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- JANUARY
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- January 1
- Charles II crowned King of England (1651).
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- January 4
- King Charles I started the English civil war (1641).
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- January 5
- Died Edward The Confessor, featured in the Bayeux tapestry (1066).
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- January 6
- Born Richard II, King of England (1366).
- King Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves, 'the Flanders Mare', his fourth wife (1540).
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- January 15
- Coronation of Queen Elizabeth I (1559).
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- January 20
- First English parliament met in Westminster Hall, under King Henry III (1265).
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- January 21
- Born Henry VII, King of England (1456).
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- January 23
- Died James Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland (1570).
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- January 25
- Deposition of Edward II, King of England (1327).
- King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn secretly married (1533).
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- January 28
- Died King Henry VIII, King of England (1547).
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- January 29
- Died George III, King of England (1820).
- Britains highest military decoration, the Victoria Cross, was founded by Queen Victoria (1856).
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- January 30
- Died Charles I, whose execution lead to the establishment of the Commonwealth of England (1649).
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- FEBRUARY
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- February 6
- Born Anne, Queen of England (1665).
- Died Charles II, King of England (1685).
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- February 7
- Edward Caernarvon became first Prince of Wales, and later, King Edward II (1301).
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- February 8
- Died (beheaded) Mary, Queen of Scotland (1587).
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- February 10
- Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, both aged 20, married (1840).
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- February 11
- Born Mary I, Queen of England (1516).
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- February 13
- William of Orange and Mary ascended the throne of Great Britain as joint sovereigns (1689).
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- February 14
- Died (murdered) Richard II, King of England (1400).
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- February 16
- 25,000 prisoners in India released to celebrate Queen Victorias jubilee (1887).
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- February 21
- Died (murdered) James I, King of England (1437).
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- February 24
- Died St Ethelbert, first Christian King of England (616).
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- February 25
- Coronation of Edward II, King of England (1308).
- Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I (1570).
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- MARCH
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- March 1
- Died Mary, Queen of England (1619).
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- March 8
- Died (in a riding accident) William III, King of England (1702).
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- March 11
- Royal Chelsea Hospital for soldiers founded by Charles II (1682).
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- March 17
- Died Edward, King of England (978).
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- March 20
- Died Henry IV, King of England (1413).
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- March 21
- Died St Benedict, Italian (550).
- Born Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1274).
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- March 24
- Died Elizabeth, Queen of England (1603).
- Crowns of England and Scotland united when King James VI succeeded to the English throne (1603).
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- March 25
- Robert I, the Bruce, crowned King of Scotland (1306).
- Died Henry VIII, King of England (1546).
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- March 27
- Died James I, King of England (1625) .
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- APRIL
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- April 1
- Died Robert III, King of Scotland (1406).
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- April 2
- Died B Constantine, King of Scotland (874).
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- April 3
- Born Richard II, King of England (1366).
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- April 4
- Queen Elizabeth I knighted navigator Francis Drake (1581).
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- April 6
- Died Richard I Richard The Lionheart, King of England (1199).
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- April 9
- Died Edward IV, King of England (1483).
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- April 11
- Coronation of William III and Mary II (1689).
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- April 14
- Battle of Barnet, during the Wars of the Roses, where the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians (1471).
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- April 21
- Henry VIII crowned King of England (1509).
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- April 22
- Died Henry VII, King of England (1509).
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- April 23
- Edward III, King of England, founded the Order of the Garter (1344).
- Charles II crowned King of Great Britain and Ireland (1661).
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- April 24
- Mary, Queen of Scotland, married the French Dauphin (1558).
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- April 25
- Born Oliver Cromwell, English general and (1599).
- Born Edward II, King of England (1284).
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- April 26
- Duke of York and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married at Westminster Abbey (1923).
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- April 29
- Born Edward IV, King of England (1441).
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- April 30
- Born Mary II, Queen of England (1662).
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- MAY
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- May 1
- Died Maud, Queen of England (1118).
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- May 2
- Queen Anne Boleyn, sent to the Tower of London (1536).
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- May 6
- Died Edward VII, King of England (1910).
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- May 9
- Treaty of Windsor made an alliance between England and Portugal (1386).
