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America, Conquering India: Lord Cornwallis and the Remaking of the British Empire
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The government reduces the annual interest payable on
Consolidated Annuities (
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a French army under Louis-Joseph de
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British forces in Germany in the Seven Years' War.
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after his court martial conviction for breach of the
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Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Æneis
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Great Britain-related events during the year of 1757
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906:"The History of Interest Rates Over 670 Years"
843:. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp.
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479:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
771:. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
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464:Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
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76:Countries of the United Kingdom
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219:Siege of Fort St Philip (1756)
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97:1757 English cricket season
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769:Penguin Pocket On This Day
366:and forced out of Hanover.
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796:. McFarland. p. 59.
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240:, being translated from
238:Archbishop of Canterbury
215:Battle of Minorca (1756)
868:Sherbo, Arthur (1967).
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249:William Pitt the Elder
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