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Timeline of Modern Royalty
1900* King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated and is succeeded by his son, King Victor Emmanuel III

1901* Queen Victoria I dies at the age of 81.

1901* King Edward VII becomes King of England, Emperor of India

1904* Grigory Rasputin is introduced to Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

1905* Queen Lili'uokalani is charged with treason for attempting to regain the Hawaiin throne, and is imprisoned by the American government.

1905* Norway splits from Sweden and votes to establish a constitutional monarchy. King Haakon VII is invited to become the King of Norway with his wife, Queen Maud as his consort

1905* The 1905 Revolution forces Tsar Nicholas II to establish a democratically elected Duma, ending 1000 years of autocracy in Russia

1906* A Spanish anarchist attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria Eugenie and King Alfonso XIII of Spain as they pass through the streets of Madrid on their wedding day. The Royal couple survives, however 37 civilians are killed and 178 injured.

1907* Gustav V becomes King of Sweden upon the death of his father, King Oscar II

1908* King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe are murdered in Lisbon, ending the Portuguese Monarchy

1910* Emperor Sunjong of Korea abdicates by the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty

1912* The House of Romanov celebrates 300 years of rule over Imperial Russia

1912* The Chinese Revolution sparks the abdication of Emperor Puyi, although he is allowed to continue to live in the Forbidden City and retain the status accorded to foreign monarchs

1913* King George I of Greece is assassinated by an anarchist. Constantine I becomes King of Greece

1914* King Ferdinand and Queen Marie ascend the thrown of Romania upon the death of Carol I

1916* Grigory Rasputin is shot by Prince Felix Yussupov

1916* WWI erupts. 1st cousins Kaiser Wilhelm, King George VI and Tsar Nicholas II are embroiled in war.

1917* The Russian Revolution sparks the Abdication of the Tsar and the arrest of the Imperial Family

1917* Queen Lili'uokalani, the former Queen of Hawaii, dies in a US prison. On her death bed, Her Majesty wrote a last testimony calling for the     liberation of the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands

1917* Queen Ranavalona II, the last Queen of Madagascar, dies in Algeria

1918* Nicholas II and his family are shot in Yekaterinburg, Russia, officially ending the House of Romanov

1918* Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria dies. Boris III ascends the throne.

1918* Kaiser Wilhelm II goes into exile following the German loss of World War I, ending the Prussian and German monarchies

1919* Emperor Charles I of Austria is exiled

1921* The Jordanian Monarchy is founded by the English with King Abdullah I as it's ruler

1922* The Egyptian Monarchy is founded with King Faud I as it's ruler

1925* Marie Feodorovna of Russia dies in Denmark

1926* Princess Elizabeth of York is born. She is too become Queen Elizabeth II

1929* King Amanullah Shah of Afghanistan is overthrown

1932* The United Kingdom grant Iraq independence under the rule of King Faisal I

1933* King Faisal I of Iraq dies under suspicious circumstances. King Ghazi I assumes the throne.

1937* King Edward VIII abdicates the thrown of England to marry American Divorcée Wallis Simpson. Edward's younger brother and his wife, The Duke and Duchess of York, become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

1939* The Duke and Duchess of Windsor visit Adolf Hitler

1939* King Ghazi I of Iraq dies in a car accident. King Faisal II assumes the throne

1941* The Yugoslavian Royal Family is sent into exile with the onset of communism

1941* Norodom Sihanouk is crowned as King of Cambodia

1942* King Christian X of Denmark refuses to invite Adolf Hitler to the Royal Palace for tea, causing Hitler to recall his Danish Ambassador. King Christian responds by wearing the Star of David on his daily ride through the city to show his solidarity with Denmark's Jews.

1942* Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch Royal Family choose to go into exile in Canada after refusing to establish a puppet government for the Nazis

1943* King Victor Emmanuel III abdicates. His son, King Umberto II assumes the throne

1944* Iceland votes so abolish the monarchy and split from Denmark

1945* Wan Rong, the last Empress of Imperial China, dies of an opium addiction in Yanji Prison

1946* Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria goes into exile with the abolition of the Bulgarian Monarchy

1946* The Italian Monarchy is abolished. King Umberto II is exiled.

1947* Frederick IX becomes King of Denmark upon the death of his father, Christian X

1947* The Romanian Monarchy comes to an end with the forced abdication of King Carol II

1948* Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates in favour of her daughter, Juliana I

1950* Gustaf VI Adolf becomes King of Sweden

1951* King Abdullah I of Jordan is assasinated. His grandson, Hussein I becomes the second King of Jordan

1951* King Leopold III of the Belgians is forced to abidcate in favour of his son, Baudouin

1952* The Egyptian Revolution forces King Farouk to abdicate the thrown and go into exile

1953* Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, is crowned Queen of England, Queen of Canada, Queen of Australia, Queen of New Zealand and all her other realms and territories

1956* Prince Rainier III of Monaco marries Hollywood actress Grace Kelly

1957* Mohammed V becomes the first King of modern Morocco

1958* The Iraqi Monarchy is abolished by a coup. King Faisal II and his family are shot.