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- May 11
- King Henry VIII made peace with his nephew, King James V of Scotland (1534).
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- May 12
- Coronation of King George VI (1937).
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- May 15
- Mary, Queen of Scots, married Bothwell in Edinburgh (1567).
- Born Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips (1981).
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- May 19
- Died Anne Boleyn, queen of King Henry VIII, beheaded for alleged (1536).
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- May 21
- Charles II married Catherine de Braganza, daughter of John IV of Portugal (1662).
- Died Henry VI, King of England, murdered in the Tower of London (1471).
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- May 22
- Olaf the White received the submission of Vikings and Danes and made Dublin his capital (853).
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- May 23
- King Henry VIII divorced his first wife Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn (1533).
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- May 24
- Born Victoria, Queen of England (1819).
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- May 26
- Born Mary, Queen of England (1867).
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- May 27
- Died Edward, Duke of Windsor, Paris (1972).
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- May 28
- Born George I, King of England (1660).
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- May 29
- Born Charles II, King of England (1630).
- Engagement of Princess Anne and Lieutenant Mark Phillips officially announced (1973)
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- May 30
- Died Arthur, King of England (542).
- King Henry VIII married Jane Seymour, his third wife (1536).
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- JUNE
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- June 2
- Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (1953).
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- June 4
- Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, King of Gwynedd in North Wales, defeated an English attack (1239).
- Born George III, King of England (1738).
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- June 6
- Caroline, Princess of Wales entered London, demanding her recognition as Queen (1820).
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- June 7
- Died Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1329).
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- June 8
- Died Harthacnut, King of England and Denmark (1042).
- Died The Black Prince, son of King Edward III (1376).
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- June 10
- Died George I, King of England (1727).
- Born Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921).
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- June 11
- King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon, his first wife (1509).
- Died James III, King of Scotland, murdered (1488).
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- June 15
- Born Edward the Black Prince, son of King Edward III (1330).
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- June 16
- Born Edward I, King of England (1239).
- Mary, Queen of Scotland, recognised Philip II of Spain as her heir (1586).
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- June 18
- Charles I crowned King of Scotland (1633).
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- June 19
- Born King James VI of Scotland (1566).
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- June 20
- Died William IV, King of England (1837).
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- June 21
- Died Edward III, King of England (1377).
- Born Prince William (1982).
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- June 22
- Richard II became King of England (1377).
- Coronation of George V (1911).
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- June 23
- Born Edward VIII, King of England until he abdicated to marry an American divorcee (1894).
- Prince Charles awarded a 2:2 in history at Cambridge (1970).
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- June 25
- End of the English Civil War, with the surrender of the Royalists to the Roundheads (1646).
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- June 26
- Richard III acceded to the throne of England (1483).
- Died George IV, King of England (1830).
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- June 28
- Born Henry VIII, King of England (1491).
- Coronation of Queen Victoria, aged 19 years (1838).
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- June 30
- Prince Michael of Kent married Austrian Baroness Marie von Reibnitz (1978).
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- JULY
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- July 1
- Died Edgar, King of England (975).
- Born Diana, Princess of Wales (1961).
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- July 4
- Born Prince Michael of Kent (1942).
- Burkes Peerage revealed that George Bush was the Queens 13th cousin (1988).
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- July 6
- Died Edward VI, King of England, of tuberculosis aged 15 (1553).
- Mary I acceded to the throne, the first queen to rule England in her own right (1553).
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- July 7
- Died Edward I, King of England (1307).
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- July 10
- King Henry VI captured by the Yorkists at Northampton in the War of Roses, England (1460).
- Lady Jane Grey became Queen for just 9 days after the death of Edward VI (1553).
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- July 11
- Born Robert The Bruce, King of Scotland (1274).
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- July 12
- King Henry VIII married his 6th and last wife, Catherine Parr (1543).
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- July 13
- Queen Victoria became the first sovereign to move into Buckingham Palace (1837).
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- July 16
- Coronation of King Richard II
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- July 17
- Royal family changed its title from House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to House of Windsor (1917).
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- July 18
- Lady Helen Windsor married Tim Taylor at Windsor, England (1992).
