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Acts of Union 1800

January 1, 1801 · Westminster, London

Laws that united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 January 1801.

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Key people

Charles Cornwallis Lord Lieutenant who secured its passage in Ireland William Pitt the Younger head of state/government, Prime minister who carried the union

Participants

Before and after

Followed from
Irish Rebellion of 1798 May 24 – September 24, 1798

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