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== Civil war and revolution == | == Civil war and revolution == | ||
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* {{thisday|29|May|1660}}: Charles II is restored to the throne. | * {{thisday|29|May|1660}}: Charles II is restored to the throne. | ||
* {{thisday|6|February|1685}}: Charles II dies and [[James II]] accedes to the throne. | * {{thisday|6|February|1685}}: Charles II dies and [[James II]] accedes to the throne. | ||
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== Industrial revolution == | == Industrial revolution == | ||
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[[Queen Victoria]] reigned from {{thisday|20|June|1837}} till {{thisday|22|January|1901}}. | [[Queen Victoria]] reigned from {{thisday|20|June|1837}} till {{thisday|22|January|1901}}. | ||
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<center><wz tip="Painting by Charles Dixon in Chepstow's church depicting a British breakthrough in the Galipoli campaign, for which a local Seaman was awarded the Victoria Cross for anchoring the boats under Turkish fire.">[[File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-3.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | <center><wz tip="Painting by Charles Dixon in Chepstow's church depicting a British breakthrough in the Galipoli campaign, for which a local Seaman was awarded the Victoria Cross for anchoring the boats under Turkish fire.">[[File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-3.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | ||
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<center><wz tip="Julia playing, in January 2020, on the airway from which the Normandy invasion was started on 5 June 1944.">[[File:NorthWitham-26Jan20-5.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | <center><wz tip="Julia playing, in January 2020, on the airway from which the Normandy invasion was started on 5 June 1944.">[[File:NorthWitham-26Jan20-5.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | ||
== Contemporary Britain == | == Contemporary Britain == | ||
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There were three dominant Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria.
Some of the finest Anglo-Saxon art can be admired in the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph in (previously) Mercia's Breedon on the Hill.
Queen Victoria reigned from 20 June (1837) till 22 January (1901).