| 1066 |  |
| Norman |
| William I | 1086 Doomsday Book |
| 1087 |  |
| | William II | 1100 William II was killed in the New Forest |
| 1100 |  |
| | Henry I | 1120 King's son and heir drowned |
| 1135 |  |
| | Stephen | 1135-1154 War between Stephen and Maud |
| 1154 |  |
| Plantagenet |
| Henry II | 1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, killed |
| 1189 |  |
| | Richard I | 1192 Richard captured while on crusade |
| 1199 |  |
| | John | 1215 Signing of Magna Carta |
| 1216 |  |
| | Henry III | 1258 First English Parliament |
| 1272 |  |
| | Edward I | 1284 Wales became incorporated into England |
| 1307 |  |
| | Edward II | 1314 Battle of Bannockburn |
| 1327 |  |
| | Edward III | 1347-1351 Black Death |
| 1377 |  |
| | Richard II | 1381 Peasants' Revolt |
| 1399 |  |
| Lancaster |
| Henry IV | 1399 Henry IV imprisoned Richard II |
| 1413 |  |
| | Henry V | 1415 Battle of Agincourt |
| 1422 |  |
| | Henry VI | 1455 Start of the War of the Roses |
| 1461 |  |
| York |
| Edward IV | 1470-1471 Henry VI briefly became king again |
| 1483 |  |
| | Edward V | One of the little princes in the Tower |
| 1483 |  |
| | Richard III | 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field |
| 1485 |  |
| Tudor |
| Henry VII | 1486 Henry VII married Elizabeth of York |
| 1509 |  |
| | Henry VIII | 1534 Creation of the Church of England |
| 1547 |  |
| | Edward VI | 1549 Introduction of Book of Common Prayer |
| 1553 |  |
| | Mary I | 1554 Mary I married Philip of Spain |
| 1558 |  |
| | Elizabeth I | 1588 Spanish Armada |
| 1603 |  |
| Stuart |
| James I | 1605 Gunpowder Plot |
| 1625 |  |
| | Charles I | 1642 English Civil War started |
| 1649 |  |
| | | The Commonwealth | 1653 Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector |
| Stuart |
1660 |  |
| | Charles II | 1666 Great Fire of London |
| 1685 |  |
| | James II | 1685 Battle of Sedgemoor |
| 1688 |  |
| | William III and Mary II | 1690 Battle of the Boyne |
| 1702 |  |
| | Anne | 1707 Act of Union to create Great Britain |
| 1714 |  |
| Hanover |
| George I | 1720 South Sea Bubble |
| 1727 |  |
| | George II | 1745 Bonny Prince Charlie invades England |
| 1760 |  |
| | George III | 1775-1783 American War of Independence |
| 1811 |  |
| | Regency | 1815 Battle of Waterloo |
| 1820 |  |
| | George IV | 1825 Stockton and Darlington Railway opened |
| 1830 |  |
| | William IV | 1832 Reform Act |
| 1837 |  |
| | Victoria | 1851 Great Exhibition |
| 1901 |  |
Saxe-Coburg Gotha |
| Edward VII | 1904 Entente Cordiale |
| 1910 |  |
| Windsor |
| George V | 1914-1918 World War I |
| 1936 |  |
| | Edward VIII | 1936 Abdication of Edward VIII |
| 1936 |  |
| | George VI | 1939-1945 World War II |
| 1952 |  |
| | Elizabeth II | 1973 Britain joins the Common Market (now the EU) |
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