1704—1704: Penal Code enacted - Catholics barred from voting, education and the military
13 Aug 1704—13 Aug 1704: Battle of Blenheim
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1705
1705—1705: First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newcomen (some say c1710
or 1711)
1705—1705: Isaac Newton knighted (for his work at the Royal Mint)
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1706
1706—1706: First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
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1707
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