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5 days ago · Queen Anne When Princess of Denmark, 1665 -1714 by Willem Wissing and Jan van der Vaardt, 1685. Source: National Galleries Scotland. Queen Anne’s life was loaded with tragedy. As a child, she became well acquainted with loss owing to the deaths of her grandmother, aunt, and mother.
3 days ago · Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project explores the conservation of Edward Teach's (Blackbeard) ship sunk in North Carolina and includes links to theses and articles related to the project. An online transcription of Notes on Nova Scotia Privateers by George E. E. Nichols and read before the Nova Scotia Historical Society in 1904 is found on ...
1 day ago · Signature. Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) [a] was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union on 1 May 1707, which merged the kingdoms of Scotland and England. Before this, she was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702. Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II.
3 days ago · The History Behind the Shipwreck A piece of paper from books found on board Blackbeard's ship the Queen Anne's Revenge. An 18th century warship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, first served the British Navy before being captured by the French, then taken by pirates in 1717.
- Marcia Kester Doyle
5 days ago · , 'The first Parliament of Queen Anne (continued): Further material relating to the Act of Union', in The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons: Volume 4, 1706-1713, (London, 1742) pp. 1-45.
3 days ago · On 5th April, 1726, the Trustees appointed under the South Sea Company Act sold (fn. n1) to Samuel Mason "that parcell of ground, with brick messuage thereon, late in the occupation of Sir John Humble, Bart., being the fourth house on the north side of Queen Square." The dimensions are given as 28 feet 7 inches in front by 40 feet in depth, and ...
4 days ago · Close Roll, 5317. n2. The whole of the cul-de-sac at the west end of the square was included in the "north side," which thus comprised Nos. 26 to 42 (Nos. 9 to 15, 1 and 2 Queen Square), No. 40 (No. 1 Queen Square) being the 9th, since the site of No. 34 was occupied by two houses. n3.
