Who was on the throne of England, or Great Britain, at the time of these historical events?

• The murder of Thomas a Becket? (1170)

• The sealing of the Magna Carta? (1215)

• The Peasant’s Revolt? (1381)

• The Dissolution of the Monasteries? (1536-41)

• The destruction of the Spanish Armada? (1588)

• The Great Fire of London? (1666)

• The Union of England and Scotland? (1707)

• The Battle of Waterloo? (1815)

• The Irish Potato Famine? (1845-49)

• Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest? (1953)