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  Great Britain from 1707 timeline
     
1707
 
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The Act of Union merges England and Scotland as 'one kingdom by the name of Great Britain', a century after the union of the crowns      
1709
 
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The Tatler launches a new style of journalism in Britain's coffee houses, followed two years later by the Spectator        
Joseph Addison, by Kneller, c.1710
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1709
 
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Abraham Darby at Coalbrookdale discovers the use of coke in the smelting of pig iron       
c. 1710
 
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Thomas Newcomen creates a piston steam engine, with the steam condensed in the cylinder by a jet of cold water       
Newcomen's steam engine, engraving 1836
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1710
 
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Christopher Wren's new domed St Paul's cathedral is completed in London       
St.Paul's Cathedral
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1710
 
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Machines are thrown out of the window of a Spitalfields factory, in an early protest against industrialization