#OTD 1640 until the 5th of May 1640, the Short Parliament sat.

This Parliament brought Charles I's 11-year-long 'personal rule' to an end. Find out more about the named Parliaments of the 17th century👇 ow.ly/7P4q50Nrarz

#ICYMI last year Professor Sarah Richardson explored how widows, many of whom could vote in local elections, assumed a central place in some of the debates about giving women the parliamentary vote👇 WarwickHistory TheVictorianCommons ow.ly/oqbM50O7NaK

#OTD 1998, the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement was signed. One of the crucial figures in this process was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Mo Mowlam.

Find out about Mowlam's career and the impact she had on the peace process👇 #OralHistory ow.ly/56Pk50NyqkB

Members of the House of Lords have traditionally been more involved with coronations than their Commons counterparts, but as this blog shows, MPs also played their part in coronation festivities in 1902, although some chose to stay away...
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Really excited to be speaking at this Institute for Government event on whipping, sharing all the secrets revealed in the History Of Parliament oral history interviews!

#OTD 1992, the Conservative party won the general election, allowing John Major to continue as Prime Minister. His party received the highest number of votes ever seen in the history of British general elections: around 14.1million. @CommonsLibrary

For this #ConstituencyTuesday find out about the impact of the 1832 reform legislation on English electoral politics between 1832 and 1868 in this blog from Dr Martin Spychal👇 TheVictorianCommons ow.ly/3hc550OtmXR

The bitter rivalry between the Cecils and Robert Devereux divided the court during the 1590s. Find out who became the queen’s chief minister👇 ow.ly/PbvF50MXI1K

Died #OTD 1866, Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood.

The MP for Preston 1832-1847 founded and gave his name to the seaside town of Fleetwood in Lancashire. Find out more about his career and legacy in this blog from TheVictorianCommons 👇 ow.ly/bylz50IENf6

Many thanks to everyone who came yesterday to a fabulous day rethinking the legacy of Robert Harley - particular thanks to History Of Parliament and British Library for sponsoring.
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#MPMonday is Sir Frederick Falkiner, born #OTD 1768, MP for Co. Dublin 1801-7 and Carlow 1812-18.

Falkiner's attempts at re-election to the Dublin seat after losing to a pro-Catholic opponent in 1807 left him heavily in debt and out of favour with govt. ow.ly/hbls50IEe5u

Getting set for the conference marking the 300th anniversary of the death of Robert Harley, earl of Oxford at the British Library this week.
#ICYMI , last week we posted on the education of the future Speaker of the Commons & effective PM:
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#OTD 1689, William III and Mary II were crowned joint rulers of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey.

Paul Seaward takes a look at the debates surrounding their ascension to the throne in this blog 👇👑 ow.ly/sGAi50yVA6d

Missed any of last month's #WHM content?

Head over to our blog and click on 'Women and Parliament' to read about women's involvement as MPs, Peers, leaders, patrons, petitioners, partners and more over throughout parliamentary history.
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Some of us already know which complete set of History Of Parliament volumes they’ll spend their first million purchasing

Very interesting & informative discussions yesterday in Mile End Institute's History of British Elections with LBC Presenter Iain Dale ⚒️🇺🇦.🇮🇱, Director of History Of Parliament Dr Jennifer Davey & Professor of Politics at School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary Philip Cowley chaired Mile End Institute Co-director Robert Saunders.

#DYK that Big Ben, housed in Westminster's Elizabeth Tower, is actually the second bell of its kind?

#OTD 1858 a new bell was cast as the first had developed a crack! Paul Seaward explored Big Ben's status in the British identity. 🔔👇 bit.ly/2JeFxaH

#OTD 1829 the Catholic Emancipation Act was given Royal Assent, permitting members of the Catholic Church to sit as Members of Parliament.

The Act was passed following vigorous campaigning by Irish MP Daniel O'Connell. Read more on the #HistParl website: ow.ly/Q69850EjNF9

#ICYMI , earlier in the year UNIQ+ Intern, Thomas Fallais, and Dr David Scott considered the deaths of three prominent royalist brothers, George Lord d’Aubigny, Lord John Stuart and Lord Bernard Stuart, and how they were remembered👇 ow.ly/yl6k50QqkWx