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1701 - 17101701 10th
February 1701. Isaac marries Mary Humphries in Saint Giles Cripplegate Act of Settlement bars Catholics from the British throne 1702-1714 Queen Anne Period (Art & Antiques) 1702 March 8: Anne Stuart becomes Queen March 11: First English daily newspaper The Daily Courant (till 1735) War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Isaac and Mary have a son - Joseph. 1703 Repeal of Duties on entries in Parish Registers December 7–8: Climate: Most violent storms of the millennium cause vast damage across southern England – about a third of Britain's merchant fleet lost, and Eddystone lighthouse destroyed Isaac and Mary Have a further son - Isaac 1704 Battle of Blenheim Penal Code enacted – Catholics barred from voting, education and the
military 1705 First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newcomen Isaac and Mary's 3rd Son - Benjamin is born 1706 Isaac and Mary's 4th Son - Jacob is born 1707 January 1: Union with Scotland – Scots agree to send 16 peers and 45 MPs to
English Parliament in return for full trading privileges – Scottish Parliament
meets for the last time in March May 1: English and Scottish Parliaments united by an Act of the English
Parliament – The Kingdom of Great Britain established Last use of veto by a British sovereign 31st December 1707 - Isaac and Mary have another Son - Abraham 1708 First Jacobite rising in Scotland Earliest Artillery Muster Rolls 1709 First Copyright Act passed 23rd October
1709 - Isaac and Mary's Son Abraham is buried in Saint Peter Paul's Wharf. 1710 Tax on Apprentice Indentures
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