Queen Anne (r. 1702 – 1714) dies. The Crown now passes from the House of Stuart to Georg Ludwig Augustus, Elector of Hanover (r. 1714 – 1727).
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References:
Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, four volumes. (London: Cassell, 1956-58), 3:100-03.
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