Calendar Description
This is still a work in progress and is therefore subject to change.
The calendar presented here starts from King William I's coronation on the j# 25 Dec 1066 to the current day.
Use Case
The English Regnal calendar has been used at lest since the reign of Henry II for the dating of government and legal documents. The UK Parliament continued to use Regnal years until 1963.
- England and its overseas territories, from j# 25 Dec 1066 to the act of union j# 1 May 1707.
- The United Kingdom from the act of union j# 1 May 1707 to the current day.
Definition
| Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| era | year | month | day | hyear | part | scheme | wday |
| English Monarchs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Range | Epoch | Notes |
| 0 | English Calendar | |||
| 1 | William I | 25 Dec 1066 ~ 9 Sep 1087 | 25 Dec 1066 | Some sources give 13 Oct 1066 as the start of the regnal year. There are too few examples to provide a definitive date. |
| 2 | William II | 26 Sep 1087 ~ 2 Aug 1100 | 26 Sep 1087 | |
| 3 | Henry I | 5 Aug 1100 ~ 1 Dec 1135 | 5 Aug 1100 | |
| 4 | Stephen | 22 Dec 1135 ~ 25 Oct 1154 | 22 Dec 1135 | |
| 5 | Henry II | 19 Dec 1154 ~ 6 Jul 1189 | 19 Dec 1154 | |
| 6 | Richard I | 3 Sep 1189 ~ 6 Apr 1199 | 3 Sep 1189 | |
| 7 | John | 27 May 1199 ~ 19 Oct 1216 | 27 May 1199 | Regnal year starts on Ascension day, a moveable feast. Thus some dates will be ambiguous. |
| 8 | Henry III | 28 Oct 1216 ~ 16 Nov 1272 | 28 Oct 1216 | |
| 9 | Edward I | 20 Nov 1272 ~ 7 Jul 1307 | 20 Nov 1272 | |
| 10 | Edward II | 8 Jul 1307 ~ 20 Jan 1327 | 8 Jul 1307 | |
| 11 | Edward III | 25 Jan 1327 ~ 21 Jun 1377 | 25 Jan 1327 | Edward has a separate Regnal year for France. |
| 12 | Richard II | 22 Jun 1377 ~ 29 Sep 1399 | 22 Jun 1377 | |
| 13 | Henry IV | 30 Sep 1399 ~ 20 Mar 1413 | 30 Sep 1399 | |
| 14 | Henry V | 21 Mar 1413 ~ 31 Aug 1422 | 21 Mar 1413 | |
| 15 | Henry VI | 1 Sep 1422 ~ 4 Mar 1461 | 1 Sep 1422 | |
| 16 | Edward IV | 4 Mar 1461 ~ 9 Apr 1483 | 4 Mar 1461 | |
| 17 | Henry VI Restoration | 3 Oct 1470 ~ 11 Apr 1471 | 1 Sep 1422 | Overlaps with Edward IV's reign. |
| 18 | Edward V | 9 Apr 1483 ~ 25 Jun 1483 | 9 Apr 1483 | |
| 19 | Richard III | 26 Jun 1483 ~ 22 Aug 1485 | 26 Jun 1483 | |
| 20 | Henry VII | 22 Aug 1485 ~ 21 Apr 1509 | 22 Aug 1485 | |
| 21 | Henry VIII | 22 Apr 1509 ~ 28 Jan 1547 | 22 Apr 1509 | |
| 22 | Edward VI | 28 Jan 1547 ~ 6 Jul 1553 | 28 Jan 1547 | |
| 23 | Jane | 6 Jul 1553 ~ 19 Jul 1553 | 6 Jul 1553 | |
| 24 | Mary I | 19 Jul 1553 ~ 24 Jul 1554 | 6 Jul 1553 | |
| 25 | Philip and Mary | 25 Jul 1554 ~ 17 Nov 1558 | 6 Jul 1553 | Philip and Mary retained separate Regnal years which interleaved. |
| 26 | Elizabeth I | 17 Nov 1558 ~ 24 Mar 1603 | 17 Nov 1558 | |
| 27 | James I | 24 Mar 1603 ~ 27 Mar 1625 | 24 Mar 1603 | James VI of Scotland |
| 28 | Charles I | 27 Mar 1625 ~ 30 Jan 1649 | 27 Mar 1625 | |
| 29 | The Commonwealth | 31 Jan 1649 ~ 28 May 1660 | 25 Mar 1 | The Julian Annunciation calendar was used during this period. |
| 30 | Charles II | 29 May 1660 ~ 6 Feb 1685 | 30 Jan 1660 | |
| 31 | James II | 6 Feb 1685 ~ 11 Dec 1688 | 6 Feb 1685 | James VII of Scotland |
