{"slug": "george-ii-of-great-britain", "label": "George II of Great Britain", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131981", "qid": "Q131981", "description": "King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760", "entries": 47, "years": 26, "span": [1683, 1786], "span_label": ["1683 CE", "1786 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 15}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 11}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 10}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "electorate-of-hanover", "label": "Electorate of Hanover", "shared": 10}, {"slug": "frederick-prince-of-wales", "label": "Frederick, Prince of Wales", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "old-style-and-new-style-dates", "label": "Old Style and New Style dates", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "war-of-the-austrian-succession", "label": "War of the Austrian Succession", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "george-i-of-great-britain", "label": "George I of Great Britain", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "bavaria", "label": "Bavaria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "prince-of-wales", "label": "Prince of Wales", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "prussia", "label": "Prussia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "hanover", "label": "Hanover", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "george-iii", "label": "George III", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "george-frideric-handel", "label": "George Frideric Handel", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hesse", "label": "Hesse", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 1683, "year_label": "1683 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Caroline of Ansbach, British queen and regent, wife of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366000368#January–March", "title": "1683", "revid": 1366000368, "section": "Births › January–March"}}, {"year": 1683, "year_label": "1683 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 10", "text": "November 10 – King George II of Great Britain (d. 1760)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366000368#October–December", "title": "1683", "revid": 1366000368, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 1", "text": "1 February – Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of the future George II of Great Britain (died 1751)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360122527#Births", "title": "1707 in Wales", "revid": 1360122527, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1714, "year_label": "1714 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 - Prince George, son of King George I, is invested as Prince of Wales. His wife, Caroline of Ansbach, becomes the first Princess of Wales to receive the title at the same time as her husband and the first Princess of Wales for over two hundred years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275839007#Events", "title": "1714 in Wales", "revid": 1275839007, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November", "text": "November – a rift between the King and his son the Prince of Wales leads to the latter with his wife being banished from the royal household but not allowed to take their children with them. The Prince now sides with the Opposition Whigs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320245148#Events", "title": "1717 in Great Britain", "revid": 1320245148, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 (November 29, O.S.) - King George I of Great Britain banishes his son and daughter-in-law, George, Prince of Wales and Caroline of Ansbach, from the royal household after the Prince threatens the King's personal assistant, the Duke of Newcastle, the royal Lord Chamberlain. The altercation takes place at the baptismal ceremony for the Prince's newborn son, George William.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366802832#October–December", "title": "1717", "revid": 1366802832, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1718, "year_label": "1718 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February", "text": "February - Prince George William of Wales falls ill (later diagnosed as a heart disease); his parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are allowed by King George I to visit him at Kensington Palace, despite having been banished from the royal presence a few months earlier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359845178#Events", "title": "1718 in Wales", "revid": 1359845178, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1720, "year_label": "1720 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 23", "text": "23 April (St George's Day) – George I publicly reconciles with his son George, Prince of Wales at St James's Palace", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320245214#Events", "title": "1720 in Great Britain", "revid": 1320245214, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1726, "year_label": "1726 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 26", "text": "26 July - Prince Frederick, son of the Prince of Wales, is created Baron Snowdon by his grandfather, King George I of Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360134108#Events", "title": "1726 in Wales", "revid": 1360134108, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 11", "text": "June 11 – George II becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247386455#Events", "title": "1727 in Ireland", "revid": 1247386455, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 (July 11 Old Style) – George, Prince of Wales, becomes King George II of Great Britain, on the death of his father.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360176234#April–June", "title": "1727", "revid": 1360176234, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 22", "text": "22 June - On the death of his father, King George I of Great Britain, the Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360134716#Events", "title": "1727 in Wales", "revid": 1360134716, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30 – Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360176234#July–September", "title": "1727", "revid": 1360176234, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – George II of Great Britain is crowned. Handel's Coronation Anthems are composed for the event, including Zadok the Priest, which has been played at every subsequent Coronation of the British monarch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360176234#October–December", "title": "1727", "revid": 1360176234, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover. For 23 years, Frederick is heir apparent to the British throne, but dies of a lung injury in 1751.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871381#January–March", "title": "1729", "revid": 1368871381, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 8", "text": "8 January – Frederick, the eldest son of George II, is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover. For 23 years, he will be heir apparent to the British throne but dies of a lung injury in 1751.