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    1 day ago · George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king.

  2. May 17, 2024 · In 1776, the American Declaration of Independence declared King George III the “tyrant” who was “unfit to be the ruler of free people.” Historical scholarship has since overturned these unfavorable readings of the King.

  3. May 29, 2024 · One of the most interesting chapters in Dr Ditchfield's study attempts to locate George III as a European monarch. George started his reign announcing his pride in his Britishness. Before he came to the throne he had - like his father Frederick, Prince of Wales, before him - looked critically on George II's partiality for his Hanoverian ...

  4. May 17, 2024 · The King and Queen, joined by Members of the Royal Family, will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Read more.

  5. 2 days ago · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

  6. 2 days ago · George III (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich) was born on 4 June 1738 in London, the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. He became heir to the throne on the death of his father in 1751, succeeding his grandfather, George II, in 1760. He was the third Hanoverian monarch and the first one to be born in England and ...

  7. May 30, 2024 · The celebration of the Sovereign's Jubilee years really began in the long reign of King George III. The beginning of the fiftieth year of his reign, on 25 October 1809, was marked by The King and other members of The Royal Family attending a private service in Windsor and a grand fete and firework display at Frogmore.

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