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134 matches to George I
Despard, Edward. 1751-1803. 1802 Plot to assassinate George III.
George I. 1660-1727. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-. First Hanover. Utrecht Peace. South Sea Bubble.
George I. 1845-1913. Danish Prince William, chosen king of Greece 1863-. Assassinated.
George II. 1683-1760. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-. Weakness led to constitutional monarchy.
George III. 1738-1820. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-. Supported King’s Friends. Political instability. American Revolution. Insane 1810-.
George IV. 1762-1830. King of UK 1820-. Regent from 1811. Scandals led to decline in influence of monarchy. Brighton Pavillion. Regency.
Olive Branch Petition. 1775. Moderate Americans attempt to avoid war. Ignored by George III.
Regency. England. 1811-20. George, Prince of Wales ruled for insane father, George III.
South Sea Bubble. 1711-20. England sold trade monopolies to reduce National Debt. Their resale at speculative prices led to financial ruin for thousands. George I implicated. Walpole.
Stuart, Henry. 1725-1807. Last Stuart claimant to English throne. Left family jewels to George IV.
Airy, George Biddell. 1801-92. English astronomer: Greenwich Observatory.
Austrian Succession, War. 1740-48. Jenkins Ear and King George’s Wars. Maria Theresa recognized. Francis I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Prussian power shown. Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty. Silesian War.
Bancroft, George. 1800-91. “Father of American history”. History of United States 1834-74.
Barbary Piracy. 1518-1830. G. Washington pays $1M to free enslaved seamen 1796. US attacks Tripoli 1815. French sieze Algiers, 1830.
Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.
Beadle, George. 1903-89. US geneticist. Role of genes in heredity.
Behistun Inscription. 520BC. Trilingual carving used by Grotefend to decipher cuneiform.
Berkeley, George. 1685-1753. Irish immaterialist philosopher: reality exists only in the eye of God; for man, only when perceived. Principles of Knowledge 1710.
Bernanos, Georges. 1888-1948. French Catholic polemic writer against materialism. Diary of a Country Priest 1937.
Bizet, Georges. 1838-75. French composer: Carmen 1875.
Boole, George. 1815-64. British mathematician. Algebra of Logic 1854.
Boulanger, Georges. 1837-91. French popular war minister. Conspired coup 1889. Banished.
Braque, Georges. 1882-1963. French painter. Developed Cubism with Picasso. First living artist in Louvre. Man with Guitar 1911.
Brook Farm. 1841-7. Massachussets commune. Ripley. Hawthorne.
Brown, George. 1818-80. Scottish/Canadian statesman. Founded Toronto Globe 1844.