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835699#Events", "title": "1729 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835699, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – Caroline, Queen Consort becomes the first person to rule Great Britain as regent under the Regency Acts, beginning service as the acting monarch when her husband King George II departs Britain for Germany, where he is the Elector of Hanover. Caroline rules until George's return in October.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871381#April–June", "title": "1729", "revid": 1368871381, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 17", "text": "17 May – Caroline, Queen Consort becomes the first person to rule Great Britain as regent under the Regency Acts, beginning service as the acting monarch when her husband King George II departs Britain for the Electorate of Hanover. Caroline rules until his return in October.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835699#Events", "title": "1729 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835699, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1730, "year_label": "1730 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Seven Cherokee chiefs visit London and form an alliance, The Articles of Agreement, with King George II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349953089#Events", "title": "1730 in Canada", "revid": 1349953089, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1736, "year_label": "1736 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – King George II of Great Britain departs for Europe as part of his duties as Elector of Hanover; his wife, Caroline, Queen Consort rules on his behalf as the Regent for the last time until his return on January 14, 1736.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360559528#April–June", "title": "1736", "revid": 1360559528, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1737, "year_label": "1737 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "October 10", "text": "10 October – King George II expels Frederick, Prince of Wales from the royal court for criticising the government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835406#Events", "title": "1737 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835406, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1737, "year_label": "1737 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – Caroline of Ansbach, queen of George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367176390#Deaths", "title": "1737", "revid": 1367176390, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – The military phase of Cresap's War between the British North American Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania is ended when King George II of Great Britain negotiates a cease-fire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363165384#April–June", "title": "1738", "revid": 1363165384, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1739, "year_label": "1739 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 26", "text": "26 September – \"Address of the Roman Catholics of Ireland\" to George II of Great Britain requesting longer leases.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333979588#Events", "title": "1739 in Ireland", "revid": 1333979588, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – War of the Austrian Succession: King George II of Great Britain orders the British Army to prepare for an invasion of Prussia to defend his Electorate of Hanover.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360183595#April–June", "title": "1741", "revid": 1360183595, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 16", "text": "16 June (27 June New Style) – War of the Austrian Succession: the Battle of Dettingen is fought in Bavaria; King George II leads the troops of Britain and Brunswick to victory over the French – the last time a reigning British monarch participates in a battle. The Prime Minister, Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, is also present, observing from a carriage. George Frideric Handel writes the oratorio Dettingen Te Deum in celebration of the King's victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369569595#January_to_June", "title": "1743 in Great Britain", "revid": 1369569595, "section": "Events › January to June"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 (June 16 O.S.) – War of the Austrian Succession – Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria: British forces, in alliance with those of Hanover and Hesse, defeat a French army under the duc de Noailles; King George II of Great Britain (and Elector of Brunswick) leads his own troops, the last British king to do so.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360887949#April–June", "title": "1743", "revid": 1360887949, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 27", "text": "27 June (16 June O.S.) – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria – British forces, including the Royal Scots Greys, the Scots Guards and the Royal Scots Fusiliers, in alliance with those of Hanover and Hesse, defeat the French; King George II of Great Britain (and Elector of Brunswick) leads his own troops, the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738401#Events", "title": "1743 in Scotland", "revid": 1353738401, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 11", "text": "December 11 – Princess Louise of Great Britain, daughter of King George II, weds Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark and Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360887949#October–December", "title": "1743", "revid": 1360887949, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1746, "year_label": "1746 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 26", "text": "26 March – King George II of Great Britain grants the Dublin Society £500 pa from the Privy Purse.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307152119#Events", "title": "1746 in Ireland", "revid": 1307152119, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1747, "year_label": "1747 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – Simon Fraser, the 79-year old Scottish Lord Lovat, is convicted of high treason for being one of the leaders of the Jacobite rising of 1745 against King George II of Great Britain and attempting to place the pretender Charles Edward Stuart on the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372981647#January–March", "title": "1747", "revid": 1372981647, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 1", "text": "1 February – two princes of Anamaboe who have been taken prisoners and made slaves are presented to King George II of Great Britain. The British government has paid their ransoms and they are placed in the care of the Earl of Halifax.