A toast to the King Dec 10 Royal Park 1811

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George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738[1] – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire until his promotion to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two Hanoverian predecessors he was born in Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover.

His life and reign, which were longer than those of any previous British monarch, were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of its American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. He played a minor role in the wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France from 1793, which concluded in the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 ... Click here to read more

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later. 

George Augustus Frederick, from 1811 until his accession, he served as Prince Regent during his father's relapse into mental illness.

George IV led an extravagant lifestyle that contributed to the fashions of the British Regency. He was a patron of new forms of leisure, style and taste. He commissioned John Nash to build the Royal Pavilion in Brighton and remodel Buckingham Palace, and Sir Jeffry Wyatville to rebuild Windsor Castle. He was instrumental in the foundation of the National Gallery, London and King's College London.

He had a poor relationship with both his father and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick, whom he even forbade to attend his coronation. He introduced the unpopular Pains and Penalties Bill in a desperate, unsuccessful, attempt to divorce his wife. For most of George's regency and reign, Lord Liverpool controlled the government as Prime Minister. George's governments ... Click here to read more

Historical Events for Year 1811

• Jan 8th - Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast
• Feb 11th - US Pres Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
• Feb 20th - Austria declares bankruptcy
• Mar 1st - Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500
• Mar 1st - French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel
• Mar 25th - Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for his publication of the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
• May 14th - Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day)
• May 16th - Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera
• May 18th - Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas.
• Jul 5th - Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain
• Jul 11th - Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases.
• Jul 30th - Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico.
• Sep 18th - English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies
• Oct 6th - French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht
• Oct 11th - The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation
• Nov 5th - El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence
• Nov 11th - Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain

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