This timeline details the main events of World War One also known as the Great War, WWI and the First World War from 1914 to 1918 see also Causes of World War One 1914 1914 (28th June) The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated. The couple were … Read more World War One 1914 – 1918
Born – 995 Died – 12th November 1035 Father – King Sweyn Forkbeard (960 – 1014) Mother – Gunhilda (d. 1014) Spouses – m. 1013 – Aelfgifu of Northampton (b. 990); m. 1017 – Emma of Normandy (985 – 1052) Children – by Aelfgifu – Sweyn (1015 – 1037), King Harold I (1016 – 1040), … Read more King Canute the Great of England, Denmark and Norway 995 – 1035
Father – Vortigern
Mother – Sevira
Spouse – Unknown
Children – Unknown
This timeline details the main causes and events of the American War of Independence also known as the American Revolutionary War Main Causes 1763 (15th February) Seven Years War The war ended with the British and their allies victorious. 1763 (late February) The British Prime Minister, John Stuart, Earl of Bute, decided that it would … Read more American War of Independence Causes and Events 1763 – 1784
Father – Osbern the Steward
Mother – Emma of Ivry
Spouses – Adeliza de Tosny, Richilde de Hainault
Children – By Adeliza – William, Roger, Emma
Father – Harold Godwinson
Mother – Edith the Fair (Swanneck)
Spouse – Unknown
Children – Unknown
Father – Harold Godwinson
Mother – Edith the Fair (Swanneck)
Spouse – Unknown
Children – Unknown
Father – Alan III of Brittany
Mother – Bertha of Blois
Spouse – None
Children – None
Father – Elfgar of Mercia
Mother – Elfgifu
Spouse – None
Children – None
Father – Elfgar of Mercia
Mother – Elfgifu
Spouse – None
Children – None
Father – King Charles I of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Mother – Henrietta Maria of France
Spouse – Catherine of Braganza
Children – No legitimate, 14 illegitimate children
King of Scotland 1649 – 1685, King of England, Wales and Ireland 1660 – 1685
Predecessor – Interregnum – Richard Cromwell Lord Protector – 1658 – 1660
Successor – James II – 1685 – 1688
Read moreKing Charles II of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland 1630 – 1685
Father – King James I of England, VI of Scotland
Mother – Anne of Denmark
Spouse – Henrietta Maria of France
Children – Charles, Charles, Mary, James, Elizabeth, Anne, Catherine, Henry, Henrietta
King of England and Scotland – 1625 – 1649
Predecessor – King James I of England, VI of Scotland – 1625 – 1649
Successor – Interregnum – Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector – 1649 – 1658
Read moreKing Charles I of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland 1600 – 1649
Father – Baldwin V of Flanders
Mother – Adela of France
Spouse – William I (Conqueror)
Children – Robert, Richard, Cecilia, Adeliza, William, Constance, Adela, Agatha, Henry
Father – Not known
Mother – Not known
Spouse – Not married
Children – No children
Father – King Edward IV
Mother – Elizabeth Woodville
Spouse – Not married
Children – No children
King of England – 1483
Predecessor – Edward IV – 1461 – 1483
Successor – Richard III – 1483 – 1485
Father – Richard Duke of York
Mother – Cecily Neville
Spouse – Elizabeth Woodville
Children – Elizabeth, Mary, Cecily, Edward, Margaret, Richard, George, Katherine, Bridget
King of England – 1461 – 1470, 1471 – 1483
Predecessor – Henry VI
Successor – Edward V
Father – Uncertain
Mother – Uncertain
Spouse – Turfrida
Children – No children
