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After the death of his cousin, King Solomon I, he became a regent but prevented the rival princes David (the future king Solomon II) and George from being crowned. With the support of Katsia II Dadiani, prince of Mingrelia, he seized the throne and proclaimed himself king on May 4, 1784. Solomon II (სოლომონ II) 1772 Kutaisi
In 1946, Georgia became the first state to allow 18-year-olds to vote, and remained the only one to do so before passage of the 26th Amendment in 1971. (Three other states set the voting age at 19 or 20.)
The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America, or simply the Georgia Trustees, was a body organized by James Edward Oglethorpe and associates following parliamentary investigations into prison conditions in Britain. After being granted a royal charter in 1732, Oglethorpe led the first group of colonists to the new ...
Historian John McCain counted 215 meetings of the Common Council and 512 meetings of the corporation. Twelve Trustees attended the first meeting on July 20, 1732, at the Georgia office in the Old Palace Yard, conveniently close to Westminster. Committees were named to solicit contributions and interview applicants to the new colony.
This is of the governors of the Province of Georgia from 1732 until 1782, ... Admiral John Reynolds: Governor: 29 October 1754: 3 August 1756 (de facto)
Gwinnett did not become a strong advocate of colonial rights until 1775, when St. John's Parish, which encompassed his lands, threatened to secede from Georgia because of the colony's conservative response to the events of the times. During his tenure in the Assembly, Gwinnett's chief rival was Lachlan McIntosh, and Lyman Hall was his closest ally.
John Milledge (1757 – February 9, 1818) was an American politician. ... 1801, until he resigned in May 1802 to become Governor of Georgia. ...
This category concerns the monarchs of the medieval Kingdom of Georgia (1008–1490). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kings of all Georgia . Pages in category "Kings of Georgia"