• Events from the year 1708 in Great Britain. Monarch – Anne 13 February – Robert Harley is dismissed from his position as Secretary of State for the Northern...
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    of parliaments of Great Britain 2nd Parliament of Great Britain List of MPs elected in the British general election, 1708 British Electoral Facts 1832–1999...
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    Planned French Invasion of Britain, took place in March 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Hoping to divert British resources from Flanders,...
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  • to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1708, the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, and their replacements returned at subsequent...
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    the Kingdom of Great Britain was established in 1707 after the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. It was in fact the 4th and...
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    "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707. On 1 January 1801, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the...
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    The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and...
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  • This article is about the particular significance of the year 1708 to Wales and its people. Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey...
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    The flag of Great Britain, often referred to as the King's Colour, first Union Flag, Union Jack, and British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally...
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  • Episcopalian minister, architect and landscape designer (born 1651) 1708 in Great Britain Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London:...
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    This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1708. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament...
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    Queen of Great Britain on 26 April 1708. The members of the House of Commons of Great Britain were elected between 30 April 1708 and 7 July 1708 and summoned...
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    was that of 1708, and the last that of 1796. In 1801, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland replaced the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom...
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    Spain by British and Dutch forces acting on behalf of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor the Austrian claimant to the Spanish throne in September 1708 during...
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    Commons and House of Lords of the Parliament of Great Britain in early 1708. However, on 11 March 1708, Queen Anne withheld royal assent on the advice of...
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    Consorts of British monarchs have no constitutional status or power but many have had significant influence, and support the sovereign in his/her duties...
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    The Treason Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which harmonised the law of high treason between the former kingdoms of...
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    Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807: From the Union in 1708, to the Third Parliament Of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland in 1807,...
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    1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818. The Acts of...
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    of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and...
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    in Europe in 1708–1709, and was the coldest European winter during the past 500 years. William Derham recorded in Upminster, Great Britain, near London...
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    Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Electorate of Hanover...
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    constituencies were districts of burghs. 1708 boundaries were used for all subsequent election of the Parliament of Great Britain. In 1801 the Parliament of Ireland...
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    The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament...
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    Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1709 List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1710...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1708. 1708 (MDCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday...
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    1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into...
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    August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector...
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  • Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great Britain, serving from 1 May 1707 to 26 May 1708, were not elected like their colleagues from England...
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    Charles's crossing of the Vistula on 1 January 1708, and effectively ended with the Swedish defeat in the Battle of Poltava on 8 July 1709, though Charles...
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