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| 1926 | Baptism of Elizabeth II |  |
| May London Baptized by Dr Lang the Archbishop of York |
| 1926 | Birth of Elizabeth II | |
| 21st April London Birth of Elizabeth II, at 17 Bruton St, London,1st child of the Duke & Duchess of York |
| 1936 | Succession of Elizabeth II | |
| London Becomes in line to the succession after her father George VI |
| 1937 | National Maritime Museum | |
| 27th April Greenwich Present at George I's opening of the National Maritime Museum |
| 1939 | Marriage of Elizabeth II | |
| Dartmouth Elizabeth II first meets Prince Philip |
| 1942 | National Service Elizabeth II | |
| 21st April Registers for national service |
| 1944 | Counsellor State Elizabeth II | |
| London Appointed Counsellor of State, exercises functions of the throne for 1st time |
| 1944 | Launch Vanguard | |
| Greenock Launches the HMS Vanguard |
| 1945 | Celebration VE Day | |
| 8th May Buckingham Pal Attends the VE Day celebrations in her ATS uniform |
| 8th May Buckingham Pal Attends the VE Day celebrations in her ATS uniform |
| 1945 | Celebration VJ Day | |
| 15th Aug Buckingham Pal Celebrates the end of war with Japan at a dinner party in Buckingham Palace |
| 15th Aug Buckingham Pal Celebrates the end of war with Japan at a dinner party in Buckingham Palace |
| 1945 | Junior Commander Elizabeth II | |
| 27th July Appointed Junior Commander in the ATS |
| 27th July Appointed Junior Commander in the ATS |
| 1946 | Counsellor State Elizabeth II | |
| Appointed Counsellor of State, Counsellors can be delegated sovereign authority |
| 1947 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| Cape Town Tours South Africa & celebrates her 21st birth day at Cape Town |
| Cape Town Tours South Africa & celebrates her 21st birth day at Cape Town |
| 1st Feb Portsmouth Elizabeth II's 1st trip outside the British Isles |
| 1st Feb Portsmouth Elizabeth II's 1st trip outside the British Isles |
| 1st Feb Portsmouth Embarks on the HMS Vanguard for royal state visit to South Africa & Rhodesia |
| 1st Feb Portsmouth Embarks on the HMS Vanguard for royal state visit to South Africa & Rhodesia |
| 1947 | Marriage of Elizabeth II | |
| 9th July London George VI makes public his consent for Elizabrth to marry Prince Philip |
| 9th July London George VI makes public his consent for Elizabrth to marry Prince Philip |
| 10th July London Philip's engagement to Princess Elizabeth is announced from Buckingham Palace |
| 10th July London Philip's engagement to Princess Elizabeth is announced from Buckingham Palace |
| 20th Nov London Marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, formerly Prince of Greece & Denmark |
| 1947 | Speech Elizabeth II | |
| Makes a "dedication" speech to the Empire on her 21st birth day from South Africa |
| 1948 | Award Order of the Garter | |
| 23rd April London Awarded by George VI marking the 600th anniversary of the Order of the Garter |
| 1948 | Birth of Charles | |
| 14th Nov London Birth of Charles, Elizabeth's 1st son & heir |
| 1948 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| May Paris Elizabeth & Philip make their 1st official tour, a royal state visit to France |
| 1950 | Birth of Anne | |
| 15th Aug London Birth of Anne, gives birth to Princess Anne |
| 1950 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| Nov Athens Pays a royal state visit to Greece |
| 1951 | Birth of ay Elizabeth II | |
| Rome Received by the Pope & celebrates her 25th birth day |
| 1951 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| Pays a royal state visit to Italy |
| Rome Pays a royal state visit to Italy |
| Received by the Pope & celebrates her 25th birth day |
| 7th Oct Sets off for a 6 week state visit to Canada |
| Nov Washington Meets President Truman in Washington |
| 1952 | Claerwen Dam Opening | |
| 23rd Oct Claerwen Dam Opens the Claerwen Dam |
| 1952 | Death of George VI | |
| 6th Feb Aberdare Death of George VI, hears of death in a tree-tops hut in the Aberdare Forest, Kenya |
