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| George I
(1660 - 1727)
| Timeline |
| 1660 |
Born 28 May in Hanover, Germany |
| 1682 |
Marries his first cousin, the Princess Sophia of Celle |
| 1683 |
Son, George, is born |
| 1687 |
Daughter, Sophia Dorothea, is born |
| 1694 |
Marriage to Sophia dissolved |
| 1698 |
Father, Ernst August, dies; George becomes Elector of Hanover and thereby the Archbannerbearer and a Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire |
| 1701 |
War of Spanish Succession begins |
| 1714 |
Queen Anne of Great Britain dies, George becomes the first Hanoverian monarch of Great Britain and King of Ireland |
| 1715 |
Jacobite Rebellion - "The Fifteen" |
| 1719 |
Another Jacobite rebellion - one easily put down |
| 1720 |
South Sea Bubble |
| 1721 |
Sir Robert Walpole comes to power (he is unofficially the first Prime Minister) |
| 1727 |
Dies 11 June |
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