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Kings & Queens

The French Revolution saw immense political
upheaval and a shift from monarchy
HENRY DOES
IT HIS WAY
ENGLAND 1533
When Henry VIII of
England fell head over
heels in love with Anne
Boleyn he faced a problem;
still married to Catherine of
Aragon he need the Pope
to annul the marriage. Vive la revolution FRANCE 1789-1799
When the Catholic Church Years of bad harvest, poverty and social decline pushed the
denied him this, he French population to breaking point. After rioters stormed
founded the Church of the Bastille fortress with the aim of securing weapons and
England and initiated the gunpowder the uprising took to the streets with widespread
English Reformation. This arson and destruction. At the centre of the madness sat King
Protestant reformation Louis XVI and his wife, the loathed Marie Antoinette. On 10
thrust the country, and the August 1792 insurgents stormed the palace and arrested the
world, into a new political king, and in January the next year he was executed for crimes
age, breaking away from against the state. His wife followed him nine months later to
the power of the Catholic meet Madame Guillotine. Although the revolutionaries failed
Church and putting the Anne would later be to achieve many of their aims, the event profoundly affected
final religious authority charged with adultery, not only French history, but also marked the decline of many
incest and witchcraft
firmly with the monarchy. monarchies worldwide and the rise of nationalism.

O Aking’sexecution O TheZuluking O Victoria’s reign ends O Aroyal O Nepal abolishes
After his defeat during Zulu king Shaka Queen Victoria, the discovery monarchy
the English Civil War, unites many of the monarch who oversaw the The discovery of The latest
King Charles I is executed Northern Nguini expansion of the British the nearly intact country to date
and the monarchy people and the Empireintothelargestthe tomb of Pharaoh to get rid of their
is abolished. Oliver Ndwandwe into the world had ever seen, dies. Tutankhamun monarch is Nepal,
Cromwell is established Zulu Kingdom in Shehadbeenqueenofher sparks a which replaces
at the country’s ‘Lord what is modern-day country for an astonishing renewed interest the abolished
Protector’, but the South Africa and 63 years and is still the in Ancient Egypt. institution with
monarchy soon return transforms the army longest-serving monarch in Tutankhamun’s tomb had 1922 a parliamentary
to power. intoapowerfulforce. English and Scottish history. been entered at least twice republic.
1649 1816 1901 by ancient robbers 2008

1700 1800 1900 1920 1940 1970 2010 2014
O Russia’s great emperor O Meiji Restoration O Xinhai Revolution O Love vs the throne O Thelastemperor
PetertheGreatascends Aftertheemperorisbrought The last imperial dynasty Edward VIII abdicates Emperor Haile Selassie
to the Russian throne. His back into power in Japan of China, the Qing the British throne due of Ethiopia is deposed
reignmarksaperiodof after years of shogunate Dynasty, is overthrown to his desire to marry by the Derg, a group
cultural revolution (based rulefollowingacivilwar,the and the Republic of China adivorcedAmerican of low-ranking Soviet-
on the Enlightenment) that country experiences a rapid is established, ending socialite named Wallis supported military
transforms Russia into a period of modernisation into 4,000yearsofnear- Simpson; his brother officers, in a bloody
major European power. aworldpower. unbroken imperial rule. George VI replaces him. Haile Selassie’s remains coup d’état.
1721 1868 1911-1912 1936 were later discovered under 1975
a concrete slab

A royal slaughter Royal twilight Diamonds are
RUSSIA 1917 EUROPE 1940S a queen’s best
After the disastrous leadership of In the wake of WWII friend
Nicholas II during WWI the Russian many monarchs the UNITED KINGDOM 2012
tsar was forced to abdicate. He was world over were forced Crowned on 6 February 1952,
replaced by a provisional government, from their thrones. King Queen Elizabeth II celebrated
but mass unrest continued and Peter II of Yugoslavia was her diamond jubilee in
the Bolsheviks, a communist forced to abdicate when 2012. The only other British
revolutionary group, seized control of the communist leader monarch to celebrate 60
the country. On 16 July the tsar and Marshal Tito abolished years on the throne was
his entire family were led into their the monarchy in 1945. Queen Victoria in 1897. Events
basement and shot under the orders Similarly, King Michael of included a concert held in her
of Bolshevik leaders. The murders put Romania was threatened honour and a pageant that
a sudden and brutal end to hundreds with death if he didn’t give Queen Elizabeth said people included hundreds of boats
Rumours of the survival of
of years of Russian monarchy. Anastasia, the tsar’s daughter, up the throne in 1947. should not be “forced to sailing down the Thames.
have proven to be unfounded celebrate” her jubilee

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