1701
Grand Alliance
George Louis of Hanover supports the alliance opposing French and Bourbon ambitions.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Hanover in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
George Louis of Hanover supports the alliance opposing French and Bourbon ambitions.
George Louis supports the coalition opposing a Bourbon union of France and Spain.
Sophia becomes the designated Protestant successor after Anne under the Act of Settlement.
George Louis becomes the principal future beneficiary of his mother's designated succession.
Hanover is saved from the French by the Allies at the Battle of Minden
Ends the personal union between the British and Hanoverian crowns.
Succeeds William IV as king under Hanovers male-line succession law.
George V orders the Hanoverian army to concentrate and seek contact with Austria's allies.
Prussian forces enter Hesse-Kassel and isolate the elector's army.
Falckenstein's forces occupy Hanover after the royal army withdraws southward.
Prussian annexation legislation incorporates the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel.
The annexation law incorporates Hesse-Kassel into the Prussian state.
George V loses his throne when Prussia formally annexes the Kingdom of Hanover.
Appointed inspector-general of the 3rd Army at Hanover
Appointed inspector-general of the 3rd Army at Hanover
Death of Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee
Hosts the European Council as leaders discuss monetary integration and the next stage of the internal market.
Supports the decision to establish the Delors Committee to study concrete steps toward economic and monetary union.
Provenance
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