Birth of George VI
Birth of George VI, 2nd son of George V
Role range: 1936-1952
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George VI Biography and Timeline
Follow George VI through 94 dated historical records for Great Britain.
George VI, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1895–1937Years on this page
1895
1909
Education
Enters the Royal Naval College
Role range: 1936-1952
1912
Education
Passes out from Dartmouth
Role range: 1936-1952
1914
Health of George VI
Operated on for appendicitis
Role range: 1936-1952
1916
Order of the Garter
Awarded the Order of the Garter on his 21st birthday
Role range: 1936-1952
Battle of Jutland
Sees service at the Battle of Jutland
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1936-1952
1917
House of Windsor
A royal proclamation by George V provides that all agnatic descendants of Queen Victoria would be members of the House of Windsor with the personal surname of Windsor
Role range: 1936-1952
Health of George VI
Operated on for a duodenal ulcer
Role range: 1936-1952
1918
Capture of Brussels
Present when the Belgian royal family re-enter Brussels
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1936-1952
Education
Receives training in flying, an Avro biplane, & earns his wings
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1936-1952
1919
Education
Enters Cambridge as a freshman, Trinity College
Role range: 1936-1952
Boys Welfare Association
Appointed President of the Boys Welfare Association
Role range: 1936-1952
1920
Peerage
Created the Duke of York & takes his seat in the House of Lords
Role range: 1936-1952
1921
Yorks Boys Camps
Founds the Duke of Yorks Boys Camps
Role range: 1936-1952
1922
Marriage
Attends the wedding of King Alexander of Yugoslavia as his "sponsor"
Role range: 1936-1952
1923
Marriage
Marries Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore
Role range: 1936-1952
1925
Exhibition of Wembley
Appointed Chairman of the Committee for the Wembley Exhibition
Role range: 1936-1952
1926
Birth of Elizabeth II
Birth of Elizabeth II, daughter of George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Role range: 1936-1952
1927
Commonwealth
Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, the monarch also becomes separately the king or queen of many Commonwealth Realms, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and others
Role range: 1936-1952
Legislation
Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, the monarch also becomes separately the king or queen of many Commonwealth Realms, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and others
Role range: 1936-1952
Commonwealth
Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, the monarch also becomes separately the king or queen of many Commonwealth Realms, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and others
Role range: 1936-1952
Free State
The Irish Free State leaves the United Kingdom in 1922, the actual name of the Kingdom is not changed until 1927, when he becomes separately the King of Ireland
Role range: 1936-1952
Rule of Australia
The Irish Free State leaves the United Kingdom in 1922, the actual name of the Kingdom is not changed until 1927, when he becomes separately the King of Ireland
Role range: 1936-1952
Rule of Canada
Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, the monarch also becomes separately the king or queen of many Commonwealth Realms, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and others
Role range: 1936-1952
Rule of Ireland
Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, the monarch also becomes separately the king or queen of many Commonwealth Realms, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and others
Role range: 1936-1952
Rule of New Zealand
Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, the monarch also becomes separately the king or queen of many Commonwealth Realms, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and others
Role range: 1936-1952
Titles Act
Under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, the monarch also becomes separately the king or queen of many Commonwealth Realms, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and others
Role range: 1936-1952
Attends the inauguration of the Parliament House in Australia
Attends the inauguration of the Parliament House in Australia
Role range: 1936-1952
1928
Health of George VI
Incapacitated by illness & delegates Sovereign authority to Counsellors of State
Role range: 1936-1952
1930
Birth of daughter
George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon have a daughter, Princess Margaret
Role range: 1936-1952
1936
Abdication
Succeeds as King of Great Britain, after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII
Role range: 1936-1952
Death of George VI
Death of George V, becomes Heir-Presumptive to the Crown
Role range: 1936-1952
Succession
Succeeds as King of Great Britain, after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII
Role range: 1936-1952
1937
Abdication
Opens the National Maritime Museum, 1st public appearence since the abdication. George VIs 1st public apearence since the abdication
Role range: 1936-1952
National Maritime Museum
Opens the National Maritime Museum, 1st public appearence since the abdication. Opens the National Maritime Museum. George VIs 1st public apearence since the abdication
Role range: 1936-1952
Coronation
Crowned King of Great Britain. Crowned George raher than Albert, too German & indicates link with George V
Role range: 1936-1952
Resignation of Stanley Baldwin
Accepts Baldwins resignation
Role range: 1936-1952
Windsors travel to Germany on a fact finding tour
The Windsors travel to Germany on a fact finding tour
Role range: 1936-1952
Succession
10th to 12th Dec, proclaimed King by the Dominions
Role range: 1936-1952
Constitution of Great Britain
Regency Act, defines Sovereign powers which can be delegated if the Sovereign is unfit
Role range: 1936-1952
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.