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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Scottish Militia Bill (redirect from Scottish Militia Bill 1708)
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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George III (redirect from George III of Great Britain)
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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Swedish invasion of Russia (redirect from Swedish invasion of Russia (1708-1709))
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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