William III dies and is succeeded by Anne, his sister-in-law, the second daughter of James II and Anne Hyde.
Anne, the last Stuart monarch, was queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714. She was shy, conscientious, stout, gouty, shortsighted and very small.
Portrait of Queen Anne was painted Michael Dahl in 1705. Michael Dahl was a Swedish portrait painter who lived and worked in England. His famous works include: Portraits of Sir John Pole, Queen Anne of Great Britain and her husband Prince George of Denmark.
Portrait of Queen Anne by Michael Dahl, 1705
Genghis Khan: Architect of the Mongol Empire and Global Change
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Genghis Khan, born Temujin in 1162 on the Mongolian steppes, remains one of
history's most transformative figures. As the founder of the Mongol Empire,
the...