1715 in Great Britain information

Events from the year 1715 in Great Britain. Monarch – George I February to March – General election results in victory for the Whigs. 27 March – Henry...

The 1715 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the 1707 merger...

The Jacobite rising of 1715 (Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna Sheumais [ˈpliən̪ˠə ˈheːmɪʃ]; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old...

involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its predecessor states (the Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of England, Kingdom...

Septennial Act 1715 (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 38), sometimes called the Septennial Act 1716, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It was passed in May 1716...

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and...

The flag of Great Britain, commonly known as King's Colours, the first Union Flag, the Union Jack, or the British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and...

Events from the year 1715 in Scotland. Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Montrose, until August; then The Duke of Roxburghe Lord Advocate –...

in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in England and Scotland. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland...

The 5th Parliament of Great Britain was summoned by George I of Great Britain on 17 January 1715 and assembled on the 17 March 1715. When it was dissolved...

of 1715, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. For dates within Great Britain and...

August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector...

uprising in Cornwall of 1715 was an unsuccessful Jacobite attempt at launching a rebellion against the Hanoverian regime which took place in the county...

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1715 to Wales and its people. Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey...

of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and...

Parliament of Great Britain, 1715–1719 List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1720–1724 List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1725–1729...

to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1715, the 5th Parliament of Great Britain and their replacements returned at subsequent...

article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through...

The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 6, The Rise of Great Britain and Russia, 1688—1715/25. Cambridge University Press. p. 381. Sturdy, David (1998)...

dukes in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and...

1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into...

was in his personal control. By contrast in Great Britain, George had to govern through Parliament. In 1715 when the Whigs came to power, George's chief...

Elections took place List of Great Britain by-elections (1715–34) 1722 British general election List of parliaments of Great Britain Unreformed House of Commons...

The 4th Parliament of Great Britain was summoned by Queen Anne on 18 August 1713 and assembled on the 12 November 1713 (but was then prorogued until 16...