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British Hstory

By BritishHistory

  • 1707

    1707
    The Act of Union was passed. The Scottish parliament was dissolved and some of its members joined the English and Welsh parliament in London

  • 1708

    1708
    The last ocassion on which a British monarch refuses to accept a bill passed by Parliament

  • 1715

    1715
    The Whigs took full control of the government in 1715

  • 1783

    1783
    a new Tory party would rise to establish a hold on government between 1783

  • 1800

    1800
    Separate Irish parliament is closed and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is formed.

  • 1868

    1868
    The TUC (Trades Union Congress) is formed.
    TUC is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales, representing the majority of trade unions.

  • 1918

    1918
    Right to vote for women

  • 1990

    1990
    The first Gulf war began against dictator Saddam Hussein

  • 2003

    2003
    Second (Persian) Gulf War may also refer to: 2003 invasion of Iraq (March 2003 to May 2003), the initial invasion at the start of the Iraq

  • 2007

    2007
    British troops leave Nothern Ireland