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- July 19
- Mary Tudor proclaimed Queen of England (1553).
- George IV crowned King of England (1821).
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- July 23
- Prince Andrew married Lady Sarah Ferguson, Westminster Abbey, London (1986).
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- July 25
- Coronation of King James I (1603).
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- July 26
- Born Henry VII, King of England (1456).
- Charles, the Queens eldest son, was created Prince of Wales (1958).
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- July 29
- Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer at Londons St Pauls Cathedral (1981).
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- AUGUST
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- August 1
- Died Queen Anne, with George I succeeding her to the throne (1714).
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- August 2
- Died King William II, accidentally killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest (1100).
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- August 4
- Born Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, The Queen Mother (1900).
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- August 7
- Buckingham Palace officially opened its doors visitors (1993).
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- August 8
- Born Princess Beatrice, first child of Prince Andrew and the Duchess of York (1988).
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- August 12
- Born King George IV (1762).
- The Princess of York, later to be named Beatrice, made her public debut (1988).
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- August 15
- Born HRH Princess Anne (1950).
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- August 19
- Coronation of Edward I (1274).
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- August 21
- Born King William IV (1765).
- Born HRH Princess Margaret (1930).
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- August 22
- English Civil War began between supporters of King Charles I and of Parliament (1642).
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- August 26
- Born Prince Albert, Consort to Queen Victoria (1819).
- Born HRH The Duke of Gloucester (1944).
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- August 31
- Died Henry V, King of England (1422).
- Henry VI, at 9 months old, acceded as king (1422).
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- SEPTEMBER
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- September 3
- Died Oliver Cromwell, general and statesman (1658).
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- September 7
- Born Elizabeth, Queen of England (1533).
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- September 8
- Born King Richard I, King of England known as Richard the Lionheart (1157).
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- September 10
- Died William The Conqueror (1087).
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- September 15
- Born HRH Prince Henry, second son of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana (1984).
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- September 16
- Born Henry V, King of England (1387).
- Died James II, King of England (1701).
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- September 21
- Died Edward II, King of England (1327).
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- September 30
- Transfer of the English crown from the House of Plantagenet to the House of Lancaster (1399).
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- OCTOBER
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- October 1
- Born Henry III, King of England (1207)
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- October 2
- Born Richard III, King of England (1452).
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- October 6
- Born Edward V, King of England (1470).
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- October 9
- Henry VI restored to the throne (1470).
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- October 12
- Born Edward VI, King of England (1537).
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- October 14
- Born James II, King of England (1633).
- Died Harold II, last Saxon king of England, killed by William the Conqueror (1066).
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- October 19
- Died John, King of England (1216).
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- October 20
- Coronation of George I (1714).
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- October 21
- Died Athelstan, King of England (940).
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- October 25
- Died Stephen, King of England (1154).
- Died George II, King of England (1760).
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- October 28
- Died Alfred The Great, King of England (900).
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- October 30
- Born George II, King of England (1683).
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- NOVEMBER
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- November 4
- Born William III, King of England (1650).
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- November 11
- Died Canute the Dane, Viking King of England (1035).
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- November 16
- Died Henry III, King of England (1272).
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- November 17
- Died Mary I, Queen of England (1558)
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- DECEMBER
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- December 1
- Died Henry I, King of England (1135).
- Born Queen Alexandra, consort of Edward VII (1844).
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- December 6
- Born King Henry VI (1421).
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- December 7
- Henry VI of England was crowned King of France (1431).
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- December 8
- Born Mary Queen of Scots (1542).
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- December 10
- King Edward VIII abdicated and became Duke of Windsor (1936).
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- December 11
- King George VI acceded to the throne (1936).
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- December 14
- Died James V, King of Scotland (1542).
- Mary acceded to the Scottish throne (1542).
- Died Prince Albert, Consort to Queen Victoria (1861).
- Born King George VI (1895).
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- December 16
- Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth after execution of King Charles I
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- December 25
- William the Conqueror crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey (1066).
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- December 26
- King Stephen acceded to the throne of England (1135).
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- December 28
- Died Queen Mary II (1694).
- Died (killed) Richard, Duke of York (1460).
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