Appendix I: Dates of parliamentary sessions

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Dates of parliamentary sessions 1690-1714

 

1690 Parliament

20 Mar. 1690

beginning of first session

23 May 1690

Parliament adjourned (7 July prorogued)

2 Oct. 1690

beginning of second session

5 Jan. 1691

Parliament adjourned (26 May prorogued)

22 Oct. 1691

beginning of third session

24 Feb. 1692

Parliament adjourned (12 Apr. prorogued)

4 Nov. 1692

beginning of fourth session

14 Mar. 1693

Parliament prorogued

7 Nov. 1693

beginning of fifth session

25 Apr. 1694

Parliament prorogued

12 Nov. 1694

beginning of sixth session

3 May 1695

Parliament prorogued (11 Oct. dissolved)

 

1695 Parliament

22 Nov. 1695

beginning of first session

27 Apr. 1696

Parliament prorogued

20 Oct. 1696

beginning of second session

16 Apr. 1697

Parliament prorogued

3 Dec. 1697

beginning of third session

5 July 1698

Parliament prorogued (7 July dissolved)

 

1698 Parliament

24 Aug. 1698

beginning of first session

4 May 1699

Parliament prorogued

16 Nov. 1699

beginning of second session

11 Apr. 1700

Parliament prorogued (19 Dec. dissolved)

 

1701 Parliament (first)

6 Feb. 1701

beginning of first session

24 June 1701

Parliament prorogued (11 Nov. dissolved)

 

1701 Parliament (second; the Parliament of 1701-2)

30 Dec. 1701

beginning of first session

25 May 1702

Parliament prorogued (2 July dissolved)

 

1702 Parliament

20 Oct. 1702

beginning of first session

27 Feb. 1703

Parliament prorogued

9 Nov. 1703

beginning of second session

3 Apr. 1704

Parliament prorogued

24 Oct. 1704

beginning of third session

14 Mar. 1705

Parliament prorogued (5 Apr. dissolved)

 

1705 Parliament

25 Oct. 1705

beginning of first session

19 Mar. 1706

Parliament prorogued

3 Dec. 1706

beginnng of second session

8 Apr. 1707

Parliament prorogued

14 Apr. 1707

beginning of third session

24 Apr. 1707

Parliament prorogued (29 Apr., proclamation continuing Parliament as first of Great Britain)

 

1707 Parliament (first Parliament of Great Britain)

23 Oct. 1707

beginning of first session

1 Apr. 1708

Parliament prorogued (15 Apr. dissolved)

 

1708 Parliament

16 Nov. 1708

beginning of first session

21 Apr. 1709

Parliament prorogued

15 Nov. 1709

beginning of second session

5 Apr. 1710

Parliament prorogued (21 Sept. dissolved)

 

1710 Parliament

25 Nov. 1710

beginning of first session

12 June 1711

Parliament prorogued

7 Dec. 1711

beginning of second session

21 June 1712

Parliament adjourned (8 July prorogued)

9 Apr. 1713

beginning of third session

16 July 1713

Parliament prorogued (8 Aug. dissolved)

 

1713 Parliament

16 Feb. 1714

beginning of first session

9 July 1714

Parliament prorogued

1 Aug. 1714

beginning of second session

25 Aug. 1714

Parliament prorogued (15 Jan. 1715 dissolved)

Ref Volumes: 1690-1715

Author: D. W. Hayton

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