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Anne Stuart, later the British Queen Anne, marries Prince George of Denmark at the Chapel Royal

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707...

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of England and Scotland, until her death in 1714.

Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II. Her father was Charles's younger brother and heir presumptive, James, whose suspected Roman Catholicism was unpopular in England. On Charles's instructions, Anne and her elder sister Mary were raised as Anglicans. Mary married her Dutch Protestant cousin, William III of Orange, in 1677, and Anne married Prince George of Denmark, a Lutheran, in 1683.

Historical Significance

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of England and Scotland, until her death in 1714.

Key People

Anne Stuart

Anne Stuart

Events Before

  1. English astronomer Edmond Halley first observes the comet named after him

    Edmond (or Edmund) Halley (8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741]) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist.

  2. William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World

    William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World

  3. Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved" premieres in London

    Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved" premieres in London

  4. De Italiaanse Opera (The Italian Opera) theater on the Leidsegracht in Amsterdam closes less than 1-1/2 years after open

    De Italiaanse Opera (The Italian Opera) theater on the Leidsegracht in Amsterdam closes less than 1-1/2 years after opening

  5. Assembly of the French clergy issues a declaration stating, among other things, that the power of the King is not subjec

    Assembly of the French clergy issues a declaration stating, among other things, that the power of the King is not subject to papal authority

Events After

  1. French King Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon

    Louis XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand [lwi lə ɡʁɑ̃]) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil [lə ʁwa sɔlɛj]), was King of France from 1643 until his...

  2. Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper “De motu corporum in gyrum

    Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper “De motu corporum in gyrum” (On the motion of bodies in an orbit), is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.

  3. Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Venetian Republic sign an agreement establishi

    Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Venetian Republic sign an agreement establishing the Holy League to prevent further expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Europe

  4. Dutch East India Company signs treaty with Sultan Hadji of Banten (Java) to aid him in a civil war with his father in ex

    Dutch East India Company signs treaty with Sultan Hadji of Banten (Java) to aid him in a civil war with his father in exchange for sole right to trade in the Sultanate [1]

  5. Patent granted for thimble

    Patent granted for thimble

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Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of England and Scotland, until her death in 1714. Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II. Her father was Charles's younger brother and heir presumptive, James, whose suspected Roman Catholicism was unpopular in England.
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Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of England and Scotland, until her death in 1714.
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