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9 hours ago · The Glorious Revolution [a] is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.
- William III of Orange
William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4...
- James II and VII
James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701)...
- Invasion of England
The Jacobite rising of 1715, from a Scottish base, in...
- Seven Bishops
The Seven Bishops. The Seven Bishops were members of the...
- Invitation to William
Henry Sydney, author of the letter. The Invitation to...
- William III of Orange
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From 1708, there were 45 single member constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain. These constituencies remained unchanged until 1832. All the burghs were grouped into 4- or 5-member districts, apart from Edinburgh. Three pairs of shires were represented in alternate Parliaments. The names given in the 'Shire or Stewartry' column in the ...
9 hours ago · Irish republicanism. The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association, formed in the wake of the French Revolution, to secure representative government in Ireland. Despairing of constitutional reform, and in defiance both of British Crown forces and of Irish sectarian division, in 1798 the United Irishmen instigated a republican rebellion.
- 1804; 219 years ago
- 1791; 232 years ago
9 hours ago · Edgar (or Eadgar; c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
- 1 October 959 – 8 July 975
- Eadwig
- 943/944, England
- Edward the Martyr
9 hours ago · The Chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, [3] is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet . Responsible for all economic and financial matters ...
- £154,089 per annum (2022), (including £86,584 MP salary)
1 day ago · Baton Rouge ( / ˌbætən ˈruːʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]; Spanish: Bastón Rojo) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; [4] it is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish (county ...
9 hours ago · Tokugawa Ieyasu [a] [b] (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; [c] January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi ...
