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29 de jun. de 2021 · British rule ended nearly 200 years later with Jawaharlal Nehru’s famous speech on India’s “tryst with destiny” at midnight on 14 August 1947. Two hundred years is a long time.
22 de ene. de 2018 · Before becoming the first British king of the Hanoverian line in 1714, George I (who spoke more German than English) had been the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg (der Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneberg). The first three royal Georges in the House of Hannover (also known as the House of Brunswick, Hanover Line) were also electors and dukes of Brunswick-Lüneberg.
HANOVERIAN DYNASTY (GREAT BRITAIN). Under the terms of the 1701 Act of Settlement, on the death of Queen Anne on 1 August 1714 the joint crowns of England and Scotland fell to George Ludwig, elector of Hanover, a north German territory of medium size and power. He was the son of Sophie, the granddaughter of James I of England.
26 de jul. de 2023 · Bottom line: A tiny nation on the island of Borneo, Brunei spent most of the 20th century under British and Japanese rule. It was never an incorporated British colony, but is a protectorate. Brunei is an Islamic nation governed by an absolute monarchy. It is one of Southeast Asia's wealthiest and most developed countries, despite its small size.
1714 - 1815. There were a lot of better qualified people available to be king of England - unfortunately most of them were Catholic. George I was a German who did not speak a word of English, but was Protestant. So started the rule of the House of Hanover, under whom Britain achieved wealth and peace over the next century.
3 de mar. de 2021 · George III (1760-1820) The grandson of George II, George III inherited the throne aged 22, and became one of the longest reigning monarchs in British history. Unlike his two Hanoverian predecessors, George was born in England, spoke English as his first language and never visited Hanover, despite his throne. He had a remarkably loyal marriage ...
20 de ene. de 2022 · As you'll have noticed, the United Kingdom doesn't include Hanover. However, from 1714 to 1837 both were ruled by the same monarchs and unlike Scotland and E...
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