| 1451 | Birth of Isabella of Castile |
| 1452 | Birth of the future King Ferdinand II of Aragon |
| 1469 | Marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon |
| 1474 | Accession of Queen Isabella of Castile |
| 1479 | Ferdinand succeeds as King of Aragon |
| 1485 | Birth of Catherine of Aragon |
| 1491 | Birth of the future King Henry VIII |
| 1492 | Fall of Granada, expulsion of the Jews, Christopher Columbus discovers America |
| 1501 | Marriage of Catherine of Aragon to Arthur, Prince of Wales |
| 1502 | Death of Arthur, Prince of Wales |
| 1503 | Catherine betrothed to Prince Henry |
| 1504 | Death of Queen Isabella of Castile |
| 1509 | Death of King Henry VII of England, accession of King Henry VIII, marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon |
| 1510 | Stillborn birth of a daughter to Catherine of Aragon |
| 1511 | Birth and death of Prince Henry to Catherine of Aragon |
| 1513 | Catherine of Aragon regent in Henry VIII’s absence |
| 1516 | Death of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, birth of the future Queen Mary I to Catherine of Aragon |
| 1519 | Birth of Henry VIII’s bastard son Henry FitzRoy |
| 1527 | Proceedings begin to annul Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon |
| 1531 | Henry VIII acknowledged as Supreme Head of the Church of England |
| 1533 | Secret marriage of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon declared invalid |
| 1534 | Princess Mary bypassed in the succession |
| 1535 | Executions of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and Thomas More, Lord Chancellor |
| 1536 | Death of Catherine of Aragon |
| 1547 Death of Henry VIII |
| 1713 | Promulgation of the Pragmatic Sanction |
| 1717 | Birth of Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria |
| 1736 | Marriage of Archduchess Maria Theresa to Francis Stephen of Lorraine |
| 1737–56 | Births of five sons and eleven daughters to Maria Theresa and Francis Stephen |
| 1740 | Death of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, accession of Maria Theresa |
| 1740–48 | War of the Austrian Succession |
| 1741 | Maria Theresa crowned Queen of Hungary |
| 1743 | Maria Theresa crowned Queen of Bohemia |
| 1745 | Francis Stephen elected Holy Roman Emperor, becomes Francis I |
| 1755 | Birth of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) to Empress Maria Theresa |
| 1756–63 | Seven Years’ War |
| 1765 | Death of Emperor Francis I |
| 1770 | Marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) to Louis, Dauphin of France |
| 1774 | Accession of King Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette becomes queen |
| 1778–79 | War of the Bavarian Succession |
| 1780 | Death of Empress Maria Theresa |
| 1793 | Executions of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette of France |
| 1819 | Births of Princess Victoria and of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha |
| 1837 | Accession of Queen Victoria |
| 1840 | Marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert |
| 1840 | Birth of Victoria (Vicky), the Princess Royal |
| 1841–57 | Births of four sons and five daughters to Queen Victoria |
| 1858 | Marriage of Victoria, the Princess Royal, to Prince Frederick Wilhelm (Fritz) of Prussia |
| 1859 | Birth of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II, to Vicky |
| 1859–72 | Births of three sons and four daughters to Vicky |
| 1861 | Fritz and Vicky become Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia, death of Prince Albert |
| 1870–71 | Franco-Prussian War |
| 1871 | Proclamation of the German Empire |
| 1887 | Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee |
| 1888 | Death of German Emperor Wilhelm I, accession and death of German Emperor Frederick III, accession of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Vicky becomes the Empress Frederick |
| 1897 | Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee |
| 1901 | Deaths of Queen Victoria and the Empress Frederick |