This most popular of all British national airs was first heard in London in 1745 and achieved instant popularity. So well known was it that the composer Handel even quoted it in his Occasional Oratorio in the following year when it was sung to the words, "War shall cease, welcome peace!" Predictably "Rule, Britannia!" was seized upon by the Jacobites and James Thomson's words were altered. At the time it appeared, the song was not a celebration of the existing state of naval affairs as Britain did not "rule the waves" — rather, it a ...

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1740 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1740 - Events. May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austri ...

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The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the "senior service" of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. From approximately 1692 until World War II, the Royal Navy was the largest and most powerful navy in the world. The navy helped establish the United Kingdom as the dominant military and economic power of the 18th century and the 19th century, and was essential for maintaining the British Empire. Although the Royal Navy is now much smaller, it remains the largest Western European navy, the second largest n ...

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Alfred (849? – 26 October 899) or Ælfred was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is famous for his defence of the kingdom against the Danes (Vikings), becoming as a result the only English monarch to be awarded the epithet "the Great" by his people. Alfred was the first King of Wessex to style himself "King of England". Details of his life are known as a result of a work by the Welsh scholar, Asser. A learned man, Alfred encouraged education and improved the kingdom's law system (Doom b ...

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This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom category contains a more comprehensive selection of UK articles. List of topics related to the United Kingdom - Geography and the environment. British Isles Great Britain Ireland United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland (not part of the United Kingdom) Isle of Man (Crown Dependency)

England is a nation and the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom accounting for more than 83% of the total UK population. It occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and shares land borders with fellow home nations Scotland, to the north, and Wales, to the west. Elsewhere, it is bordered by the sea. England is named after the Angles, one of a number of Germanic tribes believed to have originated in Angeln in Northern Germany, who settled in England in the 5th and 6th ...

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Cliveden (pronounced CLIVV-d'n) is a mansion in Buckinghamshire, England overlooking the River Thames. It has an intriguing history. The present house, which is now a hotel owned by the National Trust, was built in 1851 by the architect Charles Barry. However this house is near the site of a much older construction, which was built in 1666 as the home of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. His architect was William Winde. The house was let to Frederick, Prince of Wales from 1739 to 1751. It was during this tenure, in the r ...

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Britannia was originally the Latin name that the Roman Empire gave to the southern part of the island of Great Britain, and has become a national personification of the United Kingdom. Britannia - Roman period. At the height of Roman Britain, the Empire included all of Britannia (first invaded by Julius Caesar in 55 BC), which was bordered by Hadrian's Wall, close to today's border between England and Scotland. To the Romans northern Britain was known as Caledonia. A southern part of what is now known as Sc ...

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List of topics related to the United Kingdom - Geography of the United Kingdom. Main article: Geography of the United Kingdom (see also: Geography of Ireland) British Coastal Areas (see also Shipping Forecast) Cities of the United Kingdom Economic geography of the United Kingdom County name etymologies Extreme points of the United Kingdom Conurbations in the United Kingdom National Parks, England and Wales Sites of Special Scientif ...

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Music in professional wrestling - A. A-1  "In Da Club" (50 Cent) Abdullah the Butcher  "One of These Days" (Pink Floyd) The Alliance  "Bodies" (Drowning Pool) Amazing Red  "In The End (Instrumental)" (Linkin Park) C.W. Anderson  "Run But You Can't Hide" (Witches Brew), "Deepest Bluest (Instrumental)" (LL Cool J) Austin Aries  "Born of a Broken Man" (Rage Against the Machine), "Per ...

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The work consists of the theme (actually two contrasting melodic fragments), followed by 14 variations. The variations spring from the theme's melodic, harmonic and (especially) rhythmic elements, and the 14th extended variation forms a grand finale. Elgar dedicated the piece to "my friends pictured within" and in the score each variation is prefaced with either a nickname or initials, a clue to the identity of the friend depicted. The sections of the piece are as follows. Caroline Alice Elgar, Edward's wife. Hew David Stuart-Powell, a pianist frien ...

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Enigma Variations, Enigma Variations - History, Enigma Variations - The variations, Enigma Variations - The enigma, Enigma Variations - Influence on popular culture

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During the short reigns of his two eldest brothers, Ethelbald and Ethelbert, nothing is heard of Alfred. But with the accession of the third brother, Ethelred, in 866 the public life of Alfred began, and he began his great work of delivering England from the Danes. It is in this reign that Asser applies to Alfred the unique title of secundarius, which seems to show a position akin to that of the Celtic tanist, a recognized successor, closely associated with the reigning prince. It is likely that this arrangement was sanctioned ...

