Appendix I: Dates of parliamentary sessions
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) |
