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Events on Sunday 12 June 1701 1
1701Act of Settlement passedEnglish Parliament secures a Protestant succession to the throneThe Act of Settlement barred Roman Catholics, and those married to Catholics, from inheriting the English throne. It ultimately placed the House of Hanover in line for succession after Queen Anne, since closer Catholic claimants were excluded. The act remains a foundation of the British constitutional monarchy.