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This famous landscape garden designer gained his odd nickname from his habit of telling clients that their estates had 'great capability of improvement'
His real first name was Lancelot
His father in law was garden designer and architect William Kent
27 April, 1749
Handel's 'Music for the Royal Fireworks' 1st performance
The performance at Green Park, London, was a peace celebration following the ending of the war of the Austrian Succession
He was killed by his stepmother to put his half-brother on the throne
His stepmother was Ęthelflęd
His half-brother was Aethelred the Unready