1998 Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards
1998 Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement
1997 Joanie Weston, roller derby queen with the Bay Bombers, dies at 61
1997 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen
1997 Beatle McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen
1996 Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6
1995 Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles and Diana to divorce
1995 Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery
1995 Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66
1994 Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83
1994 Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist
1993 Margaret MacDonald, maid to Queen Elizabeth, dies at 89
1993 Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
1993 Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98
1992 Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire
1992 Queen Mother of Oman, dies
1991 Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
1991 Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address U.S. congress
1991 President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game
1990 Dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81
1990 Jon Benet Ramsey, little beauty queen, murdered in 1996
1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver
1990 Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds backwards!
1989 Canada updates coins with a new potrait of the Queen
1989 Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth
1989 Queen Elizabeth II knights Ronald Reagan
1989 Zita, Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, dies at 96
1988 Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
1986 Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde
1985 Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67
1984 Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University
1982 Frederic Dannay, [Ellery Queen], U.S., detective writer, dies at 76
1982 President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth
1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses U.S. Congress
1982 Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
1981 Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II
1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran
1980 Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I. Queen
1980 Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis
1980 Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands
1980 Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates
1980 Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
1979 Lee Bowman, actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), dies at 64
1979 Gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81
1979 Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45
1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
1976 Queen's "Bhoemian Rhapsody" goes gold
1975 Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98
1975 "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances
1975 "Letter for Queen Victoria" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 18 performances
1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House
1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge
1972 Queen Juliana visits Yugoslavia
1972 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
1971 Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia
1971 Manfred Bonnington Lee, [Ellery Queen], detective writer, dies at 65
1970 Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
1970 Queen Latifah, rap singer and actress, Khadijah James-Living Single
1969 John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal)
1969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York
1969 Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa
1968 Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74
1968 Queen Juliana opens IJ tunnel in Amsterdam
1968 James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81
1968 Brent Geiberger, Santa Barbara, California, Nike golfer, 1994 Queen Mary-2nd
1967 Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope
1967 British liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at Clydebank, Scotland
1967 Willem-Alexander CGF, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Neth
1967 Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London
1966 Seena Owen, actress/writer (Queen Kelly), dies at 71
1966 Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam
1966 Tally Chanel, Tel Aviv Israel, actress, Warrior Queen
1965 Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde
1965 Gabriella VM Elisabeth, queen of the Belgians, dies at 89
1965 Queen Elizabeth decorates Beatles with Order of British Empire
1965 Beatles movie "Help" premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends
1965 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam
1964 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
1962 Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)
1962 Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82
1961 Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12 year government jubilee
1960 RuPaul, drag queen/model/actor, RuPaul Show
1960 "Queen For A Day," moves to ABC-TV
1960 Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61
1960 Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist, Queen Sophia 1st prize
1959 Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse
1959 Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St. Lawrence Seaway
1959 Dianne Brill, born in Tampa, fashion designer and party girl, Queen of the Night
1958 Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam
1957 Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits White House
1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
1957 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnels
1956 PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
1956 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam
1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam
1956 Miguel Bose, born in Panama, spanish singer and actor, El Avaro, Queen Margot
1956 Charley Grapewin, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 86
1956 Johnny Rotten, [John Lydon], rocker, Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen
1955 Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam
1954 Queen Elizabeth II opens NZ parliament
1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1953 Mary, queen of Great-Britain/North-Ireland, dies at 85
1952 Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"
1952 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal
1952 Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to U.S. Congress
1952 "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York City
1952 England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II
1951 Queen Noor, of Jordan
1951 Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum
1950 Billy Ocean, [Leslie S Charles], Trinidad, singer, Caribbean Queen
1949 Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
1948 Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands
1948 Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne
1948 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 50th jubilee
1948 Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College London
1948 John Amiel, director, Queen of Hearts, Tune in Tomorrow
1948 Queen Wilhelmina resigns
1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason
1947 Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey
1947 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower
1947 Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group, Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen
1945 Hannie Buy buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
1945 Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
1945 Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague
1945 Leslie West, [Weinstein] rocker, Mountain-Mississippi Queen
1945 Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam
1945 Tim Hovey, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Queen Bee, Toy Tiger, Man Afraid
1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen
1945 Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist and guitarist, ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen
1945 Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands
1944 R P Mardling, headmaster, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
1943 British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada
1942 Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth
1942 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338
1941 Hans Wiegel, Dutch commissioner of the queen, Frisia
1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
1940 Queen Wilhelmina fires premier De Geer
1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio
1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England
1940 Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, 1972-
1939 Katie Webster, [Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer
1939 Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech
1939 Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip
1939 King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party
1939 1st king and queen of England to visit U.S., George VI and Elizabeth
1939 Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
1938 British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," launches at Clydebank Scotland
1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow
1938 Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary jubilee as Dutch queen
1938 Michael Shea, director, Hanson Trust, /Queen's press sect
1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands, 1980-
