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Hace 4 días · Coat of arms of the British monarch as sovereign of the Order of the Bath. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath [2] is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. [3] Recipients of the Order are usually senior military officers or senior civil servants, and the monarch awards it on the advice of His Majesty's Government.
Hace 3 días · Charles I's son, Charles II, was proclaimed King of Great Britain in Scotland, but he was forced to flee abroad after he invaded England and was defeated at the Battle of Worcester. In 1653, Oliver Cromwell , the most prominent military and political leader in the nation, seized power and declared himself Lord Protector (effectively becoming a military dictator, but refusing the title of king).
Hace 19 horas · The Chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, [3] is a senior minister of the Crown within His Majesty's Government, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet . Responsible for all economic and financial matters, the role is ...
Hace 1 día · The ancient Roman occupation of Britain, lasting almost 400 years, also impacted the linguistic and cultural identity of Great Britain. [15] Following the expansion of the British Empire, England, Scotland and Wales absorbed different peoples from around the world, and, post-World War II, Britain developed a more diverse cultural landscape through higher levels of immigration.
Hace 1 día · King George III is often accused of obstinately trying to keep Great Britain at war with the revolutionaries in America, despite the opinions of his own ministers. In the words of the British historian George Otto Trevelyan , the King was determined "never to acknowledge the independence of the Americans, and to punish their contumacy by the indefinite prolongation of a war which promised to ...
Hace 19 horas · George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the ...
Hace 1 día · King George V Delhi Durbar Medal: 1911: December 1911: Issued in Gold or Silver King George V Silver Jubilee Medal: 1935: 6 May 1935: King George VI Coronation Medal: 1937: 12 May 1937: Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal: 1953: 2 June 1953: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal: 1977: 6 February 1977: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ...
