'Red Lion' was for may years accepted as the most popular pubname in Great Britain. What pub name has now succeeded this?
Great Britain in the Seven Years' War war aims. In 1759 Britain enjoyed an Annus Mirabilis, "year of miracles", with success over the French on the continent (Germany), in North America (capturing the capital of New France), and in India. In 1761 Britain also came into conflict with Spain. The following year British forces captured Havana and Manila, the western and eastern capitals of the Spanish Empire, and repulsed a Spanish invasion of Portugal. By this time the Pitt-Newcastle ministry had collapsed, Britain was short of credit and the generous peace terms offered by France and its allies were accepted. Through the crown, Britain was allied to
Red Lion Pub bombing Red Lion Pub bombing The Red Lion Pub bombing was a bomb attack that happened on 2 November 1971, when a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade exploded in the Red Lion pub in Belfast which killed three people and injured about 30 others. Since the introduction of internment without trial of people began in August 1971 the violent conflict in Ireland known as The Troubles intensified to heights not seen in Ireland since the Irish Civil War. Along with IRA attacks against the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary a pattern of tit-for-tit attacks between Republicans