British History by Letter - G

Can you guess the answers relating to British History that start with the letter G

Some answers may regard the histories of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland before the formation of the United Kingdom and Irish Independence

An attempt has been made to order questions chronologically where possible

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Island separated from mainland Europe 8,000 years ago	Great Britain
Widely considered to be the first and last King of Wales	Gruffydd ap Llywelyn
Noblewoman who according to legend rode naked through the streets of Coventry	Lady Godiva
Ship on which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe	Golden Hind
London theatre associated with William Shakespeare, destroyed by a fire during a performance of Henry VIII	Globe Theatre
De facto Queen of England for a mere nine days	Lady Jane Grey
Failed assassination attempt against King James I, led by Robert Catesby who sought to blow up the Houses of Parliament	Gunpowder Plot
Brutal massacre in the Scottish Highlands that saw the associates of Clan MacDonald killed by government forces for their alleged support of the Jacobite's	Glencoe Massacre
Largely 'bloodless' revolution that deposed James II and saw his daughter, Mary II rule jointly with her husband, William of Orange	Glorious Revolution
Protestant and German born monarch who inherited the throne as countless others holding stronger claims were Catholics	George I
Territory ceded to Great Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht following the War of Spanish Succession	Gibraltar
Time standard adopted at the International Meridian Conference placing the dividing line between east and west at the Royal Observatory, London	Greenwich Mean Time
Frequently referred to as the 'second city of the empire' during much of the 20th century	Glasgow
Only British Prime Minister to have served four terms	William Gladstone
Turkish peninsular that saw significant losses by the Entente powers during WWI, felt heavily by Australian and New Zealand forces	Gallipoli
Indian nationalist who successfully led the campaign for India's independence	Mahatma Gandhi
Country that became the first in Africa to gain independence from Britain	Ghana
Agreement signed in 1998 that was a major development in the Northern Ireland peace process	Good Friday Agreement

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Level 78

Dec 25, 2021

allow just grey? on a quiz where the answers all begin with G you should be able to get them all beginning with G. the rest are good though, i like the mix of easy and more obscure knowledge; i learned

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