| 1952 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| 23rd Sep Visit of King Faisal of Iraq |
| 1952 | Succession of Elizabeth II | |
| 6th Feb London Both Houses of Parliament take the oath of allegiance to Elizabeth II |
| 6th Feb London Succeeds as Queen of Great Britain, Succeeds George II after his death |
| 1953 | Coronation of Elizabeth II | |
| 2nd June Westminster Abbey Crowned in Westminster Abbey |
| 24th June Edinburgh Given the crown, sceptre & sword, bestowing upon her the right to rule Scotland |
| 1953 | Death of Mary | |
| 24th Mar Death of Mary |
| 24th Mar Death of Mary |
| 1953 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| Mar Visited by President Tito |
| Mar Visited by President Tito |
| 23rd Nov Embarks on a tour of the Commonwealth with Prince Philip |
| 23rd Nov Embarks on a tour of the Commonwealth with Prince Philip |
| 1953 | Title Elizabeth II | |
| After a Nationalist court case the Queen can call herself Elizabeth II in Scotland |
| 1953 | Trial of Elizabeth II | |
| After a Nationalist court case the Queen can call herself Elizabeth II in Scotland |
| 1954 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| 12th Jan Wellington Opens the New Zealand Parliament |
| 12th Jan Wellington Opens the New Zealand Parliament |
| 15th May Returns from the Commonwealth tour |
| 15th May Returns from the Commonwealth tour |
| July Visit of the King of Sweden |
| July Visit of the King of Sweden |
| Oct Visit of Haile Selassie |
| Oct Visit of Haile Selassie |
| 1954 | Owen Falls | |
| 29th April Owen Falls Opens Owen Falls |
| 29th April Owen Falls Opens Owen Falls |
| 1955 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| June Visits Norway |
| June Visits Norway |
| Oct Visited by the President of Portugal |
| Oct Visited by the President of Portugal |
| 1956 | Calder Hall | |
| 17th Oct Calder Hall Opens Calder Hall nuclear power station |
| 1956 | Coventry Cathedral | |
| 23rd Mar Coventry Lays the foundation stone for Coventry Cathedral |
| 1956 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| 16th Feb Makes a state visit to Nigeria |
| 22nd April Khrushchev pays a visit to Elizabeth II |
| June Makes a state visit to Sweden |
| July Makes a state visit to Iraq |
| 1956 | Nuclear Calder Hall | |
| 17th Oct Calder Hall Opens Calder Hall nuclear power station |
| 17th Oct Calder Hall Opens Calder Hall nuclear power station |
| 1957 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| Feb Makes a state visit to Portugal |
| Feb Pays a state visit to Portugal |
| April Paris Pays a state visit to France |
| Oct Virginia Pays a state visit to the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States for the 350th anniversary of Virginia |
| 1957 | Government of Great Britain | |
| 10th Jan Sends for MacMillan to succeed Eden |
| 10th Jan Sends for MacMillan to succeed Eden |
| 1957 | Prime Minister of Great Britain | |
| 10th Jan Appoints MacMillan as Prime Minister |
| 1957 | Resignation of Eden | |
| 8th Jan London Eden informs Elizabeth II that he is resigning |
| 8th Jan London Eden informs Elizabeth II that he is resigning |
| 9th Jan London Publicly announces Eden's resignation |
| 9th Jan London Publicly announces Eden's resignation |
| 1957 | Succession of Charles | |
| Cardiff Announces at the Commonwealth Games that Charles will become the next Prince of Wales |
| 1959 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| June Pays a royal state visit to Canada |
| June Chicago Visits Chicago on the Britannia |
| 1959 | St Lawrence Seaway | |
| 26th June Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St Lawrence Seaway |
| 1960 | Birth of Andrew | |
| 19th Feb London Birth of Andrew, gives birth to Prince Andrew |
| 1960 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| Chicago Declares the familly name should be Mountbatten-Windsor, for HRH titles Windsor |
| 1961 | Consecration Guildford | |
| 17th May Guildford Consecrates Guildford Cathedral |