| 32 | Interregnum | 12 Dec 1688 ~ 12 Feb 1689 | 25 Mar 1 | The Julian Annunciation calendar was used during this period. |
| 33 | William and Mary | 13 Feb 1689 ~ 27 Dec 1694 | 13 Feb 1689 | |
| 34 | William III | 28 Dec 1694 ~ 8 Mar 1702 | 28 Dec 1688 | After the death of Queen Mary, William started his 7th Regnal year early. |
| 35 | Anne | 8 Mar 1702 ~ 1 Aug 1714 | 8 Mar 1702 | |
| 36 | George I | 1 Aug 1714 ~ 11 Jun 1727 | 1 Aug 1714 | |
| 37 | George II | 11 Jun 1727 ~ 25 Oct 1760 | 11 Jun 1727 | With the change over to the Gregorian calendar, during George II's 26th Regnal year the start date changes from 11th to 22nd June, creating a short ambiguous period. |
| 38 | George III | 25 Oct 1760 ~ 29 Jan 1820 | 25 Oct 1760 | |
| 39 | George IV | 29 Jan 1820 ~ 26 Jun 1830 | 29 Jan 1820 | |
| 40 | William IV | 26 Jun 1830 ~ 20 Jun 1837 | 26 Jun 1830 | |
| 41 | Victoria | 20 Jun 1837 ~ 22 Jan 1901 | 20 Jun 1837 | |
| 42 | Edward VII | 22 Jan 1901 ~ 6 May 1910 | 22 Jan 1901 | |
| 43 | George V | 6 May 1910 ~ 20 Jan 1936 | 6 May 1910 | |
| 44 | Edward VIII | 20 Jan 1936 ~ 11 Dec 1936 | 20 Jan 1936 | |
| 45 | George VI | 11 Dec 1936 ~ 6 Feb 1952 | 11 Dec 1936 | |
| 46 | Elizabeth II | 6 Feb 1952 ~ Future | 6 Feb 1952 | Last confirmed 17 May 2015 |
The dates given in the following table are Julian up to 2 Sep 1752 and Gregorian thereafter.
Script
| Default Script |
|---|
| lexicon er { name "English Monarchs"; fieldname era; lang en; pseudo Reign, Rn; tokens { 0, "English calendar", "Eng"; 1, "William I", "Wm I"; 2, "William II", "Wm II"; 3, "Henry I", "Hy I"; 4, "Stephen", "St"; 5, "Henry II", "Hy II"; 6, "Richard I", "Rich I"; 7, "John", "Jn"; 8, "Henry III", "Hy III"; 9, "Edward I", "Ed I"; 10, "Edward II", "Ed II"; 11, "Edward III", "Ed III"; 12, "Richard II", "Rich II"; 13, "Henry IV", "Hy IV"; 14, "Henry V", "Hy V"; 15, "Henry VI", "Hy VI"; 16, "Edward IV", "Ed IV"; 17, "Henry VI Restoration", "Hy VI R"; 18, "Edward V", "Ed V"; 19, "Richard III", "Rich III"; 20, "Henry VII", "Hy VII"; 21, "Henry VIII", "Hy VIII"; 22, "Edward VI", "Ed VI"; 23, "Jane"; 24, "Mary I"; 25, "Philip and Mary", "P & M"; 26, "Elizabeth I", "Eliz I"; 27, "James I", "Jm I"; 28, "Charles I", "Chas I"; 29, "The Commonwealth", "Com"; 30, "Charles II", "Chas II"; 31, "James II", "Jm II"; 32, "Interregnum", "Int"; 33, "William and Mary", "W & M"; 34, "William III", "Wm III"; 35, "Anne"; 36, "George I", "Geo I"; 37, "George II", "Geo II"; 38, "George III", "Geo III"; 39, "George IV", "Geo IV"; 40, "William IV", "Wm IV"; 41, "Victoria", "Vic"; 42, "Edward VII", "Ed VII"; 43, "George V", "Geo V"; 44, "Edward VIII", "Ed VIII"; 45, "George VI", "Geo VI"; 46, "Elizabeth II", "Eliz II"; } } lexicon on { name "Scheme names"; fieldname scheme; lang en; pseudo Scheme, Sch; tokens { 0, "Old Style", "os"; 1, "New Style", "ns"; } } lexicon part { name "Part of Reign Year"; fieldname part; lang en; pseudo Part, Part; tokens { 0, "First"; 1, "Second"; } } grammar er { optional wday; alias field { WDay, wday; Reign, era; Day, day; Month, month; Year, year; "Hist-Year", hyear; Part, part; Scheme, scheme; } alias pseudo { dd, Day; mm, Month; yy, Year; y, "Hist-Year"; s, Scheme; } lexicons er, m, w, on, part; format