1715—1715: Second Jacobite rebellion in Scotland, under the Old Pretender ('The Fifteen')
1 Aug 1715—1 Aug 1715: Riot Act passed
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1716
1716—1716: The Septennial Act of Britain leads to greater electoral corruption - general elections
now to be held once every 7 years instead of every 3 (until 1911)
1716—1716: Climate: Thames frozen so solid that a spring tide lifted the ice bodily 13ft without
interrupting the frost fair
English
Abt 1715 - 1716 (1 year) 