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Britain
Britain , alternate term for Great Britain, comprised of England, Scotland, and Wales. Often used synonymously with the United Kingdom, the name Britain is derived from Britannia, given by the Romans to the portion of the island of Great Britain that they occupied. It has sometimes been used to re... Read more
Alexandra
Alexandra 1844-1925, queen consort of Edward VII of Great Britain, whom she married in 1863. She was the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark. ... Read more
Independents
Independents in religion, those bodies of Christians who claim freedom from ecclesiastical and civil authority for their individual churches. They hold that each congregation should have control of its own affairs. In a historic sense, it is ordinarily applied to churches in Great Britain now known... Read more
John Speed
John Speed 1552?-1629, English historian and cartographer. He abandoned his trade as a tailor to engage in mapmaking. Many of his maps of parts of England and Wales were published in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (1611). His major work, The History of Great Britain, and his Geneal... Read more
James Douglas Queensberry, 2d duke of
James Douglas Queensberry, 2d duke of 1662-1711, Scottish statesman. One of the early supporters of William III in Scotland, he held offices under him and Queen Anne, rising to become commissioner to the Scottish Parliament (1700) and a secretary of state for Scotland (1702). Duped by an intrigue o... Read more
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain in World War II, series of air battles between Great Britain and Germany, fought over Britain from Aug. to Oct., 1940. As a prelude to a planned invasion of England, Germany attacked British coastal defenses, radar stations, and shipping. On Aug. 24 the attack was shifted inland t... Read more
Great Britain
Great Britain officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. Technically, Great Britain comprises England (199... Read more
Aldershot
Aldershot , town (1991 pop. 53,665), Hampshire, S central England. It is the site of the largest military training center (est. 1854) in Great Britain. The minister of defense appoints most of the town council. Aldershot is within the metropolitan area of London. Industries include engineering and t... Read more
Aughrim
Aughrim or Aghrim , village, Co. Galway, W central Republic of Ireland. It was the scene of a battle (July 12, 1691) in which the forces of William III of Great Britain won a decisive victory over those of James II. ... Read more
Caledonia
Caledonia , Roman name for that part of the island of Great Britain that lies N of the firths of Clyde and Forth. The name first occurs in the works of Lucan (1st cent. AD) and has been used in modern times rhetorically and poetically to mean all of Scotland or the Scottish Highlands. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Anne of Great Britain"

Anne
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Anne (1665–1714) Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702–14). The second daughter of James II , Anne succeeded William III (of Orange...reign, and is often called Queen Anne's War. Anne was the last English...
Hanoverian Dynasty (Great Britain)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...HANOVERIAN DYNASTY (GREAT BRITAIN). Under the terms...the death of Queen Anne on 1 August 1714 the...stability, which allowed Britain to become a major imperial power. See also Anne (England) ; George I (Great Britain) ; George II (Great...
Anne (England) (1665–1714; Ruled 1702–1714)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ANNE (ENGLAND) (1665 – 1714; ruled 1702 – 1714) ANNE (ENGLAND) (1665 –...1702 – 1714), queen of Great Britain and Ireland. The last Stuart monarch, Anne was the second daughter of James...
Extraterritoriality
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...acceptance during the reign of Queen Anne of Great Britain (1665 – 1714). In...throughout the world objected to Britain's disregard for the diplomat...immunity. Because of the outcry, Britain passed the Act Preserving the...
Rulers of England and Great Britain
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Rulers of England and Great Britain Rulers of England and Great Britain ( including dates of reign...71 House of York Edward IV, great grandson of Edward III, 1461...with William III, 1689-94 Anne, younger daughter of James...
Kings and Queens of England and Britain
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Kings and Queens of England and Britain Years Monarch Age 1 Reign 2...x2013;899 Alfred (the Great) 52 28 899–924...I 69 44 Kings and Queens of Britain House of Stuart 1603–...II 32 5) 1702–14 Anne 49 12 House of Hanover 1714...
Union, Act of (Scotland)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...established the kingdom of Great Britain. In 1603 there...the accession of Anne in 1702, but commissioners...Scottish crown on Anne's death, putting...unitary state of Great Britain was established on 12 May 1707 with Anne as queen, and the...
Hanover
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...personal union with Britain from 1714, when George I succeeded Queen Anne under the terms of...Germans to any post in Britain, could not declare...William Pitt gained great popularity by declaring...x2018;this great, this powerful...particularly tense. Britain put into the field...
Stuart Dynasty (England and Scotland)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...daughter of James II. Anne also died childless...the United Kingdom of Great Britain, thus ending the rule...Culloden in 1746. See also Anne (England) ; Charles...Hanoverian Dynasty (Great Britain) ; Jacobitism ; James...
French and Indian Wars
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...America, fought between Great Britain and France with Native...inconclusively. Queen Anne's War (1702–...Succession in Europe. Britain gained Newfoundland...Wolfe , were killed, but Britain emerged victorious. In...

