George VI Windor

(George Windor)

VI of the United Kingdom

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Born	14 DEC 1895 , York Cottage, Sandringham, ENG
Died	6 FEB 1952 , Sandringham House, Norfolk, ENG
Parents	George V Windsor (Father) Family Mary Augusta Louise Olga von Teck (Mother) Family
Marriage	Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of Queen Victoria

Birth

14 Dec 1895

Born at York Cottage, Sandringham, ENG
5 months

2 Jun 1896

Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
Age 3

1899–1902

Second Boer War
Age 5

22 Jan 1901

Accession of Edward VII

Reigned 1901–1910
Age 5

22 Jan 1901

Queen Victoria dies
Age 8

17 Dec 1903

The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
Age 11

17 Jun 1907

Brooklands motor circuit opens

At Weybridge, Surrey.
Age 12

13 Jul 1908

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 13

1 Jan 1909

First old age pensions paid
Age 13

25 Jul 1909

Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
Age 14

6 May 1910

Accession of George V

Reigned 1910–1936
Age 14

13 Aug 1910

Florence Nightingale dies
Age 15

18 Aug 1911

Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
Age 16

16 Dec 1911

National Insurance Act
Age 16

Mar 1912

Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
Age 16

15 Apr 1912

Titanic sinks
Age 17

8 Jun 1913

Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
Age 18

1914–1918

Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
Age 19

25 Apr 1915

Gallipoli landings
Age 19

7 May 1915

Lusitania sunk
Age 20

24 Apr 1916

Easter Rising in Dublin
Age 20

5 Jun 1916

Lord Kitchener lost at sea
Age 20

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme begins

About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
Age 21

31 Jul 1917

Battle of Passchendaele begins
Age 22

6 Feb 1918

Some women get the vote

Representation of the People Act.
Age 22

1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic
Age 22

11 Nov 1918

Armistice ends the First World War
Age 23

14 Jun 1919

Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Age 27

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 28

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 30

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 30

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 32

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 32

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 33

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 34

21 Aug 1930

Daughter Margaret Rose born
Age 34

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 40

20 Jan 1936

Father George V died
Age 40

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 40

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 40

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 40

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 41

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 43

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 44

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 44

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 44

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 46

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 46

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 48

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 48

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 49

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 49

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 51

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 52

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 52

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 52

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 54

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 56

6 Feb 1952

Died at Sandringham House, Norfolk, ENG
Age 56

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022