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
2
1708
1708—1708: First Jacobite rising in Scotland
1708—1708: Earliest Artillery Muster Rolls
3
1709
1709—1709: Second Eddystone lighthouse completed
1709—1709: First Copyright Act pass
1709—1709: Bad harvests throughout Europe - bread riots in Britain
2 Feb 1709—2 Feb 1709: Alexander Selkirk rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book
Robinson Crusoe (published in 1719) by Daniel Defoe