1755 in Great Britain information

Events from the year 1755 in Great Britain. Monarch – George II Prime Minister – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Whig) 20 February – General...

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of...

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and...

The flag of Great Britain, often referred to as the King's Colour, first Union Flag, Union Jack, and British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally...

Events from the year 1755 in Wales. Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire)...

August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector...

Events from the year 1755 in Scotland. Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas the younger Solicitor General for Scotland – Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles, jointly...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1755. 1755 (MDCCLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and...

British English (BrE, en-GB, or BE) is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain. More narrowly, it can refer...

1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into...

Parliament of Great Britain, 1755–1759 List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1760–1764 List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1765...

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament...

Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover...

following table includes all known published polls in which the general public in the UK or Great Britain are asked for their preference on the future of...

Washington ambushed a French patrol. In 1755, six colonial governors met with General Edward Braddock, the newly arrived British Army commander, and planned a...

The coat of arms of Great Britain was the coat of arms used by the monarchs of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which existed from 1707 to 1801. The kingdom...

The Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain was the parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain that sat from 31 May 1754 to 20 March 1761. It was assembled...

Edward Braddock (January 1695 – 13 July 1755) was a British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and...

development in the British state from the absorption of Wales into the Kingdom of England after 1535 to the modern United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...

North American region historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764 by Great Britain. It included the modern Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova...

The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union...