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William IV

King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837

9 dated entries naming William IV, drawn from 9 separate years between 1792 CE and 1849 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1792August 13 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)source

19th century

  • 1816July 5 – Dorothea Jordan, Irish-born actress, mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1761)source
  • 1818June 11 – Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, third oldest son of King George III and the future King William IV of the United Kingdom, marries Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.source
  • 1821March 4 – Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, daughter of William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) (b. 1820)source
  • 1830June 26 – William IV succeeds his brother George IV, as King of the United Kingdom.source
  • 1831September 8 – Coronation of King William IV of the United Kingdom (he will reign until 1837).source
  • 1834November 14 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne becomes the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to be dismissed by the British monarch. King William IV temporarily appoints Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, to form a caretaker government.source
  • 1837June 20 – Queen Victoria, 18, accedes to the throne of the United Kingdom, on the death of her uncle King William IV without legitimate heirs (she will reign for more than 63 years). Under Salic law, the Kingdom of Hanover passes to William's brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, ending the personal union of Britain and Hanover which has persisted since 1714.source
  • 1849December 2 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)source

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