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Below are some of the important historical events which have occurred at Windsor Castle in the English county of Berkshire:

1070 to 1086: Windsor Castle is first built by William I of England
1127: Barons swear allegiance to the Empress Matilda
1166: William the Lion does homage
1193: Barons besiege Prince John
1216: Barons besiege King John's men
1263: Barons besiege Prince Edward
1265: Henry III imprisons the Lord Mayor and forty citizens of London
1312: King Edward III of England is born
1348: The Most Noble Order of the Garter is founded
1400: Conspirators attempt to murder of Henry IV during the Epiphany Rising
1421: King Henry VI of England is born
1471: Edward IV marches out to fight the Battle of Tewkesbury
1506: Philip of Burgundy and Joanna of Castile visit after being shipwrecked on the Dorset coast
1522: Emperor Charles V visits
1563: Elizabeth I flees the plague in London
1597: Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor is reputedly first performed
1642: Parliamentary troops occupy the castle during the English Civil War and are briefly besieged by Prince Rupert
1645: Cromwell's New Model Army is established
1647: Charles I is imprisoned at the castle for two days and then for a month before being taken to the Palace of Whitehall for execution
1681: Sir Samuel Morland demonstrates his new system of water supply
1688: William of Orange visits for four days just before completing his march on London
1809: George III is confined because of insanity
1820: George III dies
1939 to 1940: George VI and his family seek refuge from the London Blitz
1992: the 1992 Windsor Castle fire

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For marriages and burials at the castle, see St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.