dmyr, "(Day) |(Month:m:a)|, (Part:part)| (Year/Hist-Year) |(Reign:er)|, (Scheme:on:a)"; format wdmyr, "(WDay:w:a) |(Day) |(Month:m:a)| (Year/Hist-Year) |(Reign:er)|, (Scheme:on:a)"; format full { output "The (Day::os) day of |(Month:m) |in the (Year::os) year |of the reign of (Reign:er)|, (Scheme:on)"; } pref dmyr; } scheme er { name "English Regnal"; regnal { fields year, month, day; extended hyear, part, scheme; era { scheme eng; match unshift, hyear; } era { // William I range 2110773~2118336; scheme 1 { shift j, 2110773; } } era { // William II range 2118353~2123047; scheme 2 { shift j, 2118353; } } era { // Henry I range 2123050~2135951; scheme 3 { shift j, 2123050; } } era { // Stephen range 2135972~2142854; scheme 4 { shift j, 2135972; } } era { // Henry II range 2142909~2155527; scheme 5 { shift j, 2142909; } } era { // Richard I range 2155586~2159088; scheme 6 { shift j, 2155586; } } era { // John range 2159139~2165494; scheme 7 { regnal { fields year, month, day; extended "john-part"; fixed year = 1; era { // Default scheme is required even if not used. scheme j; } era { // John year 1 range 2159139 ~ 2159495; scheme 1 { shift j, 2159139; } } era { // John year 2 range 2159496 ~ 2159845; scheme 2 { shift j, 2159496; } } era { // John year 3 range 2159846 ~ 2160230; scheme 3 { hybrid { fields year, month, day; scheme 0 { shift j, 2159846; } change 2160211; scheme 1 { shift j, 2160211; } } } match scheme, "john-part"; } era { // John year 4 range 2160231 ~ 2160587; scheme 4 { shift j, 2160231; } } era { // John year 5 range 2160588 ~ 2160972; scheme 5 { hybrid { fields year, month, day; scheme 0 { shift j, 2160588; } change 2160954; scheme 1 { shift j, 2160954; } } } match scheme, "john-part"; } era { // John year 8 range 2160973 ~ 2161322; scheme 6 { shift j, 2160973; } } era { // John year 7 range 2161323 ~ 2161679; scheme 7 { shift j, 2161323; } } era { // John year 8 range 2161680 ~ 2162064; scheme 8 { hybrid { fields year, month, day; scheme 0 { shift j, 2161680; } change 2162045; scheme 1 { shift j, 2162045; } } } match scheme, "john-part"; } era { // John year 9 range 2162065 ~ 2162414; scheme 9 { shift j, 2162065; } } era { // John year 10 range 2162415 ~ 2162771; scheme 10 { shift j, 2162415; } } era { // John year 11 range 2162772 ~ 2163156; scheme 11 { hybrid { fields year, month, day; scheme 0 { shift j, 2162772; } change 2163137; scheme 1 { shift j, 2163137; } } } match scheme, "john-part"; } era { // John year 12 range 2163157 ~ 2163506; scheme 12 { shift j, 2163157; } } era { // John year 13 range 2163507 ~ 2163863; scheme 13 { shift j, 2163507; } } era { // John year 14 range 2163864 ~ 2164248; scheme 14 { hybrid { fields year, month, day; scheme 0 { shift j, 2163864; } change 2164229; scheme 1 { shift j, 2164229; } } } match scheme, "john-part"; } era { // John year 15 range 2164249 ~ 2164598; scheme 15 { shift j, 2164249; } } era { // John year 16 range 2164599 ~ 2164983; scheme 16 { hybrid { fields year, month, day; scheme 0 { shift j, 2164599; } change 2164964; scheme 1 { shift j, 2164964; } } } match scheme, "john-part"; } era { // John year 17 range 2164984 ~ 2165340; scheme 17 { shift j, 2164984; } } era { // John year 18 range 