George I of Hanover Takes the British Throne
August 1, 1714
Queen Anne died; her fifty-eight closest Catholic relations were skipped over in favor of a plump Lutheran elector who spoke no English. George arrived from Hanover with two mistresses nicknamed the Maypole and the Elephant. A dynasty that never quite learned the language would rule for one hundred and eighty-four years.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.