{"slug": "parliament-of-great-britain", "label": "Parliament of Great Britain", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2739604", "qid": "Q2739604", "description": "United English and Scottish parliament 1707–1800", "entries": 14, "years": 14, "span": [1707, 1800], "span_label": ["1707 CE", "1800 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "old-style", "label": "Old Style", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-great-britain", "label": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament-of-england", "label": "Parliament of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament-of-scotland", "label": "Parliament of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caribbean", "label": "Caribbean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-great-britain", "label": "Prime Minister of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "william-pitt-the-younger", "label": "William Pitt the Younger", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 (May 1 Old Style) – The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being, as a result of the Acts of Union, which combine the Kingdoms of Scotland and England into a single united Kingdom of Great Britain, and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland, to form the Parliament of Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346936133#April–June", "title": "1707", "revid": 1346936133, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1708, "year_label": "1708 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "The Company of Merchants of London Trading (with consent of the Parliament of Great Britain) merges with the East Indies, and the more recently established English Company Trading to the East Indies, to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, known as the Honourable East India Company.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360122845#Date_unknown", "title": "1708", "revid": 1360122845, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1711, "year_label": "1711 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – In the Parliament of Great Britain the Earl of Nottingham successfully proposes a \"No Peace Without Spain\" amendment.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364260988#October–December", "title": "1711", "revid": 1364260988, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1714, "year_label": "1714 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – Longitude prize: The Parliament of Great Britain votes \"to offer a reward for such person or persons as shall discover the Longitude\" (£10,000 for any method capable of determining a ship's longitude within 1 degree; £15,000, within 40 minutes, and £20,000 within ½ a degree).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366497107#July–September", "title": "1714", "revid": 1366497107, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 28", "text": "March 28 – Mariner Robert Jenkins presents a pickled ear, which he claims was cut off by a Spanish captain in the Caribbean in 1731, to the Parliament of Great Britain, which votes, 257 to 209, for war against Spain, leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear the following year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363165384#January–March", "title": "1738", "revid": 1363165384, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1740, "year_label": "1740 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – Plantation Act 1740 or Naturalization Act 1740 of the Parliament of Great Britain comes into effect providing for Protestant alien immigrants (including Huguenots, and also Jews) residing in the American colonies for 7 years to receive British nationality.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733434#April–June", "title": "1740", "revid": 1362733434, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1751, "year_label": "1751 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 (May 13 Old Style) – Adoption of the Gregorian calendar: Royal assent is given to An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for Correcting the Calendar now in Use (the \"Calendar Act\") passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, introducing the Gregorian Calendar, correcting the eleven-day difference between Old Style and New Style dates and making 1 January legally New Year's Day from 1752 in the British Empire. It is largely promoted by George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351037611#April–June", "title": "1751", "revid": 1351037611, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1753, "year_label": "1753 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act \"for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage\" in England and Wales. King George II adjourns Parliament the next day; the act comes into effect on March 25, 1754.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362641691#April–June", "title": "1753", "revid": 1362641691, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1773, "year_label": "1773 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act (coming into force on May 10), designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365114710#April–June", "title": "1773", "revid": 1365114710, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1775, "year_label": "1775 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – American Revolution: The Parliament of Great Britain declares the Province of Massachusetts Bay to be in rebellion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365589248#January–June", "title": "1775", "revid": 1365589248, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1780, "year_label": "1780 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – An Anti-Catholic mob led by Lord George Gordon marches on the Parliament of Great Britain, leading to the outbreak of the Gordon Riots in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370564554#April–June", "title": "1780", "revid": 1370564554, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1781, "year_label": "1781 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January", "text": "January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562964#January–March", "title": "1781", "revid": 1370562964, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1784, "year_label": "1784 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – Parliament of Great Britain passes Pitt's India Act (An Act for the better Regulation and Management of the Affairs of the East India Company and of the British Possessions in India). It requires the governor-general to be chosen from outside the Company and makes company directors subject to parliamentary supervision.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370567291#July–September", "title": "1784", "revid": 1370567291, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1800, "year_label": "1800 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – The Union with Ireland Act 1800 is passed by the Parliament of Great Britain; the Irish Parliament passes similar legislation in the following month, uniting the two kingdoms and abolishing the Parliament of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370325498#July–September", "title": "1800", "revid": 1370325498, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}