Queen Anne Ascends the English Throne
March 8, 1702
Stout, gouty, and mourning seventeen lost children, Anne Stuart took the throne her brother-in-law William had warmed. Her reign would see Union with Scotland, victories at Blenheim, the first cabinet government, and a literature from Swift and Pope that mocked her even as it was made possible by her peace.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.