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What's hot these days?

Monarchs Anne I George I George II George III
Prime Ministers Robert Walpole Henry Pelham Frederick North (Lord North) William Pitt the Younger
Wars War of Jenkins' Ear War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American War of Independence
Jacobite Rebellion James II James Francis Edward Stuart Charles Edward Stuart Jacobite Risings
Literature & Music Scriblerus Club Daniel Defoe John Gay George Frideric Handel


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