Time Series Plot of Monarchs in England (1066-2024)

The plot provides a visual representation of the lengths of monarch reigns in England over the specified time period. Code explanation is below the code chunk.

install.packages("tidyverse")

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# Read data from CSV file
file_path <- "British_Monarchs.csv"
monarch_data <- read.csv(file_path)

# Create a time series plot
ggplot(monarch_data, aes(x = Reign.from, y = Reign.to - Reign.from, label = Monarch)) +
 geom_segment(aes(xend = Reign.to, yend = Reign.to - Reign.from), linewidth = 2, color = "#000000") +
 labs(title = "Monarchs in England (1066-2024)",
    x = "Reign Start Year",
    y = "Reign Length",
    label = "Monarch") +
 theme_minimal() +
 geom_text(vjust = -.5, hjust = -.1, size = 2.5)

The ggplot function from the ggplot2 package is used to create the time series plot. The x-axis represents the start year of the reign (Reign.from), and the y-axis represents the length of the reign (Reign.to - Reign.from). Each monarch is labeled on the plot.

The geom_segment function is used to draw line segments representing each monarch’s reign. The labs function is employed to set the plot title and axis labels. The theme_minimal function is used to apply a minimalist theme to the plot.

Lastly, the geom_text function is utilised to adjust the position of text labels for better visibility (vjust and hjust parameters).