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1841
Birth
9th Nov London Birth of Edward VII, 2nd child & eldest son of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
1841
Investiture
4th Dec London Invested as the Prince of Wales
1860
Diplomacy
1st tour of the USA undertaken by a British Prince
1863
Marriage
10th Mar London Marries Alexandra, eldest daughter of King Chris tian IX of Denmark
1865
Birth
Birth of George V, 2nd eldest son of Edward VII & Alexandra of Denmark
1894
Tower Bridge
30th June London Oficially opens Tower Bridge
1901
Field Marshal Wihelm II
27th Jan Appoints his cousin Kaiser Wihelm II of Germany as a Field-Marshal in the British Army
1902
Appendix
24th June London Has an appendix operation 2 days before his planned coronation
1902
Coronation
9th Aug Westminster Abbey Delayed by six weeks due to appendicitis
1902
Order of Merit
26th June The Order of Merit is instituted by Edward VII
1903
Diplomacy
1st May Paris 1st day of a good will visit to Paris
1903
Succession
22nd Jan London Proclaimed Emperor of India
22nd Jan London Succeeds as King of Great Britain
1904
Diplomacy
Contributes to the Entente Cordiale with France
1904
Discovery of Cullinan Diamond
25th Jan World's largest diamond discovered in the Prime Minister diamond mine in Sth Africa
1907
Cullinan Diamond
Botha presents the Cullinan diamond to Edward VII
1907
Diplomacy
Contributes to the Anglo-Russian Agreement
1910
Constitution
London Says Lloyd George's speeches are "calculated to set class against class"
1910
Death
6th May London Death of Edward VII, during the constitutional crisis facing the House of Lords

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