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Justis FAQ – How do regnal years correspond to calendar years?Q – What are regnal years, and how do they correspond to calendar years? A – Prior to 1963, Acts of Parliament were numbered using the year of the sovereign’s reign in which the Act was passed, a system known as regnal years. Under the regnal year system, an Act passed early in a parliamentary session has a citation such as 5 Edw. 7, c. 9, for the ninth chapter in the session that commenced in the fifth year of the reign of King Edward 7th. It was common for a session to extend into a second regnal year, giving rise to a citation such as 8 & 9 Geo. 6, c. 4. Occasionally, a session could extend into a third regnal year, with citations such as 12 13 & 14 Geo. 6, c. 87. To determine the calendar year(s) corresponding to a regnal year, select the name of a monarch in the following list, and look for the regnal year in the first column of the table for that monarch.
Henry III
Edward I
Edward II
Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VI
Edward IV
Richard III
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary
Philip & Mary
Elizabeth I
James I
Charles I
Charles II
James II
William & Mary
William III
Anne
George I
George II
George III
George III & George IV
George IV
George IV & William IV
William IV
William IV & Victoria
Victoria
Edward VII
Edward VII & George V
George V
George V & Edward VIII
Edward VIII & George VI
George VI
George VI & Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II
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