A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Parliament of the United Kingdom"
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1782British parliamentParliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body [i] ...
extends James WattJames Watt James Watt was a Scottish [i] inventor [i] and engineer [i] whose improvements to the steam engine [i] ...
's copyrightCopyright Copyright is a set of exclusive rights [i] regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or ...
for the steam engineSteam engine A steam engine is an external combustion [i] heat engine [i] that makes use o ...
to the year 1800.
1791 The British ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body [i] ...
passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of QuebecQuebec Quebec, or Qubec in French [i], In 1898, the Canadian Parliament passed the first ...
into UpperUpper Canada Upper Canada was a British territory in what is now the Canadian [i] province of Ontario [i]. ...
and Lower Canada.
1940World War IIWorld War II World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide [i] conflict [i] fought betwe ...
- British ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body [i] ...
passes Emergency Powers Act giving the government full control over all persons and property.
1966 The opening of Parliament of the United Kingdom is televised for the first time.
1967 The Parliament of the United Kingdom decides to nationalize 90% of the British steel industry.
2003 The Parliament of the United Kingdom votes in favour of a motion understood as giving the government final authority to join the invasion of Iraq.
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