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The aptly named Short Parliament of England was the shortest parliament to sit in any of the United Kingdom’s constituent countries. It sat for just three weeks from 13 April until 5 May 1640. The shortest Parliament of the United Kingdom was the 3rd Parliament elected at the 1806 election. It sat for 138 days from 15 December 1806 until 27 ...
The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, and longer than any Great British or UK Parliament to date, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter-century reign of Charles II of England.
The Long Parliament, which commenced in this reign, had the longest term and the most complex history of any English Parliament. The entry in the first table below relates to the whole Parliament. Although it rebelled against King Charles I and continued to exist long after the King's death, it was a Parliament he originally summoned. An ...
The oldest recorded parliament still in existence is the Althing, the ruling legislative body of Iceland. It was founded in 930 and originally consisted of 39 local chieftains. Abolished in 1800, it was restored by Denmark in 1843. The oldest continuous parliament is the Tynwald of the Isle of Man.
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Treaty of Union by Acts of Union passed by the Parliament of England (established 1215) and the Parliament of Scotland (c. 1235), both Acts of Union stating, "That the United Kingdom of Great Britain be represented by one and the same Parliament to be styled The Parliament of Great Britain."
The Septennial Act 1715 (1 Geo. 1.St. 2.c. 38), sometimes called the Septennial Act 1716, [3] [4] was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.It was passed in May 1716. [5] It increased the maximum length of a parliament (and hence the maximum period between general elections) from three years to seven.
A Short History of Parliament: England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland. The Boydell Press. pp. 10– 15. ISBN 978-1-843-83717-6. Butt, Ronald (1989). A History of Parliament: The Middle Ages. London: Constable. ISBN 0-0945-6220-2. Green, Judith A. (1986). The Government of England under Henry I. Cambridge Studies in ...
Parliament accepts the King's terms 1 December 1648; Pride's Purge (Start of the Rump Parliament) 7 December 1648; Execution of Charles I 30 January 1649; Excluded members of the Long Parliament reinstated by George Monck 21 February 1660; Having called for elections for a Parliament to meet on 25 April, the Long Parliament dissolved itself on ...