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House of Hanover, British royal house of German origin, descended from George Louis, elector of Hanover, who succeeded to the British crown, as George I, in 1714. The dynasty provided six monarchs: George I (reigned 1714–27), George II (reigned 1727–60), George III (reigned 1760–1820), George IV (reigned 1820–30), William IV (reigned 1830–37), and Victoria (reigned 1837–1901). It was succeeded by the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was renamed in 1917 the house of Windsor. After the English Revolution of 1688–89, the Act of Settlement of 1701 secured the English crown to Protestants. It made Anne (of the house of Stuart) the heir presumptive; and, if she lacked issue, the crown was to go to Sophia, electress of Hanover (granddaughter of James I), and her descendants, passing over many Roman Catholics in the normal line of succession. The electress predeceased Anne by two months, and the crown went to Sophia’s son, George I. The first two Georges were considered foreigners, especiall...

In the Christian calendar years are shown as either AD or BC and this starts from the time of the birth of Jesus. AD stands for ‘Anno Domini’ which means ’the year of our lord’ (it does NOT mean ‘After Death’). Therefore the year 2004 is two thousand and four years after the birth of Jesus. BC stands for ‘Before Christ’ for example the Roman Empire was set up in 753BC which means seven hundred and fifty three years before Jesus was born.