1706 - 1707 (1 year)
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1706 | - 1706—1706: First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
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| 2 | 1707 | - 16 Jan 1707—16 Jan 1707: Union with Scotland - Scots agree to send 16 peers and 45 MPs to English
Parliament in return for full trading privileges - Scottish Parliament meets for the last time in
March
- 1 May 1707—1 May 1707: English and Scottish Parliaments united by an Act of the English Parliament -
The Kingdom of Great Britain established - largest free-trade area in Europe at the time
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English
