George III

Frederick died at Leicester House in London on 31 March 1751.

A Gold State Coach was commissioned for the coronation but not completed in time.

George became king on his grandfather's death in October 1760.

The royal couple married at the Chapel Royal on the day Charlotte arrived.

George III and Charlotte were crowned on 22 September 1761 amid errors and delays.

William Boyce wrote almost all the coronation music, a unique case.

West End theatres staged elaborate recreations of the coronation in following weeks.

George II died suddenly on 25 October 1760 at the age of 76, ending his reign as King of Great Britain and Ireland.

George, Prince of Wales, succeeded his grandfather as King George III on 25 October 1760, beginning a reign that lasted until 1820.

Britain created New Brunswick in 1784 as a new province for loyalists, separating it from Nova Scotia by an Order in Council dated to June 1784.

Thomas Carleton became New Brunswick's first governor and in 1785 chose the hamlet of Sainte-Anne as the provincial capital.

George III descended into a bout of mental illness in late October 1788, incapacitating him and beginning the Regency Crisis.

The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Constitutional Act 1791 during the reign of George III, in the First Session of the Seventeenth Parliament.

The act divided the old Province of Quebec into Lower Canada and Upper Canada, each with its own parliament and government, effective 26 December 1791.

France declared war on Great Britain in 1793; George allowed Pitt to raise taxes, armies, and suspend habeas corpus in response.

Caroline was engaged in 1794 to her first cousin George, Prince of Wales, whom she had never met, deemed a Protestant of royal birth.

Lord Malmesbury arrived at Brunswick in November 1794 to escort Caroline; she left Cuxhaven aboard the Jupiter on 28 March 1795.

George and Caroline married on 8 April 1795 at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, London, after the Prince acquiesced to his father's condition.

George wrote of conquering his aversion to Caroline's person; Caroline claimed he was drunk and passed the bridal night under the grate.

Caroline bore Princess Charlotte at Carlton House on 7 January 1796; the couple were formally separated after the birth and lived apart thereafter.

The Convention of Artlenburg was signed on 5 July 1803, formalizing the surrender of the Electorate of Hanover to French forces.

Exiled Hanoverian soldiers formed the King's German Legion, a combined arms corps established in late 1803.

British forces bombarded Copenhagen from 2 to 5 September 1807 to seize the Dano-Norwegian fleet, fearing Danish alignment with France.

The celebrations in the United Kingdom started with a ball at Wokingham Town Hall on 24 October 1809.

A ball was held at Dublin Castle on 27 October 1809 to mark the Jubilee, hosted by Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond.

George III suffered a final relapse in late 1810, becoming dangerously ill and permanently insane by the end of the year.

The Regency Act 1811 established the Prince of Wales as Prince Regent, who assumed royal functions on 5 February 1811.

The Lords Commissioners granted Royal Assent to the Regency Act 1811, formalizing the Prince of Wales's role as regent.

George, Prince of Wales, officially became Prince Regent on 5 February 1811 due to his father's mental illness.

The Regent hosted a grand reception at Carlton House in June 1811 to celebrate his regency.

George III died of pneumonia at Windsor Castle on 29 January 1820, aged 81, ending his reign.

The Prince Regent ascended the throne as George IV upon his father's death, with no change in powers.

Victoria requested that celebrations for the longevity record be delayed until 1897 to coincide with her Diamond Jubilee.

Queen Victoria surpassed her grandfather George III as the longest-reigning British monarch on 23 September 1896.