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The Georgian era was a period in British history from 1714 to 1830, named after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George IV. The definition of the Georgian era is also often ext
Painting of King George III and his family by Thomas Stothard (1787)
18th-century London (Soho Square)
East Indiaman in the China Seas
The subscription room at Lloyd's of London in the early 19th century
The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms
A published version of the Treaty of Union agreement, which led to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707
George I in 1714, by Godfrey Kneller
18th-century London by William Hogarth
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough accepts the French surrender at Blenheim, 1704.