Visual Timeline: George II of Great Britain

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1680 CE 1690 CE 1700 CE 1710 CE 1720 CE 1730 CE 1740 CE 1750 CE 1760 CE  
 
 
1683 CE: Georg August, son of George I and future George II of Great Britain is born.
 
 
1727 CE - 1760 CE: Reign of George II of Great Britain.
 
 
1727 CE: Coronation in Westminster Abbey of George II of Great Britain.
 
1729 CE: A peace treaty with Spain confirms Gibraltar as a British possession.
 
 
1737 CE: Queen Caroline, wife of George II of Great Britain, dies.
 
 
1738 CE: George William Frederick, future George III of Great Britain, is born.
 
 
1740 CE - 1748 CE: The War of the Austrian Succession.
 
 
1743 CE: George II of Great Britain leads an army to victory at the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria.
 
 
1745 CE - 1746 CE: A Jacobite rebellion led by Charles Edward Stuart is quashed.
 
 
1746 CE: The Jacobite rebellion is defintievly defeated at the Battle of Culloden in Scotland.
 
 
1751 CE: Prince Frederick, eldest son and hier to George II of Great Britain, dies.
 
 
1756 CE - 1763 CE: The Seven Years' War.
 
 
1760 CE: The British control all of Canada.
 
 
1760 CE: George II of Great Britain dies of a heart attack in Kensington Palace.
 
 
1760 CE: George II dies of a heart attack, he is succeeded by his grandson George III of Great Britain.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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