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June 24 – The Act of Settlement 1701 is passed by the Parliament of England, to exclude the Catholic Stuarts from the British monarchy. Under its terms, King William III, childless, will be succeeded by Queen Mary II 's sister Princess Anne and her descendants.
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The Act of Settlement is an Act of the Parliament of England...
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16 September ( N.S.) – Following the death of the deposed...
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Act of Settlement, (June 12, 1701), act of Parliament that, since 1701, has regulated the succession to the throne of Great Britain. Toward the end of 1700 William III was ill and childless; his sister-in-law, the prospective queen, Anne , had just lost her only surviving child; and abroad the supporters of the exiled king, James II , were ...
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1701 was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the 18th century . Births. September 7 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (d. 1788) Category: 1701.
Dec 1, 2020 · 1701. Fort Pontchartrain is built by the French at Detroit. October 9: Yale College is founded. It will not become a university until 1887, one of nine universities established in Colonial America. October 28: William Penn gives Pennsylvania its first constitution, called the Charter of Privileges . 1702.
1701 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1701st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 701st year of the 2nd millennium, the 1st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1700s decade.