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332940852#Events", "title": "1749 in Great Britain", "revid": 1332940852, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company 200,000 acres (312½ square miles or 810 km 2 ) of land north of the Ohio River, encompassing most of the modern U.S. state of Ohio and part of West Virginia. The grant is conditioned on the Company being able to attract 100 European families every year, for seven years, to move to the area occupied by Indian tribes, and to build a fort to protect them", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727483#April–June", "title": "1749", "revid": 1360727483, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1753, "year_label": "1753 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – The Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753 passes the House of Commons and later receives royal assent from King George II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362641691#April–June", "title": "1753", "revid": 1362641691, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1753, "year_label": "1753 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 7", "text": "7 June – Archibald Cameron of Lochiel (born 1707) becomes the last Jacobite to be executed for treason when he is hanged and beheaded at Tyburn in London under a bill of attainder. On 26 March he has returned from exile in France in the service of Charles Edward Stuart to retrieve the Loch Arkaig treasure and to participate in a desperate plot to assassinate George II of Great Britain and other members of the British royal family. However, while staying secretly at Brenachyle by Loch Katrine, he has been betrayed by Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell of Glengarry (the notorious spy \"Pickle\") and members of his own clan and arrested.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738495#Events", "title": "1753 in Scotland", "revid": 1353738495, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – Classes begin at Columbia University, founded on October 31 as King's College by royal charter of King George II of Great Britain. The college is originally located in Lower Manhattan in the Province of New York. Instruction is suspended in 1776, and the school reopens in 1784 as Columbia College. With the college's growth in the 19th century, it is renamed Columbia University in 1896.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360193273#July–September", "title": "1754", "revid": 1360193273, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – The British North American Province of Georgia is created. Originally established in 1732 as a place for impoverished English citizens and debt prison parolees to make a new life, is given its first royal government. Administered for 22 years by the Board of Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America, chaired by philanthropist James Oglethorpe, the colony is transferred by the Trustees to the British crown's Board of Trade and Plantations. King George II, for whom the colony was named, follows the Board's recommendation by proclaiming Georgia a royal province, and appointing Royal Navy Captain John Reynolds as the first Royal Governor. Reynolds arrives in Savannah on October 29 to take office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360193273#July–September", "title": "1754", "revid": 1360193273, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1755, "year_label": "1755 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 16", "text": "September 16 – Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams, the new British Minister to Russia, secures an alliance signed by Empress Catherine the Great. The Russian Empire agrees to provide up to 55,000 troops to defend the Electorate of Hanover against invasion by Prussia. At the time, King George II of Great Britain is also the ruler of the German duchy; the Russian troops are provided in return for an annual payment of £600,000.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360194188#July–September", "title": "1755", "revid": 1360194188, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1756, "year_label": "1756 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – The Treaty of Westminster is signed between Great Britain and Prussia, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Electorate of Hanover, controlled by King George II of Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349937992#January–March", "title": "1756", "revid": 1349937992, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1756, "year_label": "1756 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 16", "text": "16 January – Treaty of Westminster signed between Britain and Prussia guaranteeing the neutrality of Hanover, the German province controlled by King George II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196052#Events", "title": "1756 in Great Britain", "revid": 1360196052, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – The Convention of Klosterzeven is signed at the Lower Saxony town of Bremervörde by the Duke of Cumberland following his defeat at Hastenbeck. The treaty provides for the army of the Electorate of Hanover to be reduced to a token force and for the French Army to occupy Hanover and most of northwest Germany. At the time, King George II of Great Britain is also the Elector of Hanover, and it is later said that \"The terms proved worse than either George or his ministers had wanted or expected.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370632620#July–September", "title": "1757", "revid": 1370632620, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 25", "text": "25 October – George III becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323126729#Events", "title": "1760 in Ireland", "revid": 1323126729, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 25", "text": "25 October – George III ascends to the throne following the death of his grandfather George II. He will reign until 29 January 1820. He surrenders the income from the Crown Estate to the government in exchange for a civil list contribution to maintaining the Royal Household.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343820738#Events", "title": "1760 in Great Britain", "revid": 1343820738, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 25", "text": "25 October – The Prince of Wales succeeds his grandfather, King George II, on the throne of Great Britain, as King George III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275838640#Events", "title": "1760 in Wales", "revid": 1275838640, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – King George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358844484#Deaths", "title": "1760", "revid": 1358844484, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 25", "text": "25 October – King George II of Great Britain (born 1683, Hanover)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343820738#Deaths", "title": "1760 in Great Britain", "revid": 1343820738, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Second daughter of George II of Great Britain (b. 1711)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370552329#Deaths", "title": "1786", "revid": 1370552329, "section": "Deaths"}}]}