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There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603. On 1 January 1801, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged, creating first the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ...
May 6, 2023 · Charles III Is Crowned King. Charles, Britain’s first new monarch in 70 years, was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London during an ancient ceremony that incorporated some modern touches. “I ...
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May 6, 2023 · Additionally, while the group largely has erstwhile British colonies, some members of the Commonwealth today were never part of the Empire. For example, Rwanda and Mozambique became members in ...
- The House of Hanover
- Family & Character
- The Empire Grows
- The Loss of The American Colonies
- Ireland & Act of Union
- The Napoleonic Wars
- The Arts & Industry
- Mental Illness & Death
King George I of Great Britain (r. 1714-1727) became the first Hanoverian ruler in Britain in 1714 thanks to Queen Anne of Great Britain (r. 1702-1714) having no children. George was Elector of Hanover, a small principality in Germany, and the queen's nearest Protestant relative. He did have a remote connection to the royal Stuart line as he was a ...
On 8 September 1761, George married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) in St. James' Palace; it was the first day they had met. Unlike his predecessors in the Hanover family, George remained faithful to his wife and did not have any mistresses, although he was rather difficult in domestic life. The royal couple, who called each ...
The Seven Years' War (1756-63) was a cross-European, intercontinental conflict, one which saw Britain and Prussia against Spain and France (and several other states). There were notable British losses early on, but a highlight was gaining control of Canada in 1760. Britain and Prussia finally won the war, with the former, in particular, benefiting ...
The 13 British colonies on the eastern side of North America pushed for independence in the latter half of the 18th century. There were some 2 million people living in these colonies, and a great many of them believed George III was a despicable tyrant out to repress their freedom. George III makes for an unlikely tyrant as, in reality, he played t...
At the close of the 18th century, the Irish were as keen to gain independence as the American colonists were. Perhaps inspired by the events of the French Revolution (1789-99), too, a major revolt broke out in 1798, which involved a failed French invasion. The rebels were brutally repressed, and 20,000 were killed. On 1 January 1800, the Act of Uni...
The Napoleonic Wars (1803-15) pitted Britain and a whole host of European allies against its old enemy France, led by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), with Spain and Prussia as his allies, amongst others. Britain won the decisive Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain on 21 October 1805, where the Royal Navy was commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio...
King George helped found the Royal Academy of the Arts in 1768, which was set the task of encouraging leading artists and architects and promoting their works to a wider audience. Literature blossomed in this period, with enduring works being published by the poets William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), and Lord Byron ...
The king began to show alarming signs of mental instability from the late 1780s. He often talked incessantly and made wild accusations towards those around him, including the queen. Seemingly unable to control his outbursts, he was once spotted in the park at Windsor talking to a tree in the belief that he was in conversation with the King of Pruss...
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May 6, 2023 · King Charles III wears the Imperial State Crown and Queen Camilla wears Queen Mary's Crown while standing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave to ...
Sep 10, 2022 · 10 Sep 2022. (16:14 GMT) King Charles III has been proclaimed Britain’s new monarch in a ceremony followed by gun salutes and the reading of proclamations in London and across the four corners ...
Elizabeth gave birth to her third child, Prince Andrew, in February 1960, which was the first birth to a reigning British monarch since 1857. Her fourth child, Prince Edward, was born in March 1964. Political reforms and crises