Dictionary entries related to "Anne of Great Britain"

Anne
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Anne (1665–1714), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702. The second daughter of James II...her father had become a RC. She created ‘ Queen Anne's Bounty ’ for the clergy (1704). By exercising...
Utrecht, Treaty of
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Utrecht a treaty to end Queen Anne's War and that included...agreements signed by France and Great Britain on April 11, 1713 and by Spain and Great Britain on July 13, 1713...James II, recognized Queen Anne as Britain's sovereign...
Olney Corollary
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...On 20 July 1895, during a dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela over the latter's boundary...BIBLIOGRAPHY Braveboy-Wagner, Jacqueline Anne. The Venezuela-Guyana Border Dispute: Britain's Colonial Legacy in Latin America. Boulder...
Union, Act of (Scotland)
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...established the kingdom of Great Britain. In 1603 there...the accession of Anne in 1702, but commissioners...Scottish crown on Anne's death, putting...unitary state of Great Britain was established on 12 May 1707 with Anne as queen, and the...
Hanover
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...personal union with Britain from 1714, when George I succeeded Queen Anne under the terms of...Germans to any post in Britain, could not declare...William Pitt gained great popularity by declaring...x2018;this great, this powerful...glory in the name of Britain’ played...
Britten, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...flora of English counties. He has acknowledged the pleasures he derived from Anne Pratt ’ s Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain (1855). He was educated privately and for five years, until he reached the...
Stuart architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...also applied to the period of the Stuart dynasty in Great Britain from James I and VI (1603–25) to Queen Anne (1702–14). However, the architecture...William and Mary (1689–1702), then Queen Anne styles.
William and Mary
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...and Queen Mary II (reigned 1688–94) in Great Britain, coming mid-way between the French-inspired Baroque of the Restoration and the Queen Anne period. It embraced influences from William's own country...
Charles I
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Charles I (1600–49) King of Great Britain and Ireland (1625–49). He was the second son of JAMES I and Anne of Denmark. He was neglected by his father in favour of his favourite, BUCKINGHAM...
Jeffreys, John Gwyn
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Testaceous Pneumonobranches mollusca of Great Britain ” to the Linnean Society...following year. In 1840 Jeffreys married Anne Nevill, and in the same year he...scientific work on two of her cruises. A great number of new spices, especially...

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Anne, Britain's last circus elephant Campaign grows for her to retire to a sanctuary in the US
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 3/12/2006; ; 544 words ; ...present. But animal lovers say Anne needs to be freed now. They...small number of people." But Anne's owners, Bobby and Moira...Although her owners go to great lengths to deny that she has...her living, they admit that Anne has been hired out for TV ads...
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WERE ENJOYED BY CITY OF ANNAPOLIS RESIDENTS AS THEY TOASTED TO CITY'S NAMESAKE, QUEEN ANNE OF GREAT BRITAIN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/11/2009; 362 words ; ...they toasted to the City's namesake, Queen Anne of Great Britain. The Queen issued a royal charter for the...and named the town Annapolis after Princess Anne, soon to be the Queen of Great Britain; it was incorporated as a city in 1708. The...
Anne Begg, Britain's only wheelchair-bound MP, witnesses a historic moment.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 5/29/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...had all been waiting for ... The chance to make laws in this great democracy of ours. All I could see was the crush of bums around...been watching over the last four weeks. Europe won't let Britain lower the VAT on domestic fuel to five per cent. Oh yes, it...
Down but not out; At 15, LESLEY-ANNE DOWN was voted Britain's most beautiful teenager and went on to star in Upstairs, Downstairs. Hollywood beckoned and since then her life has been filled with dramas - on and off screen. She tells LINA DAS how she survived drug abuse and a bitter divorce.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 1/22/2005; 700+ words ; ...degree, and Lesley-Anne, who stars in the show...throaty laugh. Lesley-Anne, much like her alter...Ever since she was voted Britain's Most Beautiful Teenager...Downstairs, Lesley-Anne's life has been filled...films such as The First Great Train Robbery with Sean...
'Fuddy-duddy' Anne eased out of Britain's Olympic bid.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 6/13/2004; 700+ words ; ...has been sidelined from Britain's bid to win the 2012...to bring the Games to Britain. According to a Whitehall...to bring the Games to Britain for the first time since...would go to Princess Anne, who remains a member...Olympics and that is a great opportunity for IOC members...
Britain's Princess Anne touts economic relationship with Kentucky
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/25/2003; ; 541 words ; ...S. Ambassador to Great Britain, and his wife Sarah...s home. Princess Anne began Friday with a...princess, who represented Great Britain in the 1976 Olympic...popular, Princess Anne said. It still has a great deal to offer those...
Luke lifts world masters crown ; Anne luke made a stunning debut for Great Britain returning with a gold medal and world title from the third World Masters Athletics Championships in France.
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 4/2/2008; 616 words ; Anne luke made a stunning debut for Great Britain returning with a gold medal and world title from the third World...throughout the race, although the omens didn't look that great on the day of the race. "Two hours before the half-marathon...
Britain's Princess Anne attends memorial garden ceremony in New York
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/1/2003; 345 words ; ...who died in the war in Iraq. Princess Anne attended Tuesday's ceremony announcing...Gardens are about long-term plans and a great deal of care. More than 60 British nationals...the $2.5 million project. Princess Anne, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth...
Anne Strikes a Blow for Snail Mail and Britain -- She's a Neologism Winner
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/8/1996; ; 700+ words ; Anne S. Rowan does not own...and does not hold any great love for e-mail. So...strategy has borne fruit. Anne has been a loyal entrant...John, David and Kevin. Anne says she was "always...Emily N. Roisman, of Great Falls. Bell-igerence...
CAMILLA She's the most misunderstood woman in Britain As marriages break down, families often split and reform with new partners. But not Camilla Parker Bowles. ANNE HASTINGS reports on the most misunderstood divorcee in Britain.
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail; 4/2/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...most misunderstood woman in Britain as she struggles to cope with...engagements. Maybe he fears so great a rebuff from Britons that...Charles's love from Diana. Britain, which always overlooks the...has become just that. The Britain that plastered its cities with...