Elizabeth II Biography

Birth of Elizabeth II, at 17 Bruton St, London,1st child of the Duke & Duchess of York

Baptized by Dr Lang the Archbishop of York

Becomes in line to the succession after her father George VI

Present at George Is opening of the National Maritime Museum

Attends the opening of the National Maritime Museum.

Elizabeth II first meets Prince Philip

Registers for national service

Appointed Counsellor of State, exercises functions of the throne for 1st time

Launches the HMS Vanguard

Attends the VE Day celebrations in her ATS uniform

Appointed Junior Commander in the ATS

Celebrates the end of war with Japan at a dinner party in Buckingham Palace

Appointed Counsellor of State, Counsellors can be delegated sovereign authority

Makes a "dedication" speech to the Empire on her 21st birthday from South Africa

Tours South Africa & celebrates her 21st birthday at Cape Town

Embarks on the HMS Vanguard for royal state visit to South Africa & Rhodesia. Elizabeth IIs 1st trip outside the British Isles

George VI makes public his consent for Elizabrth to marry Prince Philip

Philips engagement to Princess Elizabeth is announced from Buckingham Palace

Marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, formerly Prince of Greece & Denmark

Awarded by George VI marking the 600th anniversary of the Order of the Garter

Elizabeth & Philip make their 1st official tour, a royal state visit to France

Birth of Charles, Elizabeth's 1st son & heir

Birth of Anne, gives birth to Princess Anne

Pays a royal state visit to Greece

Received by the Pope & celebrates her 25th birthday

Pays a royal state visit to Italy

Received by the Pope & celebrates her 25th birthday. Pays a royal state visit to Italy

Sets off for a 6 week state visit to Canada

Meets President Truman in Washington

Elizabeth II officially declares her "Will and Pleasure that I and My children shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that my descendants who marry and their descendants, shall bear the name of Windsor"

Death of George VI, hears of death in a tree-tops hut in the Aberdare Forest, Kenya

Succeeds as Queen of Great Britain, Succeeds George II after his death. Both Houses of Parliament take the oath of allegiance to Elizabeth II

Visit of King Faisal of Iraq

Opens the Claerwen Dam

After a Nationalist court case the Queen can call herself Elizabeth II in Scotland

After a Nationalist court case the Queen can call herself Elizabeth II in Scotland

Visited by President Tito

Death of Mary

Crowned in Westminster Abbey

Given the crown, sceptre & sword, bestowing upon her the right to rule Scotland

Embarks on a tour of the Commonwealth with Prince Philip

Embarks on a tour of the Commonwealth with Prince Philip

Opens the New Zealand Parliament

Opens Owen Falls

Returns from the Commonwealth tour

Returns from the Commonwealth tour

Visit of the King of Sweden

Visit of Haile Selassie

Visits Norway

Visited by the President of Portugal

Makes a state visit to Nigeria

Lays the foundation stone for Coventry Cathedral

Khrushchev pays a visit to Elizabeth II

Makes a state visit to Sweden

Makes a state visit to Iraq

Opens Calder Hall nuclear power station

Opens Calder Hall nuclear power station

Announces at the Commonwealth Games that Charles will become the next Prince of Wales

Announces at the Commonwealth Games that Charles will become the next Prince of Wales

Eden informs Elizabeth II that he is resigning

Publicly announces Edens resignation

Sends for MacMillan to succeed Eden

Appoints MacMillan as Prime Minister

Pays a state visit to Portugal. Makes a state visit to Portugal

Pays a state visit to France

Opens Cutty Sark as a preserved historic ship.

Pays a state visit to the United States for the 350th anniversary of Virginia

Visits Chicago on the Britannia

Pays a royal state visit to Canada

Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St Lawrence Seaway

Declares the familly name should be Mountbatten-Windsor, for HRH titles Windsor

Elizabeth II confirms that she and her descendants will be known as the House and Family of Windsor, and further provided that their personal surname, whenever one should be needed, is "Mountbatten-Windsor"

Birth of Andrew, gives birth to Prince Andrew

Consecrates Guildford Cathedral

Consecrates Guildford Cathedral

Elizabeth II entertains President Kennedy

Southampton is granted a Royal Charter & granted city status

Birth of Edward, gives birth to Prince Edward

Announces Churchills body will lie-in-state at the Palace of Westminster for 3 days

The Beatles are awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours List

The Queen Elizabeth II is launched & makes its maiden voyage

The Queen Elizabeth II is launched & makes its maiden voyage

Begins the bi-centenary Cook tour of Australia & New Zealand

Elizabeth II celebrates 25yrs of marriage to Prince Phillip in Westminster Abbey

Queen Elizabeth II opens the new London Bridge

Opens Parliament

Presses a button in the Forties control room to make Britain self-sufficient by 1980

Visits Philadelphia during the bicentennial celebrations of US independence. Becomes the 1st sovereign to visit the US since the Declaration of independence

Opens the National Theatre

Begins a 5 day state visit to Luxembourg

Celebrates 25 years as Queen

Elizabeth II buys Gatcombe Park for Princess Anne & her husband Captain Mark Phillips

Opens Sullom Voe, the largest oil terminal of its kind in Europe costing 1200M

President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth

Bestows the Order of Merit on mother Teresa at New Dehli

Meets Deng Xiaoping in China

Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain

Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain

Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain

Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain

Signs the Australia Bill in severing constitutional ties with Britain

Begins 7 day Royal visit to China at Peking

Inaugurates Glasgow as the "cultural city of Europe"

Visited by the King & Queen of Spain

Visited by the President of Korea at Windsor Castle

Elizabeth II awards her daughter Princess Anne the title of "Princess Royal"

President Mitterand & Elizabeth II open the Channel Tunnel

Elizabeth II returns to South Africa for the 1st time in 48 yrs

Under Elizabeth IIs Letters Patent, a divorced wife of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland "shall not be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness."

Protesters demand an apolgy for the Armritsar massacre 7 yrs before her birth

Opens the new look National Maritime Museum

Opens the Welsh National Assembly

Celebrates 50 yrs as Queen

Wins a High Court Injunction banning publication of photos of royal apartments

Sate opening of Parliament

Grants Greenwich royal borough status in the Diamond Jubilee year.