1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands, 1980-
1938 Timothy Elworthy, Captain of The Queen's Flight
1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands, 1980-
1937 Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Ital princess/queen of Belgium, 1993-
1937 Virna Lisi, Italy, actress, Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard
1936 Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge
1936 Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York
1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for New York on maiden voyage
1935 Koko Taylor, [Cora Walton], U.S. vocalist, Queen of the Blues
1935 Astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies
1935 British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
1934 British liner Queen Mary is launched
1934 Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies
1934 Jim Hutton, Binghamton, New York, actor, Ellery Queen
1934 A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen, dies at 76
1933 Sonia Garmers, [Justina], Curaeao, author, Dear Queen
1932 Antonia Fraser, biographer, Mary Queen of Scots
1932 Queen Ferekit, of Thailand, Queens Day
1932 Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84
1930 Marion [Eleanor] Zimmer Bradley [Breen], sci-fi author, Storm Queen
1929 Irish McCalla, Pawnee City, Nebraska, actress, Sheena Queen of Jungle
1929 John Taylor, bishop, St. Albans, /Lord High Almoner to Queen
1929 Geoffrey Marshall, Provost, Queen's College, Oxford
1929 Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen
1929 "Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music
1928 George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba), dies at 46
1928 Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Spanish Queen of Belgium
1928 Paul Greening, master of Queen's household
1928 Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer, Mary Queen of Scots
1927 Queen Wilhelmina opens Meuse-Waal Canal in Nijmegen
1927 Lee Philips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ellery Queen
1926 Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51
1926 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution
1926 Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England, 1952-
1926 Queen Elizabeth II, English Royalty
1925 Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80
1925 Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government
1924 Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor, PT-109, Assault on a Queen
1924 12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3
1924 Mary Ford, [Colleen Summer], vocalist/actress, Queen of Outer Space
1923 CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto
1923 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 25 year jubilee
1923 Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry for state visit to London
1923 Oliver Millar, Surveyor, Queen's Pictures
1922 10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1
1922 Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam
1922 Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech
1922 Russell Wood, treasurer, Queen Elizabeth
1921 William Johnston, Chaplain to Queen of Scotland
1921 James Menter, principal, Queen Mary College
1921 Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies
1919 Elgars "Cello concerto op 85" premieres in Queen's Hall London
1919 Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam
1917 Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93), dies from a stroke at 79
1917 Margaret Taylor Burroughs, U.S. author/house painter, Black Queen
1917 Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece
1917 Zsa Zsa Gabor, born in Budapest, actress, Queen of Outer Space
1916 Michael F Howard, British Major-General, Gold Stick to the Queen
1916 Elisabeth OL, [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72
1915 Mary Kornman, Idaho Falls ID, actress, Queen of the Jungle
1915 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
1914 Lee Bowman, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover
1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague)
1913 Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
1912 Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt
1912 1st foreign feature film exhibited in U.S. - "Queen Elizabeth" - New York City
1912 Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP
1911 Bernhard, born in Germany, Prince, Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands
1911 Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam
1911 Hugh Marlowe, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Ellery Queen
1910 Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
1909 James Agee, American author, African Queen, Death in Family
1909 Katharine Hepburn, Connecticut, actress, African Queen, On Golden Pond
1909 Hardy Amies, born in London, England, royal dressmaker, Queen Elizabeth II
1909 Juliana, Queen of Netherlands, 1948-80
1908 Robert Morley, England, actor, High Road to China, African Queen
1907 Jack Bailey, Hampton Iowa, TV host, Queen for a Day
1906 John Huston, born in Nevada, Missouri, director and writer, African Queen, Chinatown
1906 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games
1905 Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden
1905 Frederic Dannay, of Ellery Queen and Barnaby Ross, Cat of Many Tales
1905 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court
1905 Manfred Bonnington Lee, detective writer, of Ellery Queen
1904 Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73
1903 Queen Wilhelmina calls railroad strikers "criminals"
1903 Dragia, Queen of Serbia, assassinated
1903 Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam
1903 Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen
1902 Maria Hendrika, Queen of the Belgians, dies
1902 Edward Wayne, physician, Queen of Scotland
1901 Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60
1901 Tillie Ehrlich Lewin, leading industrialist, tomato queen
1901 Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series
1901 Victoria, [Alexandrine], Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 81
1900 Dutch President Paul Kruger and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession
1900 Queen Wilhelmina leaves duke Heinrich "Henry" von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1900 Queen Victoria disbands British parliament
1900 Elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife
1900 Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia
1899 Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid
1899 Gloria Swanson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly
1898 1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2
1898 Audley Moore, civil rights activist, humanitarian [Queen Mother]
1896 France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar
1895 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners "Rienzi")
1894 Seena Owen, Spokane, Washington, silent screen actress, Queen Kelly
1894 Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid of Dutch queen
1893 British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary)
1893 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
1892 Queen Wilhelmina and Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine
1892 Zita, empress, Austria, /Queen, Hungary
1891 Nell Craig, born in New Jersey, actress, Calling Dr. Kildare, Queen of Sheba
1889 Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
1888 Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British
1888 Frank Buck, actor, Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs
1887 Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria
1886 Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award
1884 Dutch Queen Emma appointed regent
1882 Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo
1882 Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria
1882 George Siegmann, actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist
1880 Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands, 1898-1948
1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
1876 Gabriella V M Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium/duchess of Bavaria
1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old
1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria
1875 Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania, 1914-27
1871 Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old
1871 Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria
1871 W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42
1871 Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London
1868 Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France
1868 Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France
1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
1867 Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria
1867 Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
1867 Mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85
1866 Transatlantic cable laid-President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria
1865 Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck
1862 Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis
1862 CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet and Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R
1861 Albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42
1861 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
1860 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York City
1858 Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria
1858 Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan
1858 A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands
1858 A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76
1858 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
