The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Union_1707" id="mwPw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Act of Union 1707">Act of Union</a> joining England and Scotland to form the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" id="mwQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a> takes effect.<sup about="#mwt28" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_1#cite_note-3" id="mwQQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwQg">[3]</span></a></sup>
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