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| 1701 |
| | | The Act of Settlement declares that no Catholic may inherit the English crown | |
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| 1702 |
| | | On the death of her brother-in-law, William III, Anne becomes queen of England and Scotland | |
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| 1707 |
| | | The Act of Union merges England and Scotland as 'one kingdom by the name of Great Britain', a century after the union of the crowns | |
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| 1714 |
| | | On the death of Queen Anne, the Act of Settlement delivers the British crown to the elector of Hanover, as George I | |
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| 1715 |
| | | A Jacobite uprising in Scotland on behalf of the Old Pretender ends in fiasco | |
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| 1727 |
| | | On the death of his father, George I, George II becomes king of Great Britain | |
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| 1745 |
| | | Charles Edward Stuart lands at Eriskay in the Hebrides, launching the Forty-Five Rebellion | |
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| 1745 |
| | | Charles Edward Stuart gathers support for the Forty-Five Rebellion on his way south from the Hebrides and reaches Edinburgh | |
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| 1745 |
| | | Charles Edward Stuart marches as far south as Derby, but then turns back | |
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| 1746 |
| | | Charles Edward Stuart and his 5000 Scots are routed at Culloden, bringing the Forty-Five Rebellion to an abrupt end | |
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