Early modern Britain
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Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Major historical events in early modern British history include numerous
James I of England by Daniël Mijtens (1621).
The Arrival of William III by Sir James Thornhill. William III landed in England on 5 November (Guy Fawkes Night) 1688.
Collecting the dead for burial during the Great Plague.
Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, by Francis Hayman (c. 1762).
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with t
The monarch's cypher on a ministerial folder
The English Bill of Rights of 1689 curtailed the sovereign's governmental power.
King Charles III with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, 2025