SOVEREIGNS AND RULERS OF ENGLAND.
A.D.
Egbert ........................................... 800
Ethelwulf ........................................ 836
Ethelbald ........................................ 857
Ethelbert ........................................ 860
Ethelred ......................................... 866
Alfred ........................................... 871
Edward the Elder ................................. 901
Athelstan ........................................ 925
Edmund ........................................... 940
Edred ............................................ 946
Edwy ............................................. 955
Edgar ............................................ 957
Edward the Martyr ................................ 975
Ethelred the Unready ............................. 978
Edmund Ironside .................................. 1016
DANISH LINE
Canute ........................................... 1017
Harold I ......................................... 1030
Hardi Canute ..................................... 1039
SAXON LINE
Edward the Confessor ............................. 1041
Harold II ........................................ 1066
William I ........................................ 1066
William II ....................................... 1087
Henry I .......................................... 1100
Stephen .......................................... 1135
PLANTAGENET LINE
Henry II ......................................... 1154
Richard I ........................................ 1189
John ............................................. 1199
Henry III ........................................ 1216
Edward I ......................................... 1272
Edward II ........................................ 1307
Edward III ....................................... 1327
Richard II ....................................... 1377
HOUSE OF LANCASTER
Henry IV ......................................... 1399
Henry V .......................................... 1413
Henry VI ......................................... 1422
HOUSE OF YORK
Edward IV ........................................ 1461
Edward V ......................................... 1483
Richard III ...................................... 1483
HOUSE OF TUDOR
Henry VII ........................................ 1485
Henry VIII ....................................... 1509
Edward VI ........................................ 1547
Mary ............................................. 1553
Elizabeth ........................................ 1558
STUART LINE
James I .......................................... 1603
Charles I ........................................ 1625
THE COMMONWEALTH
1649-1660
Charles II ....................................... 1660
James II ......................................... 1685
HOUSE OF ORANGE
William and Mary ................................. 1688
STUART LINE
Anne ............................................. 1702
BRUNSWICK LINE
George I ......................................... 1714
George II ........................................ 1727
George III ....................................... 1760
George IV ........................................ 1820
William IV ....................................... 1830
Victoria ......................................... 1837
Edward VII ....................................... 1901
BEGINNING OF SCOTTISH KINGDOM UNDER KENNETH MACALPINE,
AFTER UNION OF PICTS AND SCOTS
Began to Reign
A.D.
Kenneth II ....................................... 836
Union with the Picts ............................. 843
Donald V ......................................... 854
Constantine II ................................... 858
Ethus ............................................ 874
Gregory .......................................... 875
Donald VI ........................................ 892
Constantine III .................................. 903
Malcolm I ........................................ 943
Indulfus ......................................... 952
Duff ............................................. 961
Kenneth III ...................................... 970
Constantine IV ................................... 994
Grimus ........................................... 996
Malcolm II ....................................... 1004
Duncan I ......................................... 1034
Macbeth .......................................... 1040
Malcolm III ...................................... 1057
Donald VII ....................................... 1093
Duncan II ........................................ 1094
Edgar ............................................ 1098
Alexander I ...................................... 1107
David I .......................................... 1124
Malcolm IV ....................................... 1153
William .......................................... 1165
Alexander II ..................................... 1214
Alexander III .................................... 1249
INTERREGNUM
John Baliol ...................................... 1293
Robert I (Bruce) ................................. 1306
David II ......................................... 1330
Edward Baliol .................................... 1332
Robert II ........................................ 1370
Robert III ....................................... 1390
INTERREGNUM
HOUSE OF STUART
James I .......................................... 1424
James II ......................................... 1437
James III ........................................ 1460
James IV ......................................... 1489
James V .......................................... 1514
Mary Stuart ...................................... 1544
Mary and }
Henry Stuart } jointly .......................... 1565
James VI ......................................... 1567
INDEX.
