 1694 - 8 Mar 1702) is crowned King of England
1695 John Archdale appointed governor of Carolinas
1702 Anne (8 Mar 1702 - 1 Aug 1714) is crowned Queen of England
1707 Act of Union unites England and Scotland
1713 Treaties of Utrecht - Britain acquires Nova Scotia (Acadia) and Hudson Bay (New York)
1714 George I (1 Aug 1714 - 11 Jun 1727) is crowned King of England
1715 1st Jacobite uprising in England (a failed attempt to restore Stuarts)
1718 City of New Orleans (Louisiana) founded
1727 George II (11 Jun 1727 - 25 Oct 1760) is crowned King of England
1733 Georgia Colony is founded
1745 2nd Jacobite uprising in England (a failed attempt by Bonnie Prince Charles)
1754 French-Indian War in North America (1754-1763)
1756 Seven Years War (Britain & Prussia vs. France, Austria & Russia)
1760 George III (25 Oct 1760 - 29 Jan 1820) is crowned King of England
1765 Stamp Act imposed on American Colonies by the English
1773 Boston Tea Party (revolt against British taxes)
1776 American Colonies declare their independence from England
1781 Cornwallis surrenders at York
1783 Revolutionary War officially ends (Treaty of Paris)
1788 1st convicts shipped to Botony Bay, Australia
1789 George Washington elected 1st President of U.S.
1793 1st free British settlers to Australia
1798 Wolfe Tone organizes Irish revolt against England (1798-99)
1798 John Adams elected 2nd President of U.S.
1799 Harvey Christian Combe is elected Lord Mayor of London
1801 Thomas Jefferson elected 3rd President of U.S.
1805 England bests France at Battle of Trafalgar
1807 Britain ends slave trade
1812 War of 1812 between U.S. and Britain (1812-1815)
1815 England bests France at Battle of Waterloo (final defeat of Napoleon)
1820 George IV is crowned King of England (29 Jan 1820 - 26 Jun 1830)
1830 William IV is crowned King of England (29 Jun 1830 - 20 Jun 1837)
1833 England abolishes slavery
1836 Texas wins independence from Mexico
1837 Victoria is crowned Queen of England (20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901)
1837 Canadian Rebellion (for reform)
1840 British and Maoris sign treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand
1844 British Factory Act passes
1850 1st transfer of power by British to Australians (1850-1856 self-government)
1861 Civil War breaks out in U.S. (1861-1865)
1865 13th Amendment outlaws slavery in U.S.
1867 Britain makes Canada a dominion
1901 Edward VII is crowned King of England (22 Jan 1901 - 6 May 1910)
1906 Cuba occupied by U.S. forces
1907 New Zealand becomes a dominion
1910 George V is crowned King of England (6 May 1910 - 20 Jan 1936)
1914 World War I commences (1914-1918)
1916 Easter uprising in Ireland
1917 Irish Republican constitution adopted
1921 Irish Free State founded (independent member of British Commonwealth)
1922 Irish Civil War - Public Records Office and Four Courts destroyed by fire
1935 Passage of Social Security Act in U.S.
1936 Edward VIII is crowned King of England (20 Jan 1936 - abdicates 11 Dec 1936)
1936 George VI is crowned King of England (11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952)
1939 World War II commences (1939-1945)
1949 Britain recognizes independence of Ireland
1952 Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of England (6 Feb 1952 -)
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