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Hace 2 días · Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) 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.
- 8 March 1702 – 1 August 1714
- Anne Hyde
Hace 5 días · George II (born November 10 [October 30, Old Style], 1683, Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover—died October 25, 1760, London) was the king of Great Britain and elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760. Although he possessed sound political judgment, his lack of self-confidence caused him to rely heavily on his ministers, most notable of whom was Sir ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 1 día · A campaign by the lawyer Daniel O'Connell, and the death of George III, led to the concession of Catholic emancipation in 1829, allowing Roman Catholics to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Catholic emancipation was not O'Connell's real goal, which was the repeal of the act of union with Great Britain.
Hace 2 días · The Most Honourable Order of the Bath [2] is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. [3] . The name derives from an elaborate medieval ceremony for preparing a candidate to receive his knighthood, of which ritual bathing (as a symbol of purification) was an element.
Hace 5 días · The republic of Ireland occupies the greater part of an island lying to the west of Great Britain, from which it is separated—at distances ranging from 11 to 120 miles (18 to 193 km)—by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St. George’s Channel.
Hace 5 días · In full: Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh, earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich. Also called: Philip Mountbatten. Original name: Philip, prince of Greece and Denmark. Born: June 10, 1921, Corfu, Greece. Died: April 9, 2021, Windsor Castle, England (aged 99) House / Dynasty: house of Windsor. Notable Family Members: spouse Elizabeth II.
Hace 4 días · At a packed Mass at Westminster Cathedral, the Pope baptized seven candidates of various ages, and then, after crossing the Thames at Lambeth Bridge, he arrived at St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark, which had been cleared of pews and filled with stretchers and wheelchairs bearing sick and disabled people from across Britain, and he administered the sacrament of the sick.
