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3 giorni fa · The Glorious Revolution is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.
1 giorno fa · Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) [c] was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.
3 giorni fa · Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James II, 1685 Covers the months of February to December 1685, the first of three volumes for the reign of James II. Crown Copyright: reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence.
2 giorni fa · Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.
3 giorni fa · The Magna Carta (“Great Charter”) is a document guaranteeing English political liberties that was drafted at Runnymede, a meadow by the River Thames, and signed by King John on June 15, 1215, under pressure from his rebellious barons.
- Doris Mary Stenton
- Among the Magna Carta’s provisions were clauses providing for a free church, reforming law and justice, and controlling the behavior of royal offic...
- King John’s successor, Henry III, reissued the Magna Carta on November 12, 1216, in the hope of recalling the allegiance of rebellious barons who w...
- The enduring influence of the Magna Carta comes not from its detailed expression of the feudal relationship between lord and subject but from its m...
- There are four extant original copies of the Magna Carta of 1215. Two of them are held by the cathedral churches in which they were originally depo...
3 giorni fa · James Madison, fourth President of the United States, portrait by John Vanderlyn, 1816. White House Historical Association (White House Collection), Washington...
4 giorni fa · Early in April, in pursuit of a Romanizing policy which had already alarmed the University, James II sent a mandate nominating Anthony Farmer, a disreputable and in no way qualified Cambridge person, as the next President.
