1553    Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days of reign.

1702    Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

1900    Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives royal assent to an Act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.

1948    Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands.

1952    Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.

1952    Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the UK.

1953    Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1953    The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.