Elizabeth II Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Trial

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

Role range: 1953-

Opens the New Zealand Parliament

Opens the New Zealand Parliament

Role range: 1951-1954 – 1953-

Owen Falls

Opens Owen Falls

Role range: 1945-1951 – 1953-

Commonwealth

Returns from the Commonwealth tour

Role range: 1951-1954 – 1953-

Returns from the Commonwealth tour

Returns from the Commonwealth tour

Role range: 1951-1954 – 1953-

Visit to Of the King of Sweden

Visit of the King of Sweden

Role range: 1951-1954 – 1953-

Visit to Of Haile Selassie

Visit of Haile Selassie

Role range: 1951-1954 – 1953-

Visit to Norway

Visits Norway

Role range: 1951-1954 – 1953-

Visited by the President of Portugal

Visited by the President of Portugal

Role range: 1951-1954 – 1953-

Visit to To Nigeria

Makes a state visit to Nigeria

Role range: 1953-

Coventry Cathedral

Lays the foundation stone for Coventry Cathedral

Role range: 1953-

Visit to To Elizabeth II

Khrushchev pays a visit to Elizabeth II

Role range: 1953-

Visit to To Sweden

Makes a state visit to Sweden

Role range: 1953-

Visit to To Iraq

Makes a state visit to Iraq

Role range: 1953-

Calder Hall

Opens Calder Hall nuclear power station

Role range: 1953-

Nuclear Power

Opens Calder Hall nuclear power station

Role range: 1953-

Queen Visits Calder Hall Station

Elizabeth II visits the new nuclear power station in Cumbria for its formal opening ceremony.

Queen Inaugurates Nuclear Power Station

Elizabeth II formally opens Calder Hall on 17 October 1956 as a major milestone in British nuclear engineering.

Queen Marks Civil Nuclear Power Era

The royal opening draws public attention to the commercial and industrial possibilities of nuclear energy.

Queen Tours Nuclear Generating Facilities

The monarch is shown facilities associated with the pioneering power station during the opening visit.

Resignation of Robert Anthony Eden

Eden informs Elizabeth II that he is resigning

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1953-

Resignation of Robert Anthony Eden

Publicly announces Edens resignation

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1953-

Government

Sends for MacMillan to succeed Eden

Role range: 1955-1957 – 1953-

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appoints MacMillan as Prime Minister

Role range: 1953-

Visit to To Portugal

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

Role range: 1953-

Visit to Paris

Pays a state visit to France

Role range: 1953-

Cutty Sark Opens

Opens Cutty Sark as a preserved historic ship.

Role range: 1952-

Visit to Virginia

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

Role range: 1953-

Commonwealth

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

Role range: 1953-

Succession

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

Role range: 1953-

St Lawrence Seaway

Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St Lawrence Seaway

Role range: 1953-

Visit to Chicago

Visits Chicago on the Britannia

Role range: 1953-

Visit to To Canada

Pays a royal state visit to Canada

Role range: 1953-

House of 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"

Role range: 1953-

Birth of Andrew

Birth of Andrew, gives birth to Prince Andrew

Role range: 1953-

Foreign Policy Statement at Chicago

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

Role range: 1953-

Consecration

Consecrates Guildford Cathedral

Role range: 1953-

Guildford Cathedral

Consecrates Guildford Cathedral

Role range: 1953-

Elizabeth II entertains President Kennedy

Elizabeth II entertains President Kennedy

Role range: 1953-

Birth of Edward

Birth of Edward, gives birth to Prince Edward

Role range: 1953-