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Thomas of Brotherton, son of Edward I by his second wife, was born in Yorkshire on 1 June 1300. He was badly treated by Hugh Despenser, favourite of his half-brother Edward II, so he allied himself against Edward when Queen Isabella moved to depose him.

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Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second queen, was crowned on 1 June 1533. She was six months pregnant at the time; her daughter Elizabeth was born in September, and Anne's failure to produce any sons led to her downfall and execution less than three years after her coronation.

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The Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII from January to December 1936, when he abdicated to marry the divorced American Wallis Simpson) died in exile in Paris on 28 May 1972. His body was returned to England for burial at Frogmore.

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George I was born in Hanover on 28 May 1660. He succeeded Queen Anne in 1714 but spent much of his reign in Hanover, and never mastered the English language. He had divorced his wife because of her affair with a courtier, and he arrived in England with a couple of German mistresses.

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Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, declared on 28 May 1533 that the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn was valid. Shortly afterwards, the Pope decreed sentences of excommunication against both Henry and Cranmer. This led to Henry splitting the English church from Rome.

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King John was crowned King of England on 27 May 1199, nearly two months after the death of Richard I. His claim was eventually deemed superior to that of his nephew Arthur of Brittany, son of John's older brother Geoffrey.

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Malcolm IV was crowned King of Scotland on 27 May 1153. He was noted for his religious zeal and interest in knighthood and warfare. For much of his reign he was in poor health and died, unmarried, at the age of 24.

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Princess Sophia, fifth daughter of George III, died on 27 May 1848. She never married, since Queen Charlotte discouraged marriage for her daughters, preferring to keep them as companions. In later years she lived near Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace.

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Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, niece of Edward IV, was executed for treason on orders of Henry VIII on 27 May 1541, aged 67. As a Plantagenet, she was considered a threat to the Tudor monarchs despite her advanced age.

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Edmund I (the Elder) of Wessex, King of England, was murdered on 26 May 946 and was succeeded by his brother Eadred. It is unclear whether his death was an assassination.

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Princess Victoria Mary (May) of Teck, great-granddaughter of George III, consort (as Queen Mary) of George V, and great-grandmother of Charles III, was born in Kensington Palace on 26 May 1893.

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Elizabeth Woodville, consort of Edward IV, was crowned on 26 May 1465. She was unpopular with the aristocracy because of her favouritism for her large and rapacious family, and the marriage caused a breach between Edward and the Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker).

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Princess Helena, third daughter of Queen Victoria and wife of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was born in Buckingham Palace on 25 May 1846.

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Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell, resigned as Lord Protector on 25 May 1659 and was replaced by a Council of State. A year later, Charles II was invited to return to England and restore the monarchy. He landed at Dover on 25 May 1660.

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Lady Jane Grey married Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland, on 25 May 1553. The Duke helped engineer her accession when Edward VI died; she lasted less than 2 weeks before being replaced by Mary I, the rightful heir, and Jane, Guildford, and his father ended up being executed.

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David I of Scotland died on 24 May 1153 and was succeeded by Malcolm IV. He was a supporter of Henry I's daughter Empress Matilda, and when the throne was usurped by King Stephen, David invaded and took control of much of northern England.

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Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord, father of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and grandfather (via his daughter Alice) of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born in Graz on 24 May 1854. He married Victoria of Hesse, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

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Princess Alexandrina Victoria was born at Kensington Palace on 24 May 1819, the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent (fourth son of George III). As Queen Victoria, she reigned for 63 years, from 1837 until her death in 1901.

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Prince Arthur, third son of Queen Victoria, was created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn on 24 May 1874.

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The 10-year-old Lambert Simnel was crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, with the name of Edward VI, on 24 May 1487 in a bid to threaten Henry VII's reign.

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Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou were formally betrothed on 24 May 1444. He lost his throne during the Wars of the Roses and Margaret returned to France.

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Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood and husband of Princess Mary, daughter of George V, died in Yorkshire on 23 May 1947.

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Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was formally declared null and void by the Church of England on 23 May 1533. He had already secretly married Anne Boleyn, who was pregnant with the future Elizabeth I.

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Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of the future Henry IV and wife of Louis III, Elector Palatine, died on 22 May 1409, aged only 19, after giving birth to her second child. Her dowry included the oldest surviving crown known to have been in England.

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Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George III and wife of Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, was born in London on 22 May 1770. She was middle-aged when she married, because Queen Charlotte did not want her daughters to marry and leave her.

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George III and Queen Charlotte moved into Buckingham House (later Buckingham Palace) on 22 May 1762.

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King John and Philip II of France signed the Treaty of Le Goulet on 22 May 1200, confirming Philip's overlordship of John's French lands. The Channel Islands separated from Normandy and stayed under English control.

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Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans on 22 May 1455, Richard, Duke of York, defeated and captured Henry VI. Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, died in battle.

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