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Alfred the Great, Alfred the Great - Childhood, Alfred the Great - Public life, Alfred the Great - Accession, Alfred the Great - Reorganization, Alfred the Great - Foreign relations, Alfred the Great - Christianity literature and music, Alfred the Great - Death, Alfred the Great - Appearances in Fiction

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List of patriotic songs - Åland. Ålänningens sång (The Ålander's Song) – Official anthem List of patriotic songs - Algeria. Min Jibalina Jaza'iranaa List of patriotic songs - Australia. Waltzing Matilda I Am Australian – The Seekers I Still Call Australia Home – Peter Allen True Blue – ...

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Britannia remained the Latin name for Great Britain, but after the fall of the Roman Empire it had lost most symbolic meaning until the rise of British influence and later, the British Empire, which at the height of its power ruled a quarter of the world's people and a third of the world's landmass. As British power and influence rose in the 1700s, and after the unification of the Kingdoms of England (which included Wales) and Scotland in 1603 upon the death of Queen Elizabeth I and succession of her Scottish cousin, James VI of Scotland (or James I of England), Britannia became a more and more important symb ...

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Britannia, Britannia - Roman period, Britannia - British revival, Britannia - Namesakes

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During the short reigns of his two eldest brothers, Ethelbald and Ethelbert, nothing is heard of Alfred. But with the accession of the third brother, Ethelred, in 866 the public life of Alfred began, and he began his great work of delivering England from the Danes. It is in this reign that Asser applies to Alfred the unique title of secundarius, which seems to show a position akin to that of the Celtic tanist, a recognized successor, closely associated with the reigning prince. It is likely that this arrangement was sanctioned ...

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Alfred the Great, Alfred the Great - Childhood, Alfred the Great - Public life, Alfred the Great - Accession, Alfred the Great - Reorganization, Alfred the Great - Foreign relations, Alfred the Great - Christianity and His Writings, Alfred the Great - Death, Alfred the Great - Appearance in Culture

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List of works by Beethoven - Symphonies. Opus 21: Symphony No. 1 in C major (1800) Opus 36: Symphony No. 2 in D major (1803) Opus 55: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major "Eroica" (1805) Opus 60: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major (1807) Opus 67: Symphony No. 5 in C minor (1808) Opus 68: Symphony No. 6 in F major "Pastoral" (1808) Opus 92: Symphony No. 7 in A major (1813) Opus 93: Symphony No. 8 in F major (1814) Opus 125: Symphony No. 9 in D min ...

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A church had been at Jedburgh since the 9th century, founded by Bishop Ecgred of Lindisfarne, and David I made it a priory between 1118 and 1138, housing Augustinian monks from Beauvais in France. The abbey itself was founded in 1147. Border wars with England in the 16th century left the abbey a magnificent ruin, still worth a visit today. The deeply religious Scottish king Malcolm IV died at Jedburgh in 1165, aged 24. His death was thought to ...

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Jedburgh, Jedburgh - History, Jedburgh - The town today, Jedburgh - Surrounding area

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The Royal Navy has historically played a central role in the defence and warfare of Britain. Because Britain is surrounded by seas, any enemy power (at least, before aircraft) would have had to cross by sea in order to attack. Attainment of naval superiority by any hostile power would have placed the nation in great peril. Moreover, a strong navy was vital in maintaining the security of supply and communication links w ...

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Main article: History of England England has been inhabited for at least 50,000 years, although the repeated Ice Ages made much of Britain uninhabitable for extended periods until as recently as 20,000 years ago. Stone Age hunter-gatherers eventually gave way to farmers and permanent settlements, with an advanced megalithic civilization arising in western England some 4,000 years ago. It was replaced around 1,500 years later by Celtic tribes migrating from Western and continental Europe, mainly from France. These tribes were kn ...

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The ground floor has two side rooms, each measuring 56 × 27.5 ft (17 × 8.5 m). The tower forms a carriage porch 2.4 m² (26 ft²), and a spiral staircase vestibule of 2.6 m² (28 ft²). The Tower, over the carriage porch, has a square form up to the gallery at the top of the first level which is at a height of 68 feet (20.7 m) from the ground. The form changes from a square to an octagon and the height from this gallery to the top of the tower is 118 feet (36 m) and the third stage to the top of the finial is 94 feet (28.7 m), thus ...

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Rajabai Tower, Rajabai Tower - Layout, Rajabai Tower - Chimes

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