CE 1801 - The British and Irish parliaments are joined by the Act of Union

The Act of Union of 1801 formally established the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by merging the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland into one.

The Act dissolved the Irish Parliament while abolishing the separate Irish administration and legal system.

The Act also included the repeal of the Test Act and the Corporation Act, which had discriminated against Irish Protestants.

It also allowed Catholics to sit in the Irish Parliament and to become members of the British Parliament.

The Act allowed the United Kingdom Parliament to legislate on behalf of Ireland and to tax the Irish people.

It also created a single currency, the British pound, to be used in both Great Britain and Ireland.

The Act also abolished the Irish House of Lords and replaced it with a British-style House of Lords.

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