ENGLAND
Abelard, 53
Act of Supremacy, 84
Addison, 135
Agincourt, 65
Agricola, 13
Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg, 159, 171
Anne, of Cleves, 78
Anne, Queen of England, 131, 135
Anselm, 38
Antoninus, 14
Aquitaine, 65
Army Plot, 116
Arthur, King, 16
Arthur, Prince 48
Atlantic Cable, 169
Bacon, Roger, 53
Bæda, 27
Balaklava, Battle of, 163
Bank of England, 130
Bannockburn, Battle of, 56
Basques, 10
Bayeux Tapestry, 33
Bedford, Duke of, 65
Bible, 101
Bill of Rights, 127
Black Death, 58
Black Prince, 58
Blenheim, Battle of, 133
Boadicea, 11
Bosworth, Battle of, 71
Bothwell, 93
Boyne, Battle of, 127
British Association, 27
Bruce, Robert, 56
Bruno, 86
Buddha, 193
Buller, General, 185
Bunker Hill, 148
Bunyan, 124
Burney, Frances, 153
Burns, 153
Byron, 154
Cade, Jack, 66
Cædmon, 26
Cæsar, 11
Calais, 81
Calcutta, Black Hole of, 140
Calvin, 84
Canning, 149
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 44
Canute, 31
Cape of Good Hope, 172
Caroline, of Brunswick, 156
Caroline, Queen, 138
Catharine de Medici, 91
Catholicism, Roman Church, 25, 63, 74-79, 83, 99, 123
Cawnpore, Massacre at, 166
Caxton, 71
Cerdic, 19-22
Charles V, 74
Charles VII, 65
Charlotte, Princess, 156
Chaucer, 60
Chronicle, 149
Churchill, John, 132
Circuits, 45
Clarence, Duke, 62
Claudius, 11
Clive, 140
Cobden, Richard, 160
Colonies, The Thirteen, 145
Commonwealth, 119
Constance, of Brittany, 48
Cook, Captain, 143
Cornwallis, Lord, 148
Court of Appeals, 45
Cowper, 153
Crécy, Battle of, 57
Crimean War, 162
Cromlechs, 9
Cromwell, Thomas, 77
Cronje, General, 185-191
Culloden Moor, 139
Daguerre, 169
Danes, 30
Darnley, Lord, 93
Defoe, 135
De Wet, 189
Dickens, 170
Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield), 160, 171
Domesday Book, 36
Drake, Sir Francis, 94
Dufferin, 187
Duncan, 31
Dutch East India Co., 172
East India Co., 89, 140, 149, 173
Edict of Nantes, 173
Education Bill, 195
Edward "the Confessor," 32
Edward I, 54
Edward II, 56
Edward IV, 68
Edward V, 70
Edward VII, 191
Edward, of York, 67
Edward, Prince of Wales, 68
Edwin, 26
Egbert, 23
Erasmus, 71
Escurial, 86
Exeter, Duke of, 69
Exposition, 169
Fawkes, Guy, 99
Fielding, 135
Flodden Field, 91
Florida, Cession of, 141
Franchise, 184
Francis I, 74
Frith-Gilds, 40
Fulton, 154
Gage, General, 147
Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, 43
Geoffrey, Prince, 48
George I, Elector of Hanover, 135, 138
George II, 138
George IV, 155
George, Prince of Denmark, 134
Gilds, 40
Gladstone, 171
Godwin, 32
Goldsmith, 153
Grand Lama, 193
Great Britain, 101
Great Trek, 175
Gregory, Pope, 24
Grey, Lady Jane, 79
Guise, Mary, 91
Gunpowder Plot, 99
Hadrian, 14
Hanover, House of, 135
Hastings (Senlac), Battle of, 33
Hastings, Warren, 149
Havelock, General, 167
Hengest, 22
Henrietta, of France, 103
Henry I, 42
Henry II, 44
Henry III, 51
Henry IV, 63
Henry V, 64
Henry VI, 68
Henry VII, 71
Henry VIII, 73-79
Henry Tudor, 71
High Commission Court, 115
Hinterland, 176
Horsa, 22
House of Commons, 54, 63, 87, 119, 156
Howard, John, 153
Howard, Katharine, 78
Hundred Years' War, 65