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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.)
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.
King of Georgia r.1405/1407-1412: David: Tamar: Olympias: Alexander I King of Georgia b.1386–d.1445/46 r.1412–1442: Bagrat: Prince George Co-king of Georgia r.1408-1412: Vakhtang IV King of Georgia b.≈1413–1446 r.1442-1446: Bagrationi b.≈1411/1412 – d.bef.1438 Empress consort of Trebizond r.1429–c.1438: Prince Demetrius b. c.1413 ...
Timur the Lame invades Georgia destroys most of the towns in Western Georgia. 60,000 survivors were taken back to the Timurid Empire as slaves. 1463: Self-declared King of Imereti Bagrat VI defeats George VIII forces in the Battle of Chikhori and ensures his power. 1483
In 975, supported by the Duke of Kartli Ivane Marushisdze and David, Bagrat claimed the throne of Kartli, [12]: 108 becoming King of the Kartlians. During this time, the Kingdom of Abkhazia in what is today northwestern Georgia was under the rule of Theodosius the Blind, who did away with Abkhazian traditions. In 978, the Abkhazian aristocracy ...
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King David the Builder, one of Georgia's greatest kings. The struggle against the Seljuq invaders in Georgia was led by the young King David IV of the Bagrationi royal family, who inherited the throne in 1089 at the age of 16 after the abdication of his father George II Bagrationi. Soon after coming to power, David created the regular army and ...