How the UK flags changed by the acts of Union.
1 January 1801: The Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland came into force. #History #ActOfUnion
How the UK flags changed by the acts of Union.
1 January 1801: The Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland came into force. #History #ActOfUnion
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
Evolution of the national flag of the United Kingdom.
1 January 1801: The Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland came into force. <image> #History #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?
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.
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
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