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Union, Acts of

Act of Parliament of 1707 that brought about the union of England and Scotland; that of 1801 united England and Ireland. See also England: history 1485–1714, Act of Union and Hanoverian succession.

The 1707 act, which abolished the Scottish parliament, decreed that 16 elected peers and 45 members of the House of Commons should represent Scotland at Westminster, but that the Scottish legal system and Presbyterian Church should remain separate. The 1801 act amalgamated the Irish and British parliaments, securing for Ireland a representation of 32 peers and 100 members. Irish representation was later increased to 103; but, since the creation of the independent Irish Free State in 1922 (now the Republic of Ireland), only the British province of Northern Ireland returns members to Westminster.

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2 January 1979

In response to Soviet military intervention into Afghanistan in December 1979, US President Jimmy Carter requests that the Senate postpone action on the SALT-II nuclear weapons treaty and recalls the US ambassador to the Soviet Union.

5 January 1968

Alexander Dubcek becomes the new leader of Czechoslovakia. In what came to be known as the 'Prague Spring', Dubeck introduced liberal reforms to the Communist regime. However, in August, the Soviet Union put an end to this reform process with the invasion of Czechoslovakia.

8 January 1790

George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address in New York City.

9 January 1861

In a precursor to the start of the Civil War in America, a Union merchant ship, the ‘Star of the West’, is fired upon as it tries to bring supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.

14 January 1980

In a diplomatic rebuke to the Soviet Union, the UN General Assembly votes 104 to 18 to 'deplore' the Russian intervention in Afghanistan.

21 January 1924

In the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin dies from a cerebral haemorrhage.

22 January 1980

Soviet nuclear physicist Dr Andrei Sakharov, is sent into exile from the Soviet Union. Sakharov was an outspoken critic of the communist regime.

23 January 1579

The Union of Utrech is signed, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, which were controlled by Spain.

27 January 1985

Coca Cola announces that it will sell its produce in the Soviet Union.

29 January 2002

In his State of the Union Address, American President George W Bush argues that there is an 'Axis of Evil', comprised of countries which are destabilising the world.

1 February 1861
Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the Union.
3 February 1966
The Soviet Union makes the first controlled landing of a spacecraft, Luna 9, on the Moon.
4 February 1988
Against the advice of their union  - The National Union of Seamen - thousands of British seamen continue their strike action, closing many ports in Britain.
7 February 1990
The Central Committee of the Soviet Union's Communist Party agrees to endorse President Mikhail Gorbachev's recommendation that the party give up its 70-year long monopoly of political power.
9 February 1991
Lithuania votes for independence from the Soviet Union.
10 February 1962
US spy plane pilot Gary Powers, shot down by the Soviet Union, is exchanged in Berlin for KGB agent Rudolf Abel, arrested in New York in 1957.
11 February 1971
Britain, the US and the Soviet Union are among the countries which sign The Seabed Arms Control Treaty.
13 February 1815

The Cambridge Union Society is formed.

14 February 1956

The twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union takes place. During the Congress new leader Nikita Krushchev makes the first official criticism of former leader Josef Stalin.

15 February 1950

The Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China sign a mutual defence and assistance treaty.

17 February 1947

As part of the America’s Cold War propaganda against the Soviet Union, the radio broadcasting service, Voice of America, starts to broadcast to the Soviet Union.

20 February 2005

In a national referendum Spain votes in favour of endorsing the European Union Constitution.

22 February 1994

In America, CIA agent Aldrich Ames is arrested for selling secrets to the Soviet Union

27 February 1900

The Labour Representation Committee is formed in Britain by the Independent Labour Party, the Fabian Society, the Social Democratic Federation and trade unions at a conference in London.

