| Event | King/Queen |
| Stock Market Crash of 1929 | |
| The Globe Theatre burns | |
| Wat Tyler's Peasant Rebellion | |
| Germany invades Poland to start World War II | |
| William Wallace ('Braveheart') is executed | |
| Martin Luther produces his 'Ninety-Five Theses' | |
| William Caxton prints first book in England | |
| Darwin writes The Origin of Species | |
| Battle of Bosworth ends the Wars of the Roses (and this king's life) | |
| Handel debuts his Water Music for this monarch | |
| Irish forces defeated at the Battle of the Boyne | |