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Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
April 21, 1926
George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Windsor
February 6, 1952 aged 25 years
June 2, 1953 at Westminster Abbey
Philip Mountbatten
Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
April 21, 1926
George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Windsor
February 6, 1952 aged 25 years
June 2, 1953 at Westminster Abbey
Philip Mountbatten
Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward
Timeline for Queen Elizabeth II
Historical Timline for Queen Elizabeth from 1952 – Present.
1952 | Elizabeth accedes to the throne on the death of her father, George VI. |
1952 | World’s first jet airliner passenger service inaugurated by BOAC in Comet I aircraft |
1953 | Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest just before Coronation Day |
1953 | Francis Crick and James Watson unravel the mystery of DNA |
1953 | – 1954 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip embark on a 6 month world tour including Australia and New Zealand |
1955 | Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister and is succeeded by Anthony Eden. |
1955 | Laws restricting the burning of coal and establishing smokeless zones bring an end to London’s notorious fogs |
1956 | Anglo-French forces invade Egypt after the nationalization of the Suez Canal. |
1957 | Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister. |
1957 | The Gold Coast becomes independent as Ghana, the first British colony in Africa to receive its independence. |
1957 | Queen Elizabeth addresses the United Nations and opens the 23rd Canadian Parliament. |
1959 | Oil is discovered in the North Sea. |
1959 | Queen Elizabeth tours Canada and the United States. |
1960 | Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister makes ‘winds of change’ speech in South Africa. |
1960 | Union of South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth. |
1962 | Jamaica gains independence. |
1963 | Alec Douglas-Hume replaces Harold Macmillan as the Prime Minister. |
1964 | Labour government of Harold Wilson takes office. |
1966 | Aberfan disaster leaves 116 children dead. |
1967 | Capital punishment abolished in the UK for murder, and one year later for all crimes. |
1969 | Prince Charles is invested as Prince of Wales. |
1969 | Troubles break out in the North of Ireland. |
1970 | Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister. |
1973 | Britain joins the European Community. |
1974 | Miners strike brings down Heath Government. Harold Wilson returns as Prime Minister. |
1977 | Celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Queens accession. |
1979 | Margaret Thatcher succeeds James Callaghan, becoming Britain’s first woman Prime Minister. |
1981 | Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer in St. Paul’s Cathedral. |
1982 | Unemployment in Britain tops three million. |
1982 | Britain goes to war with Argentina over control of the Falkland Islands. |
1982 | Pope John Paul II is first reigning pope to visit the UK. |
1986 | Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 60th birthday. |
1989 | Poll tax is introduced amid widespread protest. |
1989 | Fall of the Berlin Wall. End of the ‘Cold War’. |
1990 | Margaret Thatcher resigns as Prime Minister after 11 years and is succeeded by John Major. |
1992 | Princess Anne and Mark Phillips divorce. Windsor castle suffers severe fire damage. |
1993 | European Parliament comes into force. |
1994 | Opening of the Channel Tunnel between England and France. |
1996 | Both the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Duke and Duchess of York divorce. |
1997 | Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister and ends 18 years of Conservative government. |
1997 | Hong Kong reverts to China after 155 years of British rule. |
1997 | Diana Princess of Wales dies in Paris car crash |
1998 | Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland. |
1998 | Scotland and Wales vote for their own Assemblies. |
1999 | Edward, Earl of Wessex, marries Sophie Rhys-Jones. |
2000 | Queen Mother celebrates her 100th birthday. |
2001 | Great Britain participated in War in Afghanistan against Taliban and Terrorist. |
2002 | Queen Elizabeth II marks her Golden Jubilee of 50 years of rule. Deaths of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. |
2003 | British and US forces invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein. |
2005 | Prince Charles marries his second wife Camilla Parker-Bowles and she is given the title Duchess of Cornwall. |
2006 | Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 80th birthday. |
2007 | Tony Blair resigns as Prime Minister. |
2007 | Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip celebrate 60 years of marriage. |
2007 | Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever reigning British monarch. |
2008 | World wide banking crisis. Government has to bail out two major British banks. |
2010 | David Cameron becomes Prime Minister. |
2011 | Prince William marries Catherine Middleton. They become Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. |
2012 | Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee of 60 years since her accession to the throne. |
2012 | Queen Elizabeth II opens the London 2012 Olympic Games. |
2013 | Birth of Prince George, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. |
2014 | Scottish voters reject proposal by the Scottish National Party to leave the United Kingdom. |
2015 | Birth of Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. |
2015 | Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest ever reigning British monarch surpassing her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. |
2016 | Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday. |
2016 | The United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union. |
2016 | David Cameron resigns as Prime Minister and is replaced by Theresa May. |