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21Visit of King George IV to Scotland — The 1822 visit of King George IV to Scotland was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland since 1650. Government ministers had pressed the King to bring forward a proposed visit to Scotland, to divert him from diplomatic intrigue at the… …
22History of the English penny (1603–1707) — The Stuarts and the Commonwealth (1603 ndash;1714) The Early Stuarts When Elizabeth died unmarried and childless in 1603, the throne passed to James VI of Scotland, a great grandson of Henry VII, who ruled in England as James I. James s silver… …
23The Bell Inn — Infobox Historic building name = The Bell Inn caption = map type = Nottinghamshire latitude = 52.95356 longitude = 1.15237 location = 18 Angel Row, Old Market Square location town = Nottingham location country = England architect = client =… …
24Forty Shilling Freeholders — were a group of (mostly) landowners who had the Parliamentary franchise to vote in county constituencies in various parts of the British Isles. In England it was the only such qualification from 1430 until 1832. It remained one of the… …
25Blackburne Shilling Gambit — moves = 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 ECO = C50 birth = Wilhelm Steinitz, The Modern Chess Instructor, Part II, 1895 nameorigin = Legend on Blackburne (see text) parentopening = Open Game AKA = Kostić Gambit chessgid = 2554918 move=4… …
26Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway — The Duke of Wellington s train and other locomotives being readied for departure from Liverpool, 15 September 1830 The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L M) took place on 15 September 1830 …
27List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes — This is a list of episodes of the British drama series, Tales of the Unexpected. Contents 1 Series one 2 Series two 3 Series three 4 Series four …
28A Vindication of the Rights of Men — A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Occasioned by His Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) is a political pamphlet, written by the eighteenth century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft …
29Richard at the Lee — (also referred to as Rychard at the Lea and Sir Richard of Verysdale) was a major character in the early medieval ballads of Robin Hood, especially the lengthy ballad A Gest of Robyn Hode , and has reappeared in Robin Hood tales throughout the… …
30Against the Day — infobox Book | name = Against the Day image caption = First edition cover author = Thomas Pynchon country = United States language = English genre = Novel publisher = Penguin Press release date = November 21, 2006 pages = 1085 pp media type =… …