1857 Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada
1850 Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38
1847 Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina
1845 Sarah Bernhardt, born in France, actress, Camille, Queen Elizabeth
1844 Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain/Ireland
1843 Elisabeth OL, queen of Romania/poet, Rumanische Dichtungen
1842 John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria
1840 Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia
1840 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg
1838 Liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii, 1891-93
1838 Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey
1837 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62
1837 Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 54
1837 Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace
1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901
1836 Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist, Rebel Queen
1830 Isabella II, Queen of Spain, 1833-68
1828 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands
1819 Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria
1819 Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain, 1837-1901
1818 Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies
1818 Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III
1812 Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians, 1832-50/wife of Leopold I
1810 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34
1800 English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die
1793 Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France
1788 Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
1788 Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France
1783 Thomas Sully, U.S. portrait painter, Queen Victoria
1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands, 1806-10
1782 Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61
1780 Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63
1777 Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn)
1776 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III
1768 Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV
1766 Isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies
1766 Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73
1755 Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake
1741 Queen Maria Theresa addresses Hungarian Parliament
1737 Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies
1733 Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
1720 Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik
1720 Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns
1714 Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49
1714 English Queen Anne fires premier Robert Haley
1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College
1702 Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament
1702 James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England
1702 England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III
1701 Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia
1695 Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36
1695 Mary II Stuart, queen of England, dies at 32
1694 Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32
1692 Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain
1689 William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England
1689 Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
1689 Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen
1678 Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford
1673 Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate
1667 Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)
1666 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64
1665 Anne Stuart, queen of England, 1702-14
1661 Maria I Stuart, Queen of England/husband of Willem II, dies at 29
1660 Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29
1654 Queen Christina of Sweden resigns and converts to Catholicism
1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Neth
1631 Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England
1626 Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic
1603 William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59
1603 Elizabeth I Tudor, [Maiden Queen], U.K. queen (1558-1603), dies at 69
1601 Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III
1601 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
1589 Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
1588 Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed
1587 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44
1587 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44
1587 Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty
1587 English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence
1586 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth
1585 English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland
1585 Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands
1585 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth
1585 English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I
1581 Queen Elizabeth I and Francois of Anjou wed
1579 Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I
1578 Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir 20,000 pounds to aid Dutch rebellion
1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly
1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France
1572 Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra, dies at 44
1571 Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
1568 Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23
1568 English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary
1568 Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England
1568 Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
1567 Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate and 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
1567 Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered
1567 Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered
1565 Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
1561 Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France
1559 Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey
1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42
1558 Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53
1558 Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois
1557 Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41
1555 Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75
1554 Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem
1554 Jane Grey, queen of England for 13 days, beheaded at 17
1554 Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule
1554 Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary
1553 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days
1553 Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England
1548 Catharine Parr, queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, dies at about 36
1548 Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France
1547 English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5
1545 Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II
1542 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, 1560-1587
1542 Catharine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
1542 Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard
1542 Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty
1541 Queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower
1538 Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth, 1572
1537 Jane Grey, Queen of England for 9 days
1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
1533 Queen Elizabeth I, England, 1558-1603, daughter of Henry VIII
1533 Anna Boleyn crowned queen of England
1528 Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV
1519 Catherine de' Medici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II
1519 De Medicis, queen consort, Henry II of France
1516 Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England, 1553-58
1515 Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII
1505 Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Netherlands, 1531-55
1505 Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40
1504 Isabella I, Catholic Queen of Castille and Aragon (1474-04), dies at 53
1504 Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament
1503 Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians
1503 Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies
1492 Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews
1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain
1482 Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies
1479 Johanna, the Insane, Queen of Castilie, 1504-20
1479 King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castilie
1474 Isabella crowns herself queen of Castilie and Aragon
1464 Johanna van Valois, Queen of France
1461 Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England
1451 Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain, 1479-1504, patron of Columbus
1435 Isabella of Bayern, Queen of France (Treaty of Troyes), dies
1435 Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
1397 Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha
1382 Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
1373 Johanna II, Queen of Naples, 1414-35
1336 Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65
1229 Queen Blanche of Castilie and earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace
867 Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies
535 Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered
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