King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)...
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Parliament, including among George's own ministers, but passed as the Royal Marriages Act 1772. Shortly afterwards, another of George's brothers, Prince William...
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Britain, George and May travelled to Norway for the coronation of King Haakon VII, George's cousin and brother-in-law, and Queen Maud, George's sister....
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King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed...
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place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on the 15th. He was interred initially in the Royal Vault until he was transferred to the King George VI Memorial...
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George's father, the Elector of Hanover, ascended the British throne as George I. In the first years of his father's reign as king, Prince George was...
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King William's War (also known as the Second Indian War, Father Baudoin's War, Castin's War, or the First Intercolonial War in French) was the North American...
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surrounded by a large fat deposit. The King was buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 15 July. George's only legitimate child, Charlotte, had...
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John Dagworthy (category British military personnel of the French and Indian War)
three wars. During King George's War Dagworthy recruited a company of soldiers and was given command over them. During the French and Indian War he was...
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Melusine von der Schulenburg. George and Sophia Dorothea divorced in 1694. A succession of European wars expanded George's German domains during his lifetime;...
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Joseph Broussard (category French Canadian people of the French and Indian War)
militias against the British through King George's War, Father Le Loutre's War and during the Seven Years' War. After Acadia was captured by the British...
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only child of King Ernest Augustus and Queen Frederica, he succeeded his father in 1851. George's reign was ended by the Austro-Prussian War, after which...
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Acadia (section King George's War)
Wabanaki Confederacy and the French priests during Father Rale's War. During King George's War, France and New France made significant attempts to regain mainland...
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Bristol, Maine (section King George's War)
During King George's War, Fort Frederick withstood two attacks in 1747, but in 1759 was decommissioned at the end of the French and Indian Wars. In 1775...
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New France (section King George's War)
Canada until 1744, when news of the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War in North America) reached Fort Louisbourg. The French...
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wars were often named after the sitting British monarch, such as King William's War or Queen Anne's War. There had already been a King George's War in...
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premature, being born a week before his due date. During George's birth, his mother struggled and George's umbilical cord was strapped around his neck. A German...
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Samuel Whittemore (category People of Massachusetts in the French and Indian War)
Jeremiah Moulton's Third Massachusetts Regiment, where he fought in King George's War (1744–48). He was involved in the capture of the French stronghold...
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Fort William, Newfoundland (section King George's War)
reconstruction was hastily begun in 1743 in the lead up to war with France. During King George's War (1744–48) although no military action occurred in Newfoundland...
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James Glen (section King George's War)
Americans in an attempt to thwart possible alliances between them. During King George's War, Glen sent a trade delegation led by notable Indian trader and historian...
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conflicts include King George's War in North America, the War of Jenkins' Ear, the First Carnatic War, and the First and Second Silesian Wars. Its pretext...
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1st New Jersey Regiment (section King George's War)
Iraqi Freedom – 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. In 1744, during King George's War (1744–1748) the New Jersey legislature appropriated money and raised...
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The Carnatic wars were a series of military conflicts in the middle of the 18th century in India's coastal Carnatic region, a dependency of Hyderabad State...
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brothers-in-law, and George V of the United Kingdom, Christian X of Denmark, Haakon VII of Norway, and Nicholas II of Russia were his nephews. George's reign of almost...
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Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (category British military personnel of the French and Indian War)
next war approached. After King George's War, Johnson was caught between rival New York political factions. One faction was led by Governor George Clinton...
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François Dupont Duvivier (category French military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
led the Raid on Canso and Siege of Annapolis Royal (1744) during King George's War. He received the Order of Saint Louis for his military work in Acadia...
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conflict (e.g., the "War of the Grand Alliance" rather than "King William's War") or refers to the wars as the Intercolonial Wars. As the wars proceeded, the...
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Anne's War Father Sébastien Rale – Father Rale's War Captain Charles Morris – King George's War John Bradstreet – King George's War Paul Mascarene – King George's...
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occupation of the Island. After the Siege of Louisbourg (1745) during King George's War, the New Englanders also captured Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island)...
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1937 and commissioned in 1940, King George V operated during the Second World War in all three major naval theatres of war, the Atlantic, Mediterranean...
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