Throughout your research you may come across years being referred to in the form ‘the third year of King George’ or ‘the first year of Queen Anne’. This is how dates would often be recorded before the early 19th century. To further complicate things, the regnal year starts on the day each king or queen ascended to the throne; not simply the 1st of January. The table below will help you convert regnal dates into modern dates.
Monarch | Regnal Year | Date |
---|---|---|
James I | 1 | 24 March 1603 – 23 March 1604 |
2 | 24 March 1604 – 23 March 1605 | |
23 | 24 March 1625 – 27 March 1625 | |
Charles I | 1 | 27 March 1625 – 26 March 1626 |
2 | 27 March 1626 – 26 March 1627 | |
24 | 27 March 1648 – 30 January 1649 | |
Charles II | 1 | 30 January 1649 – 29 January 1650 |
2 | 30 January 1650 – 29 January 1651 | |
37 | 30 January 1685 – 6 February 1685 | |
James II | 1 | 6 February 1685 – 5 February 1686 |
2 | 6 Febrtary 1686 – 5 February 1687 | |
4 | 6 February 1688 – 11 December 1688 | |
Interregnum England is without a king during this period. | 12 December 1688 – 12 February 1689 | |
William and Mary | 1 | 13 February 1689 – 12 February 1690 |
2 | 13 February 1690 – 12 February 1691 | |
6 | 13 February 1694 – 17 December 1694 | |
William III Continues after Mary’s death | 6 | 28 December 1694 – 12 February 1695 |
7 | 13 February 1695 – 12 February 1696 | |
14 | 13 February 1702 – 8 March 1702 | |
Anne | 1 | 8 March 1702 – 7 March 1703 |
2 | 8 March 1703 – 7 March 1704 | |
13 | 8 March 1714 – 1 August 1714 | |
George I | 1 | 1 August 1714 – 31 July 1715 |
2 | 1 August 1715 – 31 July 1716 | |
13 | 1 August 1726 – 11 June 1727 | |
George II | 1 | 11 June 1727 – 10 June 1728 |
2 | 11 June 1728 – 10 June 1729 | |
34 | 22 lune 1760 – 25 October 1760 | |
George III | 1 | 25 October 1760 – 24 October 1761 |
2 | 25 October 1761 – 24 October 1762 | |
60 | 25 October 1819 – 29 January 1820 | |
George IV | 1 | 29 January 1820 – 28 January 1821 |
2 | 29 January 1821 – 28 January 1822 | |
11 | 29 January 1830 – 26 June 1830 | |
William IV | 1 | 26 June 1830 – 25 June 1831 |
2 | 26 June 1831 – 25 June 1832 | |
7 | 26 June 1836 – 20 June 1837 |