2165341 ~ 2165494; scheme 18 { shift j, 2165341; } } } } match era, year, "john-part", part; } era { // Henry III range 2165503~2185976; scheme 8 { shift j, 2165503; } } era { // Edward I range 2185980~2198627; scheme 9 { shift j, 2185980; } } era { // Edward II range 2198628~2205764; scheme 10 { shift j, 2198628; } } era { // Edward III range 2205769~2224179; scheme 11 { shift j, 2205769; } } era { // Richard II range 2224180~2232314; scheme 12 { shift j, 2224180; } } era { // Henry IV range 2232315~2237235; scheme 13 { shift j, 2232315; } } era { // Henry V range 2237236~2240686; scheme 14 { shift j, 2237236; } } era { // Henry VI range 2240687~2254751; scheme 15 { shift j, 2240687; } } era { // Edward IV range 2254751~2262822; scheme 16 { shift j, 2254751; } } era { // Henry VI Restoration range 2258251~2258441; scheme 17 { shift j, 2240687; } } era { // Edward V range 2262822~2262899; scheme 18 { shift j, 2262822; } } era { // Richard III range 2262900~2263688; scheme 19 { shift j, 2262900; } } era { // Henry VII range 2263688~2272331; scheme 20 { shift j, 2263688; } } era { // Henry VIII range 2272332~2286127; scheme 21 { shift j, 2272332; } } era { // Edward VI range 2286127~2288478; scheme 22 { shift j, 2286127; } } era { // Jane range 2288478~2288491; scheme 23 { shift j, 2288478; } } era { // Mary I range 2288491~2288861; scheme 24 { shift j, 2288478; } } era { // Philip and Mary range 2288862~2290438; scheme 25 { shift j, 2288862; } } era { // Elizabeth I range 2290438~2306636; scheme 26 { shift j, 2290438; } } era { // James I range 2306636~2314675; scheme 27 { shift j, 2306636; } } era { // Charles I range 2314675~2323385; scheme 28 { shift j, 2314675; } } era { // The Commonwealth range 2323386~2327521; scheme ja; match unshift, hyear; } era { // Charles II range 2327522~2336541; scheme 30 { shift j, 2323385; } } era { // James II range 2336541~2337945; scheme 31 { shift j, 2336541; } } era { // Interregnum range 2337946~2338008; scheme eng; match unshift, hyear; } era { // William and Mary range 2338009~2340152; scheme 33 { shift j, 2338009; } } era { // William III range 2340153~2342780; scheme 34 { shift j, 2337962; } // j# 28 Dec 1688 } era { // Anne range 2342780~2347309; scheme 35 { shift j, 2342780; } } era { // George I range 2347309~2352006; scheme 36 { shift j, 2347309; } } era { // George II range 2352006~2364185; scheme 37 { hybrid { fields year, month, day; scheme 0 { shift j, 2352006; } change 2361222; scheme 1 { shift g, 2352006; } } } } era { // George III range 2364185~2385829; scheme 38 { shift g, 2364185; } } era { // George IV range 2385829~2389630; scheme 39 { shift g, 2385829; } } era { // William IV range 2389630~2392181; scheme 40 { shift g, 2389630; } } era { // Victoria range 2392181~2415407; scheme 41 { shift g, 2392181; } } era { // Edward VII range 2415407~2418798; scheme 42 { shift g, 2415407; } } era { // George V range 2418798~2428188; scheme 43 { shift g, 2418798; } } era { // Edward VIII range 2428188~2428514; scheme 44 { shift g, 2428188; } } era { // George VI range 2428514~2434049; scheme 45 { shift g, 2428514; } } era { // Elizabeth II range 2434049~future; scheme 46 { shift g, 2434049; } } } grammar er; } |
