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1704 - 1706 (2 years) Submit Photo / Document
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1 | 1704 | - 1704—1704: Penal Code enacted - Catholics barred from voting, education and the military
- 13 Aug 1704—13 Aug 1704: Battle of Blenheim
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2 | 1705 | - 1705—1705: First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newcomen (some say c1710
or 1711)
- 1705—1705: Isaac Newton knighted (for his work at the Royal Mint)
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3 | 1706 | - 1706—1706: First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
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