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Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven

• Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven ( 1660– 1723)
• Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven ( 1686– 1742)
• Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven ( 1714Events August 1 George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. September 11 Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Borbonic armies in the War of the Spanish Succession. The Duchy of Savoy and Piedmont becomes the Kingdom of Sardini– 1778Events "The term Thoroughbred was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick. January 18 Third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Dis)
• Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven ( 1756Events March 17 St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). May 15 Seven Years' War: The war begins when England declares war on France. August 29 Frederick the Great attacks Saxony October 1 Seve– 1779Events The Iron Bridge is completed across the Severn river in Shropshire; the first all cast-iron bridge ever constructed. Boulton and Watt's Smethwick Engine, now the oldest working engine in the world, is brought into service. The city of Tampere is fo)
• Brownlow Bertie, 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven ( 1729Events July 30 Baltimore, Maryland is founded. First printing press was established in Ottoman Empire (app. 300 years after it was first used in western civilization) by Ibrahim Muteferrika. Births January 12 Edmund Burke, statesman, philosopher January 2– 1809)