| 1961 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| 5th June Elizabeth II entertains President Kennedy |
| 1964 | Birth of Edward | |
| 10th Mar London Birth of Edward , gives birth to Prince Edward |
| 1964 | Charter Southampton | |
| Southampton Southampton is granted a Royal Charter & granted city status |
| 1965 | Funeral Churchill | |
| 30th Jan London Announces Churchill's body will lie-in-state at the Palace of Westminster for 3 days |
| 1965 | Honour Beatles, The | |
| 12th June London The Beatles are awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birth day Honours List |
| 1967 | Launch QEII | |
| The Queen Elizabeth II is launched & makes its maiden voyage |
| 1967 | QEII | |
| The Queen Elizabeth II is launched & makes its maiden voyage |
| 1970 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| 12th Mar Begins the bi-centenary Cook tour of Australia & New Zealand |
| 12th Mar Begins the bi-centenary Cook tour of Australia & New Zealand |
| 1972 | Anniversary Wedding Elizabeth II | |
| 20th Nov Elizabeth II celebrates 25yrs of marriage to Prince Phillip in Westminster Abbey |
| 1974 | Parliament Opening | |
| 29th Oct London Opens Parliament |
| 1975 | Forties Oil Field | |
| 4th Nov Forties Oil Presses a button in the Forties control room to make Britain self-sufficient by 1980 |
| 1976 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| Philadelphia Becomes the 1st sovereign to visit the US since the Declaration of independence |
| Philadelphia Visits Philadelphia during the bicentennial celebrations of US independence |
| 8th Nov Begins a 5 day state visit to Luxembourg |
| 1976 | National Theatre | |
| 25th Oct London Opens the National Theatre |
| 1977 | Anniversary Silver Jubilee | |
| Celebrates 25 years as Queen |
| 1977 | Purchase Gatcombe Park | |
| 23rd June Gatcombe Park Elizabeth II buys Gatcombe Park for Princess Anne & her husband Captain Mark Phillips |
| 1981 | Sullom Voe | |
| Sullom Voe Opens Sullom Voe, the largest oil terminal of its kind in Europe costing œ1200M |
| 1982 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| 7th June President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth |
| 1983 | Order Garter Mother Teresa | |
| New Dehli Bestows the Order of Merit on mother Teresa at New Dehli |
| 1986 | Constitution of Australia | |
| 2nd Mar Canberra Signs the Australia Bill in severing Constitution al ties with Britain |
| 1986 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| London Meets Deng Xiaoping in China |
| 12th Oct Peking Begins 7 day Royal visit to China at Peking |
| 1986 | Independence of Australia | |
| 2nd Mar Canberra Signs the Australia Bill in severing Constitution al ties with Britain |
| 1986 | Legislation Australia | |
| 2nd Mar Canberra Signs the Australia Bill in severing Constitution al ties with Britain |
| 1987 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| 1st April Windsor Visited by the King & Queen of Spain |
| 1st April Windsor Visited by the President of Korea at Windsor Castle |
| 1987 | Inauguration of Glasgow | |
| 2nd Mar Glasgow Inaugurates Glasgow as the "cultural city of Europe" |
| 1987 | Title Anne | |
| 12th June Elizabeth II awards her daughter Princess Anne the title of "Princess Royal " |
| 1994 | Channel Tunnel | |
| 6th May President Mitterand & Elizabeth II open the Channel Tunnel |
| 1995 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| Elizabeth II returns to South Africa for the 1st time in 48 yrs |
| 1997 | Diplomacy of Great Britain | |
| Protesters demand an apolgy for the Armritsar massacre 7 yrs before her birth |
| 1999 | Nat Assembly Wales | |
| 26th May Opens the Welsh National Assembly |
| 1999 | National Maritime Museum | |
| 11th May London Opens the new look National Maritime Museum |
| 2002 | Anniversary Golden Jubilee | |
| Celebrates 50 yrs as Queen |
| 2003 | Injunction Daily Mirror | |
| 20th Nov Wins a High Court Injunction banning publication of photos of royal apartments |
| 2003 | Parliament Opening | |
| 26th Nov London Sate opening of Parliament |