Battle of Dettingen
June 27, 1743
On a marshy plain by the Main, George II led his Pragmatic Army against a French force and won. He was the last British monarch to fight at the head of his troops. Handel, back in London, composed a Te Deum for the victory. The king's horse had bolted with him at one point, but no matter.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.