1701
Dec 28
| 1701 • The Act of Settlement 1701 is passed by the Parliament of England to exclude the Catholic Stuarts from the British monarchy. Under its terms, King William III, childless, would be succeeded by Queen Mary II's sister Princess Anne and her descendants. If Anne should have no descendants, she would be succeeded by Sophia of Hanover and her descendants (hence the Hanoverian Succession in 1714). |
1737
Age: 34y
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birth of childAbraham Van Buren Albany, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1737 • The oldest existing English language newspaper in the world, The News Letter, is founded in Belfast, Ireland. |