Welcome to the History Tricks, where Annie resambles to a boring old history lesson

is purely coincidental.

Every now and again, we pose a question to you, our listeners.

We post a guaranteed content poll on the Facebook page and on the website.

And you get to vote who you would like for us to cover.

And now, this is the result.

She's not just powerful.

She's not just smart.

She's not just charming.

She's great.

She's Catherine the Great.

I needed some trumpets behind it or something.

I'm not people to put some trumpets in post.

Stavg and ice.

And now on with the show.

Let's talk about Catherine the Great.

But first, let's drop her into history.

In 1762, the first St. Patrick's Day parade held anywhere was in New York City.

Marie Antoinette was only seven and happily running around Vienna.

And Franklin, Sister-in-law of Benjamin, becomes the first female editor and publisher

of a US newspaper, the Newport Rhode Island Mercury.

Future King George IV, father of former podcast subject, Princess Charlotte was born,

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