1 January 1801: The Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland came into force. #History #ActOfUnion

1 January 1801: The Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland came into force. #History #ActOfUnion

A well-written piece about how Scotland was pulled into the Union with England, the power-grab and political sleight-of-hand which still resonates today. Written last year, worth revisiting
#Scotland
#ActOfUnion...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=10kL... the 3 #AngloDutchWars guide us.
The four came after the 1709 #ActOfUnion with #Scotland 100 yrs later cc. @jdnovel.bsky.social @nellminow.bsky.social @scrawford.bsky.social @jentaub.bsky.social @mikehudema.bsky.social @scrawford.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social

Bank of Scotland #BoS est 1695
#Darien Scheme 1698
#ActofUnion 1707
#Jacobite Rising 1715
BoS suspected of support-> #thefifteen
Royal Bank of Scotland #RBS est 1727
2nd Jacobite Rising 1745
#thefortyfive ends at #Culloden 1746

Society of #Antiquaries of #Scotland est 1780
#antiqs hedges bank risk?

Come back to me when it’s been going on for 318 years #ActOfUnion #YouYesYet

A HUGE step happened in 1707: The Act of Union merged the parliaments of England and Scotland, creating a NEW country – the Kingdom of Great Britain! 🤝 #ActOfUnion #GreatBritain

www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou... Written by Stephen Knight of Peaky Blinders fame. Can think of more shocking families to write about, like #oscarwilde/bosie same family roasted a servant at ate him in 1801 #Edinburgh as #actofunion debated.