Timeline (UK)

(reference source: royal.gov.uk)
ENGLISH MONARCHS (trích lược):

* The Normans (1066-1154):

1. William I the Conqueror (r.1066-1087)
2. William II Rufus (r.1087-1100)
3. Henry I Beauclerc (r.1100-1135)
4. Stephen & Matilda (r.1135-1154) (The Anarchy)

* The Plantagenets (1154-1485):

* The Angevins (1154-1216):

1. Henry II Curtmantle (r.1154-1189)
- Thomas Becket 1170
2. Richard I the Lionheart (r.1189-1199)
3. John Lackland (r.1199-1216)
- 1215: The Magna Carta - Latin for "Great Charter"

* The Plantagenets (1216-1399):

4. Henry III (r.1216-1272)
5. Edward I Longshanks (r.1272-1307)
6. Edward II (r.1307-1327)
7. Edward III (r.1327-1377)
- The Hundred Years War (1337-1475)
8. Richard II (r.1377-1399)
- The Peasants' Revolt 1381

* The Lancastrians (1399-1471):

9. Henry IV (r.1399-1413)
10. Henry V (r.1413-1422)
11. Henry VI (r.1422-1461 & 1470-1471)

(Lancaster) (York) (Tudors)

- The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485):
+ House of York (White Rose) vs. House of Lancaster (Red Rose)
* The Yorkists (1461-1485):
12. Edward IV (r.1461-1470 & 1471-1483)
13. Edward V (r.Apr-Jun 1483)
14. Richard III (r.1483-1485)
* The Tudors (1485-1603):
1. Henry VII (r.1485-1509)
2. Henry VIII (r.1509-1547)
3. Edward VI (r.1547-1553)
4. Lady Jane Grey (9 days, 1553)
5. Mary I (r.1553-1558)
6. Elizabeth I (r.1558-1603)
- August 1588: the defeat of the Spanish Armada
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UNITED KINGDOM MONARCHS (1603-present):
1. The Stuarts (1603-1714):
1.1. James I (r.1603-1625)
1.2. Charles I (r.1625-1649)
- English civil war (1642-1651)
1.3. Interregnum (1649-1660)
- The English Interregnum was the period of parliamentary and military rule by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the Commonwealth of England after the English Civil War. It began with the overthrow, and execution, of Charles I in January 1649, and ended with the restoration of Charles II on May 29, 1660.
1.4. Charles II (r.1660-1685)
- Charles II sponsored the founding of the Royal Society in 1660 to promote scientific research. (royalsociety.org)
- Appalling plague (1665)
- The Great Fire of London (1666)
1.5. James II (r.1685-1688)
- (See: Jacobitism)
1.6. William III (r.1689-1702) and Mary II (r.1689-1694)
- The Bill of Rights (1689) is an act of the Parliament of England.
- The Act of Settlement of 1701 is an act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701.
- The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom. Sometimes known as the 'Old Lady' of Threadneedle Street, the Bank was founded in 1694, nationalised in 1946, and gained independence in 1997. (bankofengland.co.uk)
1.7. Anne (r.1702-1714)

Hanover

2. The Hanoverians (1714-1901):
2.1. George I (r.1714-1727)
2.2. George II (r.1727-1760)
2.3. George III (r.1760-1820)
- 4th July, 1776: the declaration of American independence
2.4. George IV (r.1820-1830)
2.5. William IV (r.1830-1837)
2.6. Victoria (r.1837-1901)
3. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1901-1910):
3.1. Edward VII (r.1901-1910)
4. The House of Windsor (1910-present):
4.1. George V (r.1910-1936)
4.2. Edward VIII (Jan-Dec 1936)
4.3. George VI (r.1936-1952)
4.4. Elizabeth II (r.1953-present)