Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (died 2022)

Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years, 214 days, is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in history.

Born

1926

April 21

Died

2022

Era

1920s

Country

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About

Elizabeth, in brief

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Life timeline

Key dates

1926 Born
2022 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-753 Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
-43 Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
900 The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.
1092 The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II.

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The world in 1926

When Elizabeth arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 21

Charles Grodin 1935–2021 American actor and talk show host (died 2021) Edwin Stanton Porter 1870– American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1941) Joe McCarthy 1887–1978 American baseball manager (died 1978) Odilo Globocnik 1904–1945 Italian-Austrian SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (died 1945) Petero Civoniceva 1976– Fijian-Australian rugby league player Reg Fleming 1936–2009 Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2009) Toby Stephens 1969– English actor

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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