1959* The 14th Dalai Lama is forcibly removed from the Tibetan throne following the Chinese invasion

1961* King Kigeri V of Rwanda is forced into exile

1961* Hassan II becomes King of Morocco upon the death of his father, Mohammed V

1962* King Mahendra of Nepal rewrites the constitution to give more power to the monarchy

1967* Puyi, the last Emperor of Imperial China, dies in poverty in his private apartment in Shanghai

1967* Queen Farah Pahlavi is crowned as the first Empress of Shahbanu of Iran

1967* King George VI becomes King of Tonga

1968* Olga Alexandrovna Romanova dies in Cooksville, Ontario, Canada. She is largely recognized as the Last Grand Duchess of Russia

1972* King Birendra becomes King of Nepal upon the death of King Mahendra

1972* Margrethe II becomes Queen of Denmark upon the death of her father, King Frederick IX

1973* Carl XVI Gustaf becomes King of Sweden.

1973* King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is murdered in a coup, ending the Afghan Monarchy

1974* King Constantine II of Greece is exiled. The Greek Monarchy is abolished.

1974* The Iranian Imperial Family host a 1500 year celebration of Pahlavi rule in Persepolis. 42 Heads of State attended the 3 day event, including 11 Kings and 7 Queens.

1975* Juan Carlos I becomes King of Spain upon the restoration of the Spanish Monarchy

1978* Lisa Halaby (Queen Noor) marries King Hussein of Jordan to become the first ever American-born Queen.

1979* The Iranian Revolution forces Reza Shah Pahlavi and his wife, Farah Pahlavi to flee Iran, ending 2500 years of Iranian monarchy

1979* Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden becomes Heir Apparent when Sweden becomes the first country to remove Salic Law from it's Act of Succession

1980* Queen Elizabeth II makes history as she becomes the first British Monarch to make a State Visit to The Vatican since the reformation.

1980* Beatrix I becomes Queen of the Netherlands upon the abdication of her mother, Queen Juliana I

1981* Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer in a televised ceremony watched by 750 million worldwide 1981* Queen Frederika, The Queen Mother of Greece, dies

1982* Princess Grace of Monaco dies after suffering a stoke at the wheel and driving off a cliff. Her Serene Highness's funeral was watched by an estimated 100 million worldwide.

1990* King Letsie III becomes King of Lesotho as a Constitutional Monarch

1992* Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson announce their separation.

1992* Prince Charles and Princess Diana announce their separation

1992* Windsor Castle is set ablaze, causing millions of dollars of damage

1992* Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand announces 1992 as an 'annus horribilis'

1992* Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia dies, causing a succession dispute amongst the House of Romanov

1993* President Bill Clinton officially apologizes to the Hawaiian Royal Family and the people of Hawaii for their mistreatment during the American annexation

1994* Two skeletons discovered outside the Siberian town of Yekaterinburg are identified as those of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra

1997* Diana, Princess of Wales is killed in a car crash in Paris. Her funeral is watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide.

1998* The remains of Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, Tsarevitch Alexei and The Dowager Empress Marie are canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church and laid to rest in St. Basils Cathedral, Moscow.

1999* King Hussein I of Jordan dies. His son, Abdullah II, becomes King of Jordan with his wife, Queen Rania Al Abdullah as his consort. Queen Noor assumes the title of The Queen Mother

2001* Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother dies at the age of 101

2001* The mentally insane Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal goes on a killing rampage, assassinating 9 members of the Nepalese Royal Family, including his parents King Birendra I and Queen Aishwarya before shooting himself.

2001* The Shah's youngest child, Princess Leila Pahlavi, commits suicide at the age of 22

2002* Former-Tsar Simeon II returns to Bulgaria after renouncing his title and wins the federal election to become the first ever former-sovereign to be democratically elected as a President.

2004* Nordom Shiamoni is appointed King of Cambodia

2005* Prince Charles of the United Kingdom marries Ms. Camilla Parker Bowles

2005* Prince Rainier III of Monaco dies and is laid to rest beside his late wife, Princess Grace. Prince Albert II becomes Prince of Monaco

2008* King George Tupou V is crowned as King of Tonga

2008* The people of Bhutan vote to change to a Constitutional Monarchy

2010* The House of Bernadotte celebrates 200 years on the throne of Sweden

2010* Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden marries her gym trainer, Mr. Daniel Westling

2010* Prince Charles announces the engagement of his eldest son and second in line to the throne of England, Prince William, to Miss Catherine Middleton

2010* Queen Elizabeth II becomes a great-grandmother with the birth of Savannah Phillips, daughter of Mr. Peter Phillips and Canadian born Autumn Kelly

2011* The Shah's youngest son, Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi, commits suicide

2011* Prince William of Wales weds Catherine Middleton in a televised ceremony watched by 2 billion worldwide. Catherine assumes the title of The Duchess of Cambridge

2011* His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco marries South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock

2011* Miss Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, marries English rugby star Mike Tindall

2011* The head of the House of Habsburg His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Otto von Habsurb dies at the age of 99. He was the most senior member of the House to have been born before the abolition of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy

2011* King Harald V of Norway leads his country in mourning in the wake of the anti-immigration terrorist attacks which rocked his country. The dead include the step-brother of the popular Crown Princess Mette-Marit

2012* Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau, son of Queen Beatrix I of the Netherlands, is critically injured in an avalanche whilst on a skiing trip in Lech, Austria

2012* Queen Elizabeth II hosts a luncheon for over 20 monarchs in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee. It was the largest gathering of sovreigns since her coronation in 1953, and included controversial guests such as King Mswati III of Swaziland and King Hamad al-Khalifa of Bahrain