Module:Historical/england
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return {
-- Reigns
{ year = 927, king = "King Athelstan", reign_start = 927, reign_end = 939 },
{ year = 939, king = "King Edmund I", reign_start = 939, reign_end = 946 },
{ year = 946, king = "King Eadred", reign_start = 946, reign_end = 955 },
{ year = 955, king = "King Eadwig", reign_start = 955, reign_end = 959 },
{ year = 959, king = "King Edgar the Peaceful", reign_start = 959, reign_end = 975 },
{ year = 975, king = "King Edward the Martyr", reign_start = 975, reign_end = 978 },
{ year = 978, king = "King Aethelred the Unready", reign_start = 978, reign_end = 1013 },
{ year = 1013, king = "King Sweyn Forkbeard", reign_start = 1013, reign_end = 1014 },
{ year = 1014, king = "King Aethelred the Unready", reign_start = 1014, reign_end = 1016 },
{ year = 1016, king = "King Edmund Ironside", reign_start = 1016, reign_end = 1016 },
{ year = 1016, king = "King Cnut the Great", reign_start = 1016, reign_end = 1035 },
{ year = 1035, king = "King Harold Harefoot", reign_start = 1035, reign_end = 1040 },
{ year = 1040, king = "King Harthacnut", reign_start = 1040, reign_end = 1042 },
{ year = 1042, king = "King Edward the Confessor", reign_start = 1042, reign_end = 1066 },
{ year = 1066, king = "King Harold II", reign_start = 1066, reign_end = 1066 },
{ year = 1066, king = "King William I (the Conqueror)", reign_start = 1066, reign_end = 1087 },
{ year = 1087, king = "King William II", reign_start = 1087, reign_end = 1100 },
{ year = 1100, king = "King Henry I", reign_start = 1100, reign_end = 1135 },
{ year = 1135, king = "King Stephen", reign_start = 1135, reign_end = 1154 },
{ year = 1154, king = "King Henry II", reign_start = 1154, reign_end = 1189 },
{ year = 1189, king = "King Richard I", reign_start = 1189, reign_end = 1199 },
{ year = 1199, king = "King John", reign_start = 1199, reign_end = 1216 },
{ year = 1216, king = "King Henry III", reign_start = 1216, reign_end = 1272 },
{ year = 1272, king = "King Edward I", reign_start = 1272, reign_end = 1307 },
{ year = 1307, king = "King Edward II", reign_start = 1307, reign_end = 1327 },
{ year = 1327, king = "King Edward III", reign_start = 1327, reign_end = 1377 },
{ year = 1377, king = "King Richard II", reign_start = 1377, reign_end = 1399 },
{ year = 1399, king = "King Henry IV", reign_start = 1399, reign_end = 1413 },
{ year = 1413, king = "King Henry V", reign_start = 1413, reign_end = 1422 },
{ year = 1422, king = "King Henry VI", reign_start = 1422, reign_end = 1461 },
{ year = 1461, king = "King Edward IV", reign_start = 1461, reign_end = 1470 },
{ year = 1470, king = "King Henry VI", reign_start = 1470, reign_end = 1471 },
{ year = 1471, king = "King Edward IV", reign_start = 1471, reign_end = 1483 },
{ year = 1483, king = "King Edward V", reign_start = 1483, reign_end = 1483 },
{ year = 1483, king = "King Richard III", reign_start = 1483, reign_end = 1485 },
{ year = 1485, king = "King Henry VII", reign_start = 1485, reign_end = 1509 },
{ year = 1509, king = "King Henry VIII", reign_start = 1509, reign_end = 1547 },
{ year = 1547, king = "King Edward VI", reign_start = 1547, reign_end = 1553 },
{ year = 1553, queen = "Queen Mary I", reign_start = 1553, reign_end = 1558 },
{ year = 1558, queen = "Queen Elizabeth I", reign_start = 1558, reign_end = 1603 },
{ year = 1603, king = "King James I", reign_start = 1603, reign_end = 1625 },
{ year = 1625, king = "King Charles I", reign_start = 1625, reign_end = 1649 },
{ year = 1649, period = "Commonwealth of England", reign_start = 1649, reign_end = 1660 },
{ year = 1660, king = "King Charles II", reign_start = 1660, reign_end = 1685 },
{ year = 1685, king = "King James II", reign_start = 1685, reign_end = 1688 },
{ year = 1689, queen = "Queen Mary II", reign_start = 1689, reign_end = 1694 },
{ year = 1689, king = "King William III", reign_start = 1689, reign_end = 1702 },
{ year = 1702, queen = "Queen Anne", reign_start = 1702, reign_end = 1714 },
{ year = 1714, king = "King George I", reign_start = 1714, reign_end = 1727 },
{ year = 1727, king = "King George II", reign_start = 1727, reign_end = 1760 },
{ year = 1760, king = "King George III", reign_start = 1760, reign_end = 1820 },
{ year = 1820, king = "King George IV", reign_start = 1820, reign_end = 1830 },
{ year = 1830, king = "King William IV", reign_start = 1830, reign_end = 1837 },
{ year = 1837, queen = "Queen Victoria", reign_start = 1837, reign_end = 1901 },
{ year = 1901, king = "King Edward VII", reign_start = 1901, reign_end = 1910 },
{ year = 1910, king = "King George V", reign_start = 1910, reign_end = 1936 },
{ year = 1936, king = "King Edward VIII", reign_start = 1936, reign_end = 1936 },
{ year = 1936, king = "King George VI", reign_start = 1936, reign_end = 1952 },
{ year = 1952, queen = "Queen Elizabeth II", reign_start = 1952, reign_end = 2022 },
{ year = 2022, king = "King Charles III", reign_start = 2022 },
-- Events
{ year = 1066, event = "Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror becomes king." },
{ year = 1215, event = "Magna Carta is signed." },
{ year = 1348, event = "Black Death arrives in England." },
{ year = 1381, event = "Peasants' Revolt." },
{ year = 1415, event = "Battle of Agincourt." },
{ year = 1455, event = "Wars of the Roses begin." },
{ year = 1485, event = "Battle of Bosworth Field, end of the Wars of the Roses." },
{ year = 1534, event = "Act of Supremacy, Henry VIII becomes Supreme Head of the Church of England." },
{ year = 1588, event = "Spanish Armada defeated." },
{ year = 1605, event = "Gunpowder Plot." },
{ year = 1642, event = "English Civil War begins." },
{ year = 1649, event = "Execution of Charles I." },
{ year = 1666, event = "Great Fire of London." },
{ year = 1688, event = "Glorious Revolution, William and Mary become co-rulers." },
{ year = 1707, event = "Acts of Union, England and Scotland form Great Britain." },
{ year = 1805, event = "Battle of Trafalgar." },
{ year = 1815, event = "Battle of Waterloo." },
{ year = 1832, event = "Great Reform Act." },
{ year = 1851, event = "Great Exhibition held in London." },
{ year = 1914, event = "World War I begins." },
{ year = 1918, event = "End of World War I, women over 30 get the right to vote." },
{ year = 1939, event = "World War II begins." },
{ year = 1945, event = "End of World War II." },
{ year = 1952, event = "Queen Elizabeth II begins her reign." },
{ year = 1973, event = "United Kingdom joins the European Economic Community." },
{ year = 1997, event = "Death of Princess Diana." },
{ year = 2020, event = "Brexit, United Kingdom leaves the European Union." },
-- Add more events as needed
}