2 March 1919
In the Soviet Union, the first Communist International (Comintern) meets in Moscow.
3 March 1985
In Britain, The National Union of Mineworkers national executive votes on behalf of its members to call off its year long strike.
12 March 1996
Media allegations that Diana, Princess of Wales had had an affair with England rugby union captain Will Carling.
15 March 1989
Soviet Union's President Mikhail Gorbachev calls for rapid measures to ease chronic Soviet food shortages.
17 March 1962
Soviet Union accuses the United States of fighting an "undeclared war" in Vietnam and demands the removal of American forces.
27 March 1871
Scotland beats England in the first international rugby union match in Edinburgh.
28 March 1800
The Irish Parliament passes the Act of Union with England.
12 April 1990
The Russians admit they were responsible for the massacre of 15,000 Polish Officers and senior diplomats at Katyn Wood in the Soviet Union in 1940.
20 April 1990
In Poland, Lech Walessa is re-elected chairman of the worker's union, Solidarity.
1 May 1707
Proclamation of the official union between England and Scotland.
6 May 1995
Just 3 weeks ahead of the World Cup, the England rugby union captain Will Carling is sacked after describing the RFU's senior officials as '57 old farts'. He is re-instated 72 hours later after an apology.
10 May 1869
Completion of the US Pacific Railroad when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific join lines at Promontory, Utah.
11 May 1858
In America, Minnesota becomes the 32nd state of the Union.
14 May 1955
The Soviet Union; Albania; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; East Germany; Hungary; Poland and Romania sign The Warsaw Pact.
18 May 1993
In a referendum, Denmark votes in favour of ratifying the Maastriccht Treaty which will lead to greater European union co-operation. The 'Yes' vote follows the 'No' vote on the same issue a year earlier.
20 May 1993
Britain finally ratifies the Maastricht Treaty which allows greater co-operation between members of the European Union.
23 May 1788
South Carolina becomes the 8th state of the Union.
25 May 1796
Tennessee becomes the 16th state to be admitted to the Union.
26 May 1865
The end of the American Civil War with the Confederate Army surrendering to the Union Army at Shreveport near New Orleans.
29 May 1848
Wisconsin becomes the 30th state of the Union.
31 May 1910
The colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony are united to form the Union of South Africa.
1 June 1796
Tennessee becomes the 16th state of the America Union.
2 June 1985
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announce an indefinite ban on English football clubs from taking part in any of the European competitions after continued hooliganism by their fans when travelling abroad.
7 June 1991
In Britain, Bill Morris becomes the first black trades union leader in the UK - being elected Secretary-General of the Transport and General Workers Union.
15 June 1836
In America, Arkansas becomes the 25th state of the Union.
20 June 1987
Rugby Union's first World Cup is won by New Zealand - beating France 29-9 in the final in Auckland.
25 June 1788
Virginia becomes the 10th state within the American Union.
2 July 1985
Andrei Gromyko becomes President of the Soviet Union.
3 July 1890
Idaho is admitted to the Union as the 43rd state.
4 July 1863
American Civil War: Union forces defeat the Confederates at the Battle of Vicksburg.
20 July 1917
In the Pact of Corfu, Serbs, Croats and Slovenes agree to form a union called Yugoslavia.
21 July 1861
American Civil War: The First Battle of Bull Run - with victory for the Confederates over the Union.
23 July 1840
British Parliament passes the Union Act - uniting Upper and Lower Canada.
26 July 1788
New York State becomes the 11th state of the Union.
12 August 1997
British Tourist Authority comes under fire for dropping the Union Flag from its publicity material.
24 August 1991
The Parliament of Ukraine declares independence from the Soviet Union.
26 August 1952
The Soviet Union announces that its has successfully tested an ICBM - an intercontintal ballistic missile.
27 August 1995
In London, the Rugby Union authorities announce that the amatuer game is turning professional.
28 August 1973
Princess Anne becomes the first member of the British Royal Family to visit the Soviet Union - arriving in Kieve to ride for Britain in an equestrian event.
29 August 1949
The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb - although news of the test explosion isn't announced for another three weeks
30 August 1862
American Civil War: Confederate commander 'Stonewall' Jackson leads his troops to victory against the Union at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Virginia.
1 September 1864
American Civil War: Confederate troops abandon the city of Atlanta, in Georgia which is occupied by the Unionists the following day.
2 September 1866
The general assembly of Crete proclaims the abolition of Turkish authority and union with Greece.
5 September 1991
In Moscow, the Congress of People's Deputies brings an end to the 70-year old USSR -the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - and gives individual republics their independence.
6 September 1991
The Soviet Union recognises the independent Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
9 September 1850
California becomes the 31st State of USA - admitted to the Union as a 'Free State'.
10 September 1998
An historic face-to-face meeting in Belfast between the First Minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly - Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble and the Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams.
16 September 1998
The famous Union Jack dress, worn by Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, is sold at auction for £41,000.
22 September 1980
Shipyard workers in Poland, led by Lech Walesa. form a new independent labour union, Solidarity.
28 September 1912
Thousands of Unionists in Northern Ireland sign the Solemn League and Covenant pledging resistance to Home Rule for Ireland.
1 October 1932
In Britain, Oswald Mosley launches British Union of Fascists - later re-named British Union of Fascists and National Socialists.
2 October 1909
Twickenham, in London, hosts its first rugby union match - between Harlequins and Richmond.
7 October 1908
The Meditteranean island of Crete proclaims its union with Greece.
10 October 1903
In Britain, Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst forms the Women's Social and Political Union to fight for female emancipation.
12 October 1936
In Britain, the British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosley leads a controversial anti-Jewish march down the Mile End Road in London which is a predominently Jewish area of the capital).
16 October 1994
Finland votes to join the European Union.
17 October 1945
In Argentina, thousands of trade unionists march through Buenos Aires demanding that Colonel Juan Peron is released from prison and re-instated at the head of Government.
27 October 1922
A referendum in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) votes against joining the Union of South Africa.
29 October 1964
In East Africa, the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to become Tanzania.
8 November 1861
In America, the 'Trent Affair'. Confederate commissioners to Great Britain and France are forced off a British ship by Unionists. They're released and allowed back on board after strong British protests.
23 November 1863
American Civil War: Confederate forces are defeated by the Union Army at Chattanooga in Tennesse.
4 December 1997
Europe's health ministers vote to ban tobacco advertising throughout the European Union although agree that motor-racing; which relies heavily on sponsorship and advertising by tobacco companies, should be exempt for another 8 years.
5 December 1962
United States and Soviet Union agree to co-operate in peaceful uses of outer space.
8 December 1991
The official end of the Soviet Union (USSR) when three of the major republics - Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia unite to form a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
9 December 1990
Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa is elected President of Poland.
10 December 1817
Mississippi is admitted to the Union as an American state.
13 December 1981
Martial Law is imposed in Poland and leaders of the workers union, Solidarity, are arrested.
17 December 1819
In South America, Simon Bolivar becomes President of the Republic of Colombia - created by the union of Venezuela and New Granada.
19 December 1981
The 8-man crew of the Penlee Lifeboat all lose their lives attempting to rescue the crew of the coaster Union Star which is wrecked in violent seas off the coast of Cornwall.
20 December 1860
South Carolina secedes from the American Union and joins the Confederacy.
22 December 1864
American Civil War: Union commander W.T.Sherman occupies Savannah, Georgia after Confederate forces surrender.
25 December 1991
Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigns as President of the Soviet Union.
28 December 1846
Iowa becomes a state of the American Union.
29 December 1845
Texas officially becomes a state of the American Union.
30 December 1922
Russia officially becomes the USSR - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
2 December 1904
Members of the British Parliament representing Ulster, form an organisation that becomes the Ulster Unionist Council.
 

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