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Facts

Also Known As Hannover
Date 1692 - 1945

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Major Events

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War of the Spanish Succession
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Seven Years’ War
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Second Northern War
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War of the Austrian Succession
Map showing Schleswig-Holstein and surrounding regions after the Seven Weeks' War in 1866. Schleswig and Holstein are highlighted, with boundaries from 1866 marked, and neighboring areas labeled as Prussia, Denmark, and other German states. Current international boundaries and major cities such as Kiel, Lubeck, and Hamburg are indicated.
Seven Weeks’ War
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Battle of Fontenoy
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Treaty of Paris
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Prussia
historic region, Europe
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Holy Roman Empire
historical empire, Europe
Germany
Germany
country, Europe

Key People

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George III
king of Great Britain
Engraving portrait of Carl Friedrich Gauss wearing a cap and formal 19th-century clothing, with detailed shading around his face and upper body.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician
George IV
George IV
king of United Kingdom
George II
George II
king of Great Britain
George I
George I
king of Great Britain
William IV, detail from a painting by Sir Martin Archer Shee; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William IV
king of Great Britain
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Rudolf von Bennigsen
German politician
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Otto Heinrich Schindewolf
German paleontologist
Ernest Augustus
Ernest Augustus
king of Hanover
Eckermann, engraving after a drawing by Karl Eckermann, 1854
Johann Peter Eckermann
German writer
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Ernest Augustus
pretender to Hanoverian throne
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Ernest Augustus
elector of Hanover
Baron Munchausen, in a blue coat and feathered hat, rides a cannonball through the air, surprising two uniformed artillerymen standing by cannons, with a fortress in the background.
Baron Münchhausen
Hanoverian storyteller
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Agostino Steffani
Italian composer
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George V
king of Hanover
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Georg Böhm
German composer
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John Closterman
German artist