Ireland

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There is a general election. The first session of the Irish parliament of George I commences on 12 November, and will continue till 20 June 1716. There will be six sessions of this parliament

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First Jacobite rising begins as the standard of James III is raised at the Braes or MARCH - Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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The Earl of Mar unfurled the standard of the Old Pretender in Braemar at the start of the first Jacobite Uprising.

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Joseph Deane, Justice of Assize for Munster and MP for Co. Dublin, dies

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Sir Wentworth Harman, MP for Lanesborough, dies

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Sir Wentworth Harman, MP for Lanesborough, coming in a dark night from Chapel-Izod, his coach overturning, tumbled down a precipice, and he dies

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Following the death of Queen Anne, George I accedes to the throne. The second Irish parliament of Annes reign is thereby dissolved

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The second Irish parliament of Queen Anne sits from this date to 24 December

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